PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quala Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Power will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bear
vs
Power

188 cm
23
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Quala Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Power!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power tries to clinch up.

Power has Bear up against the cage in a clinch.
Power tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Power working aggressively here.
Power tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bear's elbow.
Bear managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Bear wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bear takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear tries to break the clinch but Power is controlling the position.
Power throws a knee to the head but misses.
Power misses with a knee strike.
Power tries a knee to the head but Bear blocks it.
Bear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bear tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Power smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bear throws a leg kick

and Power counters by moving into the clinch.
Bear jumps guard but Power stands there with Bear around his waist. Bear gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Power lands with a light punch inside.
Bear fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quala Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Power comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Quala Bear has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Power.
Power lands a nice knee to the body.
Power tries to land knees in the clinch but Bear avoids the damage to the body.
Power works on Bear's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bear's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Power lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Power stops a takedown attempt from Bear.
Power tries to land a knee to the head but Bear blocks with his arms.
Bear avoiding damage as Power throws knees to the body.
Power stops a takedown attempt from Bear.
Power throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bear blocks it with crossed arms.
Power lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Power lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Power misses with some punches.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Power crunches a lovely knee into Bear's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bear.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power is pushing Bear up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Power comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bear's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bear misses with a series of wild punches.
A leg kick checked by Power.
A combination from Bear does no damage.
Power checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Power.
Power throws a head kick that misses.
Power tries to clinch but Bear moves away

and Bear decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Power's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bear looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.

Bear is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Power is trying to control the position but Bear postures up.
Power really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bear. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bear looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Power dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quala Bear'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.

Power tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bear manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bear looks to score with a jab to the body but Power is just out of range.
Power doesn't manage to clinch there - Bear circles away.
Power keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bear.
Power blocks a low kick nicely.
Bear thows a body shot but no joy.
Power lands with an uppercut that bounces Bear off the cage and back into range.
Nice shot by Bear.

Power rushes Bear and presses him up against the cage.
Power looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Power creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bear jumps guard but Power stands there with Bear around his waist. Bear gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Power.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bear.

Bear pulls guard successfully.
Bear keeping moving, preventing Power from controlling successfully.

Bear has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Power doesn't defend quickly enough and Bear has managed to lock this one up! Can Power escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Bear on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Quala Bear!
During a confident post fight interview, Quala Bear thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.