PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arzlan Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Beefheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Brain Scan. Bathory has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Captain Beefheart struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bathory
vs
Beefheart

186 cm
31
203 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

182 cm
41
223 lbs
29 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Urban Fighter

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arzlan Bathory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Captain Beefheart!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Bathory. Those never looked like landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bathory. That's going to slow Beefheart down.
Bathory looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beefheart avoids the body shot from Bathory.
Beefheart misses with a low kick as Bathory jumps back.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bathory lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Beefheart has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Beefheart and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bathory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beefheart backwards.
Beefheart tries to land knees in the clinch but Bathory avoids the damage to the body.
Bathory prevents a body shot from Beefheart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.
Beefheart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bathory.
Bathory stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beefheart misses with a punch on the inside.
Beefheart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beefheart managing to block the knees to the body from Bathory.
Beefheart misses with a punch to the body.
Beefheart misses with some punches.
Beefheart lands a right hand.
Beefheart lands a knee to the body.
Bathory is breathing heavily.
Bathory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beefheart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bathory.
Beefheart blocking some punches.
Bathory misses with a punch on the inside.
Bathory lands an elbow that stopped Beefheart in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Captain Beefheart has been cut.
Bathory stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bathory avoids the elbow strike from Beefheart, against the cage.
Bathory doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beefheart trying to land knees to the body.
Bathory looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory avoiding damage as Beefheart throws knees to the body.
Bathory misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bathory.
Bathory lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bathory.
Bathory has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.
Bathory throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beefheart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory cracks Beefheart with a nice body shot.
A short left from Beefheart.
Bathory misses with the head strike.
Beefheart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bathory swings wildly with an uppercut but Beefheart uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Beefheart on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bathory stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bathory missing with knees to the body.
Beefheart misses with an elbow over the top.
Beefheart lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beefheart misses with an elbow strike.
Beefheart takes an elbow to the temple.
Still in the clinch, Bathory scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beefheart misses with a knee strike.
Bathory lands a left hand.
Beefheart swings wildly with an uppercut but Bathory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beefheart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bathory.
Bathory lands a hook that snaps the head of Beefheart backwards.
Beefheart has a couple of punches blocked by Bathory.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bathory throws a head punch that misses.
Bathory avoids the elbow strike from Beefheart, against the cage.
Beefheart lands with a light punch inside.

It looks like Arzlan Bathory has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bathory goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bathory blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bathory fails to land.
Bathory tries to land knees in the clinch but Beefheart avoids the damage to the body.
Bathory is trying to maintain a safe position but Beefheart gets an underhook and turns Bathory into the cage.
Beefheart tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Beefheart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beefheart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beefheart comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beefheart attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beefheart looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Captain Beefheart will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Beefheart scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Beefheart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bathory looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Beefheart misses.
Beefheart takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Beefheart fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bathory, pushing him back against the cage.
Bathory blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Beefheart.
Beefheart has a couple of punches blocked by Bathory.
Bathory throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bathory lands an uppercut.
Beefheart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bathory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory stalling the fight.
Captain Beefheart seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beefheart lands a hook that snaps the head of Bathory backwards.
Beefheart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beefheart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bathory is defending well for now.
Beefheart swings wildly with an uppercut but Bathory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beefheart blocks the elbow strike.
Beefheart with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beefheart lands a good knee to the midsection. Bathory won't want to take too many of those.
Beefheart missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Bathory.
Beefheart lands a nice uppercut.
Beefheart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bathory takes a shot to the head.
Beefheart throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bathorys head.

Bathory is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart has Bathory pressed against the cage.
Oh Bathory is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right hand to the body from Beefheart.
Beefheart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beefheart creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Bathory! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Beefheart.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Captain Beefheart!
Captain Beefheart seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.