PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie Beamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willie Beamen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
vs
Beamen

185 cm
20
178 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

181 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willie Beamen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beamen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Willie Beamen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beamen. Buonarroti Simoni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buonarroti Simoni avoids the head kick by Beamen.
Buonarroti Simoni blocks a head kick by Beamen.
Beamen misses with a body kick.
Beamen just misses with a punch to the body.
Buonarroti Simoni blocks a head kick by Beamen.
Beamen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Buonarroti Simoni sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Buonarroti Simoni looks to land a left hand but Beamen moved out of range nicely.
Beamen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buonarroti Simoni moves away.
Beamen looks to land a combination but Buonarroti Simoni avoids it well.
Beamen lands a leg kick that knocks Buonarroti Simoni off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beamen, right into the meat.
Beamen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Buonarroti Simoni checks it well.
Buonarroti Simoni takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Beamen thows a body shot but no joy.
Buonarroti Simoni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beamen was well out of range. Poor timing from Buonarroti Simoni.
Beamen throws a right and a left that Buonarroti Simoni avoids nicely.
Beamen scores with a shot to the body.
Beamen looks to land a left hand but Buonarroti Simoni moved out of range nicely.
Buonarroti Simoni misses with a low kick.
Beamen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

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!
Beamen lands a right hook to the body.
Beamen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Beamen connects with an inside leg kick.
Buonarroti Simoni is breathing heavily.
Buonarroti Simoni blocks a head kick by Beamen.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beamen. That's going to slow Buonarroti Simoni down.
Beamen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buonarroti Simoni manages to avoid it.
Buonarroti Simoni ducks under a wild hook from Beamen.

Oooooh!!! Beamen has knocked Buonarroti Simoni down with a huge combo! Beamen steps away and waves a wobbly Buonarroti Simoni back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Buonarroti Simoni is rocked!
Buonarroti Simoni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beamen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buonarroti Simoni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beamen misses with a double jab.
Beamen misses the shot to the body.
Buonarroti Simoni throws a body punch but Beamen moves out of range.
Willie Beamen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Buonarroti Simoni ducks under a wild hook from Beamen.
Beamen connects with a looping right hand.
Beamen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beamen misses the shot to the body.
Beamen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buonarroti Simoni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beamen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buonarroti Simoni looks to score with a jab to the body but Beamen is just out of range.
Beamen throws a nice looking combination but Buonarroti Simoni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beamen looks to score with a jab to the body but Buonarroti Simoni is just out of range.
Beamen misses with a series of wild punches.
Beamen connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Beamen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buonarroti Simoni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Beamen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Buonarroti Simoni blocks a leg kick.

Buonarroti Simoni closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Beamen quickly recovers to half guard.
Buonarroti Simoni stops Beamen from getting back to his feet.
Buonarroti Simoni throwing shots but Beamen is blocking nicely.

Buonarroti Simoni is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Beamen sees it coming and defends easily.
Buonarroti Simoni passes to full mount!
Buonarroti Simoni looking to finish with strikes here!
Buonarroti Simoni 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buonarroti Simoni throws some wild stikes that Beamen manages to avoid easily.

Buonarroti Simoni working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Buonarroti Simoni throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Beamen wants to control but Buonarroti Simoni is having none of it.
Buonarroti Simoni misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Buonarroti Simoni working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Buonarroti Simoni sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Buonarroti Simoni thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buonarroti Simoni has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Beamen's face.
BOOM! Buonarroti Simoni connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Buonarroti Simoni content just to control the position here.

Beamen is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Buonarroti Simoni locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Beamen is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni!