PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Beam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramsey Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Beam
vs
Wood

225 cm
23
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

220 cm
23
275 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Beam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramsey Wood!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Wood.
Wood looks to land a combination. Beam sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood throws a right hand that Beam ducks under and follows up with a left that Beam also avoids with ease.
Beam slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
Wood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beam has a takedown stuffed.
Wood throws a right hand that Beam ducks under and follows up with a left that Beam also avoids with ease.
Beam fails with the takedown.
Wood closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Beam looks to land a right hand but Wood moved out of range.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beam circles away quickly and effectively.
Wood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Wood as he connects with a hook.
Wood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wood tries to clinch but Beam moves out of range.

Beam shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Beam showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beam.
Beam looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wood with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wood pushes Beam off and gets back to his feet.
Wood misses with a few strikes there.
Wood works over Beam's head and body with a nice combination.
A head kick from Wood lands but Beam takes it in his stride.
Beam showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Beam shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wood pinned against the cage. Wood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Beam. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramsey Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Beam with that takedown attempt.
Wood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Beam bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wood is looking for a sweep.
Wood taking a bit of punishment here - Beam scoring with strikes.
Beam looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Wood is avoiding damage well.
Wood tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Beam wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Beam scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beam landing a few strikes.
Wood avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Beam.
Wood can't do much from the bottom here.
Beam scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beam throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Wood manages to get back to half guard.
Wood gets back to full guard.
Beam thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beam is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Beam postures up.
Beam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Beam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramsey Wood dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wood lands a nice looking body shot.
Beam slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beam.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beam misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Wood gets caught flat footed, as Beam shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Beam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beam makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Beam connects with a couple of short punches.
Beam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beam chips away with some ground and pound.
Wood trying to keep a closed guard but Beam is proving a slippery customer.
Beam throwing strikes but missing.
Beam with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wood controls Beam momentarily but Beam frees himself.
Beam stands up over Wood, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Beam works over Wood with some ground and pound from guard.
Beam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beam stopping the sweep attempt from Wood.
Beam distracts Wood with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam won't allow Wood to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jim Beam overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Beam in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Beam lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wood bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Beam's guard.
Wood is breathing heavily.
Beam is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Wood throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wood is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Beam utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beam has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wood wants to pass the guard but Beam is keeping the position.
Beam is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Beam trying to strike off his back.

That's four 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.
Wood trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wood trying to control the position from guard on top but Beam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beam pulls Wood in to control the position.
Beam on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Beam tries to get out of the position.
Beam's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Beam is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Beam dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wood fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Beam.
Wood cracks Beam with a good jab.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.

Wood gets caught flat footed, as Beam shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Beam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beam with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beam makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wood looking to control.
Beam with a nice head shot there.
Beam throwing strikes but missing.
Wood manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Beam manages to get himself to full guard.
Wood wants to pass the guard but Beam is keeping the position.
Wood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beam looking for a sweep. Not yet Beam, not yet.
Beam keeping moving, preventing Wood from controlling successfully.
Beam pulls Wood in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam keeping full guard, as Wood tries to pass.
Beam wants to sweep here but Wood controlling him for the moment.

Wood stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wood throws the kick towards the body but Beam avoids it.
Wood swinging wilding here.
Wood lands a jab to Beam's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Beam circles away.
Wood lands with a straight right. Beam didn't see that one coming.
Beam slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
Beam avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beam circles away quickly and effectively.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.
Wood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beam circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramsey Wood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beam moves away from the strike by Wood.
Wood throws a wild body kick that Beam sees coming a mile off.
Beam showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Beam really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beam slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
Beam blocks the body kick.
Wood defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Beam.
Wood throws a right and a left that Beam avoids nicely.
Beam avoids a punch combination nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ramsey Wood.
I think Wood 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramsey Wood!