PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Beattie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquin Bordado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Beattie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Joaquin Bordado's chin.

Beattie
vs
Bordado

187 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Beattie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joaquin Bordado!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beattie throws a right hand that Bordado ducks under and follows up with a left that Bordado also avoids with ease.
Bordado fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bordado fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beattie.
Beattie misses with a body kick.
Beattie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Bordado lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Beattie sprawling to the canvas. Bordado follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Beattie hang on?

It looks like Jason Beattie has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bordado sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beattie defending well though.
Beattie is looking to improve his position.
Beattie is breathing heavily.
Beattie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bordado misses with a head shot. Beattie uses the momentum to regain guard.
Beattie working a defensive guard here.
Bordado trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bordado throws a big elbow that misses.
Bordado throws a big elbow that misses.
Bordado is looking to work some ground and pound but Beattie has wrist control.
Bordado really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beattie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bordado throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beattie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bordado postures up in Beattie's guard and throws a big left but Beattie blocks it.
Bordado throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bordado loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bordado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beattie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beattie on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Beattie tries to get out of the position.
Bordado postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bordado is looking to work some ground and pound but Beattie has wrist control.
Bordado with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bordado works over Beattie with some ground and pound from guard.
Beattie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Beattie is trying to keep Bordado in close.
Bordado throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beattie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bordado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bordado works over Beattie with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bordado throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bordado throws a big right hand that misses.
Bordado throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bordado accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bordado must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bordado postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bordado throwing strikes but missing.
Bordado is looking to work some ground and pound but Beattie has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bordado accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bordado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bordado postures up in Beattie's guard and throws a big left but Beattie blocks it.
Bordado preventing the sweep.
Bordado with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bordado throws a big right hand that misses.
Bordado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bordado trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bordado throwing strikes but missing.
Beattie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bordado.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bordado advances position into side control!
Bordado fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Beattie dodges the ground and pound from Bordado.
Bordado lands an elbow.
Bordado misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Beattie parries the strikes from Bordado easily there. Bordado is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Beattie to escape.
Bordado misses with the ground and pound.
Bordado working the ground and pound from side control.
Beattie is looking to reverse the position.
Bordado lands a few punches from side control.

Beattie is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bordado creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Beattie sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Oh Beattie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bordado tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bordado lands a strong strike to the head of Beattie. That's dazed him! Bordado looking to finish here. Beattie is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Bordado lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joaquin Bordado!
After winning the bout, Joaquin Bordado thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.