PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Henke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Tiger Bear enters the cage!

Henke
vs
Bear

192 cm
20
202 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
195 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Takomo

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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Henke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Henke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bear at a distance.
Henke misses with a straight right.
Henke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henke throws a series of punches but Bear avoids them all with ease.
Henke throws a sloppy head kick and Bear moves out of range easily.
Bear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henke.
Jab by Henke.
Henke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henke throws a leg kick
and Bear counters with a slapping leg kick.
Henke misses the jab.
Henke keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bear throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Henke's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bear.
Bear tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Henke is able to avoid easily.
Henke scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henke misses the jab.
Henke misses with a double jab
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Bear will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bear scores with a nice head shot.
Henke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bear connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henke throws a predictable looking body shot

and Bear counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bear is pressed up against the cage. Henke has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bear down to the mat. Bear avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Henke misses with a hook. Bear ducked under it nicely.

Bear moves into the clinch.
Henke managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Henke managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear presses Henke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear misses with a body punch.
Bear scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henke avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Bear tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henke blocking some punches.
Bear misses with a punch to the body.
Bear working Henke over with knees to the body.
Henke is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henke.
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
Henke avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Bear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henke managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bear.
Bear works on Henke's body with a couple of short punches.
Bear misses with a knee to the head.
Henke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henke avoids it.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henke throws a head punch that misses.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Henke controls his hands.
Henke avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Henke's ribcage.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Bear pushes Henke back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bear is working Henke over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
Bear lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear lands a body shot.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henke managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear pushes Henke back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Henke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees to the body from Bear.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from Bear.
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
Bear scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bear digs a right hand underneath Henke's ribcage. Henke let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bear lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bear lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henke or not.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good body shot from Bear.
Henke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear lands a shot to the body.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Bear dominated that round.
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.

Bear lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henke circles away quickly and effectively.
Bear throws a sloppy head kick and Henke moves out of range easily.
Bear connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Henke.
Henke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Bear to counter with a crisp jab.
Henke misses with a body shot.
Henke looks to throw the jab but Bear is out of range.
Bear dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bear slips a straight right by Henke.
Henke throws a lazy body kick
and Bear counters with an inside leg kick.
Tom Henke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bear connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Henke scores with a jab to the head.
Tom Henke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bear keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henke.
Bear connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear is looking to slow Henke down with leg kicks.
Bear connects with a crisp jab.
Bear throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the body from Henke misses
and Bear counters with a slapping leg kick.
Henke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bear counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henke looks to throw a body kick
and Bear counters with a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Henke.
Bear lands with a kick to the temple. Henke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice defenses there by Bear.
Bear misses the shot to the body.
Bear throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.

Bear closes the distance and clinches.
Henke avoids the elbow strike from Bear, against the cage.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henke.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Henke's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henke is defending well for now.
Henke avoids the elbow strike from Bear, against the cage.
Bear lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Henke avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear lands a body shot.
Bear presses Henke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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!
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Henke's brow.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tom Henke has been cut.
Henke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bear throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henke is defending well for now.
Bear lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bear presses Henke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Henke's ribcage.
Bear has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Henke avoids the damage to the body.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Henke won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bear works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear landing knees to the head.
Bear misses with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Bear throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bear works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bear lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Henke is blocking nicely.
Henke can't get the takedown.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henke backwards.
Henke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Bear works on Henke's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Bear - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
Bear presses Henke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bear lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bear lands a nice shot to the body.
Henke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bear lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henke backwards.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henke is defending well for now.
Bear misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Henke misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Bear - that landed with a thud.

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

Bear moves into range and clinches up with Henke.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Bear showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tom Henke's cut.
That's time! Henke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bear has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bear lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henke prevents a body shot from Bear.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henke.
Bear tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Bear.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear lands a body shot.
Bear landing knees to the head.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Henke's ribcage.
Bear makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bear digs a right hand into Henke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Henke's gas tank.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Henke won't want to take too many of those.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Henke won't want to take too many of those.
Henke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiger Bear seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bear.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bear is leaning against Henke and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bear throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Henkes head.
Henke is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Henke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but Henke blocks with his arms.
Henke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear digs a right hand underneath Henke's ribcage. Henke let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bear misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henke managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear misses with a body punch.
Tom Henke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Bear tries to throw a body punch but Henke avoids it by throwing Bear back against the cage.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Bear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henke's elbow.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Bear blocks an uppercut.

Henke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henke misses with a few strikes there.
Bear connects with the punch.
Henke misses with a hook to the body
enabling Bear to counter with a crisp jab.
Bear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henke.
Henke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bear counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bear. Bear obviously looking to wear him down.
Henke misses with a straight left.
Bear turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear sizes up Henke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A head kick by Henke misses
and Bear counters with a three punch combo that has Henke backing up. Henke nods at Bear to acknowledge the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Bear there.
Henke thuds a left hand into Bear's body.
Henke misses with a series of wild punches.
Bear with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bear throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Henke swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
Bear fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Henke.
Henke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henke looks to land a left hand but Bear moved out of range nicely.
Bear scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bear slips a jab from Henke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to clinch up but Henke keeps it at a distance.

Bear darts in and clinches Henke up against the cage.
Bear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henke's elbow.
Bear lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henke tries a body shot but Bear blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Henke fails to land.
Bear lands a shot to the body.
Bear digs a right hand underneath Henke's ribcage. Henke let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Bear - that landed with a thud.
Bear presses Henke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bear lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henke backwards.
Good body shot from Bear.
A right handed body shot lands from Bear.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Henke won't want to take too many of those.
Bear scores with a shot to the side of Henke's head.
Bear lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger Bear comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bear has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 24:30

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