PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bear Loman (ranked 25311 p4p, 25283 weight class) and Brandon Spears (ranked 516 p4p, 500 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Loman
vs
Spears

188 cm
19
195
2 - 4 - 0

179 cm
19
190
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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 - 4 - 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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brandon Spears!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Spears tries to counter with a clinch but Loman shakes him off and moves away.
Spears blocks a low kick nicely.
Spears cracks Loman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Loman misses with a kick to the body.
Spears chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Loman can pounce on him.
Loman throws a low kick but Spears moves out of range easily.

Spears gets tackled into the cage by Loman. Loman maintains the clinch.
Spears looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spears using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Loman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Loman gets through Spears's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Loman misses with a punch to the body.
Spears swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Loman avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loman.
Spears looking to stall.
Loman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Loman takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Bear Loman has been cut.
Loman tries a knee to the head but Spears blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears pushes off an throws an elbow but Loman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Loman.
Spears leaning against his opponent.
Spears pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Spears looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Loman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spears is keeping busy.
Loman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Loman dodges an elbow strike from Spears.
The referee is keeping an eye on Loman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Loman swings wildly with an uppercut but Spears uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loman blocks an elbow strike.
Loman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Spears lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Loman dodges an elbow strike from Spears.
Loman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spears backwards.
Loman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Spears misses with an elbow over the top.
Loman wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spears.
Loman takes an elbow to the temple.
Loman digs a right hand underneath Spears's ribcage. Spears let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Loman has Spears pushed against the cage.
Spears tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loman blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears trying to control the position but instead, Loman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Spears into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spears.
Loman dodges an elbow strike from Spears.
Loman tries to work over Spears's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spears misses with an elbow over the top.
Loman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Loman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spears blocks an uppercut.
Spears blocks an uppercut.
Spears throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Spears throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Loman working aggressively here.
Loman prevents a body shot from Spears.
Loman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spears's elbow.
Loman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spears throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loman misses with some punches.
Spears digs a right hand into Loman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loman's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Loman fails to land.
Spears blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Spears can't find room to land a body shot as Loman controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loman.
Loman misses with a punch on the inside.
Loman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spears blocking some punches.
Spears has a couple of punches blocked by Loman.
Loman tries to work over Spears's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Loman scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spears trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loman.
Loman misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Loman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bear Loman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for Loman.
Loman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Spears counters with a left to the body.
Loman lands the left hand.

It looks like Brandon Spears has been cut.
Loman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Loman with a jab.
Loman works the jab nicely.
Spears looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Loman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spears counters with a nice uppercut.
Loman with the inside leg kick.
Loman checks a leg kick nicely.
Loman throws a leg kick but Spears sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Spears moves away from the strike by Loman.
Spears is looking to clinch but Loman is avoiding it.
Loman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some bone on bone action there as Spears checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Loman slips under a jab from Spears.
Loman throws a low kick but Spears moves out of range easily.
Loman is looking to chop away at Spears's legs.
Spears throws out a counter right but Loman avoids it with no problem.
Spears scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Spears throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Spears misses.
Spears pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Loman appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Loman avoids the body shot from Spears.
Spears scores with a hook.
Loman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spears checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Loman clinches up with Spears and pushes him back against the cage.
Spears lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Loman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Spears up against the cage.
Spears pushes off an throws an elbow but Loman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Loman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Loman blocks an elbow strike.
Loman controlling the action here for a moment.
Loman lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Loman blocks an elbow strike from Spears.
Loman lands a body punch.
Loman has a couple of punches blocked by Spears.
Loman blocks the elbow strike.
Bear Loman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Loman has a couple of punches blocked by Spears.
Spears creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Loman throws a head punch that misses.
Spears struggles to land a body shot inside as Loman controls his hands.
Loman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spears can do to turn this around?
Loman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Loman lands an uppercut.
Loman lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loman.
Spears blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Loman avoids the elbow strike from Spears, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Loman pushes Spears back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Spears just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loman's brow.
Loman working aggressively here.
Come on Loman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Spears misses with an elbow over the top.
Loman throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Spears throws an elbow but misses.
Loman avoids a wild elbow strike from Spears.
Loman tries a body shot but Spears blocks it.
Loman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Loman struggles to land a body shot inside as Spears controls his hands.
Loman pushes Spears back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loman blocks an elbow strike from Spears.
Spears creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Loman's defenses.

Bear Loman's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Loman to work.
Spears lands an elbow just above Loman 's eye.
Spears can't find room to land a body shot as Loman controls the action.
Loman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loman tries to throw a body punch but Spears avoids it by throwing Loman back against the cage.
Spears blocks a body shot from Loman.
Loman blocks an elbow strike from Spears.
Loman leaning against his opponent.
Loman misses with a punch to the body.
Loman avoids a wild elbow strike from Spears.
Loman tries a knee to the head but Spears blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Spears just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loman's brow.
A short left from Loman.
Loman trying to control the position but instead, Spears has worked for underhooks and has pushed Loman into the cage.
Loman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bear Loman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Spears just misses with a punch to the body.
Brandon Spears has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spears moves in looking to clinch but Loman pushes him off.
Spears checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Loman.
Loman delivers a nice body kick.
Loman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Spears throws a hook to the side of Loman's head but Loman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spears checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bear Loman is winning the standup battle so far.
Spears walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Loman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Spears on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Loman lands a big uppercut and Spears crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Spears looks OK. Loman waves Spears back to his feet!

Spears is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loman is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Spears flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Spears is out cold! Loman holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bear Loman!