PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Morris Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bear comes into the arena with Elephant Man - Haters (feat Hunt & Jim Jones) blaring out of the sound system. Junior has chosen I Come Thru: 50 cent feat. Maino, Dubs Dollah "AMV" as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bear
vs
Junior

189 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Morris Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mack Junior!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior takes a kick to the side of the head.
Junior is looking to clinch.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.
Bear scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Bear darts in and clinches Junior up against the cage.
Junior trying to land knees to the body.
Junior wants to break free but Bear has control.
Bear really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Junior is trying to break the clinch but Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Bear effectively controlling the action here.
Junior is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.
Junior wants to get back to striking at distance but Bear won't allow it.
Junior takes a knee to the side of the body.

Bear manages to break the clinch.
Junior darts in trying to clinch
and Bear cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mack Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a body kick that stops Junior in his tracks momentarily.

Bear moves into the clinch.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Junior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Junior goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.

Bear breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bear lands a high kick!
Junior throws a sloppy head kick

and Bear counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Junior is looking for a triangle here but Bear uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Bear is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Junior has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Junior is trying to buck Bear off.

Bear is trying to get an arm triangle but Junior is defending well.

Bear decides to stand up, so the ref orders Junior to his feet.
A nice combination there by Junior.
Junior slaps away a takedown attempt from Bear, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morris Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior misses with a combination
and Bear counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.

Bear gets a clinch.
Bear has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Junior avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bear wants to stall.
Junior tries to break the clinch but Bear is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bear keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Junior's efforts to push away.
Bear lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Junior wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Junior working aggressively here.
Junior wants to break free but Bear has control.
Junior gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bear.
Bear prevents Junior from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Junior's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Junior misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bear tries to pull guard but Junior holds him up against the cage and eventually Bear drops back down to his feet.
Junior is trying to break free.
Bear scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Junior stalling in the clinch but Bear improves position.
Bear managing to block the knees to the body from Junior.
A frustrated look appears on Junior's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Junior stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morris Bear dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Junior throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bear counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Junior doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Junior tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Junior is trying to force a seperation but Bear has the dominant position.

Bear escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bear closes this distance looking for a takedown but Junior circles away.
Bear throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Junior's waist but Junior gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bear off to one side.
Junior tries to bum rush Bear with a series of wild strikes but Bear uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bear decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Junior looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bear is working for a kimura but Junior is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear trying to control from half guard but Junior is working away.
Junior blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bear.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Junior looking for submissions off his back.
Bear stops Junior from getting back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bear in particular looking to stall.
Junior looks like he's trying to stand up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bear misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Junior tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Junior is looking to clinch.
Bear shoots in for a double leg but Junior sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morris Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear shoots in looking for a takedown. Junior tries to sprawl out of it but Bear keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Junior manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bear is looking to clinch but Junior is avoiding it.
Bear will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior tries to clinch but Bear is having none of it.

Bear closes the distance and clinches.
Junior wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Junior is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bear decides to pull guard.

Junior postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bear is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Junior, into his guard.

Junior throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bear uses it to pass to side control.
Junior is trying to get back to his feet.

Bear stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bear closes the distance and clinches.
Junior presses Bear against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Junior wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Junior is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.
Junior wants to get back to striking at distance but Bear won't allow it.
Bear slows down the pace here.
Junior trying to stall but Bear improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Bear.
Junior is trying to break the clinch but Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Bear keeps control of Junior as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bear prevents Junior from breaking the clinch.
Junior is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bear is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morris Bear dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bear looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Morris Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Junior falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bear counters with a shoot takedown. Junior fights it but they end up in guard.

Bear stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bear is trying hard to land a takedown here. Junior sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bear shoots in for a double leg but Junior sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morris Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Junior tries to clinch up
and Bear makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Junior really felt that one!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bear wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.
Junior doesn't manage to clinch there - Bear circles away.
Junior moves out of range of the body kick from Bear.
Junior keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Junior avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Junior swinging wildly here.
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bear misses with a two punch combination.
Bear avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Bear clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior stops a takedown attempt from Bear.
Junior wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Junior is working Bear over against the cage.
Good body shot from Junior.
Bear lands with a left to the head.
Bear keeps control of Junior as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bear prevents Junior from breaking the clinch.
Bear tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Junior just stands there and leans against the cage.
Junior wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Junior wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bear prevents a body shot from Junior.
Junior is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.

Bear's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown by Bear or perhaps it was just good defense by Junior which made him look bad.
Bear throws a body punch but Junior moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junior tries to clinch but Bear moves away

and Bear counters by moving into the clinch.
Bear has Junior pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Junior manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Junior wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Junior wants to break the clinch but can't.
Junior tries to stall but Bear uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Junior is trying to break free.
Mack Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bear jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Junior walks away with a smile on his face. Bear gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Junior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch but Bear swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Junior lands with a good body shot.
Junior stuns Bear with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Junior misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mack Junior.
I think Bear has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight for Morris Bear!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Morris Bear!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Morris Bear!

Morris Bear wins by unanimous decision!