PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thunder Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jer Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bear has chosen Good Times as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Horse
vs
Bear

205 cm
33
335 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

200 cm
28
275 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thunder Horse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jer Bear!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bear with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Horse.
Bear swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bear changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Horse. Those never looked like landing.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Horse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horse uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Jer Bear has been cut.
Horse thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bear if he has to take too many more of those.
Bear tries a low kick but Horse avoids it.
Bear fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Horse avoids it really well and circles away.
Horse tests Bear's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.
Horse swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
Horse takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sloppy strikes from Horse. Those never looked like landing.
Bear throws a sloppy head kick
and Horse makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Horse misses with a straight right.
Bear drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Horse defends it well.
Bear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Horse.
Bear uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Horse.
Bear shapes to counter with a head kick.
Horse lands a jab-cross combination.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Horse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Bear.
Horse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to clinch but Horse is having none of it.
Horse blocks a head kick by Bear.
Horse scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Horse swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bear has a takedown stuffed.
Horse keeps the fight on the outside.
Horse wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bear misses with a takedown
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thunder Horse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jer Bear.
Bear darts in looking for a takedown but Horse gets double underhooks and turns Bear into the cage.
A head kick misses from Bear.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horse appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jer Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horse avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to move into range but Horse moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That has opened up Jer Bear's cut even more.
A looping hook to the body misses from Horse. Bear does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bear throws a head kick but Horse moves out of range.
Horse avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Bear misses.

Bear closes the distance and clinches.

Horse breaks from the clinch.
Bear looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Horse is fending him off so far but Bear persists. Nope, Horse circles away and we're back to standing.
Horse misses with a hook.
Bear waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Horse.
Horse swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Horse. No joy for Bear on that attempt.
Horse throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bear stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Horse throws a right and a left that Bear avoids nicely.
Bear tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horse misses with a wild combination.
Bear feints the counter takedown.
Bear looks to throw a body kick
and Horse counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Horse paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bear moves into the clinch successfully.
Our sources have told us that Horse has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Horse gets underhooks to prevent Bear's takedown attempt.
Bear goes for a takedown in the clinch but Horse prevents it.
Bear wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Horse has him pressed against the cage.
Horse is pressed up against the cage. Bear has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Horse down to the mat. Horse avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thunder Horse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jer Bear's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Horse counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Bear.
Horse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bear can do to turn this around?
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Horse paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horse is looking to wear down Bear with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bear takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bear takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bear takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.
Horse connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bear throws the kick towards the body but Horse avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horse lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bear at a distance.
Horse dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Horse feints and then cracks Bear's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bear down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bear with a poor takedown
and Horse counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bear takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse connects with a right hand. Bear shakes it off.
Bear is breathing heavily.
Horse lands with a kick to the ribs.
Horse plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Bear swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Bear face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thunder Horse!
During a confident post fight interview, Thunder Horse thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.