PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Butter Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nalle Puh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puh has chosen Nalle Puhin uudet seikkailut as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bean
vs
Puh

175 cm
19
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
196 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Control Nutrition

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butter Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nalle Puh!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puh looks to land a body kick but Bean moved away.
Puh scores with a three punch combo!
Bean blocks a jab.
Puh digs a good body shot into Bean's ribs.
Puh throws a series of punches but Bean avoids them all with ease.
Puh connects with a nice looking jab.
Puh defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bean.
A telegraphed right hand from Puh misses the target.
Nice body kick there by Puh.
Bean misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Puh lands with a nice combination. Bean backs away looking to recover.
Puh misses with a body kick.
Puh lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puh jabs at Bean's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puh.
Puh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Puh throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bean.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Butter Bean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puh displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Puh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Donk. Puh catches Bean right on the button with a cross.
Bean tries to score a power double leg takedown but Puh sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bean somewhat.

Bean shoots in and bounces Puh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bean is breathing heavily.
Bean preventing the sweep.
Bean postures up.
Bean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Puh striking off his back.
Puh throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Bean won't allow Puh to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puh thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Puh looking for a sweep. Not yet Puh, not yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Puh throws a jab when Bean was well out of range.
Puh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bean.
Bean has a takedown stuffed.
Bean showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Puh.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bean.
Puh is not content to let Bean control the position.
Bean has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bean misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Puh striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Bean is looking to take a break and control but Puh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Puh is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
An elbow from Bean crashes against the mat.
Puh manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bean's best efforts.
Bean is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Puh manages to get to full guard.
Puh looking to control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Puh pulls Bean in close to prevent any damage.

Puh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Puh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bean accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Puh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bean.
Bean landing some decent shots from guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bean throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bean lands a couple of digs.
Bean working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Puh's head.
Bean trying to control the position from guard on top but Puh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Puh throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bean connects with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puh tries to strike from the bottom.
Puh manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Puh lands a big shot there that rocks Bean but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nalle Puh dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bean tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Puh swivels and escapes.
Bean fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Puh moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Puh just misses with a punch to the body.
Puh has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Puh looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Puh tests Bean's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nalle Puh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bean shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Puh manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bean won't allow Puh to sweep him here.
Bean looking to sit in guard and control but Puh gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Puh throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean looking to hit a scissor sweep but Puh is one step ahead there.
Bean keeping moving, preventing Puh from controlling successfully.
Bean 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.
Puh wants to control from the top but Bean keeps moving.
Bean is looking to stand up but Puh isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bean moves out of range of the body kick.
Bean takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bean blocks a head kick by Puh.
Puh misses with a two punch combination.
Puh thows a body kick. Bean tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bean has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Butter Bean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puh misses with an attempted mid kick.
Puh lands a nice looking body shot.
Puh keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bean changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Puh tries to avoid it but Bean manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Puh to the ground. Puh escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bean fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Puh scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Puh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bean moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bean is defended easily by Puh.
Puh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Puh stuffs the takedown.
Nalle Puh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bean.
Puh throws a nice head kick!
Bean ducks right into an uppercut from Puh.
Puh is looking to slow Bean down with leg kicks.
Puh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Butter Bean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bean takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Puh lands with a slapping head kick.

Bean is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puh sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Bean's defenses. It connects perfectly with Bean's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nalle Puh!