PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland Begovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Timmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Begovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cavoglave. Timmons comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Johnny Cash - Hurt kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Begovic
vs
Timmons

185 cm
29
210 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

190 cm
37
234 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
KnockOut

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 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Begovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Timmons !
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Timmons dips to his left and cracks Begovic with an uppercut!
Timmons misses with an uppercut

and Begovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Begovic.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Timmons .
Timmons can't find room to land a body shot as Begovic controls the action.
Timmons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Timmons - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Begovic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Begovic pushes Timmons back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Timmons dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Begovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Begovic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Timmons looks for a takedown but Begovic sprawls well.
Timmons throws the left hand but Begovic avoids the punch easily.
Begovic blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmons misses with an uppercut.
Begovic digs a good hook to Timmons 's body.
Timmons lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Timmons has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Begovic cracks Timmons with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Bill Timmons has been cut.
Begovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Begovic throws an overhand right that lands on Timmons 's shoulder, as Timmons tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Timmons .
Timmons scores with a jab.
Timmons looks to score with a jab to the body but Begovic is just out of range.
Begovic scores with a nice strike.
Begovic moves away from the strike by Timmons .
Timmons motions for Begovic to come forward. Timmons throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Timmons tries to land a leg kick but Begovic saw it coming and moves away.
Timmons misses with a straight left.
As Timmons tries to get set, Begovic tries to push him back and clinch up but Timmons manages to avoid the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begovic scores with a jab. Timmons acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Timmons should have avoided that one.
Begovic scores with a shot to the body.

Timmons throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Begovic was covering up waiting for the punch and Timmons finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Begovic pulls Timmons in close to prevent any damage.
Begovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Timmons controlling from the top position.
Timmons trying to control but Begovic is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmons keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Begovic's head.
Timmons throws an elbow that misses. Begovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Timmons 's guard. Nice move by Begovic!

Begovic sitting in guard here, content to control.
Timmons has Begovic pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Begovic won't allow Timmons to sweep him here.
Timmons has control of Begovic's left arm, preventing Begovic from doing any damage.
Timmons is continuing to stall.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Begovic decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Timmons , up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roland Begovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bill Timmons 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Timmons tries to work over Begovic's front leg with a kick but Begovic checks it.
Timmons connects with a body shot.
Begovic thuds a left hand into Timmons 's body.
Timmons misses with a looping left.
Begovic throws a series of punches but Timmons moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Timmons on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Begovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Timmons looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Timmons throws a lazy right hand but Begovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Timmons cracks Begovic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Timmons lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Begovic clinches.
Timmons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Begovic's elbow.
Begovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Begovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Timmons backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Timmons has a couple of punches blocked by Begovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begovic digs a right hand underneath Timmons 's ribcage. Timmons let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A bit of stalling here from Timmons .
Good body shot from Begovic.
A right hand to the body from Begovic.
Begovic blocks a body shot from Timmons .
Begovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Timmons backwards.
Timmons fails to pull guard.
A shot in the inside from Begovic.
Begovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Begovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Begovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Timmons swings wildly with an uppercut but Begovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Timmons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Begovic takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Timmons scores with a nice short uppercut.
Timmons swings wildly with an uppercut but Begovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Begovic scores with a hook to the body.
Roland Begovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Timmons is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Begovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Timmons tries to throw a body punch but Begovic avoids it by throwing Timmons back against the cage.
Timmons jumps guard but Begovic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Begovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Timmons lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Begovic digs a right hand into Timmons 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Timmons 's gas tank.
Timmons slowing the pace effectively.
Timmons lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Begovic.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Timmons .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begovic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Timmons up against the cage.
Begovic tries to work over Timmons 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Begovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Timmons controls his hands.
Timmons misses with a hook from the clinch.
Begovic blocks a body shot from Timmons .
Timmons tries to pull guard but Begovic holds him up against the cage and eventually Timmons drops back down to his feet.
Roland Begovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Timmons .
Begovic misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Timmons .

Begovic breaks the clinch.
Timmons 's corner calls for a 1-2. Timmons obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A left lands for Begovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timmons takes a swing at Begovic's ribcage but misses.
Begovic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Timmons .
A looping hook to the body misses from Begovic. Timmons does a little dance to reset his feet.
Timmons lands a jab to the nose.
Timmons showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Begovic.
Roland Begovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good shot there by Timmons .
Timmons throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Begovic misses its intended target.
Timmons misses with a right hand
and Begovic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Timmons misses with a wild body shot.
Begovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Timmons .
Timmons on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Begovic. Begovic obviously looking to wear him down.
Timmons lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Begovic circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roland Begovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bill Timmons 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Begovic cracks Timmons with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Begovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Timmons dives in and scores a takedown into Begovic's guard.
Begovic keeping full guard, as Timmons tries to pass.
Begovic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Timmons looking to sit in guard and control but Begovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Timmons is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Timmons looking for a sweep. Not yet Timmons , not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmons is trying to keep Begovic in close.
Timmons controlling Begovic's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Timmons keeping moving, preventing Begovic from controlling successfully.
Timmons controlling Begovic's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Timmons cracks Begovic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Timmons has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Begovic.
Timmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Begovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Begovic manages to avoid it.
Begovic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Timmons moves out of range of the strikes.
Begovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Timmons .
A looping hook to the body misses from Begovic. Timmons does a little dance to reset his feet.
Timmons pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Begovic misses with an uppercut. Timmons saw that one coming.
Timmons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roland Begovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Timmons lands with an uppercut that bounces Begovic off the cage and back into range.
A big left from Timmons misses.
Begovic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Begovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Timmons .
A punch lands to the side of Begovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A slow jab from Begovic misses its intended target.
Timmons misses with an uppercut

and Begovic counters by clinching up.
Timmons is trying to force a seperation but Begovic has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Begovic breaks the clinch.
Timmons takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Timmons looks to throw the jab but Begovic is out of range.
Timmons needs to keep his hands up - Begovic had a free shot at his head there.
Bill Timmons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Timmons misses with a body shot.
Timmons avoids the body shot from Begovic.
Begovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Begovic works the jab nicely.
Begovic cracks Timmons with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Begovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Timmons s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Roland Begovic.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Begovic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roland Begovic!
After winning the bout, Roland Begovic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.