PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Huggy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cari Lekebusch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cari Lekebusch has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Huggy Bear's chin.

Bear
vs
Lekebusch

165 cm
20
203 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huggy Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cari Lekebusch!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bear gets a clinch.
Lekebusch is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.

Lekebusch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lekebusch shoots for a takedown but Bear saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lekebusch misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bear moves out of range of the strikes.
Bear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lekebusch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lekebusch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Bear gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lekebusch wants to break free but Bear has control.
Lekebusch is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Lekebusch looks gassed!
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lekebusch.
Lekebusch is trying to break the clinch but Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Lekebusch won't want to take too many of those.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Lekebusch's ribcage.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Lekebusch's ribcage.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Lekebusch tries for a takedown. No joy.
Huggy Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cari Lekebusch.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lekebusch is defending well for now.

Lekebusch breaks from the clinch.
Huggy Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lekebusch cracks a nice hook into Bear's ribs.
Lekebusch lands a nice hook to Bear's body. Bear takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Lekebusch tries to keep at a distance but Bear has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lekebusch wants to get back to striking at distance but Bear won't allow it.
Lekebusch is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.
Lekebusch working hard to break the clinch.
Bear keeps control of Lekebusch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bear tries a knee to the head but Lekebusch blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lekebusch has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bear avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lekebusch is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.
Lekebusch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lekebusch managing to block the knees to the body from Bear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Lekebusch is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lekebusch takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lekebusch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lekebusch is trying to force a seperation but Bear has the dominant position.

Lekebusch breaks from the clinch.
Lekebusch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lekebusch loads up on a big right hand but Bear slips the punch.
Bear slips a straight right by Lekebusch.
Lekebusch swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.
Bear is looking to clinch but Lekebusch is avoiding it.
Bear slips under a jab.
Bear avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bear throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lekebusch with a jab.
Bear gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Bear forces Lekebusch back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lekebusch wants to break the clinch but can't.

Lekebusch is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Bear can't fight it off and eventually Lekebusch manages to take the fight to the floor. Bear looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lekebusch not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bear has a closed guard, preventing Lekebusch from standing up.
Bear can't keep his opponent in guard - Lekebusch advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lekebusch content to control rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lekebusch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggy Bear dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lekebusch throws a one two combo.
Bear is looking to clinch but Lekebusch is avoiding it.
Lekebusch throws a nice looking combination but Bear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Bear moves into the clinch.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Lekebusch won't want to take too many of those.
Lekebusch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lekebusch avoids it.
Lekebusch has had enough of the clinch but Bear keeps him there for the moment.
Lekebusch tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lekebusch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lekebusch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Lekebusch is blocking nicely.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lekebusch avoids it.
Lekebusch working hard to break the clinch.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lekebusch is defending well for now.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lekebusch blocks it with crossed arms.
Lekebusch wants to break free but Bear has control.
Lekebusch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lekebusch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lekebusch wants to get back to striking at distance but Bear won't allow it.
Lekebusch is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Lekebusch wants to get back to striking at distance but Bear won't allow it.
Bear landing knees to the head.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Bear has Lekebusch pressed against the cage, preventing Lekebusch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lekebusch avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Lekebusch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bear prevents Lekebusch from breaking the clinch.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Lekebusch wants to break free but Bear has control.
Lekebusch is trying to break free.
Lekebusch avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Lekebusch is trying to force a seperation but Bear has the dominant position.
Bear working Lekebusch over with knees to the body.
Lekebusch has had enough of the clinch but Bear keeps him there for the moment.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lekebusch avoids it.
Lekebusch is trying to break the clinch but Bear is controlling him.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Lekebusch is blocking nicely.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Lekebusch won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear has Lekebusch pressed against the cage, preventing Lekebusch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Lekebusch wants to get back to striking at distance but Bear won't allow it.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Lekebusch is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.
Lekebusch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Lekebusch breaks from the clinch.
Lekebusch fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bear moves into the clinch successfully.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lekebusch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Lekebusch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lekebusch.

Lekebusch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lekebusch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bear misses with a body shot.
Bear has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lekebusch finds it's way round the side to connect with Bear's head.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bear ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Lekebusch tries to keep at a distance but Bear has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lekebusch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lekebusch has had enough of the clinch but Bear keeps him there for the moment.

Lekebusch has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bear is trying to keep an underhook but Lekebusch manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bear knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lekebusch on the ground.
Lekebusch looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lekebusch has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lekebusch thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lekebusch tries to control but Bear wriggling away.
Lekebusch avoids the attempt from Bear to control.
Bear on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bear tries to get out of the position.
Lekebusch can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bear is looking to escape.
Lekebusch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggy Bear dominated that second round.
That's time! Bear's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lekebusch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bear throws a body punch but Lekebusch moves out of range.
Lekebusch lands a nice shot to the body.
Bear misses the shot to the body.
Lekebusch throws the left hand but Bear avoids the punch easily.
Lekebusch swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.
Lekebusch works Bear's body with a nice hook.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lekebusch lands with a nice body punch.
Bear just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lekebusch displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lekebusch scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lekebusch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bear sprawls well. Bear wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lekebusch gets slowly back to his feet.
Lekebusch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear is looking to clinch but Lekebusch is avoiding it.
Lekebusch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bear.
Lekebusch misses with a wild combination.
Bear slips under a jab from Lekebusch.
Bear tries to clinch up but Lekebusch circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear tries to clinch there but Lekebusch circles away.
Lekebusch is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lekebusch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

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

Lekebusch is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bear has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lekebusch wants to take a breather but Bear is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to get back to full guard but Lekebusch has mounted him!
Bear might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bear is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bear is looking to get to half guard.
Lekebusch wants to control the pace but Bear is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to hold on but Lekebusch pushes him away.
Bear is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Lekebusch throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lekebusch looking to control but Bear is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four 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.
Lekebusch throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lekebusch raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bear holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lekebusch tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cari Lekebusch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Aafke Stam scores the fight for Huggy Bear!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Huggy Bear!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Huggy Bear!

Huggy Bear wins by unanimous decision!