PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bear Loman (ranked 5486 p4p, 4520 weight class) and Brennan Calhoun (ranked 485 p4p, 452 weight class). The key to victory for Bear Loman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Loman
vs
Calhoun

188 cm
19
195
2 - 3 - 0

171 cm
19
190
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bear Loman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brennan Calhoun!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calhoun dives in and grabs Loman's left leg, looking for a takedown. Loman pushes down on Calhoun's head and hops out.
Calhoun shoots in looking for a takedown but Loman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Calhoun's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Loman appears to be looking for a big counter.
Loman dips to his left and cracks Calhoun with an uppercut!

It looks like Brennan Calhoun has been cut.
Loman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Loman jabs Calhoun to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Calhoun shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Calhoun showed some decent athleticism there.
Calhoun looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Loman trying to get back to full guard but Calhoun takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Calhoun controlling from the full mount.
Loman avoids a series of strikes thrown by Calhoun.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loman is looking to improve his position but Calhoun isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman tries to hold on but Calhoun pushes him away.
Loman tries to reverse the position but Calhoun maintains control.
Calhoun has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loman's face.
Loman tries to reverse the position but Calhoun maintains control.
Loman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Calhoun lands a nice shot to the head.
Calhoun fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Loman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Calhoun on the ground.
Loman is trying desperately to improve position.
Calhoun lands a big elbow.
Calhoun has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Calhoun is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Loman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Loman is rocked!
Calhoun softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Loman is out cold! Calhoun jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brennan Calhoun!