PBP Commentary

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

Bear
vs
Greywar

170 cm
27
167 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

195 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $55 - 159's
Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $55 - 159's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yogi Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Greywar!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greywar scores with a nice strike.
That kick from Greywar tenderised Bear's leg. Bear is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bear misses with a lunging right hand
and Greywar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Greywar.
Bear misses with a wild body shot.
Bear gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Greywar.
Bear falls off balance throwing a combination
and Greywar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bear shoots in and drives through. Greywar sprawls well.
Bear throws a left and a right that both miss
and Greywar counters with a straight right hand.
Greywar lands with a nice body kick.
Greywar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Greywar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yogi Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Greywar but Greywar pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar connects with a high kick.
Bear misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Greywar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bear fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Greywar avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yogi Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Greywar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bear throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Greywar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Greywar throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear avoids the head kick by Greywar.
Bear falls off balance throwing a combination
and Greywar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bear is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Greywar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Greywar misses the shot to the body.
Greywar moves out of range as Bear strikes.
Bear throws a lazy uppercut
and Greywar counters with an inside leg kick.
Bear takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bear closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bear lands in his opponent's guard.
Bear might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Greywar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to control from the top but Greywar keeps moving.
Greywar controls Bear momentarily but Bear frees himself.
Bear stays in close to Greywar's body and controls the position.
Greywar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Greywar wants to sweep here but Bear controlling him for the moment.
Greywar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greywar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Greywar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Greywar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bear's head.
Greywar not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greywar throwing shots but Bear is blocking nicely.
Greywar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Greywar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greywar is trying to control the action in half guard but Bear is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bear manages to get to full guard.
Greywar preventing the sweep.
Greywar is looking to work some ground and pound but Bear has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bear is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greywar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Greywar throwing strikes from guard but Bear blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Greywar 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.

The fighters circling - Bear throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bear throws an off balance right hand
and Greywar counters with a head kick. That will keep Bear thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bear throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bear fails to land with a series of punches.
Greywar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bear's head backwards.
Bear misses with a leg kick
and Greywar makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bear really felt that one!
Mike Greywar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Greywar lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bear ducks right into an uppercut from Greywar.
Greywar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Greywar ducks under a wild hook from Bear.
Greywar lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Greywar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bear walks into a left hand.
Bear looks to land a left hand but Greywar moved out of range nicely.
Bear looks to score with a jab to the body but Greywar is just out of range.
Greywar slips a straight right by Bear.
Greywar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bear shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Greywar sprawls well. Greywar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bear gets slowly back to his feet.
Greywar cracks the inside of Bear's front leg.
Greywar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bear is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Greywar's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greywar thumps Bear with a low kick.
Mike Greywar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid body kick from Greywar.
Greywar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Greywar lands a jab to the head.
Greywar jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Greywar slips under a jab from Bear.
Greywar lands with a kick to the temple. Bear shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Greywar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Greywar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Greywar misses with a head kick.
Greywar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bear lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a glancing blow to the side of Greywar's head.

Greywar clinches up against the cage.
Greywar takes a shot to the head.
Greywar has a couple of punches blocked by Bear.
Greywar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bear tries for a takedown but Greywar manages to get underhooks.
Greywar tries to land knees in the clinch but Bear avoids the damage to the body.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bear.
Greywar tries to land a knee to the head but Bear blocks with his arms.
Bear will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Greywar misses with a punch to the body.
Greywar lands an elbow just above Bear 's eye.
Greywar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bear lands a body punch.
Bear blocks a body shot from Greywar.
Greywar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bear is defending well for now.

Bear gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Greywar regains guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bear preventing the sweep.
Bear sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bear keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Greywar's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear with a flurry of punches that miss.
Greywar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bear throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Greywar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bear makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Greywar keeping moving, preventing Bear from controlling successfully.
Greywar looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bear postures up in Greywar's guard and throws a big left but Greywar blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bear trying to control the position from guard on top but Greywar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bear seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Greywar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Bear thows a leg kick but Greywar checks it
and Greywar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bear looks to throw the jab but Greywar is out of range.
Greywar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bear fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Greywar.
Greywar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bear. Bear circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bear throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bear attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Greywar misses with a looping right.
Bear misses with a body shot
and Greywar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bear throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Greywar's waist but Greywar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bear off to one side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear lands a nice shot that snaps Greywar's head back.
Bear throws a big shot that misses.
Greywar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Bear misses.
Bear fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Greywar scores with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bear. Greywar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bear avoids the head kick by Greywar.
Greywar looks to land a right hand but Bear moved out of range.
Bear misses with a right hand
and Greywar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bear is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bear throws a body punch but Greywar moves out of range.
Bear blocks a head kick by Greywar.
Bear blocks a head kick by Greywar.
Bear shoots in and drives through. Greywar sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yogi Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear tries for a takedown but Greywar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bear throws a series of punches but Greywar moves out of range.
Greywar tests Bear's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yogi Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greywar moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bear takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar throws a head kick that misses.
Bear changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Greywar tries to avoid it but Bear manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Greywar to the ground. Greywar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Greywar. That's going to slow Bear down.
Greywar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Greywar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bear takes a kick to the side of the head.
Greywar tries to clinch up.
Greywar throws a head kick that half lands.
Bear throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greywar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greywar chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Bear looking to score a takedown here. Greywar is defending well but Bear drives through and ends up in Greywar's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greywar wants to sweep but no luck.
Bear trying to control but Greywar is working from the bottom.
Greywar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bear thows a big elbow that misses.
Greywar wants to sweep but no luck.
Yogi Bear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yogi Bear overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bear looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Greywar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Greywar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Greywar 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Greywar!