PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Jong Jin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huggey Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jong Jin has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jong Jin
vs
Bear

188 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kim Jong Jin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Huggey Bear !
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jong Jin pinned against the cage. Jong Jin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Jong Jin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bear to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bear is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jong Jin can't keep his opponent in guard - Bear advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Still in half guard, Bear seems content to control.
Bear is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jong Jin is looking for a sweep. Bear is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bear not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bear really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jong Jin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear is controlling the pace.
Jong Jin is breathing heavily.
Bear is trying to control. Jong Jin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bear is stalling here. Jong Jin is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bear seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jong Jin has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Bear is looking to reverse the position.
Bear struggling a bit here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jong Jin has his takedown stuffed

and Bear counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jong Jin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bear manages to get himself to full guard.
Bear is looking to stand up but Jong Jin isn't so interested in that idea.

Bear had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jong Jin is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Bear Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jong Jin's back instead.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bear trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bear looking for the RNC.
Jong Jin tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Jong Jin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bear .
Bear postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jong Jin looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jong Jin flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bear looking to control but Jong Jin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jong Jin is working to get back to half guard.
Bear looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggey Bear dominated that round.
That's time! Jong Jin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bear shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bear lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jong Jin is squirming around, avoiding Bear 's attempts to control the action.
Bear scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jong Jin is looking to improve his position but Bear isn't that keen on the idea.
Bear lands a heavy elbow.
Bear with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bear lands a heavy elbow.
Bear is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jong Jin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jong Jin tries to reverse the position but Bear maintains control.
Bear lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Bear with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bear blocks Jong Jin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bear should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Bear is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Bear closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jong Jin did well to prevent Bear getting side control.

Bear tries to stand but as he's on his way up, Jong Jin locks on to a trailing arm. Oh, he's locked on a tight looking armbar - it looks tight! Jong Jin rolls him over and extends the submission further. Bear is forced to tap! He'll be kicking himself for that sloppy move but that was very slick from Jong Jin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kim Jong Jin!