PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bart Beans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Bateman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Bateman will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Beans
vs
Bateman

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bart Beans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Bateman!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bateman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kevin Bateman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bateman closes the distance and clinches up with Beans, looking for a takedown. Bateman pushes Beans against the cage but Beans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bateman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beans's waist but Beans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bateman off to one side.
Bateman shoots for a takedown but Beans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bart Beans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Bateman.

Bateman gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Beans trying to control but Bateman is working from the bottom.
Beans showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Beans decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bateman misses with a takedown

and Beans counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Beans has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beans sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bateman's guard.
Bateman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beans is keen to just control but Bateman is a slippery customer.
Beans wants to free his trapped foot but Bateman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Beans is trying to control the action in half guard but Bateman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Beans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bateman is not content to let Beans control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Beans content to control rather than advance.

Beans is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Beans is breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bateman throws a front kick that sends Beans stumbling back into the cage.
Bateman looks to clinch

and Beans counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bateman won't be happy with that.
Bateman sneaks back into half guard.
Bateman is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beans is looking to pass Bateman's guard but actually Bateman recovers to full guard.
Beans wants to control from the top but Bateman keeps moving.
Beans stops Bateman from standing up.
Bateman trying to keep a closed guard but Beans is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bateman is on top in guard.

Beans looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bateman slips nicely into half guard.
Beans punching from the bottom.
Beans is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bateman jumps into side control!
Bateman advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Beans dominated that round.
That's time! Beans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bateman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beans as he avoids it easily.
Bateman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beans as he jumps to the side.
Bateman tries to close the distance and clinch but Beans swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beans blocks a head kick by Bateman.
Beans fails with the takedown

and Bateman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bateman.
Bateman wants to stand but Beans is controlling his posture from full guard.
Beans can't keep his opponent in guard - Bateman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beans wants to control but Bateman passes into side.
Bateman tries to move into full mount but can't pass Beans's legs.
Bateman advances to mount.
Bateman trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Beans is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bateman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bateman throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Beans because Bateman loaded up on that one.
Beans is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bateman wants to control the pace but Beans is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beans tries to hold on but Bateman pushes him away.
Bateman lands a nice shot to the head.
Beans tries to hold on but Bateman postures up.
Beans tries to control the position but Bateman now has his back.
Bateman tries to keep control of the position but Beans is staying busy.
Bateman misses with punches from the back.
Bateman trying to control momentarily.
Bateman is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Bateman gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Bateman gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Bateman apologises and we restart here on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bateman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bateman misses with a head kick.
Bateman with a lazy takedown attempt

and Beans counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bart Beans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Bateman.

Beans seems to be working for a kimura but Bateman defends the submission attempt.
Bateman wants to control but Beans is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bateman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bateman is trying to stand up here but Beans is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Bateman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bateman misses with a hook.
A combination from Bateman does no damage.
A head kick misses from Bateman.
Bateman doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Beans counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bateman won't be happy with that.
Bateman is trying to control Beans's posture but Beans avoids it.
Bateman strikes from the bottom but Beans takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Bateman is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bateman wants to control but Beans is having none of it.
Beans is stalling here but it's allowed Bateman to get half guard.
Beans is keen to just control but Bateman is a slippery customer.
Beans wants to pass to mount but Bateman is defending the position.
Bateman keeping control of the position.
Beans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bateman keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Beans fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bateman sprawls well initially but Beans persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bateman wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bateman tries to get to full guard but Beans has control of the leg.
Beans stalling away here and it's allowed Bateman to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Beans looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bateman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Beans!
Bateman trying to control but Beans is having none of it.
Bateman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Beans kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bateman throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Bateman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Beans manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Beans is not content to let Bateman control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beans regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Beans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beans has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bart Beans!