PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guy Incognito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Bear is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Incognito
vs
Bear

180 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
214 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

CHAINSAW SHACK-Merry Christmas to all
CHAINSAW SHACK-Merry Christmas to all

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 Hilo, Guy Incognito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bob Bear!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Incognito pushes Bear up against the cage in a clinch.
Bear blocks the elbow strike.
Incognito has Bear pressed against the cage, preventing Bear from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Incognito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bear has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Incognito.
Bear lands with a light punch inside.
Bear wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bear is trying to break the clinch but Incognito is controlling him.
Bear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Incognito is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Incognito scores with a hook to the body.
Bear has had enough of the clinch but Incognito keeps him there for the moment.
Bear wants to break free but Incognito has control.
The referee is keeping an eye on Incognito - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bear is working for takedown but Incognito is calmly controlling the position for now.

Incognito lands a takedown into guard.
Incognito looking to pass the guard.
Incognito passes into half guard.
Incognito is trying to control the action in half guard but Bear is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Incognito wants to free his trapped foot but Bear is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bear is trying to stand up here but Incognito is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Incognito works his way into side control.
Bear managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Incognito.

Incognito decides to stand back up.
Guy Incognito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Incognito moves into range and clinches up with Bear.
Incognito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Incognito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bear taking a breather.
Bear lands a right hand.
Incognito pushes off an throws an elbow but Bear leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Incognito stops a takedown attempt from Bear.
Bear looks gassed!
Incognito is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Incognito looking to throw knees to the head but Bear is blocking nicely.

Bear breaks the clinch.
Incognito moves out of range of the body kick from Bear.
Incognito throws a head kick but Bear moves out of range.
Bear lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Incognito swinging wildly here.
Incognito jabs Bear right on the nose. Bear blinks but takes it well.
Bear slaps away a takedown attempt from Incognito, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Incognito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Incognito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bear counters with a head kick.
Bear throws a series of punches but Incognito moves out of range.
Incognito throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Incognito moves into range and clinches up with Bear.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Incognito is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Good body shot from Incognito.
A short right from Incognito on the inside.
Bear looking for a takedown.
Guy Incognito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Bear.
Bear is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Incognito unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Incognito landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Incognito.
Incognito lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Incognito lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Incognito trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Incognito.
Incognito can't get the takedown.
Incognito tries for a takedown but Bear manages to get underhooks.
Bear is looking to break free of the clinch but Incognito has double underhooks.
Incognito scores with a hook to the body.

Incognito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Incognito scores with a shot to the body.

Incognito closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Incognito advances to full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bear is bucking up trying to escape but Incognito cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Incognito looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bear is in a horrible position here. Incognito smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Incognito is in the full mount, landing strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Incognito lands a big shot there that rocks Bear but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Incognito raining down shots from the mount!
Incognito cracks Bear with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guy Incognito dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Incognito throws a combination that misses
and Incognito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Incognito is looking to clinch.
Bear blocks a low kick nicely.
No joy there for Incognito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bear leaves Incognito with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Incognito misses with a few strikes there.
Bear swats away the attempt to clinch by Incognito.
Incognito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick from Bear misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear cracks a nice hook into Incognito's ribs.
Incognito swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bear makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Incognito really felt that one!
Bear shoots in but no luck this time.
Incognito throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Bear to counter with a crisp jab.

Incognito shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bear is trying to defend but Incognito finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear taking some punishment here, with Incognito in his half guard.

Bear pushes Incognito off and gets back to his feet.
Bear is breathing heavily.
Bear avoids a punch combination nicely.

Incognito moves into range and clinches up with Bear.
Incognito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bear has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Incognito.
Incognito utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bear is trying to drag Incognito to the mat but Incognito just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Incognito is looking to break free of the clinch but Bear has double underhooks.
Incognito lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bear breaks from the clinch.
Incognito moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Bear. No joy for Incognito on that attempt.
Guy Incognito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Bear misses.

Incognito closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bear looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Incognito lands a nice short elbow.
Incognito thows a huge punch but Bear dodges it nicely.
Incognito throws a strike but Bear avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bear keeping moving, preventing Incognito from controlling successfully.
Bear keeping full guard, as Incognito tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Incognito passes Bear's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Incognito thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Incognito thows a huge punch but Bear dodges it nicely.
Incognito not doing much here.
Incognito is keen to just control but Bear is a slippery customer.

That's four 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.
Bear won't allow Incognito to pass to mount.
Incognito thows a huge punch but Bear dodges it nicely.
Incognito drops an elbow to the side of Bear's head.
Incognito not doing much here.
Incognito takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Incognito missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Incognito not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Incognito perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guy Incognito dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Incognito shoots in for a takedown but Bear shows good takedown defense.
Bear misses with a combination
and Incognito counters with a nice uppercut.
Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Incognito circles away.

Incognito closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bear's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bear blocks a body shot from Incognito.
A short left from Incognito.
Bear drops down looking for an ankle pick but Incognito pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bear shoots in for a takedown but Incognito shows good takedown defense.
Incognito misses with a body shot
and Bear counters with a one-two to the body.

Incognito decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Incognito works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bear takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Incognito looking to secure an arm triangle but Bear defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Incognito throwing strikes here but Bear is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
A nice elbow there by Incognito.
Incognito sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Incognito with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bear can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Incognito misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Incognito with the ground and pound from mount.
Incognito controlling from mount.
Incognito punishing his opponent with strikes.
Incognito lands a big elbow.
Incognito scoring with strikes but Bear is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Incognito lands a big shot there that rocks Bear but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Incognito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Incognito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bear can do to turn this around?
Incognito working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Incognito looking to control but Bear is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Incognito swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bear is now in Incognito's guard. A big mistake from Incognito there, giving up the dominant position!
Guy Incognito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bear really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Incognito. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Incognito holds on and takes a little breather.
Bear has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Incognito is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Incognito has a closed guard, preventing Bear from standing up.
Incognito keeping moving, preventing Bear from controlling successfully.
Bob Bear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bear stopping the sweep attempt from Incognito.
Incognito has Bear pulled in close to control his posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Incognito kicks Bear off and gets to his feet.
Incognito misses with a double jab.

Incognito darts in and clinches Bear up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guy Incognito showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Incognito, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guy Incognito!