PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Huggy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Brockington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bear
vs
Brockington

165 cm
22
199 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huggy Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Brockington!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brockington misses with a few strikes there.
Brockington fails to land with a series of punches.
Brockington misses the shot to the body.
Bear defending well as Brockington loads up on a big left hand.
Brockington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mark Brockington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brockington throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Bear to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brockington. Bear does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Brockington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brockington throws a right hand that Bear ducks under and follows up with a left that Bear also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brockington misses the shot to the body.
Brockington swinging wildly here.
Brockington throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bear holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brockington fails to pull guard.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Bear misses with a knee strike.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Brockington looks gassed!
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!
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brockington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear landing knees to the head.
Brockington fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Brockington won't want to take too many of those.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brockington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brockington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brockington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Huggy Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Brockington.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brockington.
Brockington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bear smiles and moves away.
Brockington misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brockington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bear circles away quickly and effectively.
Bear dodges the punch combination from Brockington.
A combination from Brockington does no damage.
Brockington rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bear moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brockington throws a poor cross that misses

and Bear moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Bear.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Mark Brockington has been cut.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear won't allow it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brockington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brockington's face.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brockington jumps guard but Bear stands there with Brockington around his waist. Brockington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bear working Brockington over with knees to the body.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bear obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggy Bear dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Brockington's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brockington throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bear moves into the clinch.
Bear working Brockington over with knees to the body.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brockington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Brockington avoids the damage to the body.
Brockington jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bear walks away with a smile on his face. Brockington gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mark Brockington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brockington lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Brockington throws a series of punches but Bear moves out of range.
Brockington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bear fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brockington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brockington misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Brockington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brockington throws out a loose jab but Bear uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brockington throws a predictable looking body shot

and Bear counters by moving into the clinch.
Brockington avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brockington blocks it with crossed arms.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Brockington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brockington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bear.
Brockington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brockington jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bear walks away with a smile on his face. Brockington gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Huggy Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Brockington.
Brockington rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bear moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brockington fails to land with a series of punches.
Brockington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bear was well out of range. Poor timing from Brockington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to clinch up but Brockington circles away and keeps his distance.
Brockington lands a jab-cross combination.
Brockington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brockington's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brockington duly obliges.

Brockington gets tackled into the cage by Bear. Bear maintains the clinch.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Brockington's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Bear.
Brockington fails to pull guard.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Brockington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Brockington avoids the damage to the body.
Brockington fails to pull guard.
Brockington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear won't allow it.
Brockington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brockington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brockington avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Brockington is blocking nicely.
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Brockington is blocking nicely.
Brockington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brockington jumps guard but Bear stands there with Brockington around his waist. Brockington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huggy Bear dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Brockington's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Brockington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bear slips a jab and a cross from Brockington.
Brockington throws a right hand that Bear ducks under and follows up with a left that Bear also avoids with ease.
Brockington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bear manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bear has managed to clinch.
Bear working Brockington over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bear misses with a knee strike.
Brockington takes a knee to the side of the body.
Huggy Bear has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bear working Brockington over with knees to the body.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Bear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brockington is defending well for now.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear tries a knee to the head but Brockington blocks it.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brockington avoids it.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Brockington takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brockington can do to turn this around?
Bear looking to throw knees to the head but Brockington is blocking nicely.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brockington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brockington avoids it.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear holds him up against the cage and eventually Brockington drops back down to his feet.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Brockington avoids the damage to the body.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear won't allow it.
Mark Brockington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bear missing with knees to the body.
Brockington fails to pull guard.
Huggy Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Brockington.
Brockington jumps guard but Bear stands there with Brockington around his waist. Brockington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear won't allow it.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear holds him up against the cage and eventually Brockington drops back down to his feet.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brockington avoids it.
Brockington tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bear just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brockington tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bear just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brockington avoids it.
Brockington tries to pull guard but Bear holds him up against the cage and eventually Brockington drops back down to his feet.
Brockington fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
Bear tries to land knees in the clinch but Brockington avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brockington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bear smiles and moves away.
Brockington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brockington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Brockington misses.
Bear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brockington.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brockington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.
Brockington misses with a right hand

and Bear counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bear.
Brockington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bear smiles and moves away.
Bear has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Brockington misses with a double jab

and Bear counters by moving into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Huggy Bear showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bear, 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Huggy Bear!