PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brutus Beefcake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gucci Mane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brutus Beefcake has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Beefcake
vs
Mane

191 cm
23
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brutus Beefcake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gucci Mane!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mane takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beefcake tries to close the distance and clinch but Mane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Beefcake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mane blocks a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mane.
Beefcake cracks Mane with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Gucci Mane has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mane slips a straight right by Beefcake.
Nice body kick there by Mane.
Beefcake throws a lazy uppercut
and Mane makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Beefcake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mane.
A good leg kick by Mane.
Mane dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beefcake. That did some damage!
Beefcake looks to throw the jab but Mane is out of range.
A head kick misses from Mane.
Mane moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beefcake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Beefcake crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mane - the referee stops the clock and Beefcake gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mane. Beefcake manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Beefcake throws a series of punches but Mane moves out of range.
Beefcake connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mane with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mane scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beefcake in his tracks.
Mane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mane scores with a punch to the head.
Mane fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mane thumps Beefcake with a low kick.
No joy there for Mane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beefcake throws a series of punches but Mane avoids them all with ease.
Beefcake is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Beefcake is breathing heavily.
Mane slips under a jab.
Beefcake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mane chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beefcake misses the jab.
Mane connects with the punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mane, right into the meat.
Brutus Beefcake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beefcake throws a right hand that misses
and Mane finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mane.
Mane fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beefcake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mane scores with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mane.
Beefcake steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mane. That one must have hurt.
Mane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mane lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beefcake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mane can pounce on him.
Mane lands with a hook. Beefcake tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beefcake takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mane feints and then cracks Beefcake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beefcake down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mane. That's going to slow Beefcake down.
Mane throws a head kick that half lands.
Beefcake takes a kick to the side of the head.
Beefcake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mane.
Mane is looking to slow Beefcake down with leg kicks.
Mane connects with a high kick.
Mane lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Crunch! Mane slams his shin into Beefcake's torso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mane lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mane throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mane sizes up Beefcake with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beefcake tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mane cracks Beefcake with a good jab.
Mane lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mane fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beefcake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mane connects with a looping right hand.
Beefcake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mane. Mane obviously looking to wear him down.
Mane fakes the leg kick and cracks Beefcake in the body.
Mane scores with a head kick. Beefcake tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mane lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mane lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mane scoring well with a low kick there.
Mane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mane has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mane scores with a head kick.
Crunch! Mane slams his shin into Beefcake's torso.
A solid body kick from Mane.
Mane scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Mane there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beefcake takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mane cracks the inside of Beefcake's front leg.
Beefcake tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice body kick from Mane.
Mane lands a leg kick that knocks Beefcake off balance momentarily.
Mane tests Beefcake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mane lands a head kick!
Mane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gucci Mane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gucci Mane's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mane dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beefcake. That did some damage!
Mane moves out of range as Beefcake strikes.
Mane keeps the fight on the outside.
Beefcake is looking to clinch.
Mane tries a head kick but it misses.
Beefcake looks to throw the jab but Mane is out of range.
Beefcake blocks the body kick.
Mane throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Beefcake.
Beefcake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mane. Mane obviously looking to wear him down.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Beefcake might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Beefcake throws a solid leg kick but Mane takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Beefcake.
Beefcake throws a hook but Mane avoids it easily.
Beefcake throws a body kick that misses.
Beefcake is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Mane's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Mane tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mane darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beefcake throws a jab when Mane was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mane has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beefcake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beefcake misses with a low kick as Mane jumps back.
Beefcake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beefcake misses with a straight left.
Beefcake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beefcake walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mane checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Beefcake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mane fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beefcake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gucci Mane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beefcake misses with an attempted mid kick.
Beefcake will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mane lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Beefcake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mane lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mane feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beefcake's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mane scores with a leg kick.
Mane scores with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mane lunges at Beefcake with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Beefcake's hand.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mane.
Mane throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Beefcake tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mane lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mane lands with a slapping head kick.
Mane throws a head kick that half lands.
Mane throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mane lands a head kick!
Mane feints and then cracks Beefcake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beefcake down.
Mane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beefcake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mane lands a jab to the head.
Mane lands a head kick!
Beefcake throws a lazy head kick
and Mane counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beefcake's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Beefcake misses.
Mane lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mane avoids a kick to the body.
Mane throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mane lands with a cross.
Beefcake tries to land a leg kick but Mane saw it coming and moves away.
Mane connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mane circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Mane blocks the leg kick.
Mane misses with a head kick.
Mane checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brutus Beefcake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beefcake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beefcake takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beefcake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mane turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mane dips to his left and cracks Beefcake with an uppercut!
Mane lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beefcake wants to clinch.
Beefcake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beefcake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mane.
Mane throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Beefcake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mane manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beefcake misses with a looping right.
Mane thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Beefcake if he has to take too many more of those.
Mane throws a nice head kick!
A good leg kick by Mane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gucci Mane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gucci Mane's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mane lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick from Mane lands but Beefcake takes it in his stride.
Mane moves out of range of the strikes.
Beefcake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mane connects with a body shot.
Mane with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beefcake to score with a decent uppercut.
Beefcake misses with a right hand
and Mane counters with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mane.
Beefcake lands a head kick. Mane smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beefcake swings widly with a right hand
and Mane counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mane feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beefcake's calf.
Mane feints and then cracks Beefcake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beefcake down.
Beefcake misses with an uppercut. Mane saw that one coming.
Mane lands a head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mane throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefcake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beefcake takes one to the chin there.
A left and a right from Mane both land. Nice combination.
Mane connects with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mane.
Beefcake misses with a left hand
and Mane makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mane scores with a body shot.
Mane connects with a solid leg kick.
Mane chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mane throws a sloppy head kick and Beefcake moves out of range easily.
Mane throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Beefcake.
Some bone on bone action there as Beefcake checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mane sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Beefcake throws a body punch but Mane moves out of range.
Mane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mane lands a slapping body shot.
Mane slips under a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mane.
Beefcake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mane lands a head kick!
Beefcake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beefcake loads up on a big right hand but Mane slips the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mane.
A solid body kick from Mane.
Beefcake throws a shot from downtown. Mane moves away and avoids it.
Mane scoring well with a low kick there.
Mane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beefcake throws a hook but Mane blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Mane.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mane.
Mane lets loose with a powerful body kick. Beefcake will feel that in the morning.
Nice body kick there by Mane.
Mane throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mane lands a nice looking body kick.
A big right from Beefcake misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Mane.
Mane goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mane connects with a solid leg kick.
Mane lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beefcake at a distance.
Mane connects with a solid leg kick.
Mane is looking to slow Beefcake down with leg kicks.
Jab by Mane.
Beefcake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Mane.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mane fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mane feints and then cracks Beefcake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beefcake down.
Mane lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mane thuds his right hand into Beefcake's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mane dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beefcake. That did some damage!
Mane scores with a leg kick.
Mane blocks a jab.
Mane lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beefcake's sensitive parts.
Mane lands with a slapping head kick.
Mane delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beefcake tries to clinch up but Mane circles away and keeps his distance.
Beefcake scores with a jab to the jaw.
Beefcake misses with a wild body shot.
Brutus Beefcake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mane scores with a push kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gucci Mane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mane has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gucci Mane!