PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rauno Repomies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Repomies comes to the cage accompanied by Andy Suonsilmä - Karrelle palanut enkeli. Bernard Bear has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rauno Repomies's chin.

Repomies
vs
Bear

197 cm
33
260 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

194 cm
29
240 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rauno Repomies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernard Bear!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Repomies lands a nice looking body shot.

Bear shoots in and bounces Repomies off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Repomies looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bear is one step ahead there.
Repomies has momentary wrist control but Bear slips an elbow through the middle.
Repomies preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bear content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bear looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bear lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear won't allow Repomies to sweep him here.
Bear throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Repomies works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear won't allow Repomies to sweep him here.
Repomies controls Bear momentarily but Bear frees himself.
Bear postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bear stands up over Repomies, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Repomies trying to control the position here.
Bear postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bear working his ground and pound in the gym.
Repomies utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Repomies is pulling down on Bear's head. It's preventing any offense from Bear, at least for the moment.
Bear trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bear in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bear is working Repomies over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Repomies wants to sweep here but Bear controlling him for the moment.
Bear loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bear in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bear distracts Repomies with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bear postures up and lands a big shot to Repomies's brow.
Bear trying to control but Repomies is working from the bottom.
Bear preventing the sweep.
Bear in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bear postures up and lands a big shot to Repomies's brow.
Bear postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Repomies has momentary wrist control but Bear slips an elbow through the middle.
Bear trying to control but Repomies is working from the bottom.
Bear won't allow Repomies to sweep him here.
Repomies trying to control the position here.
Bear connects with a couple of short punches.
Repomies utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bear passes Repomies's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bear controlling the action here.
Repomies trying to hold on to Bear's head to control him but Bear postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear trying to control from half guard but Repomies is working away.

Bear is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Repomies is just riding it out for now. Bear eventually gives up the hold.
Repomies is looking to escape.
Repomies trying to control from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Repomies avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bear.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bear connects with a nice short shot to Repomies's temple.
Bear lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bear trying to control the action but Repomies is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bernard Bear dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bear takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bear cracks Repomies with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Repomies attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Repomies fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bear has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Repomies misses the jab.
Repomies throws a jab but it's blocked by Bear.
Bear scores with a one two! Repomies had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Repomies cracks Bear with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Repomies looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Repomies on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bear scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Repomies misses with a looping right.
Bear misses the body punch
and Repomies counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bear has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bear lands with a hook. Repomies tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bear misses with a takedown
and Repomies counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Repomies uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bear.
It looked like Repomies wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bear throws a one two combo.
Bear shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Repomies as he jumps to the side.
Repomies avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bear scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheers as Repomies lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bear doesn't seem phased though.
Rauno Repomies is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bear throws a jab when Repomies was well out of range.
A slow jab from Bear misses its intended target.
Repomies tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bear manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Repomies enables Bear to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Repomies manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Repomies pushes Bear off and scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bear throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Bear, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bear fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bear fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Repomies manages to avoid it.
Bear misses the jab.
As Bear backs away, Repomies returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Repomies lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bear wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bear misses with a body shot.
Bear walks into a jab.

Repomies gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bear to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Repomies has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bear off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Repomies avoids the body shot from Bear.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Repomies.
Repomies misses with a left hand
and Bear connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Repomies.
Bear lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rauno Repomies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Repomies thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bear throws a right hand that Repomies ducks under and follows up with a left that Repomies also avoids with ease.
Bear lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Repomies at a distance.
Bear scores with a sloppy right hand. Repomies should have avoided that one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bear.
Rauno Repomies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernard Bear.
Repomies tries to work over Bear's front leg with a kick but Bear checks it.
Bear misses the shot to the body.
Bear throws a nice looking combination but Repomies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bear fails to land with a series of punches.
Repomies is looking to counter punch.
Repomies cracks Bear with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repomies takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear slips under a jab from Repomies.
Bear fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Repomies throws a big shot that misses.
Repomies just misses with a punch to the body.
Repomies connects with a right hand. Bear shakes it off.
Repomies looks to throw the jab but Bear is out of range.
Repomies connects with a solid leg kick.
Bear throws a right hand that Repomies ducks under and follows up with a left that Repomies also avoids with ease.
A little feinted left hand from Repomies on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear loads up on a big right hand but Repomies slips the punch.
Repomies fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bear looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Repomies slips a jab and a cross from Bear.
Bear changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bernard Bear will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Repomies's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bear lands a jab to Repomies's midsection.
Bear fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Repomies on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Bear misses its intended target.
Repomies throws a lazy right hand but Bear sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Repomies misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Bear on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Repomies connects with a body shot.
Repomies looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bear punishes Repomies's body with a nice straight punch.
Bear avoids the body shot from Repomies.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Repomies avoids the body shot from Bear.
Repomies feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear misses with a series of wild punches.
Bear misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Repomies.
Repomies throws a shot from downtown. Bear moves away and avoids it.
Repomies slips under a jab.
Repomies throws a series of punches but Bear moves out of range.
Bear defending well as Repomies loads up on a big left hand.
Bear connects with a right hand. Repomies shakes it off.
Bear throws a right and a left that both miss.
Repomies scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Repomies moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Repomies scores with the left hand. Bear knows he should have avoided that one.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Repomies.
Repomies slips a jab and a cross from Bear.
Repomies throwing a counter right hand but Bear manages to avoid it.
Rauno Repomies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bernard Bear is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bear.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Repomies as he connects with a hook.
Bernard Bear seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bear shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bear connects with a nice looking jab.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bear scores with a jab to the jaw.
Repomies misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bear! But no joy.
Repomies keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bear.
It looked like Repomies was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bear lands with a good body shot.
Bear tests Repomies's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Repomies throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big right from Repomies misses.
Repomies throws a hook to the side of Bear's head but Bear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bear misses with an uppercut.
Bear takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice defenses there by Bear.
Repomies stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Bear is rocked!
Repomies on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bear throws a looping overhand right but Repomies ducks down to avoid it.
Repomies misses with an uppercut.
Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Repomies misses its intended target.
Bear walks straight into a right hand from Repomies - that's dropped him! Repomies jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Bear from any more punishment! Bear complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rauno Repomies!
During a confident post fight interview, Rauno Repomies thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.