PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dark Fear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernie Bezoink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bezoink has chosen Fuel as his entrance music. Ernie Bezoink has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dark Fear's chin.

Fear
vs
Bezoink

189 cm
26
213 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

190 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dark Fear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernie Bezoink!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fear tries to close the distance and clinch but Bezoink swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bezoink!

It looks like Dark Fear has been cut.
Bezoink ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bezoink throws a nice looking combination but Fear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bezoink fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bezoink throws a hook but Fear avoids it easily.

Fear darts in and clinches Bezoink up against the cage.
Fear lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bezoink takes a shot to the head.
Bezoink tries to break the clinch but Fear is controlling the position.
Fear blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fear steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bezoink.
Bezoink dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fear. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fear rushes Bezoink and presses him up against the cage.
Bezoink misses with some punches.

Bezoink pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezoink avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fear moves into the clinch.
Bezoink goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Fear scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bezoink.
Fear lands a body punch.
Bezoink tries to break free but Fear pushes him back against the cage.
Fear lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fear creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bezoink wants to break the clinch but can't.
Our sources have told us that Fear has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Fear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bezoink's defenses.

It looks like Ernie Bezoink has been cut.
Fear lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fear lands an elbow inside that Bezoink shrugs off.
Fear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bezoink's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bezoink lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fear backwards.
Fear creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bezoink has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fear seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bezoink can turn it around.
Bezoink looks winded!
Fear avoids the elbow strike from Bezoink, against the cage.
Fear lands an elbow inside that Bezoink shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bezoink.
Fear lands a nice shot to the body.
Fear scores with a knee to the head.
Fear pushes Bezoink back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fear lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Fear.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fear.
Fear lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bezoink backwards.
Fear throws an elbow but it misses.
Fear lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bezoink.
Fear lands a damaging elbow.
Fear blocking some punches.
Bezoink looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fear lands a shoulder strike.
Bezoink misses with a punch to the body.
Bezoink misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fear lands with a light punch inside.
Fear pushes off an throws an elbow but Bezoink leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fear lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fear blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fear uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bezoink.

Bezoink gets a clinch.
Fear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Bezoink.
Come on Fear - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fear lands a good knee to the midsection. Bezoink won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from Fear.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fear lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fear lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bezoink tries to break the clinch but Fear is controlling the position.
Bezoink fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fear lands an elbow just above Bezoink 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink takes an elbow to the temple.
Fear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Fear.

That has opened up Ernie Bezoink's cut even more.
Fear scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fear displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bezoink up against the cage.
Fear can't find room to land a body shot as Bezoink controls the action.
Bezoink lands with a left to the head.
Fear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bezoink takes an elbow to the temple.
Fear has Bezoink pressed against the cage, preventing Bezoink from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fear lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bezoink is looking to control Fear's arms but Fear gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bezoink has his back to the cage.

Fear breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Bezoink lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fear doesn't seem phased though.
Bezoink throws a sloppy head kick
and Fear counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Fear dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Fear's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fear fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bezoink, pushing him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Fear.
Bezoink lands an elbow inside that Fear shrugs off.
Bezoink working hard to break the clinch.
Fear will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bezoink up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fear.
Bezoink misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Fear.
Fear is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bezoink can do to turn this around?
Fear connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bezoink's face.
Bezoink swings wildly with an uppercut but Fear uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezoink looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fear lands an elbow inside that Bezoink shrugs off.
Fear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bezoink stalling in the clinch but Fear improves position.
Fear creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dark Fear has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fear softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fear is stalling here.
Bezoink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Bezoink's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Fear moves into the clinch.
Fear presses Bezoink against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bezoink is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fear obliges.
Fear lands a nice shot to the body.

Fear breaks from the clinch.

Fear moves into range and clinches up with Bezoink.
Fear lands a body punch.
Fear is pushing Bezoink up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Fear manages to break the clinch.
Fear doesn't manage to clinch there - Bezoink circles away.
Ernie Bezoink is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fear forces Bezoink back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bezoink's brow.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Fear clinches up with Bezoink and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Fear breaks the clinch.
Fear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fear doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bezoink swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ernie Bezoink seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bezoink throws a leg kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Fear darts in and clinches Bezoink up against the cage.
Fear scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fear lands an elbow inside that Bezoink shrugs off.
Fear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bezoink's defenses.
Bezoink makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fear misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fear has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Come on Bezoink - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fear misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fear lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fear softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fear lands a body punch.
Fear lands an elbow inside that Bezoink shrugs off.
Bezoink swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fear lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Ernie Bezoink's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A frustrated look appears on Bezoink's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fear lands an elbow that stopped Bezoink in his tracks for a moment.
Fear lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bezoink.
Fear misses with a punch to the body.
Fear has Bezoink pushed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Fear.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fear pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fear tries to clinch up but Bezoink circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fear connects with a knee to the head.
Bezoink avoids a wild elbow strike from Fear.
A right hook to the body lands for Fear.
Fear lands a hook that snaps the head of Bezoink backwards.
Fear lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bezoink backwards.
Fear displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bezoink up against the cage.
Fear works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Fear.
Fear scores with a hook to the body.
Fear lands a hook that snaps the head of Bezoink backwards.
Fear is working Bezoink over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Fear dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Fear's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fear gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fear lands a damaging elbow.
Fear struggles to land a body shot inside as Bezoink controls his hands.
Fear lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Bezoink breaks the clinch.
Bezoink throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fear tries to clinch but Bezoink moves out of range.
It seemed like Bezoink was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bezoink paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bezoink steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fear.
Fear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bezoink paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bezoink closes the distance and clinches.
Fear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezoink lands a hook that snaps the head of Fear backwards.

Bezoink breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bezoink takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Fear has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fear keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bezoink's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Fear - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fear makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fear lands a nice knee to the body.
Fear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fear lands a nice elbow.
Bezoink takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Fear.
Fear lands with a left to the head.
Fear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fear lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Bezoink is rocked!
Fear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bezoink's defenses.
Bezoink is still on wobbly legs! Can Fear finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Fear.

Fear breaks from the clinch.

Fear fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bezoink, pushing him back against the cage.
Fear lands an elbow that stopped Bezoink in his tracks for a moment.
Fear dips a shoulder and cracks Bezoink with a mighty uppercut! Bezoink falls back against the cage and Fear unloads with a barrage of strikes! Bezoink is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Fear screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dark Fear!