PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gobbler Strutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gobbler Strutter has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Strutter
vs
Bear

190 cm
18
263 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gobbler Strutter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Bear!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bear has had enough of the clinch but Strutter keeps him there for the moment.
Strutter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strutter has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bear is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Strutter keeps control of Bear as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Strutter breaks from the clinch.
Bear lands a body shot.
Strutter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gobbler Strutter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear lands a with a good body shot.
Strutter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Strutter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bear - the referee stops the clock and Strutter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bear. Strutter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good standup being displayed there by Bear as he connects with a hook.
Strutter throws a series of punches but Bear moves out of range.
Strutter shoots in but Bear avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bear scores with a body shot.
Strutter wants to clinch.
Bear swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Strutter counters by clinching up.
Strutter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strutter looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear tries to break the clinch but Strutter is controlling the position.
Strutter fails to pull guard.
Bear is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strutter.
Bear wants to break free but Strutter has control.
Strutter prevents Bear from breaking the clinch.
Strutter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bear has had enough of the clinch but Strutter keeps him there for the moment.
Bear wants to get back to striking at distance but Strutter won't allow it.
Strutter fails to pull guard.
Strutter keeps control of Bear as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bear tries to break the clinch but Strutter is controlling the position.
Bear tries to break the clinch but Strutter is controlling the position.
Bear wants to get back to striking at distance but Strutter won't allow it.

Strutter manages to break the clinch.

Strutter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bear is trying to get back to his feet.
Bear looks gassed!
Strutter happy to just control the position for now.
Strutter is looking to take a break and control but Bear is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to get back to his feet.

Bear throws Strutter to one side and escapes!
Bear ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strutter moves away.
Strutter is looking to clinch but Bear is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strutter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bear takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Strutter scoring well with a low kick there.
Strutter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bear's waist but Bear gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Strutter off to one side.
Bear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strutter.
Bear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bear lands a jab to Strutter's midsection.
Strutter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strutter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bear.
Paul Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Strutter pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Strutter gets the takedown into side control.
Bear wants to get back to his feet.

Bear throws Strutter to one side and escapes!
Bear bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Strutter's head backwards.
A head kick by Bear misses

and Strutter counters by moving into the clinch.

Bear breaks the clinch.
Bear misses with a body kick.
Strutter moves out of range as Bear throws a body kick.
Bear lands a head shot.
Bear digs a good hook to Strutter's body.
Strutter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bear throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Strutter tries to close the distance and clinch but Bear swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bear uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strutter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Strutter shoots in and drives through. Bear sprawls well.
Nice jab there from Bear.
Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strutter fails to land the takedown.
Strutter fails with the takedown.
Bear throws a looping overhand right but Strutter ducks down to avoid it.
Strutter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bear fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Strutter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bear.
Bear looks to land a combination but Strutter avoids it well.
Strutter tries to clinch up but Bear circles away and keeps his distance.
Strutter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Strutter misses with a takedown attempt - Bear sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Strutter tries to clinch but Bear is having none of it.

Strutter takes the fight into the clinch.
Bear wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Strutter breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul Bear will probably get the nod.
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.

Bear stuffs the takedown attempt from Strutter. Strutter gets slowly back to his feet.
Strutter tries to close the distance and clinch but Bear swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bear closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Bear decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bear thuds a left hand into Strutter's body.
Bear fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Strutter shoots in and drives through. Bear sprawls well.
Bear misses with an attempted mid kick.
Strutter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gobbler Strutter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bear looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Decent striking displayed by Bear there.
Bear fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Strutter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bear is breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Strutter.
Bear lunges at Strutter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strutter's hand.
Bear shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A cross from Bear lands.
Strutter dodges the punch combination from Bear.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear misses with a kick to the body.
Bear jabs at Strutter's body.
Strutter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Strutter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Strutter drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bear is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Bear uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Strutter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Strutter tries a head kick but it misses.
Strutter shoots and misses
and Bear makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Strutter really felt that one!
A head kick misses from Strutter.
Bear fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Strutter on the side of the head.
Bear keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Strutter's hands.
Bear looks to throw a body kick

and Strutter counters by clinching up.
Bear wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Strutter prevents Bear from breaking the clinch.
Bear lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear letting Strutter take a breather here.

Bear breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paul Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strutter takes one on the button.
Bear looks to land a combination. Strutter sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Strutter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strutter fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Strutter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A lazy body kick from Bear

and Strutter counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bear!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Strutter working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bear wants to try and get back to his feet.
Bear is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Strutter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strutter tries to control but Bear wriggling away.
Strutter has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bear's face.
Strutter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bear is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Strutter looking to control but Bear is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Strutter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bear?
Bear tries to buck Strutter off but Strutter takes his back!
Strutter tries to keep control of the position but Bear is staying busy.
Strutter connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Bear to escape the position.
Bear controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strutter wants to control but Bear is keeping busy.
Gobbler Strutter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bear wants to get back to his feet.
Strutter softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Bear staying busy and making it hard for Strutter to control.
Bear has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gobbler Strutter dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Strutter shoots in and drives through. Bear sprawls well.
Strutter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bear closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bear ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bear fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Strutter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bear throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bear blocks a head kick by Strutter.
Bear misses with a combination
and Strutter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A jab from Strutter misses.
Bear lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Strutter at a distance.
Bear stalks Strutter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Strutter's face. Strutter staggers backwards, shaken.
Bear moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strutter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bear lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Strutter backs up against the cage.
Strutter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bear circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strutter is looking to clinch.
Strutter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bear.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear cracks a nice hook into Strutter's ribs.
Bear digs a good body shot into Strutter's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bear misses with a head kick.
Bear is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Strutter rather than just go for the knockout.
Strutter looks to throw a body kick
and Bear counters with a one-two to the body.

Strutter scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Strutter slows the pace down.
Bear is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Strutter cracks Bear with a big right hand but Bear just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bear is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bear is looking to get back to his feet here but Strutter is keeping cool and he's managed to take Bear's back.
Strutter struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bear manages to escape to his feet.
Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bear works over Strutter's head and body with a nice combination.
A low kick from Bear is predictable there

and Strutter counters by clinching up.

Bear escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bear ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gobbler Strutter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bear lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Strutter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strutter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bear looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Strutter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bear throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bear pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Strutter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bear throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strutter is looking to clinch but Bear is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut there from Bear.
Bear connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Strutter momentarily.
Bear throws a half hearted mid kick.
Strutter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bear pinned against the cage. Bear gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear stalks Strutter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Strutter's face. Strutter staggers backwards, shaken.
Bear lands with a nice combination. Strutter backs away looking to recover.
Bear jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Strutter looks for a takedown but Bear sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gobbler Strutter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strutter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bear pinned against the cage. Bear gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bear moves out of range as Strutter throws a body kick.

Strutter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Strutter trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.

Bear pushes Strutter off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Strutter shoots in but no luck this time.
Paul Bear seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Strutter tries to clinch but Bear is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strutter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bear circles away.
Strutter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bear scores with a body shot.
Bear throws a body kick the misses

and Strutter counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bear!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bear trying desperately to get to his feet.
Strutter looking to control but Bear is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bear is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bear is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Strutter has taken his back!
Strutter trying to control.
Bear looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Strutter controlling the positon.
Bear controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gobbler Strutter.
I think Strutter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gobbler Strutter!