PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richie Fanoogon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bear
vs
Fanoogon

188 cm
27
195 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

176 cm
21
194 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Firebird Designs

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 17 - 7 - 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richie Fanoogon!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Fanoogon.
Bear throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fanoogon on the side of the head.
Fanoogon slips a jab and a cross from Bear.
Bear is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fanoogon.
Bear is looking to clinch.

Bear clinches up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bear.
Bear softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Bear.
Fanoogon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fanoogon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear gets through Fanoogon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.
Nice body punch from Bear - that landed with a thud.
Fanoogon tries for a takedown but Bear manages to get underhooks.
Bear works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fanoogon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fanoogon looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bear.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bear.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Fanoogon won't want to take too many of those.
Bear lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bear lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fanoogon.
A right handed body shot lands from Bear.
Bear misses with a knee strike.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fanoogon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear cracks Fanoogon with a nice body shot.
Bear throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear pushes Fanoogon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Bear scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bear lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bear digs a right hand underneath Fanoogon's ribcage. Fanoogon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bear lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bear stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bear misses with a knee strike.
Bear softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fanoogon takes a shot to the head.
Fanoogon takes a shot to the head.
Fanoogon managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.
Bear lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Fanoogon won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bear.
Bear works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bear lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fanoogon takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Richie Fanoogon has been cut.
Bear pushes Fanoogon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Fanoogon's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Good body shot from Bear.
Fanoogon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear working Fanoogon over with knees to the body.
Bear lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fanoogon backwards.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Bear.
Bear digs a right hand into Fanoogon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fanoogon's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bear.
Bear lands a body punch.
Bear lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Bear.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fanoogon is defending well for now.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear lands a body shot.
Fanoogon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Bear.
Fanoogon 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.
Tiger Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richie Fanoogon.
Fanoogon fails to pull guard.
Fanoogon tries for a takedown but Bear manages to get underhooks.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear working Fanoogon over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bear presses Fanoogon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bear lands a nice shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
Bear lands an elbow inside that Fanoogon shrugs off.
Bear lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Fanoogon won't want to take too many of those.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Fanoogon goes for a takedown attempt but Bear pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fanoogon dodges the punch combination from Bear.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Bear dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richie Fanoogon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bear throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bear throws a low kick, looking for Fanoogon's leg but Fanoogon calmly moves out of range.
Fanoogon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Fanoogon throws a hook to the side of Bear's head but Bear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Bear. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bear.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fanoogon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fanoogon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fanoogon.
Fanoogon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bear looks to land a right hand but Fanoogon moved out of range.
Fanoogon misses with a takedown
and Bear counters with an inside leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bear.
Bear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fanoogon shoots for a double leg takedown but Bear sprawls well. He's pushed Fanoogon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tiger Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richie Fanoogon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fanoogon gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bear counters with a good low kick that Fanoogon was not able to check.
Fanoogon is breathing heavily.
Fanoogon misses the jab.
Bear is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bear looks to throw the jab but Fanoogon is out of range.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from Fanoogon.
Bear misses with a double jab.
Fanoogon has his takedown stuffed
and Bear counters with a low kick, right behind Fanoogon 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanoogon doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bear counters with a good low kick that Fanoogon was not able to check.
Bear is looking to clinch.
Bear tries to clinch but Fanoogon is having none of it.
Fanoogon keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear cracks a nice hook into Fanoogon's ribs.
Bear thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good exchange - Bear coming out on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a right hook to the body.
Tiger Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bear lands a nice shot that snaps Fanoogon's head back.
Bear lands with a hook. Fanoogon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A slow jab from Bear misses its intended target.
Bear plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fanoogon misses with a takedown attempt
and Bear counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fanoogon's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bear connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Bear dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richie Fanoogon's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bear throws a front kick aimed at Fanoogon's knee but Fanoogon avoids it well.
Fanoogon is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bear is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Fanoogon.
Bear throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fanoogon moves out of range as Bear strikes.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fanoogon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fanoogon throws a hook to the side of Bear's head but Bear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fanoogon has his takedown stuffed
and Bear counters with a three punch combo that has Fanoogon backing up. Fanoogon nods at Bear to acknowledge the strikes.
Tiger Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fanoogon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bear swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fanoogon.
Bear scores with a push kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Fanoogon blocks the leg kick.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fanoogon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Bear. Those never looked like landing.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear missing with a left hand there. Fanoogon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bear connects with a single shot there.
Bear throws a series of punches but Fanoogon avoids them all with ease.
Fanoogon doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bear counters with a left and a right that stings Fanoogon.
Fanoogon takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanoogon moves away from the strike by Bear.
Fanoogon shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bear counters with a left and a right that stings Fanoogon.
Tiger Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richie Fanoogon.
Bear goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fanoogon with a poor takedown
and Bear counters with an outside leg kick.
Bear throws a series of strikes that have Fanoogon backpedaling.
Tiger Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fanoogon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.
Bear is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Bear gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fanoogon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bear working a defensive guard here.
Bear is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fanoogon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fanoogon is working Bear over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bear is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Richie Fanoogon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bear wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger Bear showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bear, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25

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