PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bernie St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bean has chosen This is Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

St Pierre
vs
Bean

180 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Likes ground

Lightning Fight Gear
Demonic Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernie St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ron Bean!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bean keeps the fight on the outside.
Bean swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
Bean avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Bean keeps it at a distance.
St Pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch up but Bean circles away and keeps his distance.

St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.
Bean has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. St Pierre is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

St Pierre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bean throws a hook but St Pierre avoids it easily.
St Pierre wants to clinch up but Bean keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bean wants to clinch but St Pierre slips to the side
and St Pierre counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bean pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean throws a sloppy head kick
and St Pierre counters with a two punch combo.
St Pierre doesn't manage to clinch there - Bean circles away.
Bean keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Bean gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
St Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bean swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bean looking to hit a scissor sweep but St Pierre is one step ahead there.
St Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bean working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from St Pierre.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bean lands some strikes from the bottom.
Bean is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands strikes from half guard.

Bean is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and St Pierre defends it well.
Bean wants to take a breather but St Pierre is having none of it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
St Pierre is not content to let Bean control the position.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Bean has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bean sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bean trying to control but St Pierre is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean content just to control the position here.
Bean with good strikes from the mount here!
Bean fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bean scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bean scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Pierre?
Bean scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bean can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.
Bean looking to finish St Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for St Pierre!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Bean.
Bean with shots to the head and body - St Pierre looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bean lands with some strikes.
Bean dominating with strikes here.
Bean is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. St Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bean landing shots from mount.

St Pierre is rocked!
Bean lands a nice shot to the head.
Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bean controlling his opponent.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
Bean's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Despite being in the dominant position, Ron Bean just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bean moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Bean dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

St Pierre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
St Pierre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Horrible takedown by Bean or perhaps it was just good defense by St Pierre which made him look bad.
St Pierre wants to clinch but Bean slips to the side

and Bean decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
Bean has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bean works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bean controlling the action here.
Bean is nestled in close to St Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bean is nestled in close to St Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bean is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bean passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for St Pierre!

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to stand but he's just given Bean his back.
Bean scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
St Pierre is really stuck here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bean looking for the RNC.
Bean is trying to stick to St Pierre's back but St Pierre is turning into Bean. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Bean's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by St Pierre.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Bean keeps moving.
St Pierre is looking to stand up but Bean won't let him.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bean pulls St Pierre in close to prevent any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bean is on top in guard.
Bean trying to control the position from guard on top but St Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bean wants to stand but St Pierre is controlling his posture from full guard.
St Pierre throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bean postures up.
Bean pushing down on St Pierre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bean doesn't succeed with the takedown

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

St Pierre is working for a submission of some sort.
Bean slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
St Pierre is pushing down on Bean's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bean is fighting to maintain full guard but St Pierre has managed to sneak the leg through.
St Pierre is controlling the pace.

Bean is defending against the submission attempts here by St Pierre.
Bean on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to free his trapped foot but Bean is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bean wants to get back to his feet.
Bean on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
St Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bean wants to improve his position but St Pierre is controlling well.
St Pierre trying to control the action but Bean is working from the bottom.
Bean is trying to maintain the position but St Pierre is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bean has hold of St Pierre's hands but St Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
St Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bean keeps working.
St Pierre throwing shots but Bean is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Bean showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

St Pierre looks to clinch

and Bean counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for St Pierre!
St Pierre has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Bean trying to control momentarily.
Bean has good solid back control here.
St Pierre is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
St Pierre looking very determined here, making life difficult for Bean.

St Pierre showing good submission defense here.
Bean scores with punches from the back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bean is not going to allow St Pierre to sit and survive in this position.
Bean landing with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on St Pierre's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Bean lands shots from the back.
St Pierre trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Bean's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
St Pierre tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bean cracks St Pierre with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
St Pierre working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bean can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.
St Pierre tries to improve his position but instead Bean has taken his back!
St Pierre looking very determined here, making life difficult for Bean.
St Pierre wants to escape the position.
Bean softening up his opponent with strikes here.
St Pierre looking very determined here, making life difficult for Bean.
Bean controls the position.
Bean lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Bean looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St Pierre is staying active underneath Bean, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
St Pierre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bean scores with a couple of nice shots.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Bean is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St Pierre is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bean jumps into side control!

Bean working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
St Pierre tries to buck Bean off but Bean is having none of it.
Bean content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
St Pierre is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.
Bean wants to lay and pray for a moment but St Pierre keeps working.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here.
St Pierre takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bernie St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Pierre manages to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Bean comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bean winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Bean!