PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Biggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and August Beach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beach is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love. Willy Biggs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Biggs
vs
Beach

189 cm
24
233 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
287 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Biggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, August Beach!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Biggs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Biggs tries to clinch there but Beach circles away.
Beach throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Beach takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beach throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Biggs gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Beach counters with a nice low kick that buckles Biggs's knee momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Biggs misses with a straight left.
Beach throws a sloppy head kick and Biggs moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Beach.

Biggs changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Beach looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Beach wants to get back to his feet but Biggs drags him back down.
Beach defending against the ground and pound.
Biggs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beach keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggs working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Beach defending against the ground and pound.
Biggs taking a break here but Beach is having none of it and regains half guard.
Beach tries to kick Biggs off in order to stand up. Biggs Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Biggs scores with a couple of short elbows.
Beach takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Beach is trying to buck Biggs off.
Beach taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biggs cracks Beach with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Biggs connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Beach some visible discomfort.
Beach is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Biggs 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.
Biggs throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Biggs landing a few strikes.
Beach is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Biggs in side control, throwing shots but Beach defends.
Beach is pushing Biggs's head away, looking to escape. Biggs manages to hold on to the position though.
Biggs lands an elbow.
Biggs working the ground and pound but Beach is defending the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggs lands an elbow.
Biggs throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Biggs tries to score with some ground and pound. Beach controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Biggs throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Biggs trying to control the action but Beach is working from the bottom.
Biggs lands some shots froms side control.
Beach takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Biggs in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Biggs lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Beach wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggs is trying to ground and pound but Beach uses the momentary lack of control by Biggs to regain half guard.
Biggs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Biggs missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Biggs sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beach defending well though.
Biggs trying to mount his opponent but Beach defends it.
Biggs throwing shots but Beach is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Biggs is looking to stall here but Beach recovers full guard.
Biggs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Biggs dominated that round.
That's time! Biggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Biggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Biggs throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beach counters with a good low kick that Biggs was not able to check.
Biggs fakes the leg kick and cracks Beach in the body.
A shot to the liver by Biggs. Beautiful body shot.
Beach has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Biggs.
Beach blocks a jab.
Biggs throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Beach drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Biggs here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The fighters circle momentarily. Biggs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Biggs misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Beach makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biggs looks to throw the jab but Beach is out of range.
Beach tries to score with a low kick but Biggs moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Biggs fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Biggs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Biggs. Beach does a little dance to reset his feet.
Willy Biggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beach scores with a leg kick.
Biggs cracks Beach with a right hand to the side of the head.
Biggs smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beach takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Biggs misses the jab.
Biggs thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Beach if he has to take too many more of those.

Biggs throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Beach tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Biggs is in Beach's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biggs works over Beach with some ground and pound from guard.
Biggs pushes down on Beach's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Biggs lands with a punch from half guard.
Biggs seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Beach is trying to get back to full guard.
Biggs slips a nice elbow through Beach's hands, connecting with Beach's forehead.
Beach avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggs.
Beach is refusing to be controlled, as Biggs sits in half guard.
Biggs seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Beach avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggs.
Beach avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ground and pound from Biggs.
Biggs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Biggs lands a nice short elbow.
Biggs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Beach is staying active underneath Biggs, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Biggs thows a huge punch but Beach dodges it nicely.
Beach avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggs thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Beach's head.
Biggs is pressing down on Beach's thigh, looking to free his foot. Beach is holding on for now.
Biggs working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Biggs lands a nice short elbow.
Biggs tries to pass the half guard into mount. Beach knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Biggs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Biggs working Beach over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Biggs dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Biggs shoots in for a takedown but Beach shows good takedown defense.
Beach throws a sloppy head kick
and Biggs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beach thinking.
Biggs blocks a head kick by Beach.
A big right from Biggs misses.
Beach ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Biggs 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.
Beach has momentary wrist control but Biggs slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Biggs's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Biggs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Biggs cracks Beach with a solid left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biggs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beach wants to stand and escape but Biggs is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Biggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Beach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beach utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Biggs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Biggs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beach works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Biggs looking to pass the guard.
Biggs lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Biggs throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biggs landing some decent shots from guard.
Biggs distracts Beach with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Biggs throws a big elbow that misses.
Willy Biggs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Biggs scoring with punches to the head and body.
Biggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beach can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Biggs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Biggs postures up in Beach's guard and throws a big left but Beach blocks it.
Biggs looking to pass the guard.
Biggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Beach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Biggs lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Biggs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Biggs accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Beach avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Beach avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Willy Biggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Biggs controlling from the top position.
August Beach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Biggs trying to control but Beach is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Biggs not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Willy Biggs.
Biggs stuns Beach with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beach swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Biggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beach.
Beach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Biggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beach was well out of range. Poor timing from Biggs.
Biggs throws the kick towards the body but Beach avoids it.

Beach gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willy Biggs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Biggs, 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Willy Biggs!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Willy Biggs!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Willy Biggs!

Willy Biggs wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Willy Biggs thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.