PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam Beastly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yeovil Tiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beastly kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wu Tang Clan - Protect ya neck!. Tiger has chosen Delilah by Tom Jones as his entrance music. Yeovil Tiger is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bam Beastly
vs
Tiger

190 cm
28
207 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

194 cm
26
211 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bam Bam Beastly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Yeovil Tiger!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beastly's head backwards.
Beastly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tiger.
Tiger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beastly takes a swing at Tiger's ribcage but misses.
Beastly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiger.
Tiger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beastly.
Beastly thows a body shot but no joy.
Tiger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beastly manages to avoid it.
No luck for Beastly with that takedown attempt.
Yeovil Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beastly throws a body punch but Tiger moves out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Beastly.
Tiger tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Beastly presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Beastly raining down shots from the mount!
Beastly 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.
Tiger avoids a series of strikes thrown by Beastly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Beastly jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tiger is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tiger and Beastly has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Beastly is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tiger is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tiger is trying to control Beastly's posture but Beastly avoids it.

Beastly swings around for an armbar but Tiger sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Beastly's guard.
Beastly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger looking to pass the guard.

Beastly has his foot on Tiger's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tiger works his way back into a safe position though.
Beastly working a defensive guard but Tiger passes into half guard.
Beastly is refusing to be controlled, as Tiger sits in half guard.
Beastly wants to get back to full guard.
Tiger performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tiger working Beastly over with strikes.
Beastly is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tiger's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tiger's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beastly tightening his grip on Tiger, looking for the choke.
Beastly struggling to keep hold of the position.
Tiger is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Beastly off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tiger manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Tiger.
Beastly trying to control but Tiger is working from the bottom.
Beastly is pushing down on Tiger's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tiger is fighting to maintain full guard but Beastly has managed to sneak the leg through.
Beastly perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Beastly trying to pass the guard but Tiger defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beastly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Beastly is trying to control. Tiger wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bam Bam Beastly wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A telegraphed right hand from Tiger misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tiger darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beastly ducks right into an uppercut from Tiger.
Tiger scores with a hook to the body. Beastly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tiger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tiger misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Tiger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tiger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yeovil Tiger will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tiger scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Tiger.
Tiger misses with a two punch combination.
Beastly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Beastly finds it's way through Tiger's defenses.
Tiger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tiger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Tiger.
Tiger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beastly.
Beastly slips a jab from Tiger.
Tiger throws a looping overhand right but Beastly ducks down to avoid it.
Tiger lands a slapping body shot.
Tiger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beastly's hands.
Beastly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beastly loads up on a big right hand but Tiger slips the punch.
Tiger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tiger misses the jab.
Tiger throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beastly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tiger misses the shot to the body.
Tiger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beastly was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiger.
Tiger lands a jab to Beastly's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tiger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tiger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beastly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tiger lands a right hook to the body.
Tiger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yeovil Tiger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beastly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tiger looks to score with a jab to the body but Beastly is just out of range.
Beastly lands a slapping body shot.
Beastly lands a jab to the nose.
A big left from Beastly misses.
Beastly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiger was well out of range. Poor timing from Beastly.
Tiger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beastly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiger cracks a nice hook into Beastly's ribs.
Tiger scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beastly walks into a straight right hand from Tiger.
Beastly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiger.
Tiger works Beastly's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tiger misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beastly throws a jab but it's blocked by Tiger.
Beastly slips a straight right by Tiger.
Tiger misses with a double jab

and Beastly counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Beastly wants to take a breather but Tiger is having none of it.
Beastly tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tiger knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Beastly is stalling here. Tiger is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Beastly seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tiger has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Beastly tries to improve position but can't.
Beastly is not content to let Tiger control the position.
Beastly taking a bit of punishment here - Tiger scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger trying to control the position but Beastly is working away.
A lull in the action here as Tiger stalls from top position.
Beastly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tiger working the ground and pound.
Beastly being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tiger wants to control but Beastly is keeping him busy.
Beastly is looking to regain half guard here but Tiger keeps moving and retains side control.
Beastly gets back to half guard.
Tiger with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beastly is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tiger's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tiger's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yeovil Tiger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Tiger swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Beastly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tiger throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tiger jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Beastly moves out of range as Tiger strikes.
Tiger staying out of range there.
Tiger lands a jab to the nose.
Tiger works Beastly's body with a nice hook.
Beastly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tiger misses with a looping left.
Tiger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beastly.
Tiger throws a looping overhand right but Beastly ducks down to avoid it.
Beastly loads up on a big right hand but Tiger slips the punch.
Beastly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiger slips a straight right by Beastly.
Tiger misses the shot to the body.
Tiger lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tiger scores with a body shot.
Beastly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tiger throws a body punch but Beastly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Tiger.
Beastly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tiger counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Tiger misses the target.
Beastly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tiger manages to avoid it.
Beastly fails with the takedown
and Tiger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beastly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tiger.
Tiger lands a nice looking body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tiger.
Tiger looks to score with a jab to the body but Beastly is just out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Tiger there.
Beastly throws a lazy right hand but Tiger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good shot there by Tiger.
Jab, jab by Beastly - just one landing.
Tiger gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beastly.
Beastly looks to land a right hand but Tiger moved out of range.
Tiger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tiger blocks a jab.
A shot to the body from Tiger misses
and Beastly counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beastly.
A jab from Tiger finds it's way through Beastly's defenses.
Beastly slips under a jab from Tiger.
Beastly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beastly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tiger manages to avoid it.
Beastly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tiger jabs at Beastly's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tiger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beastly ducks under a wild hook from Tiger.
Beastly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tiger dodges the punch combination from Beastly.
Tiger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beastly looks to land a right hand but Tiger moved out of range.
Beastly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tiger.
Tiger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beastly.
Beastly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tiger scores with a sloppy right hand. Beastly should have avoided that one.

Beastly is rocked!
Beastly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tiger scores with a one two! Beastly had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oh Beastly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tiger throws an uppercut from hell that sends Beastly clean off his feet! He's out cold! Tiger stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yeovil Tiger!
Yeovil Tiger is the new light heavyweight champion!