PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendall Groove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Bear
vs
Groove

180 cm
23
190 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

197 cm
23
190 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teddy Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kendall Groove!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Groove misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bear changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Groove tries to avoid it but Bear manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Groove to the ground. Groove escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Groove uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bear.
Bear misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bear on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Groove throws a nice looking combination but Bear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Groove fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bear.
Groove scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Groove clinches with his opponent.
Bear tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teddy Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Groove pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Groove fails to land with a series of punches.
Groove misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bear lands a jab to the nose.
Groove swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bear tries to clinch there but Groove circles away.
Bear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Groove.
A combination from Groove does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Groove dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Groove keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Groove throws a jab when Bear was well out of range.
Groove misses with a double jab
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Groove swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bear counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Bear closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bear is breathing heavily.

Bear tries for a kimura but Groove is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bear stands up and beckons Groove to his feet.
Groove misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Groove lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
No joy there for Groove, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Groove moves forwards but Bear connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Bear drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Groove throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bear postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bear slips nicely into half guard.
Groove looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bear wants to lay and pray for a moment but Groove keeps working.
Groove is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear passes the guard and advances to mount!
Groove tries to reverse the position but Bear maintains control.
Groove tries to improve his position but instead Bear has taken his back!

Bear looking for the RNC.

Bear is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Groove holding both Bear 's hands and preventing any damage.

Bear has got one arm under Groove's chin. This could be trouble... Groove trying to control the other hand but Bear gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Groove has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Teddy Bear!