PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Willie Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ness is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Shoots and Ladders by Korn. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bader
vs
Ness

176 cm
25
148 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

165 cm
22
147 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Brute
Stonewall

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willie Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregory Ness!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bader takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ness takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bader swats away the attempt to clinch by Ness.
Ness checks a leg kick nicely.
Ness moves out of range of the leg kick from Bader.
Bader throws a shot from downtown. Ness moves away and avoids it.
A good leg kick by Bader.
Ness wants to clinch.
Ness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ness checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bader plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Gregory Ness has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ness is looking to clinch.
Bader misses the jab.
Ness on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader tries a low kick but Ness avoids it.
Ness is looking to clinch but Bader is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bader fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ness has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bader throws a low kick but Ness avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ness thumps Bader with a low kick.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bader swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bader throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ness tries to clinch up but Bader circles away and keeps his distance.
Bader with a nice cross.
Ness tries to clinch up but Bader circles away and keeps his distance.
Ness tries to clinch up but Bader circles away and keeps his distance.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Bader swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness wants to clinch up but Bader keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ness closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ness stalling.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but Bader blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bader avoiding damage as Ness throws knees to the body.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bader blocks it with crossed arms.

Bader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Bader swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness wants to clinch up but Bader keeps it at a distance.
Ness is looking to clinch.
Ness takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ness dodges the punch combination from Bader.
Bader scores with a decent looking hook.
Ness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ness throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ness is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bader. Ness does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Bader.
Bader throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bader lands a head kick!
Ness moves out of range of the leg kick from Bader.
A head kick from Ness lands but Bader takes it in his stride.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ness tries to clinch but Bader moves out of range.

Ness darts in and clinches Bader up against the cage.
Bader lands a shoulder strike.
Ness utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ness tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bader manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ness is looking to clinch but Bader is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ness tries to clinch but Bader moves out of range.
Ness is looking to clinch.
Bader throws a jab when Ness was well out of range.

Ness clinches with his opponent.
Bader dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Bader goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bader lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ness misses with an elbow strike.
Ness looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ness throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ness tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bader is defending well for now.
Bader working aggressively here.
Bader managing to block the knees to the body from Ness.
Bader tries to work over Ness's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Bader dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gregory Ness's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bader is looking to score with low kicks.
Willie Bader is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ness is looking to clinch but Bader is avoiding it.
Ness tries to score with a low kick but Bader moves his leg out of the way.
Ness is looking to clinch but Bader is avoiding it.

Ness has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bader is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bader stalling.
Ness throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bader swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bader throws a punch but it's blocked by Ness.
Ness scores a nice knee to the body.
Ness looking to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ness.
A knee to the head by Ness.

Bader manages to break the clinch.
Ness moves in looking to clinch but Bader pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness looks to land a body kick but Bader moved away.
Ness moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Ness clinches with his opponent.
Bader dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Bader lands a shoulder strike.
Bader tries to stall but Ness uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bader lands a shot to the body.
Bader lands a nice uppercut.
Bader stalling.
Ness gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bader lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bader lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
Bader throws a punch but it's blocked by Ness.
Bader tries to throw a body punch but Ness avoids it by throwing Bader back against the cage.
Ness pushes off an throws an elbow but Bader leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bader goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bader avoids it.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bader blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bader is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ness creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bader's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bader dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Ness is trying to stall.
Bader misses with the head strike.
Ness trying to control the position but instead, Bader has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ness into the cage.
Bader makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ness is struggling to control the position.
Bader misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Bader.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands an elbow just above Bader 's eye.

Bader's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bader fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bader avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bader scoring well with a low kick there.
Bader with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ness doesn't manage to clinch there - Bader circles away.
Ness takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ness rushes Bader and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Bader.

Bader's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gregory Ness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness is looking to clinch but Bader is avoiding it.
Ness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bader works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ness.
Bader is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bader tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bader swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bader scores with a nice body kick.
Bader lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bader lands a really nice looking cross but Ness seems unphased.
Bader tests Ness's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ness tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bader manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ness ducks right into an uppercut from Bader.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ness tries to clinch but Bader is having none of it.

Ness closes the distance and clinches.

Bader breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Bader misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Bader dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gregory Ness's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ness wants to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bader.
Ness tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bader manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Willie Bader is winning the standup battle so far.
Ness tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bader takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bader lunges at Ness with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ness's hand.
Ness doesn't manage to clinch there - Bader circles away.
Bader just misses with a punch to the body.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Bader swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Ness drives through and clinches with Bader against the cage.
Bader avoiding damage as Ness throws knees to the body.
Ness crunches a lovely knee into Bader's ribcage.
Bader tries to land knees in the clinch but Ness avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bader is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bader blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bader is looking to control Ness's arms but Ness gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bader has his back to the cage.
Ness pushes off an throws an elbow but Bader leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bader dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Bader trying to stall but Ness improves his position.
Bader managing to block the knees to the body from Ness.
Bader misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ness content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bader pushes Ness back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gregory Ness seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Bader fails to land.
Bader tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ness's elbow.
Bader swings wildly with an uppercut but Ness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ness landing knees to the head.
Ness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bader is defending well for now.

Bader manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bader throws a push kick but Ness slaps the foot to one side.
Ness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bader lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Bader tries to keep at a distance but Ness has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ness throws an elbow that misses.
Ness takes a shot to the head.
Ness looking to throw knees to the head but Bader is blocking nicely.
Bader blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bader dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Ness looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ness throws an elbow but it misses.
Ness trying to stall but Bader improves his position.
Nice body punch from Bader - that landed with a thud.
Bader works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ness takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch on the inside from Bader fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
Ness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bader.
Bader blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bader lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bader.
Willie Bader is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ness connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bader's face.
Ness throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Bader.
Bader lands an uppercut.
A short right from Bader on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bader creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ness pushes off an throws an elbow but Bader leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Bader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bader looks to land a combination but Ness avoids it well.
Bader scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bader connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gregory Ness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Bader misses.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ness is looking to land body kicks.
Bader looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ness wants to clinch.
Bader scoring well with a low kick there.
Ness drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ness's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bader.
Bader throws a one two combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bader dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ness. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Bader there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bader lands a high kick!
A low kick from Ness is predictable there
and Bader counters with a flying knee. Nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Bader showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bader, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Bader!