PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David has chosen Eluveitie - Calling The Rain as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bear
vs
David

199 cm
25
255 lbs
12 - 15 - 0

201 cm
27
274 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark David!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear misses with a takedown attempt - David sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bear misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bear fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
David throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.
David defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bear.
Bear fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bear has his takedown stuffed
and David counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bear wants to clinch
and David cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck for Bear with that takedown attempt.
Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Horrible takedown by Bear or perhaps it was just good defense by David which made him look bad.
Bear will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bear misses with a takedown
and David counters with a straight right hand.
David leaves Bear with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bear closes this distance looking for a takedown but David circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear avoids the body shot from David.
Bear shoots in but no luck this time.
Bear gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and David connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

David throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bear tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. David is in Bear's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Bear looking for a guillotine here but David defends easily.
Bear looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear wants to stand up but David is controlling him.
Bear looking to hit a scissor sweep but David is one step ahead there.
Bear controls David momentarily but David frees himself.
Bear looking to hit a scissor sweep but David is one step ahead there.
David stays in close to Bear's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.
David throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bear swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and David counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
David rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Bear counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
David controls Bear momentarily but Bear frees himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bear stands and steps away. David gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Max Bear will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bear misses with a takedown attempt - David sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Bear misses.
Bear misses with a takedown
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bear is looking to clinch but David is avoiding it.
Nice takedown defense from David. No joy for Bear on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
David slaps away a takedown attempt from Bear, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Max Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bear shoots in looking for a takedown. David tries to sprawl out of it but Bear keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. David manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
David looks to score with a jab to the body but Bear is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear with a poor takedown

and David counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
David is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bear is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute David jumps into side control!
Bear is trying to get back to half guard.
David gets to mount! Bear was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
David controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
David scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bear?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
David avoids the attempt from Bear to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear is trying to escape the mount.
David tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
David avoids the attempt from Bear to control.
David content just to control the position here.
Mark David has got the better of the ground game so far.
David won't let Bear get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bear is looking to escape.
David takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bear tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
David breaks from Bear's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark David showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bear fails with the takedown

and David counters by clinching up.
Bear tries for a takedown. No joy.
David on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. David avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
David stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bear is working for takedown but David is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bear goes for a takedown attempt but David pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
David lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David leaves Bear with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bear with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling David to score with a decent uppercut.
Bear misses with a wild combination.
Bear doesn't succeed with the takedown
and David counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bear thinking.
Max Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
David paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bear misses with a takedown
and David counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bear catches David with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear with a poor takedown
and David counters with a stiff right hand.
No luck for Bear with that takedown attempt.
Mark David seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bear tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
A jab from David does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bear takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
David smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bear shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has David pinned against the cage. David gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Good standup being displayed there by David as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bear looking to score a takedown here. David is defending well but Bear drives through and ends up in David's guard.
David looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bear trying to control but David is working from the bottom.
Bear thows a big elbow that misses.
Bear being controlled here momentarily.
David looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David keeping moving, preventing Bear from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Max Bear.
Bear throws a series of punches but David moves out of range.
Bear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bear shoots in but David avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bear with a poor takedown
and David counters with a straight right hand.
David lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice sprawl there from David as Bear shoots in.
David lands with a nice body punch.
Bear connects with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark David comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well David has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark David!