PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yankie Bar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Liddel's choice of entrance music: Chuck Liddel. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bar
vs
Liddel

190 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Yankie Bar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Chuck Liddel!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bar clinches.
Liddel stalling against the cage.
Bar can't break the clinch.
Liddel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liddel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bar is trying to break the clinch but Liddel has him pressed against the cage.
Liddel tries to land knees in the clinch but Bar avoids the damage to the body.
Bar content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Bar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bar tries to clinch but Liddel is having none of it.
Bar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Liddel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddel avoids the head kick by Bar.
Liddel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bar dodges the punch combination from Liddel.
Liddel looks gassed!
Liddel tries to clinch up
letting Bar counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bar throws a one two combo.
Bar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chuck Liddel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liddel's sensitive parts.

Bar darts in and clinches Liddel up against the cage.
Liddel looking to slow down the pace here.
Liddel prevents the takedown attempt.

Bar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddel tries to clinch but Bar is having none of it.
Liddel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bar.
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!
Bar throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bar misses with a two punch combination.

Bar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bar throwing shots but Liddel is blocking nicely.

Bar stands up out of the half guard.

Bar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Liddel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Bar on the inside.
Bar is trying to break the clinch but Liddel has him pressed against the cage.

Bar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Bar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liddel on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Bar closes the distance and clinches.
Bar is trying to break the clinch but Liddel has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bar tries to clinch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel lands with an overhand left.

Bar rushes Liddel and presses him up against the cage.
Liddel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bar.
Liddel trying to land knees to the body.
Bar scores with a hook to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Bar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bar throws a series of strikes that have Liddel backpedaling.
Liddel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bar counters with a big head kick but Liddel shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel is looking to clinch but Bar is avoiding it.
Bar dodges the punch combination from Liddel.

Liddel closes the distance and clinches.

Bar breaks from the clinch.

Liddel rushes Bar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Bar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liddel is looking to clinch but Bar is avoiding it.
Liddel clinches but Bar breaks the clinch
and Bar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Liddel clinches but Bar breaks the clinch
and Bar counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Liddel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddel moves in looking to clinch but Bar pushes him off.
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Bar does no damage.
Liddel fails to land with a series of punches.
Bar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Liddel's hands.
Bar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bar tries for a takedown but Liddel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Bar.
Bar wants to clinch but Liddel slips to the side
and Liddel counters with a nice uppercut.
Liddel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bar.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Liddel in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bar swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bar tries to clinch there but Liddel circles away.
Bar swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddel.
Liddel tries to score with a low kick but Bar moves his leg out of the way.
Bar tries to clinch up

and Liddel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liddel has him pressed against the cage.
Bar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Liddel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Liddel is struggling to control the position.

Bar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chuck Liddel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bar misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Liddel misses with a double jab
and Bar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Bar.
Bar slips under a jab from Liddel.
Bar wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Liddel misses its intended target.
Liddel misses with a two punch combination.
Bar looks to land a combination but Liddel avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bar misses with a combination

and Liddel holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Bar manages to break the clinch.
Bar tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liddel throws a combination that misses
and Bar counters with a one-two to the body.
Bar closes the distance looking to clinch

and Liddel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Liddel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bar goes for a takedown in the clinch but Liddel prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yankie Bar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bar can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Liddel manages to break the clinch.
Liddel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bar.
Bar misses with a few strikes there.
Bar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liddel misses with the combination.
Liddel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bar counters with a series of strikes. Liddel will be more careful next time no doubt.

Liddel moves into the clinch successfully.
Bar tries to break the clinch but Liddel is controlling the position.
Liddel content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Bar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice combination there by Bar.
Bar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Liddel throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chuck Liddel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bar lands with a nice combination. Liddel backs away looking to recover.
Liddel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bar.
Bar throws a combination that misses

and Liddel moves into the clinch.
Liddel stalls.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Bar breaks the clinch.
Bar tries a head kick but it misses.
Liddel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bar circles away quickly and effectively.
Liddel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bar's calf.
Bar tries to bum rush Liddel with a series of wild strikes but Liddel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Liddel moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Liddel.
Bar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Liddel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Liddel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bar up against the cage.
Bar managing to block the knees to the body from Liddel.
A hook to the body from Bar.
Bar dodges an elbow strike from Liddel.
Bar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Liddel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bar is trying to break free.
Bar can't break the clinch.
Liddel trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stalling in the clinch from Liddel.
Bar is trying to drag Liddel to the mat but Liddel just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Bar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Liddel throws a combination that misses
and Bar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bar swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddel.
Bar tries a head kick but it misses.
Liddel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bar counters with a three punch combo that has Liddel backing up. Liddel nods at Bar to acknowledge the strikes.
Liddel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Liddel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bar counters with a left and a right that stings Liddel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bar gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Liddel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bar tries to clinch
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
Bar throws a right and a left that Liddel avoids nicely.
Bar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liddel's sensitive parts.
Liddel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Liddel instigates a clinch.

Bar manages to break the clinch.
Liddel looks to clinch
and Bar counters with a left and a right that stings Liddel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bar throws a right hand that Liddel ducks under and follows up with a left that Liddel also avoids with ease.
Yankie Bar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddel throws a right and a left that Bar avoids nicely.
Bar throws a series of punches but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel lands with an uppercut that bounces Bar off the cage and back into rage.
Bar misses with a kick to the body.
Bar lands a lovely overhand right.
Liddel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yankie Bar is winning the standup battle so far.
Bar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Liddel tries to bum rush Bar with a series of wild strikes but Bar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Liddel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddel.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chuck Liddel.
I think Liddel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Liddel!