PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Puma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce comes to the cage accompanied by I want it all. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bruce
vs
Puma

195 cm
25
287 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

190 cm
31
258 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Bruce!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Puma!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puma lands with a good body shot.
Bruce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Puma.
Bruce lands a jab to the head.
Puma misses with a lunging right hand
and Bruce counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Johnny Puma has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Puma.
Bruce catches Puma with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A solid body kick from Bruce.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruce tries for a takedown but Puma sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bruce tries to clinch but Puma is having none of it.
Bruce thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bruce misses the body punch
and Puma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Puma misses the target.
Bruce lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bruce lands with a right hand.
Simon Bruce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruce throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Puma's waist but Puma gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bruce off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Puma.
Bruce misses with a few strikes there.
Puma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Puma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Puma has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bruce.
Bruce moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bruce fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Puma moves away from the strike by Bruce.
A jab from Bruce misses.
Bruce takes a swing at Puma's ribcage but misses.
Puma throws a body punch but Bruce moves out of range.
Puma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses with a looping right.
Puma misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Puma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puma jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Good shot there by Bruce.
Good shot there by Bruce.

Bruce shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Puma is trying to defend but Bruce finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bruce working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bruce working Puma over with strikes.

Bruce is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Puma sees it coming and defends easily.
Bruce missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puma is refusing to be controlled, as Bruce sits in half guard.
Bruce throwing shots but Puma is blocking nicely.
Bruce stalling away here and it's allowed Puma to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Bruce is looking to work some ground and pound but Puma has wrist control.
Bruce throws a big elbow that misses.
Bruce is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bruce throwing strikes from guard but Puma blocks nicely.
Bruce 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.
Bruce wants to control from the top but Puma keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bruce is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bruce is looking to work some ground and pound but Puma has wrist control.
Bruce throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bruce throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bruce accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bruce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bruce trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bruce wants to control from the top but Puma keeps moving.
Bruce is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Puma is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Puma is trying to control the position but Bruce postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bruce's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Puma looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bruce sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Puma's guard.
Bruce missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bruce not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bruce thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Puma can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bruce trying to control from half guard but Puma is working away.
Bruce missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Puma is looking for a sweep. Bruce is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bruce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Puma defending well though.
Bruce drops an elbow to the side of Puma's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Puma's head.
Bruce trying to control the action but Puma is working from the bottom.
Bruce thows a huge punch but Puma dodges it nicely.
Bruce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Puma's head.
Bruce winds up and cracks Puma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bruce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bruce throws a strike but Puma avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Puma preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bruce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bruce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bruce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bruce throws a big elbow that misses.
Bruce lands a couple of elbows.
Puma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bruce throws an elbow that misses. Puma uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bruce's guard. Nice move by Puma!
Bruce looking to hit a scissor sweep but Puma is one step ahead there.
Puma must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bruce is working hard here to advance position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Puma tries to stand but Bruce is controlling from the bottom.

Johnny Puma has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bruce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruce just misses with a punch to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bruce ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puma moves away.
Bruce lands a body shot.
Bruce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Puma.
Bruce cracks Puma with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Puma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Puma takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That has opened up Johnny Puma's cut even more.
Bruce misses with an uppercut
and Puma counters with a right hand to the body.
Puma feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bruces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puma keeps the fight on the outside.
Puma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bruce.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puma throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bruce stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Puma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Puma is looking to clinch but Bruce is avoiding it.
Puma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruce.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Bruce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Puma's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Puma lands with a nice body punch.
Bruce stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bruce looks to throw the jab but Puma is out of range.
Puma connects with a body shot that sends Bruce's belly button to the back.
Puma checks a leg kick.
Bruce scores with the left hand. Puma knows he should have avoided that one.
Puma is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bruce rather than just go for the knockout.
Bruce throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Puma's waist but Puma gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bruce off to one side.
Bruce throws a nice looking combination but Puma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Puma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Puma lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puma lands the left hand.
Puma swings for the body but Bruce moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Puma looks to land a combination but Bruce avoids it well.
Bruce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puma manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puma listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Puma's corner calls for a 1-2. Puma obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Puma throws a hook but Bruce avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Puma, as that shot connected.
Bruce throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puma misses with a wild combination.
Bruce throws a low kick but Puma avoids it.
Puma misses the shot to the body.
Bruce tries to clinch up
and Puma counters with a nice body shot.
A jab from Bruce does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruce is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puma.
Puma lands a nice shot that snaps Bruce's head back.
Johnny Puma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bruce defending well as Puma loads up on a big left hand.
Puma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruce.
Puma thuds his right hand into Bruce's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Puma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bruce looks to score with a jab to the body but Puma is just out of range.
Bruce thows a body shot but no joy.
Bruce wants to slow Puma down by chopping away at his legs.
Bruce staying out of range there.
Bruce fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Puma tests Bruce's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puma lands with a nice body punch.
Bruce misses with a body shot.
Puma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Puma throws a series of punches but Bruce avoids them all with ease.
Johnny Puma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruce.
Puma swings for the body but Bruce moves out of range.
Bruce throws a front kick aimed at Puma's knee but Puma avoids it well.
Puma connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bruce swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puma connects with a looping right hand.
Puma throws the left hand but Bruce avoids the punch easily.
Bruce bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puma throws a big shot that misses.
Bruce ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puma moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Bruce 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Puma drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bruce dives in and grabs Puma's left leg, looking for a takedown. Puma pushes down on Bruce's head and hops out.
Puma thuds a left hand into Bruce's body.
Puma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bruce throws out the jab.
Bruce uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Puma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruce.
Bruce will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Bruce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruce.
Bruce dips to his left and cracks Puma with an uppercut!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puma.
Puma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruce.
A slow jab from Puma misses its intended target.
Puma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Puma does it's job there.
Puma looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruce is just out of range.
Bruce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruce lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Puma circles away quickly and effectively.
Bruce throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Puma counter with a right hand.
Puma lands a nice shot that snaps Bruce's head back.
Bruce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Puma avoids the head kick by Bruce.
Bruce misses with a straight right.
Puma jabs Bruce right on the nose. Bruce blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puma misses with a hook
and Bruce counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bruce closes the distance and clinches up with Puma, looking for a takedown. Bruce pushes Puma against the cage but Puma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Puma lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bruce bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Puma's head.
Bruce throws a leg kick but Puma checks it.
Bruce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Bruce. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Puma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puma scores with a jab. Bruce acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Puma scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bruce slips a jab from Puma.
Puma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bruce.
Puma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruce staying out of range there.
Puma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bruce moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Puma throws a good cross that connects.
Bruce fails with a takedown attempt.
Puma scores with the left hand. Bruce knows he should have avoided that one.
Puma tries to move into range but Bruce moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bruce keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puma.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bruce shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bruce finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bruce misses with a few strikes there.
Bruce misses with a double jab.
Bruce takes a swing at Puma's ribcage but misses.
Bruce fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puma throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Bruce to counter with a crisp jab.
Puma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruce manages to avoid it.
Bruce connects with a body shot that sends Puma's belly button to the back.
Bruce misses with a low kick.
Bruce swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puma scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Puma is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Puma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruce.
Bruce wants to land a leg kick but Puma is out of range.
Bruce on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bruce moves away from the strike by Puma.
Bruce misses with a body shot.
Bruce swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bruce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruce tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Puma was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruce.
Puma throws a right hand that Bruce ducks under and follows up with a left that Bruce also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bruce smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Puma misses the shot to the body.
Bruce swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Puma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Puma's cut.
That's time! Bruce's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Puma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bruce.

Bruce 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.
Bruce throws a big elbow that misses.
Bruce won't allow Puma to sweep him here.
Simon Bruce overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bruce trying to control the position from guard on top but Puma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bruce accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Puma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bruce is one step ahead there.
Bruce with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bruce working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bruce working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Puma's head.
Bruce pushes down on Puma's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bruce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Puma's head.
Bruce lands with a punch from half guard.
Puma is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bruce is keen to just control but Puma is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce wants to pass the guard but Puma is defending well.
Puma has hold of Bruce's hands but Bruce slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bruce passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Puma!
Puma tries to hold on but Bruce postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruce misses with a head shot.
Bruce scoring with strikes but Puma is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puma is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bruce postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Puma looks a forlorn figure.

The cut above Johnny Puma's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bruce unloading with bombs!

Puma is rocked!

Johnny Puma's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Puma's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Simon Bruce!
Simon Bruce retains his super heavyweight title!
Simon Bruce really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ↑ DOUBLE 160Q ® logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.