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). The crowd seem to be enjoying Larkin's choice of entrance music: I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Tiger Bear has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bear
vs
Larkin

188 cm
22
195 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

181 cm
20
195 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 11 - 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 7 - 3 - 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!
Nice defenses there by Bear.
Larkin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bear takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Larkin throws an overhand right that lands on Bear's shoulder, as Bear tries to avoid the shot.
Larkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bear was well out of range. Poor timing from Larkin.
Bear uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Larkin.
Bear uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Larkin.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Larkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Larkin jabs Bear right on the nose. Bear blinks but takes it well.
Larkin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bear circles away quickly and effectively.
Bear misses with the combination.
Larkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.
Larkin lands a nice hook to Bear's body. Bear takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Larkin throws a nice looking combination but Bear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ryan Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larkin keeps the fight on the outside.
Larkin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bear's head.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larkin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bear counters with a nice leg kick.
Larkin throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.
Larkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Larkin swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
Bear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larkin.
Bear buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bear connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Larkin misses the shot to the body.
Larkin misses the body punch
and Bear counters with an outside leg kick.
Larkin misses with a combination
and Bear counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larkin lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bear counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Larkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bear moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Larkin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bear counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Larkin has time to react.
Larkin misses with a body punch
and Bear counters with a leg kick.
Larkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.
Bear tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bear throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Larkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Larkin swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bear.
A telegraphed right hand from Bear misses the target.
A punch combination from Bear misses.
Bear on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Larkin tries to bum rush Bear with a series of wild strikes but Bear uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bear clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear cracks Larkin with a nice body shot.
Larkin blocks a body shot from Bear.
Larkin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bear blocks a body shot from Larkin.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bear as Larkin tries to tie him up.
Larkin gets through Bear's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bear tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larkin's elbow.
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larkin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Larkin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bear is keeping busy.
Bear lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Larkin.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear misses with an elbow strike.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Larkin is defending well for now.
Larkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bear tries a knee to the head but Larkin blocks it.
Larkin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bear backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Larkin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Larkin throws a big shot that misses.
Larkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Larkin throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a nice leg kick.
Tiger Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bear clinches but Larkin breaks the clinch
and Larkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Larkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larkin looks to land a combination but Bear avoids it well.
Larkin swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
Larkin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Larkin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bear doesn't seem bothered though.
Larkin throws an overhand right that lands on Bear's shoulder, as Bear tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bear counters with a straight right hand.
Bear throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larkin misses with an uppercut.
Bear fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larkin manages to avoid it.
Larkin throws a combination. Bear tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bear misses with a double jab
and Larkin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Larkin misses with a looping left.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Larkin!
Larkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bear has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Larkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.
Larkin connects with the punch.
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 throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bear on the side of the head.
Larkin misses with a hook.
Larkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bear lands with a straight right. Larkin didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Larkin misses.
Larkin misses with a combination
and Bear cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Larkin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bear looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin misses with a straight right.
Bear throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bear lands a two punch combo.
Bear throws and low kick but Larkin moves out of range easily.
Larkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larkin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Larkin throws a shot from downtown. Bear moves away and avoids it.
Larkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bear walks into a stiff left hand from Larkin.
Ryan Larkin seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larkin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bear moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice combination there by Larkin.
Bear throws a right and a left that both miss.
Larkin throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a one-two to the body.
Bear staying out of range there.
Larkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Bear.

Bear takes the fight into the clinch.
Larkin stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Larkin - that landed with a thud.
Bear struggles to land a body shot inside as Larkin controls his hands.
Larkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larkin has Bear pushed against the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bear. Larkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Larkin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bear misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bear misses with a series of wild punches.
Larkin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bear.
Larkin throws a jab when Bear was well out of range.
Larkin loads up on a big right hand but Bear slips the punch.
Larkin misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larkin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Larkin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larkin misses with a double jab
and Bear makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin throws a looping overhand right but Bear ducks down to avoid it.
Larkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bear looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bear scores with a jab.
Larkin misses with a looping left.
Larkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larkin misses with a hook.
Bear uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larkin.
Bear throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bear scores with the left hand. Larkin knows he should have avoided that one.
Bear throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bear.
Larkin thows a body shot but no joy.
Bear closes the distance but Larkin moves to the side
letting Larkin counter with a right hand.
Bear is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Larkin.
Bear darts in trying to clinch
and Larkin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bear thinking.
Bear misses with a double jab.
Larkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bear moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to clinch but Larkin moves out of range.
Larkin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bear fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larkin manages to avoid it.
Larkin lands a jab.
Larkin throws a series of punches but Bear moves out of range.
Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Larkin circles away.
Bear throws a left and a right that both miss
and Larkin 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 lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Larkin looks to throw the jab but Bear is out of range.
Ryan Larkin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larkin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Larkin scores with a nice right hand.
Bear slips under a jab from Larkin.
Larkin misses with a hook to the body
and Bear counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Larkin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Larkin misses the target.
Bear wants to clinch up but Larkin keeps it at a distance.
Larkin swings for the body but Bear moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Larkin misses the target.
Larkin throws a looping overhand right but Bear ducks down to avoid it.
Bear slips a straight right by Larkin.

Bear clinches.
Tiger Bear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Larkin blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger Bear showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Larkin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Larkin!