PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panda Bare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Landsman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bare comes to the cage accompanied by Rickrolled. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Charles Landsman enters the cage!

Bare
vs
Landsman

199 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

202 cm
21
284 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Battalion Athletics

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Panda Bare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Landsman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landsman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Landsman misses with a hook. Bare ducked under it nicely.

Landsman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bare to the mat! Bare manages to get full guard.
Landsman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Landsman is looking to work some ground and pound but Bare has wrist control.
Landsman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bare is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bare controlling the position.
Landsman wants to pass the guard but Bare is keeping the position.
Landsman stopping the sweep attempt from Bare.
Bare pulls Landsman in close to his closed guard and prevents Landsman from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bare has his foot on Landsman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Landsman works his way back into a safe position though.
Landsman preventing the sweep.
Landsman throws and elbow that misses. Bare uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Landsman's guard. Nice move by Bare!
Landsman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Landsman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bare defends well.

Landsman is looking for a triangle but Bare pushes his legs off easily.
Bare tries to free his leg and advance position but Landsman is retaining full guard.
Bare has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landsman keeping moving, preventing Bare from controlling successfully.

Bare drops back looking for a leg! Landsman is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Landsman manages to kick Bare off! Bare jumps back into Landsman's guard.

Landsman has his foot on Bare's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bare works his way back into a safe position though.

Bare gets to his feet - Landsman follows without any prompting.
Landsman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Landsman has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landsman.
Bare tries to stall but Landsman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bare misses with some punches.
Bare is looking to control Landsman's arms but Landsman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bare has his back to the cage.
Landsman lands with a right to the head.
Bare tries to throw a body punch but Landsman avoids it by throwing Bare back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bare - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bare.
Landsman works on Bare's body with a couple of short punches.
Landsman prevents a body shot from Bare.
Bare gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Landsman.
Landsman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bare swings wildly with an uppercut but Landsman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landsman lands with a right to the head.
Landsman cracks Bare with a nice body shot.
Bare is breathing heavily.
Bare stalling in the clinch but Landsman improves position.
Landsman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Landsman lands a body punch.
Landsman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Landsman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Landsman pushes off an throws an elbow but Bare leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landsman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Landsman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Landsman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Landsman is working Bare over against the cage.
Landsman is working Bare over against the cage.
Bare blocks the elbow strike.
Landsman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bare backwards.
Bare fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Landsman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bares head.
Landsman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Landsman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Landsman.
Landsman gets through Bare's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Landsman trying to land knees to the body.
Landsman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bare's defenses.

It looks like Panda Bare has been cut.
Landsman blocks a body shot from Bare.
Landsman lands a right hand.
Landsman lands with a left to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Landsman scores with a shoulder strike.
Landsman blocks an uppercut.
Landsman scores with a hook to the body.
Landsman lands an uppercut.
Landsman scores with a hook to the body.
Landsman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Landsman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Panda Bare's cut.
That's time! Bare's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bare on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bare misses with a low kick.
Bare drops his hands momentarily and Landsman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Landsman misses with a hook. Bare ducked under it nicely.
Landsman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bare.
Landsman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bare counters with a straight right hand.
Bare throws a shot from downtown. Landsman moves away and avoids it.
Landsman ducks under a wild hook from Bare.
Bare with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bare scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bare looks to score with a jab to the body but Landsman is just out of range.
Landsman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bare throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Landsman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bare misses with a hook. Landsman ducked under it nicely.
Bare lands a nice hook to Landsman's body. Landsman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Landsman avoids the head kick by Bare.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bare connects with a good right hand that stumbles Landsman. Landsman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Danga de danga de dang - Landsman scores with a four punch combination!
Landsman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A slow jab from Landsman misses its intended target.
Bare scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Landsman is breathing heavily.
Bare throws a series of strikes that have Landsman backpedaling.
Bare throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Panda Bare is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landsman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bare.
Landsman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Landsman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bare scores with a sloppy right hand. Landsman should have avoided that one.
Bare misses with a straight left.
Jab by Bare.
Bare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bare swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Landsman.
Landsman avoids the body shot from Bare.
Landsman doesn't manage to clinch there - Bare circles away.
Bare misses with a wild combination.
Landsman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bare.
Landsman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Landsman misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Bare throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bare with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big left from Landsman misses.
Bare lands with a right hand.
Landsman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bare.
Landsman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bare moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Charles Landsman has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landsman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bare.
Landsman slips under a jab from Bare.
Landsman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bare at a distance.
Bare throws a combination that misses
and Landsman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bare scores with a crisp jab that stopped Landsman in his tracks.
Panda Bare is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bare throws out a loose jab but Landsman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bare misses with a wild body shot.
Bare lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bare misses with a body shot.
A jab from Bare finds it's way through Landsman's defenses.
Landsman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bare misses with a few strikes there.
A shot to the body from Bare misses
and Landsman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Landsman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bare throws a sloppy body shot
and Landsman counters with a left to the body.
Landsman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Landsman moves in looking to clinch but Bare pushes him off.
Landsman tries to move into range but Bare moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Landsman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bare throws a looping overhand right but Landsman ducks down to avoid it.
Landsman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Landsman moves out of range as Bare strikes.
Landsman avoids the body shot from Bare.
Bare cracks a nice hook into Landsman's ribs.
Landsman throws a hook to the side of Bare's head but Bare sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bare scores with a nice strike.
Bare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landsman moves away.
Bare uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Landsman has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Panda Bare dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bare swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bare throws a combination that misses
and Landsman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Landsman defending well as Bare loads up on a big left hand.
Landsman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bare throws a combination that misses

and Landsman counters with a takedown into side control.
Landsman works to advance to full mount. Bare defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Landsman looking to finish with strikes here!
Bare tries to hold on but Landsman postures up.
Landsman lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landsman looking to control but Bare is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Landsman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Landsman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Landsman avoids the attempt from Bare to control.
Landsman prevents Bare from getting the reversal.
Landsman working Bare over with strikes here.
Bare gets back to half guard.
Landsman wants to pass the guard but Bare is defending well.
Landsman working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bare keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bare wants to get back to full guard.
Landsman passes to full mount!
Bare is squirming around, avoiding Landsman's attempts to control the action.
Landsman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bare kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Landsman there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Landsman controlling the position easily from mount.
Landsman dominating with strikes here.
Landsman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bare wants to hold on but Landsman pushes him away.
Landsman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landsman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bare is looking to get to half guard.
Landsman wants to control the pace but Bare is squirming around nicely.
Bare tries to hold on but Landsman postures up.
Landsman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Landsman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Landsman 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Landsman!