PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Larkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larkin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bear
vs
Larkin

188 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

181 cm
19
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Larkin!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Larkin misses.
Larkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Bear is just out of range.
Larkin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bear sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larkin throws a series of punches but Bear moves out of range.
Bear slips under a jab.
Bear scores with a spinning back kick!
Larkin misses with a combination
and Bear counters with a leg kick.
Ryan Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bear.
Larkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bear manages to avoid it.
Larkin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Bear pushes Larkin up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Larkin manages to break the clinch.
Bear throws a good cross that connects.
Bear will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Larkin misses.
Larkin misses with a straight left.
Larkin takes a swing at Bear's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Larkin takes a swing at Bear's ribcage but misses.
Larkin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bear.
Larkin fails to land with a series of punches.
Larkin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bear rather than just go for the knockout.
Bear tries to clinch up but Larkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larkin misses with a double jab.
Bear cracks the inside of Larkin's front leg.
Bear takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bear lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bear looks to land a body kick but Larkin moved away.
Larkin misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Larkin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larkin lands a jab to the head.
Crunch! Bear slams his shin into Larkin's torso.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bear uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larkin.
Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Larkin circles away.
Larkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larkin throws a hook to the side of Bear's head but Bear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larkin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bear cracks Larkin with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big left from Bear misses.
Larkin misses with a looping right.

Larkin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bear tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Larkin is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Larkin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Larkin.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bear as Larkin tries to tie him up.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Larkin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Larkin controlling the action here for a moment.
Larkin lands with a right to the head.
Bear tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Larkin avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Bear dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A good leg kick by Bear.
Larkin misses the body punch
letting Bear counter with a right hand.
Larkin throws the left hand but Bear avoids the punch easily.
Bear lands a with a good body shot.
Bear uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Larkin.
Larkin misses with an uppercut.

Bear clinches up with Larkin and pushes him back against the cage.
Larkin is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bear scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bear cracks Larkin with a nice body shot.
Larkin pushes Bear back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larkin avoids the elbow strike from Bear, against the cage.
Larkin tries to throw a body punch but Bear avoids it by throwing Larkin back against the cage.
Bear lands a body shot.
Bear misses with a knee to the head.
Bear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Larkin fails to land.
Larkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Larkin is breathing heavily.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Larkin trying to control the position but instead, Bear has worked for underhooks and has pushed Larkin into the cage.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Larkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but Larkin blocks with his arms.
Bear pushes Larkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bear lands a body shot.
Bear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear is leaning against Larkin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bear.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
Bear lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Larkin or not.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Larkin controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Larkin.
Larkin lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin digs a right hand underneath Bear's ribcage. Bear let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Larkin managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear pushes off an throws an elbow but Larkin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A hook to the body from Larkin.
Bear tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Larkin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larkin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Larkin blocks a body shot from Bear.
A body shot lands from Larkin.
Larkin lands a body shot.
Larkin gets through Bear's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bear goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Larkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larkin digs a right hand underneath Bear's ribcage. Bear let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bear keeps control of Larkin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larkin is working Bear over against the cage.
Tiger Bear has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Good body shot from Larkin.
Larkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bear or not.
Larkin is leaning against Bear and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Larkin lands a nice uppercut.
Larkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Larkin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Larkin digs a right hand underneath Bear's ribcage. Bear let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Larkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bear as Larkin tries to tie him up.
Larkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Larkin tries to stall but Bear uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Larkin avoids the damage to the body.

Larkin breaks the clinch.

Bear gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Larkin lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Bear.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Larkin.
Larkin managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Larkin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Larkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Larkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Larkin.
Larkin is trying to maintain a safe position but Bear gets an underhook and turns Larkin into the cage.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Larkin scores with a hook to the body.
Larkin digs a right hand underneath Bear's ribcage. Bear let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Larkin looking to stall.

Larkin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Larkin blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to clinch up but Larkin keeps it at a distance.
Bear slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Bear.
Larkin sizes up Bear with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Larkin throws a hook but Bear blocks it.
Bear tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bear throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Tiger Bear will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Larkin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Larkin misses with a jab to the body
and Bear counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larkin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Bear moves into the clinch.
Larkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Larkin - that landed with a thud.
Larkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bear or not.
Larkin effectively controlling the action here.
Larkin blocks a body shot from Bear.
Larkin scores with a shoulder strike.
Larkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larkin is looking to control Bear's arms but Bear gets an underhook and turns him. Now Larkin has his back to the cage.
Larkin is working Bear over against the cage.
Larkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bear or not.
Good body shot from Larkin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larkin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Larkin trying to stall but Bear improves his position.
Larkin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Larkin manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin tries to bum rush Bear with a series of wild strikes but Bear uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Larkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Larkin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bear counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice jab there from Bear.
Larkin misses with a hook. Bear ducked under it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bear, right into the meat.
Bear turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Larkin misses with a hook. Bear ducked under it nicely.
Larkin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bear.

That's two 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.
Bear takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bear blocks a jab.
Larkin moves out of range of the leg kick from Bear.
Larkin swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Larkin.
Larkin misses with an uppercut. Bear saw that one coming.
Larkin lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larkin cracks Bear with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Larkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ryan Larkin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bear tries to clinch but Larkin moves out of range.
Bear slips a straight right by Larkin.
Larkin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bear.
Both fighters circling a little - Bear finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tiger Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bear avoids the body shot from Larkin.
Ryan Larkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larkin.
Larkin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Larkin throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a nice leg kick.
Bear is looking to clinch but Larkin is avoiding it.
Bear is looking to clinch but Larkin is avoiding it.
Bear darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bear fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Larkin on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larkin.
Larkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Larkin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bear 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiger Bear!