PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Hyde (ranked 5971 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jelly Beans (ranked 5970 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hyde
vs
Beans

153 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ramon Hyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jelly Beans!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Beans instigates a clinch.
Beans trying to stall but Hyde improves his position.

Beans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hyde takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Ramon Hyde has been cut.
Hyde lands with a kick to the temple. Beans shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Hyde closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beans tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hyde walks away with a smile on his face. Beans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Hyde gets a takedown into half guard.

Beans manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beans avoids it really well and circles away.
Beans shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hyde sprawls well. Hyde wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Beans gets slowly back to his feet.
Ramon Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jelly Beans.
Beans misses with a body punch

and Hyde counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hyde.
Beans wants to break free but Hyde has control.
Hyde could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Beans has had enough of the clinch but Hyde keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beans prevents a body shot from Hyde.

Hyde manages to break the clinch.
Beans changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hyde tries to avoid it but Beans manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hyde to the ground. Hyde escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Beans has a takedown stuffed.
Beans shoots in for a double leg but Hyde sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Beans fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hyde avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hyde or perhaps it was just good defense by Beans, which made it look bad.

Beans gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beans is trying to push Hyde away but Hyde has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hyde lands with a light punch inside.
Hyde leaning his opponent against the cage.

Hyde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hyde fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Beans sprawls well initially but Hyde persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hyde stalling.
Hyde has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beans is trying to control but can't.
Hyde controlling the pace.
Beans wants to get back to full guard but Hyde has mounted him!

Hyde stands up from mount. Strange move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Hyde dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ramon Hyde's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Beans shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As Beans tries to get set, Hyde tries to push him back and clinch up but Beans manages to avoid the attempt.
Jelly Beans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beans throws a lazy head kick

and Hyde counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Beans goes for a takedown attempt but Hyde pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Beans goes for a double leg but Hyde avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hyde continues to drive forward.
Ramon Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jelly Beans.

Hyde gets a clinch.
Beans is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Beans tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hyde's elbow.
Beans trying to stall but Hyde improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beans tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hyde smiles and moves away.
Beans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hyde is looking to counter punch.
Beans is breathing heavily.

Hyde manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Beans on his heels. He'll look to pass Beans's guard now, I'm sure.
Hyde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beans can do to turn this around?
Hyde controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beans working for submissions but it's allowed Hyde to get to half guard.
Hyde is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hyde is working for a kimura but Beans is defending it quite comfortably.

Beans looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hyde keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Beans desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Hyde content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beans trying to hold on to Hyde's head to control him but Hyde postures up.

Hyde decides to return to a standing position.

Beans clinches up against the cage.
Hyde gets underhooks to prevent Beans's takedown attempt.
Hyde tries to break the clinch but Beans is controlling the position.
Hyde is trying to break the clinch but Beans is controlling him.

Hyde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four 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.

Hyde shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Beans wants to get back to his feet.
Beans holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Hyde wants to take a breather but Beans is having none of it.

Beans manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Hyde keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beans prevents Hyde from breaking the clinch.

Hyde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Hyde dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ramon Hyde's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hyde dives in and scores a takedown into Beans's guard.
Hyde might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Beans looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hyde passes into side control.
Ramon Hyde overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Beans manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Beans trying to control but Hyde postures up.
Beans tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Hyde knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Beans on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beans wants to control but Hyde is keeping busy.
Hyde is taking a breather. Beans says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beans is defending against the submission attempts here by Hyde.
Beans tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Beans trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Beans tries to hold on but Hyde postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Beans is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beans is trying to reverse the position but instead Hyde has taken his back - oops!
Hyde trying to control momentarily.
Hyde doesn't have the hooks in and Beans manages to turn into his guard.
Hyde 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Beans wants to get back to his feet.
Beans wants to improve his position but Hyde is controlling well.
Beans tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beans tries to roll over but Hyde keeps him under control.

Hyde is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four 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 looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramon Hyde showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hyde has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Hyde!