PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Saric (ranked 374 p4p, 40 weight class) and Cavey Beaumont (ranked 337 p4p, 35 weight class). Zdravko Saric has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Saric
vs
Beaumont

195 cm
28
275 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

217 cm
30
290 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Dauntless
Arcticus University: London

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zdravko Saric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavey Beaumont!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beaumont misses with a straight left.
Beaumont throws a body punch but Saric moves out of range.
Beaumont misses with a hook
and Beaumont takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Cavey Beaumont has been cut.
Beaumont thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beaumont scores with a push kick.
Saric throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beaumont swings widly with a right hand
and Saric counters with a nice leg kick.
Beaumont looks to throw a body kick
and Saric makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Saric scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beaumont throws a head kick that Saric semi-blocks.
Saric scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saric connects with a leg kick. Beaumont looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Saric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beaumont moves away.
Beaumont swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Beaumont misses.
Beaumont jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaumont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Beaumont.
Cavey Beaumont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saric scores with a nice right hand.
Beaumont missing with a left hand there. Saric was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saric half committed to a counter leg kick.
Beaumont looks to score with a jab to the body but Saric is just out of range.
Beaumont pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beaumont fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saric checks it well.
Saric fires out a quick counter leg kick but Beaumont just manages to avoid it.
Saric comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beaumont smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Beaumont misses with a body shot.
Saric appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Saric ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beaumont looks winded!
A chopping leg kick lands by Saric.
A low kick from Saric is predictable there
and Beaumont counters with a leg kick.
Saric scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beaumont doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saric misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaumont misses with a hook. Saric ducked under it nicely.
Beaumont on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Beaumont misses the shot to the body.
Beaumont throws a body kick that misses.
Saric fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beaumont has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Beaumont misses with a few strikes there.
Saric tried to score with a low kick but Beaumont checks it.
Beaumont takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saric.
Saric moves out of range of the body kick.
Beaumont stuns Saric with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
You can see that Beaumont has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Saric with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Saric tests Beaumont's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Saric turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaumont throws a hook but Saric blocks it.
Saric swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Beaumont lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Saric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beaumont lands a head kick!
A clash of legs there as Beaumont blocks the low kick.
Beaumont looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saric takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Saric stuns Beaumont with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beaumont misses with a head kick.
Beaumont drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That has opened up Cavey Beaumont's cut even more.
Saric lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beaumont tries a head kick but it misses.
Saric scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Saric looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beaumont is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saric ducks under a wild hook from Beaumont.
Saric is looking to wear down Beaumont with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Beaumont avoids the body shot from Saric.
Beaumont connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big right from Beaumont misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beaumont. Saric does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saric swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Saric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beaumont.
Saric appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Saric ducks under a wild hook from Beaumont.
Beaumont pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saric misses with a jab, cross combination.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Beaumont.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saric takes a swing at Beaumont's ribcage but misses.
Beaumont misses with a leg kick
and Saric counters with a slapping leg kick.
Beaumont throws an off balance right hand
and Saric counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beaumont thinking.
Saric lands a jab to Beaumont's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdravko Saric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cavey Beaumont's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Saric lands a leg kick that knocks Beaumont off balance momentarily.
Saric misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beaumont on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beaumont throws a hook to the side of Saric's head but Saric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Beaumont in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Saric lands with an overhand left.
Beaumont on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saric. Saric obviously looking to wear him down.
Saric lands a head shot.

The cut above Cavey Beaumont's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Saric walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beaumont checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Saric thumps Beaumont with a low kick.
Beaumont throws a low kick but Saric avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saric steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Beaumont. That one must have hurt.
Beaumont takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beaumont is breathing heavily.
Saric tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Beaumont is able to avoid easily.
Saric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beaumont can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beaumont misses with an attempted mid kick.
Beaumont fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saric manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beaumont.
Saric wants to slow Beaumont down by chopping away at his legs.
A swing and a miss from Saric.
Beaumont throws out a counter right but Saric avoids it with no problem.
A shot to the liver by Saric. Beautiful body shot.
Beaumont throws out a loose jab but Saric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saric misses with the combination.
Beaumont misses with a low kick.
Saric looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Beaumont's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beaumont takes a swing at Saric's ribcage but misses.
Saric throws a good cross that connects.
Saric throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beaumont stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saric drops Beaumont with a naaaaasty hook - Beaumont is in real trouble here! Saric dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zdravko Saric!
Zdravko Saric made sure to mention his sponsor, Arcticus University: London in his post fight interview.