PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blood Wizard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huggy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wizard
vs
Bear

187 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

165 cm
20
201 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blood Wizard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huggy Bear!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bear looks to score with a jab to the body but Wizard is just out of range.
Wizard is looking to clinch but Bear is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wizard.
Bear displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wizard.
Bear digs a good hook to Wizard's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wizard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bear ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear swings for the body but Wizard moves out of range.
Bear closes the distance but Wizard moves to the side
and Wizard counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Huggy Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wizard shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bear as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blood Wizard. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bear takes the fight into the clinch.
Wizard misses with a punch on the inside.
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wizard blocks it with crossed arms.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Blood Wizard has been cut.
Bear prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Wizard tries to work over Bear's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Wizard is breathing heavily.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear with a knee to the head.

Wizard is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Wizard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Wizard's ribcage.
Wizard seems to have got his legs back now.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Wizard tries to circle away but Bear has him pinned against the cage.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bear blocks an uppercut.
Wizard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wizard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bears head.
Bear blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Wizard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wizard misses with a punch on the inside.
Wizard misses with an elbow over the top.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Wizard's ribcage.
Bear blocking some punches.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wizard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Wizard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Wizard's ribcage.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Wizard misses with some punches.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wizard goes for a takedown attempt but Bear pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bear ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wizard moves away.
Wizard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bear misses the shot to the body.

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.
Bear misses with a hook to the body

and Wizard counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wizard.
Wizard looking to sit in guard and control but Bear gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wizard is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Wizard is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Wizard throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bear uses it to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggy Bear dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Blood Wizard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bear wants to clinch
and Wizard counters with a nice uppercut.
Bear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bear tries to clinch up but Wizard circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bear connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bear looks to score with a jab to the body but Wizard is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bear takes the fight into the clinch.
Wizard wants a takedown but no success here.
Wizard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Wizard's ribcage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wizard.
Wizard misses with some punches.
Wizard tries to work over Bear's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear working Wizard over with knees to the body.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wizard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huggy Bear seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wizard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wizard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Wizard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wizard avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wizard wants a takedown but no success here.
Wizard misses with a punch to the body.
Wizard working aggressively here.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Bear gets underhooks to prevent Wizard's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blood Wizard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Wizard lands an uppercut.
Wizard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wizard misses with a body punch.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear tries a knee to the head but Wizard blocks it.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Wizard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bear avoids it.
Wizard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bear avoids it.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wizard blocks it with crossed arms.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Wizard throws a punch but it's blocked by Bear.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wizard managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Wizard is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Wizard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Wizard misses with some punches.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Wizard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wizard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wizard.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Wizard fails to land.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.

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.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wizard swings wildly with an uppercut but Bear uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Wizard goes for a takedown attempt but Bear pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bear closes the distance and clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggy Bear showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Blood Wizard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bear moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wizard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Wizard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wizard has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Wizard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wizard lands a nice uppercut.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wizard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Wizard is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wizard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bear gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wizard.
Bear working Wizard over with knees to the body.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Wizard avoids the damage to the body.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wizard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wizard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wizard digs a right hand underneath Bear's ribcage. Bear let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wizard.
Bear blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wizard throws an elbow but misses.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Wizard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Wizard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Wizard fails to land.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Wizard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wizard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wizard can't find room to land a body shot as Bear controls the action.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wizard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Wizard.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Wizard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bear.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wizard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wizard throws a punch but it's blocked by Bear.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.

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.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Wizard avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Wizard is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Wizard won't want to take too many of those.
Bear connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wizard's face.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wizard looking to slow down the pace here.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wizard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear working Wizard over with knees to the body.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Well,Wizard is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wizard avoids it.
Wizard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bear is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blood Wizard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wizard wants to break free but Bear has control.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wizard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wizard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bear working Wizard over with knees to the body.
Wizard working aggressively here.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bear.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear working Wizard over with knees to the body.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Wizard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Blood Wizard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Bear.
Wizard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wizard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wizard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wizard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wizard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Wizard digs a right hand into Bear's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bear's gas tank.
Wizard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wizard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wizard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Bear.
Wizard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bear working Wizard over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bear.
A head punch on the inside from Wizard fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bear's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Wizard.
Bear landing knees to the head.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Wizard avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wizard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wizard misses with a knee to the head.
Wizard misses with the head strike.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Wizard working aggressively here.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Wizard's ribcage.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Wizard managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Wizard avoids the damage to the body.
Wizard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wizard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wizard tries to throw a body punch but Bear avoids it by throwing Wizard back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.
Bear blocks an uppercut.
Wizard throws a head punch that misses.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wizard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Huggy Bear comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bear winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight for Huggy Bear!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Huggy Bear!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Huggy Bear!

Huggy Bear wins by unanimous decision!