PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Long John Beardhook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beardhook comes into the arena with Seamus blaring out of the sound system. Cherry has chosen Busters Back as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

John Beardhook
vs
Cherry

205 cm
32
272 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

199 cm
34
279 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Diamond Nutrition 160q

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Long John Beardhook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buster Cherry!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beardhook throws a leg kick but Cherry moved away.
Cherry misses with a body shot.
Beardhook tries to clinch but Cherry moves away
and Cherry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Beardhook lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cherry takes a step back to recover.
Beardhook misses with a leg kick.

Beardhook moves into the clinch successfully.

Beardhook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cherry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cherry misses with a low kick.
Beardhook misses with a body shot
and Cherry counters with a nice body shot.
Cherry misses with a looping left.
Cherry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beardhook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beardhook misses with a body shot.
Cherry scores with a shot to the body.
Cherry misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beardhook stuffs the takedown attempt from Cherry. Cherry gets slowly back to his feet.
Beardhook attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cherry punishes Beardhook's body with a nice straight punch.
Cherry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beardhook.
Cherry throws out a loose jab but Beardhook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beardhook is looking to clinch but Cherry is avoiding it.
Beardhook takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Beardhook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beardhook scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cherry is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Beardhook rather than just go for the knockout.
Beardhook tries to clinch up.
Cherry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cherry looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cherry tries to bum rush Beardhook with a series of wild strikes but Beardhook uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beardhook fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beardhook tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beardhook darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beardhook tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Beardhook misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beardhook drives through and clinches with Cherry against the cage.
Cherry wants to get back to striking at distance but Beardhook won't allow it.

Cherry breaks the clinch.
Cherry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
No luck for Cherry with that takedown attempt.
Long John Beardhook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buster Cherry.
Beardhook changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beardhook fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Cherry tries to keep at a distance but Beardhook has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cherry trying to stall but Beardhook improves his position.

Beardhook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beardhook chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Beardhook!
Beardhook tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beardhook lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Beardhook has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Beardhook's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Beardhook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beardhook stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Beardhook wants it to stay on the feet.
Beardhook moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
Beardhook feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cherry's calf.
Beardhook wants to clinch.
Beardhook thumps Cherry with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beardhook fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beardhook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beardhook. That's going to slow Cherry down.
Beardhook thuds his shin into the meat of Cherry's side.
Beardhook tries to clinch but Cherry moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beardhook doesn't manage to clinch there - Cherry circles away.
Beardhook tries to clinch there but Cherry circles away.
Beardhook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cherry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beardhook uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cherry.
Cherry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Beardhook clinches with his opponent.

Beardhook breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beardhook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cherry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cherry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beardhook.

Beardhook pushes Cherry up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beardhook is trying to force a seperation but Cherry has the dominant position.
Cherry is trying desperately to land a takedown but Beardhook is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Cherry.

Beardhook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beardhook takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beardhook moves in looking to clinch but Cherry pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Long John Beardhook dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Beardhook jabs Cherry to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Beardhook fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cherry scores with a jab.
Cherry looks to land a right hand but Beardhook moved out of range.
Cherry 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.
Beardhook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cherry can do to turn this around?
Beardhook smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Buster Cherry has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beardhook tries to clinch up.
Cherry takes one to the chin there.
Cherry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Beardhook feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cherry's calf.
Beardhook looks for the body kick but Cherry saw that one coming.
Beardhook jabs Cherry to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Beardhook takes the fight into the clinch.

Beardhook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cherry is breathing heavily.
Beardhook cracks Cherry on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Cherry falls backwards against the cage. Beardhook follows up with more strikes that drop Cherry to his knees. Beardhook keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Cherry! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Long John Beardhook!
A relieved looking Long John Beardhook thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.