PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teddy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Snake
vs
Bear

185 cm
23
226 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

198 cm
21
260 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake The Snake!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Teddy Bear!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Snake throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.
The Snake jabs Bear to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jake The Snake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bear takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Snake changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bear tries to avoid it but The Snake manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bear to the ground. Bear escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The Snake fails with a takedown attempt.
Bear slips under a jab.
Bear gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Snake moves out of range as Bear throws a body kick.
Bear walks into a left hand.
The Snake lands with a straight right. Bear didn't see that one coming.
The Snake throws a hook but Bear avoids it easily.
Bear takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Snake feints a jab promting Bear to slip. The Snake then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bear slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Snake feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bears jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bear tries to land a body kick
and The Snake counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear slips a jab from The Snake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Snake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.
The Snake misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake The Snake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear ducks under a wild hook from The Snake.
Bear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Snake.
The Snake just misses with a punch to the body.
The Snake fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Snake looks to score with a jab to the body but Bear is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Snake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Snake misses the shot to the body.
The Snake catches Bear with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Snake just misses with a punch to the body.
The Snake misses with an uppercut
and Bear finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The Snake throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.
Bear misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Snake shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bear defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Snake fails to land the takedown.
The Snake connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Snake. Bear does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Snake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear lands with a nice body kick.
The Snake digs a good hook to Bear's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

The Snake is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Snake. Bear does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Snake dives in and grabs Bear's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bear pushes down on The Snake's head and hops out.
The Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jake The Snake is winning the standup battle so far.
The Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Snake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Snake misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from The Snake.
The Snake misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear just misses with a punch to the body.
The Snake looks to score with a jab to the body but Bear is just out of range.
The Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Snake scores with a hook to the body. Bear takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Snake takes a swing at Bear's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut lands for The Snake. That snapped Bear's head back.
Bear throws a sloppy head kick and The Snake moves out of range easily.
The Snake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by The Snake.
The Snake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Teddy Bear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Snake misses with a looping left.
Bear avoids the body shot from The Snake.
The Snake misses with a wild body shot.
Bear moves out of range as The Snake strikes.
The Snake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bear counters with a nice body kick.
The Snake shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bear throws a leg kick which misses The Snake's front leg but catches the back leg as The Snake tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Snake looks to land a combination but Bear avoids it well.
The Snake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bear.
The Snake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Snake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Snake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Snake throws a body punch but Bear moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Snake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bear manages to avoid it.
Teddy Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Snake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bear was well out of range. Poor timing from The Snake.
The Snake fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake The Snake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Snake scores with a jab to the jaw.
Horrible takedown by The Snake or perhaps it was just good defense by Bear which made him look bad.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from The Snake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Snake dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The Snake misses with a hook.
The Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bear throws a head kick but The Snake moves out of range.
The Snake shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bear as he avoids it easily.
The Snake avoids a kick to the body.
The Snake misses with a body shot.
The Snake lands with a nice body punch.
Bear with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bear leaves The Snake with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Snake jabs at Bear's body.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.
Bear takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Snake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bear was well out of range. Poor timing from The Snake.
The Snake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bear thows a body kick. The Snake tries to catch it but that hurt him.

The Snake throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bear was covering up waiting for the punch and The Snake finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The Snake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bear works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Snake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
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.
The Snake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Snake is looking to work some ground and pound but Bear has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bear working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Snake.
The Snake postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Snake postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Snake accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The Snake stands and throws Bear's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The Snake working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bear is working to avoid the ground and pound but The Snake connects with a decent elbow.

The Snake is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bear has escaped the position, nice work there.
The Snake looks up at the clock and then as Bear takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, The Snake smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bear avoids any damage from the ground and pound of The Snake.
The Snake throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The Snake lands some shots froms side control.
The Snake is working Bear over with some ground and pound from side control.

The Snake is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bear is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The Snake is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bear knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Snake clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Snake connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bear's hands.
Bear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Snake.
The Snake just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Snake throws a lazy head kick
and Bear counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. The Snake is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The Snake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Snake is looking to wear down Bear with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Snake moves out of range as Bear throws a body kick.
Bear takes one to the chin there.
Bear takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Snake looks to score with a jab to the body but Bear is just out of range.
The Snake misses with a body punch
and Bear counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The Snake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Snake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The Snake fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Snake throws a head kick that misses
and Bear counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Snake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bear can do to turn this around?

The Snake shoots in and gets a takedown into Bear's guard.
The Snake pushes down on Bear's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Snake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Snake sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bear defending well though.
The Snake trying to control from half guard but Bear is working away.
The Snake throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Snake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The Snake is trying to work for a kimura but Bear is defending well.

The Snake seems to be working for a kimura but Bear defends the submission attempt.

The Snake is working for a kimura but Bear is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear is trying to stand up here but The Snake is controlling him well.
Bear is refusing to be controlled, as The Snake sits in half guard.
The Snake working over Bear with some ground and pound. Bear looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Snake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Snake had his way with Teddy Bear in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Snake misses with an uppercut. Bear saw that one coming.

The Snake gets a takedown into half guard.
The Snake thows a huge punch but Bear dodges it nicely.
Bear blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Snake.
The Snake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Snake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Snake looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

The Snake is looking for a kimura here.
Jake The Snake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Snake lands with a punch from half guard.
The Snake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Snake thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bear's head.
The Snake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Snake landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Snake thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bear's head.
The Snake sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bear defending well though.
The Snake sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bear defending well though.
Bear is not content to let The Snake control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bear avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Snake.
Bear wants to get back to his feet.
Jake The Snake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Snake controlling the action here.
Bear is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The Snake throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Well, if The Snake is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Snake scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Snake is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bear sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The Snake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bear thuds his shin into the meat of The Snake's side.
The Snake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bear manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Snake misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake The Snake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Snake has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 50:45
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 50:45
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake The Snake!
Jake The Snake retains his heavyweight title!