PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Baby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Bekaert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Baby
vs
Bekaert

225 cm
21
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Baby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Bekaert!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bekaert misses with a takedown

and Baby counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Baby stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bekaert swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bekaert keeping moving, preventing Baby from controlling successfully.
Baby passes into half guard.
Bekaert is looking to escape.
Bekaert should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Baby lands with a punch from half guard.
Bekaert trying to control but Baby postures up.
Baby will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Bekaert is defending against the submission attempts here by Baby.
Bekaert trying to hold on to Baby's head to control him but Baby postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baby seems to be looking for submissions.

Baby seems to be looking for submissions.
Bekaert is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bekaert has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Baby is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bekaert doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Baby counters with a takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Baby are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Baby fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Baby working away.
Bekaert tries to bench press Baby off him but Baby keeps the position.

Baby decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Bekaert looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Baby!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Bekaert has eaten all the pies!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baby working to try and regain half guard.
Baby is breathing heavily.
Baby tries to lock up and control but Bekaert gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bekaert wants to control the pace but Baby is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bekaert won't let Baby get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Baby really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bekaert postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Baby looks a forlorn figure.
Bekaert working Baby over with strikes here.
Bekaert looking to finish Baby with some ground and pound. This is bad for Baby!
Bekaert looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Baby is in all sorts of trouble here.

Bekaert gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Christian Bekaert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bekaert.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Big Baby will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bekaert has his takedown stuffed
and Baby counters with a left and a right that stings Bekaert.
Nice sprawl there from Baby as Bekaert shoots in.
Baby tries for a takedown but Bekaert circles away easily

and Bekaert decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Baby's guard.
Bekaert sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bekaert wants to control from the top but Baby keeps moving.

Baby looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bekaert forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bekaert trying to control from half guard but Baby is working away.
Baby wants to control but Bekaert is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Baby pushes Bekaert off looking to stand but Bekaert dives back in and keeps control.

Baby looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bekaert controlling the action here.

Bekaert is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bekaert looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Baby trying to control from the bottom.
Christian Bekaert has got the better of the ground game so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Bekaert closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Baby did well to prevent Bekaert getting side control.

Baby actively working from the bottom here.
Bekaert working over Baby with some ground and pound. Baby looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bekaert passes to side control.
Bekaert just content to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bekaert trying to control the position but Baby is working away.

Bekaert stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Bekaert throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick misses from Bekaert.

Bekaert looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bekaert trying to control the action but Baby is working from the bottom.

Baby looking for submissions off his back.

Baby looking for submissions off his back.
Baby wants to get back to his feet.
Bekaert winds up and cracks Baby with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Bekaert showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Baby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Big Baby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Bekaert decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bekaert tries to pass to full mount but Baby defends it.
Baby wants to control but Bekaert is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baby trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Bekaert lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baby regains half guard.
Baby tries to get to full guard but Bekaert has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bekaert trying to control the pace.
Bekaert wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baby keeps working.
Baby is trying to get back to full guard.
Baby tries to kick Bekaert off but Bekaert keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Baby pushes Bekaert off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bekaert misses with a takedown attempt

and Baby counters with a takedown into side control.
Bekaert tries to improve position but can't.
Bekaert struggling a bit here.
Bekaert is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Baby is staying active.
Bekaert is looking for a sweep.

Baby tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Baby working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baby scoring with punches and elbows.
Baby wants to stand but Bekaert has his arm trapped.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Bekaert 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.
Baby is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Baby working for a triangle but Bekaert defends it easily.
Bekaert looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baby not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bekaert must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bekaert trying to control the position from guard on top but Baby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baby looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bekaert scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Bekaert stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bekaert is defended easily by Baby.
Baby throws a right hand that Bekaert ducks under and follows up with a left that Bekaert also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Christian Bekaert.
I think Bekaert has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Bekaert!