PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gareth Bale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gareth Bale will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Boxer
vs
Bale

172 cm
32
191 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

185 cm
33
195 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Bale!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bale defending well as Boxer loads up on a big left hand.
Boxer avoids the body shot from Bale.
Boxer misses with a body shot.
Bale lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bale avoids the body shot from Boxer.
Boxer misses with a wild body shot.
Bale misses with a wild combination.
Bale avoids the body shot from Boxer.
Bale misses the shot to the body.
Boxer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bale shoots in looking for a takedown. Boxer tries to sprawl out of it but Bale keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Boxer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Boxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bale throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bale shoots in for a takedown but Boxer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Bale looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Boxer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bale has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bale loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boxer looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Boxer is trying to keep Bale in close.
Bale works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bale missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bale with the ground and pound but Boxer uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bale wants to control from the top but Boxer keeps moving.
Boxer trying to keep a closed guard but Bale is proving a slippery customer.
Bale controls from within his opponent's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bale throws a big right hand that misses.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Boxer throws a low kick but Bale avoids it.
Boxer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bale misses with a body kick.
Boxer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bale counters with a nice body shot.
Boxer misses with a series of wild punches.
Boxer swings widly with a right hand
and Bale counters with a body kick that stops Boxer in his tracks momentarily.
Boxer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bale.
Boxer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boxer throws a sloppy body shot
and Bale counters with a low kick, right behind Boxer 's knee.
Boxer just misses with a punch to the body.
Bale connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boxer. Bale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boxer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bale lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boxer scores with a hook to the body. Bale takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boxer cracks the inside of Bale's front leg.
Bale looks to score with a jab to the body but Boxer is just out of range.
Bale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mark Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Boxer misses
and Bale counters with a series of strikes. Boxer will be more careful next time no doubt.
Boxer swings for the body but Bale moves out of range.
Mark Boxer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boxer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Boxer.
Boxer misses the jab.
Bale misses with a wild combination.
Boxer misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gareth Bale dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boxer looks to land a combination but Bale avoids it well.
Boxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boxer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mark Boxer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boxer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bale throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bale checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bale slips a jab and a cross from Boxer.
Boxer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boxer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boxer swings for the body but Bale moves out of range.
Mark Boxer is winning the standup battle so far.
Boxer throws a head kick that misses
and Bale counters with a nice body shot.
Bale throws a sloppy head kick and Boxer moves out of range easily.
Boxer throws a jab when Bale was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boxer blocks a head kick by Bale.
Boxer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bale counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boxer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bale lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Boxer misses with a wild body shot.
Boxer throws a chopping leg kick but Bale manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Boxer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Boxer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Boxer throws a low kick but Bale avoids it.
Bale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boxer.
Boxer dodges the punch combination from Bale.
Boxer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer just misses with a punch to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Boxer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bale - the referee stops the clock and Boxer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bale. Boxer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
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!
Boxer misses with a low kick.
Boxer is looking to wear down Bale with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bale looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bale scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Boxer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bale was well out of range. Poor timing from Boxer.
Boxer takes a swing at Bale's ribcage but misses.
Bale lands a body shot.
Boxer misses the body punch
and Bale counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boxer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boxer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bale. Bale obviously looking to wear him down.
Boxer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bale.
Boxer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bale's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bale doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bale moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Boxer.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boxer. Bale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boxer misses with a wild body shot.
Bale rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boxer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boxer swings for the body but Bale moves out of range.
Bale is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A shot to the body from Boxer misses
and Bale counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Boxer misses the shot to the body.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bale blocks a low kick nicely.
Bale thuds his right hand into Boxer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bale, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Bale blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Boxer is predictable there
and Bale connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boxer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bale closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bale trying to control from Boxer's half guard. Boxer has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Boxer trying to control the position.
Bale trying to control the position from guard on top but Boxer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boxer trying to keep a closed guard but Bale is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gareth Bale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bale slips a jab and a cross from Boxer.
Boxer throws a body punch but Bale moves out of range.
Bale throws a head kick that misses.
Boxer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bale circles away quickly and effectively.
Boxer throws a chopping leg kick but Bale manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Boxer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bale throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boxer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bale misses with a few strikes there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boxer.
Bale lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer misses with a body shot.
Bale pushes Boxer away with a front kick.
Bale has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boxer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bale.
Boxer misses with a shot to the body

and Bale counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bale controlling the pace.
Bale lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Boxer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bale.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bale looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Boxer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bale not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bale throwing shots but Boxer is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer trying to control from the bottom.
Bale looks to land a strike but Boxer avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bale missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bale trying to control the position from guard on top but Boxer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Boxer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mark Boxer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boxer misses with a jab to the body
and Bale counters with a body kick.
Bale closes the distance and clinches up with Boxer, looking for a takedown. Bale pushes Boxer against the cage but Boxer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boxer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bale counters with an outside leg kick.
Bale misses with a wild combination.
Boxer throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Boxer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bale counters with a nice low kick that buckles Boxer's knee momentarily.
Boxer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bale lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bale dodges the punch combination from Boxer.
Bale lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bale works over Boxer's head and body with a nice combination.
Boxer fails to land with a series of punches.
Gareth Bale is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Bale drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bale throwing strikes from guard but Boxer blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gareth Bale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bale has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gareth Bale!