PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fuzzy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cage might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Johnny Cage Theme. This should be a great matchup!

Cage
vs
Bear

182 cm
28
200 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

215 cm
22
190 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fuzzy Bear!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage loads up on a big right hand but Bear slips the punch.
Bear throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Cage.
Bear fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cage checks it well.
Cage checks a low kick from Bear.
Cage avoids the head kick by Bear.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bear swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bear misses with an uppercut. Cage saw that one coming.
Bear slips a jab from Cage.
Cage checks the leg kick.
Bear throws a solid leg kick but Cage takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bear.
Bear tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Johnny Cage has been cut.
Bear throws a sloppy head kick and Cage moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage throws a hook but Bear blocks it.
Bear misses with a head kick.
Bear throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cage bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bear throws a jab when Cage was well out of range.
Bear throws a head kick that misses.
Bear moves out of range of the body kick from Cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bear tried to score with a low kick but Cage checks it.
Cage looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bear feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cage's calf.
Bear cracks a nice hook into Cage's ribs.

A jab-cross combination lands for Bear and sends Cage crashing to the mat! Bear follows him down to the mat - Cage regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Cage is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage won't allow Bear to pass to mount.
Oh Cage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cage seems to have got his legs back now.
Bear wants to free his trapped foot but Cage is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bear in particular looking to stall.
Cage keeping control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fuzzy Bear dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Cage's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bear will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bear throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cage checks a leg kick nicely.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cage paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cage.
Cage scores with a punch to the head.
Cage tries to clinch
and Bear counters with a good low kick that Cage was not able to check.
Fuzzy Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cage lands an overhand right.
Bear misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bear fails to land with a series of punches.
Bear misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear checks a leg kick.
Cage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bear lands a high kick!
Cage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cage lands a really nice looking cross but Bear seems unphased.
Bear throws a low kick but Cage avoids it.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Bear.
Bear tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cage is able to avoid easily.
Cage defending well as Bear loads up on a big left hand.
Bear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bear misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Bear.
Bear avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

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.
Cage takes a swing at Bear's ribcage but misses.
Bear throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cage counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bear checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Bear.
Cage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bear is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bear throws a series of punches but Cage moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fuzzy Bear showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Cage's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bear misses with a double jab.
Cage catches Bear with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Some wild striking there from Bear.
Bear swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fuzzy Bear seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage checks a low kick from Bear.
Cage connects with a solid leg kick.
Bear's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bear duly obliges.
Bear thows a leg kick but Cage checks it
and Cage makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cage ducks under a wild hook from Bear.
Bear moves away from the strike by Cage.
Bear uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to bum rush Cage with a series of wild strikes but Cage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch but Bear swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bear is looking to chop away at Cage's legs.
Bear throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bear scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bear attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cage throws a right and a left that Bear avoids nicely.
Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bear misses with a hook. Cage ducked under it nicely.
Bear is looking to clinch but Cage is avoiding it.
A head kick by Bear misses
and Cage counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear digs a good hook to Cage's body.
Bear missing with a left hand there. Cage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cage throws a lazy right hand but Bear sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bear throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bear lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bear.
Bear finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bear takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fuzzy Bear really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Cage's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cage buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bear tries to land a leg kick but Cage saw it coming and moves away.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bear was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
A slow jab from Bear misses its intended target.
Cage misses with a leg kick
and Bear counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cage gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bear counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bear slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cage counters with an inside leg kick.
Cage moves in looking to clinch but Bear pushes him off.
Bear shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bear tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Bear.
Bear will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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 ducks right into an uppercut from Cage.
Cage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cage throws a sloppy head kick and Bear moves out of range easily.
Bear throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cage thows a body shot but no joy.
Cage sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bear lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid body kick from Bear.
Bear looks to land a combination but Cage avoids it well.
Bear scores with a head kick.
Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Cage circles away.
Bear throws an overhand right that lands on Cage's shoulder, as Cage tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Cage colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Bear as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Cage is left battered and dazed whilst Bear and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fuzzy Bear!