PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jim Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bucky The Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Badger is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jump Around. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Beckett
vs
The Badger

168 cm
33
146 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

160 cm
39
160 lbs
38 - 20 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jim Beckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 20 - 4, fighting out of New York, Bucky The Badger!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckett throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Beckett checks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Beckett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beckett dips to his left and cracks The Badger with an uppercut!
Beckett lands an overhand right.
Beckett definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Beckett.
Some bone on bone action there as Beckett checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Beckett throws a body shot but no joy.
Beckett throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Badger stuns Beckett with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beckett throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from The Badger misses its intended target.
Beckett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Badger throws a fast counter high kick but Beckett manages to duck under it in time.
The Badger lets loose with a powerful body kick. Beckett will feel that in the morning.
The Badger has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The Badger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Badger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Badger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Badger.
The Badger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beckett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beckett scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Badger in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Beckett - just one landing.
The Badger takes one to the chin there.
Beckett slips a jab from The Badger.
Beckett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beckett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beckett misses with a straight right.
Beckett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Badger was well out of range. Poor timing from Beckett.
The Badger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beckett.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Bucky The Badger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beckett works over The Badger's head and body with a nice combination.
The Badger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beckett.
Beckett scores with a nice right hand.
Jim Beckett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beckett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Badger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beckett throws a jab but it's blocked by The Badger.
The Badger swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Badger misses with a head kick.
Beckett moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Beckett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Beckett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Badger manages to avoid it.
The Badger checks a leg kick.
The Badger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beckett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Badger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Badger checks a low kick from Beckett.
Beckett throws a shot from downtown. The Badger moves away and avoids it.
Beckett misses with a straight right.
The Badger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beckett throws a leg kick which misses The Badger's front leg but catches the back leg as The Badger tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beckett.
Beckett is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Beckett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beckett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Beckett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Badger.
The Badger takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Badger throws a head kick that misses.
The Badger throws a nice head kick!
No joy there for The Badger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beckett attempts a counter takedown but The Badger avoids it well and moves away.
Beckett slips under a jab.
Beckett moves away from the strike by The Badger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries a low kick but Beckett avoids it.
The Badger blocks a head kick by Beckett.
The Badger shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Badger takes a swing at Beckett's ribcage but misses.
Beckett attempts a counter takedown but The Badger avoids it well and moves away.
The Badger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Badger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beckett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Badger lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beckett walks into a stiff left hand from The Badger.
Beckett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beckett takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Badger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Badger throws an overhand right that lands on Beckett's shoulder, as Beckett tries to avoid the shot.
Beckett on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A jab from The Badger does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Badger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. The Badger catches Beckett right on the button with a cross.
The Badger throws a right hand that Beckett ducks under and follows up with a left that Beckett also avoids with ease.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Badger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beckett can pounce on him.
Beckett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beckett.
The Badger misses with a looping left.
The Badger moves out of range as Beckett strikes.
The Badger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beckett swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Badger.
The Badger lands a front kick.
A shot to the body from Beckett misses
and The Badger counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from The Badger misses.
Beckett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Beckett misses with a hook.
The Badger only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The Badger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Badger misses with a few strikes there.
The Badger blocks a head kick by Beckett.
Beckett lands a leg kick that knocks The Badger off balance momentarily.
Beckett throws a hook but The Badger blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Beckett dominated that round.
That's time! Beckett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Beckett lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Badger's sensitive parts.
Beckett blocks a jab.
Beckett tries to move into range but The Badger moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Badger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckett moves away.
Beckett lands a jab to the nose.
Beckett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Beckett misses with an uppercut.
Beckett connects with a crisp jab.
Beckett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Badger manages to avoid it.
Beckett avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Badger throws a sloppy head kick and Beckett moves out of range easily.
Beckett attempts a counter takedown but The Badger avoids it well and moves away.
Beckett misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Beckett misses.
Beckett lands a slapping body shot.
The Badger is looking to chop away at Beckett's legs.
Beckett throws a leg kick which misses The Badger's front leg but catches the back leg as The Badger tries to avoid it.
Beckett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Badger can do to turn this around?
Beckett wants to land a leg kick but The Badger is out of range.
A little jabbing left from The Badger on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beckett looks to score with a jab to the body but The Badger is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Badger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beckett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Badger takes a kick to the side of the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but The Badger might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Beckett has got the better of the exchanges.
Beckett tries a low kick but The Badger avoids it.
Beckett misses with an uppercut.
Beckett takes one on the button.
The Badger misses with a series of wild punches.
The Badger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beckett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beckett just misses with a punch to the body.
The Badger slips under a jab from Beckett.
Beckett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The Badger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Badger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Beckett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Badger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Beckett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from The Badger.
The Badger pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beckett is out of range and The Badger settles back down.
Nice uppercut there from The Badger.
The Badger lands with a nice combination. Beckett backs away looking to recover.
Beckett lands with a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as The Badger blocks the leg kick.
The Badger throws a lazy right hand but Beckett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beckett slips a straight right by The Badger.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beckett throws a head kick but The Badger moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by The Badger.
Nice defenses there by The Badger.
The Badger misses with a wild combination.
Beckett ducks under a wild hook from The Badger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Badger manages to avoid it.
The Badger is looking for the big counter here.
The Badger throws a left and a right that both miss

and Beckett counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Beckett trying to control the position from guard on top but The Badger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Badger pulls Beckett in to control the position.
Beckett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Badger lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

The Badger got a little sloppy there for a moment and Beckett has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Badger has managed to get both his arms back between Beckett's legs - danger averted.

Beckett is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Badger defends well.
Beckett working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger wants to control from the top but Beckett keeps moving.
Beckett keeping full guard, as The Badger tries to pass.
The Badger showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Beckett controls The Badger momentarily but The Badger frees himself.
The Badger not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bucky The Badger will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Beckett lands a jab to The Badger's midsection.
Jim Beckett is winning the standup battle so far.
The Badger misses with a body kick.
The Badger throws a leg kick but Beckett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beckett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Badger throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Badger tried to score with a low kick but Beckett checks it.
The Badger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beckett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Badger tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Badger.
The Badger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Badger misses the jab.
The Badger walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beckett checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Badger throws a sloppy head kick and Beckett moves out of range easily.
Beckett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beckett misses with a hook
and The Badger makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The Badger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beckett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beckett. That's going to slow The Badger down.
The Badger throws a shot to the body.
The Badger throws a shot from downtown. Beckett moves away and avoids it.
Beckett throws a leg kick that misses.
The Badger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Beckett connects with a solid leg kick.
The Badger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big right from The Badger misses.
The Badger throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Beckett's head.
The Badger is looking to land body kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beckett.
The Badger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Badger looks for the body kick but Beckett saw that one coming.
Beckett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Badger.
The Badger takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Beckett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beckett takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Beckett misses.
Beckett scores with a one two! The Badger had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Badger slips a jab from Beckett.
Beckett slips a jab and a cross from The Badger.
The Badger checks the leg kick.
Beckett throws an overhand right that lands on The Badger's shoulder, as The Badger tries to avoid the shot.
Beckett swings widly with a right hand
and The Badger counters with an inside leg kick.
Beckett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Beckett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Badger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Badger avoids the body shot from Beckett.
Beckett lands with a good body shot.
The Badger lands a glancing blow to the side of Beckett's head.
The Badger takes one to the side of the head.
Beckett throws a head kick but The Badger moves out of range.
The Badger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett takes a swing at The Badger's ribcage but misses.
Beckett scores with a decent looking hook.
Beckett pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Badger is out of range and Beckett settles back down.
Beckett avoids the head kick by The Badger.
The Badger throws the kick towards the body but Beckett avoids it.
Beckett misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beckett.
Beckett lands an overhand right.
The Badger scores with a head kick. Beckett tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Beckett scores with the left hand. The Badger knows he should have avoided that one.
Beckett falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Badger counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beckett's knee momentarily.
Beckett lands a nice looking body shot.
The Badger takes a jab right on the kisser.
Beckett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Badger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beckett. Beckett obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from Beckett.
Beckett thuds a left hand into The Badger's body.
The Badger looks to land a body kick but Beckett moved away.
Beckett jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A head kick misses from The Badger.
Beckett half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The Badger tries to land a front kick but Beckett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beckett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Badger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A right-left combo lands from The Badger.
The Badger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beckett cracks the inside of The Badger's front leg.
Beckett works The Badger's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Badger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beckett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Badger misses with a looping right.
A jab from Beckett does it's job there.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jim Beckett.
Well Beckett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!