PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Beam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Anka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Beam
vs
Anka

225 cm
24
280 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

210 cm
24
275 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Crashforce Voodoo Labs

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Beam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalle Anka!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beam gets the takedown into side control.
Beam working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beam scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Anka to see if he's OK.
Anka is trying to get back to half guard.
Anka wants to get back to his feet but Beam drags him back down.
Beam grinds an elbow into Anka's temple.
Anka is trying to buck Beam off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anka gets back to half guard.
Anka throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Anka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anka wants to get back to his feet.
Beam drops an elbow to the side of Anka's head.
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.
Beam is controlling the pace.
Anka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beam scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Beam controlling the action here.
Beam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beam trying to control the pace.
Beam scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Anka looks like he's trying to stand up.
Anka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beam scores with a couple of nice shots.
Beam seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Anka throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Beam controlling the action here.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam works his foot free and advances to mount.
Beam in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Anka wants to get back to his feet.
Beam with shots to the head and body - Anka looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beam in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beam looking to control and managing it successfully.
Anka is working to get back to half guard.
Beam scoring with strikes but Anka is staying in there.
Beam working Anka over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anka in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Beam controlling the position easily from mount.
Anka is in a horrible position here. Beam smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Anka wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Anka looks gassed!
Beam lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anka hang on?
Beam looking to control and managing it successfully.
Beam raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anka swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
A nice elbow there by Beam.
Beam looking to control and managing it successfully.
Beam wants to control the pace but Anka is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anka is bucking up trying to escape but Beam cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Beam controlling from the full mount.
Anka is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beam looking to finish Anka with some ground and pound. This is bad for Anka!
Anka flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Beam lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anka hang on?
BOOM! Beam connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Beam with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beam in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beam has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Anka's face.
Anka keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Beam is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Anka can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Beam dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beam drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beam trying to control but Anka is working from the bottom.
Beam makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Beam lands a couple of elbows.
Beam showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Beam is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anka can do to turn this around?
Beam scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Beam trying to control but Anka is working from the bottom.
Beam is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Anka is looking to stand up but Beam isn't so interested in that idea.
Anka wants to sweep but no luck.
Beam is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Beam's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Beam trying to control the position from guard on top but Anka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beam looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Beam postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Anka throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Beam trying to control the position from guard on top but Anka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Anka has momentary wrist control but Beam slips an elbow through the middle.
Beam will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jim Beam just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Anka throws a sloppy head kick and Beam moves out of range easily.
Anka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Beam.
Anka wants to clinch up but Beam keeps it at a distance.
Anka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beam.
Anka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beam circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anka is looking to clinch but Beam is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beam shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anka as he avoids it easily.
Anka tries to clinch up.
Anka throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Beam keeps the fight on the outside.
Kalle Anka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anka wants to clinch up but Beam keeps it at a distance.
Anka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anka is breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Anka.
Anka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Beam shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Beam showed some decent athleticism there.
Beam seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jim Beam overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beam trying to control the action but Anka is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Beam connects with a nice short shot to Anka's temple.
Beam takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anka works his way to full guard. Good work.
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!
Anka keeping moving, preventing Beam from controlling successfully.
Anka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Beam controls the pace.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Beam's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Anka looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Beam puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Beam lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beam is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
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! This is the final round!

Beam swats away the attempt to clinch by Anka.
Anka wants to clinch.
Beam shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anka as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beam swats away the attempt to clinch by Anka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anka tries to work over Beam's front leg with a kick but Beam checks it.
Anka tries to close the distance and clinch but Beam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anka wants to clinch up but Beam keeps it at a distance.
Anka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beam fails to land the takedown.
Anka tries to clinch there but Beam circles away.
Anka throws a push kick but Beam slaps the foot to one side.
Anka tries to clinch up but Beam circles away and keeps his distance.

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.

Beam feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Anka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Anka wants to stand up but Beam is controlling him.
Anka 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 is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Beam postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Beam connects with a couple of short punches.
Beam is stalling in the full guard.
Anka throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Beam is working Anka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Anka wants to stand up but Beam is controlling him.
Kalle Anka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beam's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Beam lands a couple of elbows.
Anka keeping moving, preventing Beam from controlling successfully.
Beam advances to half guard.
Beam works his way into full mount!
Beam fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Beam cracks Anka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Beam lands with some strikes.
Anka throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Anka is looking to improve his position but Beam isn't that keen on the idea.
Beam putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Anka flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beam controlling the position easily from mount.
Beam working Anka over with strikes here.
Beam controlling his opponent.
Beam landing strikes, looking to finish!
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!
Beam looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beam sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Beam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beam, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Beam!