PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Beam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Tix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clay Tix will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Beam
vs
Tix

174 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jimmy Beam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clay Tix!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tix gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Beam forces his way into half guard.
Beam is looking to take a break and control but Tix is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Beam is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Beam scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Beam wants to take a breather but Tix is having none of it.
Beam throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tix looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beam missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tix keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beam has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tix taking some punishment here, with Beam in his half guard.
Beam looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Beam slips a nice elbow through Tix's hands, connecting with Tix's forehead.
Tix keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beam not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beam could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Beam seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tix blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beam.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nice strikes from Beam there.
Beam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tix on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Beam lands a nice short elbow.
Tix keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Beam.
Beam lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tix avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beam.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tix on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Beam throwing shots but Tix is blocking nicely.
Beam lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beam throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Beam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beam is trying to control the action in half guard but Tix is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beam lands with a punch from half guard.
Beam is nestled in close to Tix, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Beam winds up and cracks Tix with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tix on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Beam lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Beam dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Beam swings for the body but Tix moves out of range.

Beam moves into range and clinches up with Tix.
Tix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Beam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tix with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beam to score with a decent uppercut.

Beam closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Beam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beam tries to clinch but Tix moves out of range.
Beam misses with a kick to the body.

Beam takes the fight into the clinch.
Beam digs a right hand underneath Tix's ribcage. Tix let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tix has had enough of the clinch but Beam keeps him there for the moment.
Beam tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beam looking for a takedown.
Tix is breathing heavily.

Beam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beam closes the distance and clinches up with Tix, looking for a takedown. Beam pushes Tix against the cage but Tix circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Beam. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Beam does no damage.

Beam has Tix up against the cage in a clinch.

Beam breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beam catches Tix with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beam loads up on a big right hand but Tix slips the punch.
Tix slips under a jab.

Beam clinches with his opponent.

Beam lands a takedown into guard.
Jimmy Beam overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Beam slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Beam decides to stand back up. Beam steps back and let's Tix get back to his feet.
Beam doesn't manage to clinch there - Tix circles away.
Beam wants to clinch.

Beam feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beam looking to sit in guard and control but Tix gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tix tries to stand but Beam is controlling from the bottom.
Beam manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tix manages to get himself to full guard.
Beam stands and throws Tix's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beam scoring with punches and elbows.
Tix takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Beam scoring with punches and elbows.
Beam cracks Tix with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Beam scoring with punches from side control.
Beam is working Tix over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beam looks up at the clock and then as Tix takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Beam smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Beam is looking to take a break and control but Tix is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tix on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Beam lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beam landing a few strikes.
Tix takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Beam dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Beam lands a nice shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beam looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Beam gets a clinch.
Tix being controlled against the cage.
Beam makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Beam wants a takedown.
Beam is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Beam is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Beam manages to break the clinch.
Beam wants to clinch.
Good exchange - Beam coming out on top.
Clay Tix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Beam gets the takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beam trying to control the action but Tix is working from the bottom.
Beam works to advance to full mount. Tix defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Beam lands a big elbow.
Beam lands a big elbow.
Beam punishing his opponent with strikes.
Beam lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Beam postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tix looks a forlorn figure.
Beam scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tix?
Beam with a couple of short strikes.
Beam landing punches.
Beam landing strikes, looking to finish!
Beam looking to finish Tix with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tix!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beam working Tix over with strikes here.
Beam lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tix hang on?
Tix taking shots to the head.
Beam lands a heavy elbow.
Beam fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Beam lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beam landing punches.
Beam can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tix is looking to escape.
Beam in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beam can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tix is looking to escape.
Beam looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beam landing strikes from the mount.
Clay Tix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Beam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beam scoring with strikes but Tix is staying in there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Beam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beam has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Beam!