PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Avery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce comes to the cage accompanied by I want it all. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bruce
vs
Avery

195 cm
33
287 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

198 cm
24
275 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Bruce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Avery!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avery steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruce.
Bruce throws a hook to the side of Avery's head but Avery sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bruce darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bruce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Avery throws out the jab.
Bruce blocks a low kick nicely.
Simon Bruce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruce throws the left hand but Avery avoids the punch easily.
Bruce bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Avery's head backwards.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bruce crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Avery - the referee stops the clock and Bruce gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Avery. Bruce manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bruce misses with a body shot.

Bruce shoots in and bounces Avery off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bruce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bruce is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Avery is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Avery working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bruce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce throwing strikes but missing.
Bruce throws a big elbow that misses.
Bruce lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Avery tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Avery working for a triangle but Bruce defends it easily.
Bruce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bruce working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Avery is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bruce with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce stopping the sweep attempt from Avery.
Avery avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Avery avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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 cracks Avery with a solid left hand.
Bruce wants to control from the top but Avery keeps moving.
Avery preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bruce stands up over Avery, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Avery looking for a sweep. Not yet Avery, not yet.
Bruce landing some decent shots from guard.
Avery preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Avery looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bruce avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bruce throws a big right hand that misses.
Bruce landing some decent shots from guard.
Bruce working some strikes from top position.
Bruce throws a strike but Avery rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bruce pulls Avery in close to his closed guard and prevents Avery from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avery trying to control but Bruce is working from the bottom.
Avery postures up.
Bruce keeping full guard, as Avery tries to pass.
Avery won't allow Bruce to sweep him here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avery looking to sit in guard and control but Bruce gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruce postures up in Avery's guard and throws a big left but Avery blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Bruce dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bruce takes a swing at Avery's ribcage but misses.
Bruce blocks a low kick nicely.
Bruce scores with a crisp jab that stopped Avery in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Avery does a little dance to reset his feet.
Avery lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bruce has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bruce there as he acknowledges the shot.

Avery gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Avery lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruce prevents a body shot from Avery.
Avery can't find room to land a body shot as Bruce controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Avery tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Avery connects with a knee to the head.
Bruce throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Avery - that landed with a thud.
Avery goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Avery misses with a hook to the ribs.
Avery misses with a hook to the ribs.
Avery misses with a punch to the body.
Avery connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bruce's face.

It looks like Simon Bruce has been cut.
Avery stalling in the clinch.
Avery misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Avery.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avery tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Avery crunches a lovely knee into Bruce's ribcage.
Avery is working Bruce over against the cage.
Bruce's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throws a punch but it's blocked by Avery.
Avery pushes Bruce back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bruce takes a knee to the side of the body.

Avery's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Avery throws a wild body kick that Bruce sees coming a mile off.
Bruce drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Avery throws a head kick but Bruce moves out of range.
Bruce fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Avery on the side of the head.
Avery scores with a nice strike.
Marcus Avery is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Avery misses with an attempted mid kick.
Avery keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruce fails with the takedown
and Avery counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Avery avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throws a combination that misses
and Avery counters with a nice body kick.
Bruce takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Avery scores with a leg kick.
Avery lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Avery lands a head kick that stumbles Bruce and the fighters go to the mat.

Bruce is rocked!
Avery gets to his feet and stands over Bruce, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Bruce felt that one! Avery unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Bruce from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Avery!
As Marcus Avery got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I am Back baby ,I can't be beat, I won't be beat, had a great camp, thanks to Taco and the boys, Steel and all my fans. I know everyone in the UK was watching me kick some ass. It doesn't stop here, I'm gonna be pound for pound number one, Steel and Assasi know it, I'm hung too!'.