PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cayden Abner (ranked 4119 p4p, 448 weight class) and Marko Bakar (ranked 3114 p4p, 360 weight class). Abner comes to the cage accompanied by Bulls On Parade. Cayden Abner has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Abner
vs
Bakar

182 cm
21
186 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Sportivité
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cayden Abner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marko Bakar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bakar.
Bakar slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Bakar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bakar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abner was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakar.
Nice body punch from Bakar.
Bakar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abner.
Bakar misses with a wild body shot.
Abner moves into range and connects with a jab.
Abner has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hare of the Dog Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Bakar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakar throws a looping overhand right but Abner ducks down to avoid it.
Bakar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Bakar misses.
Bakar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Abner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bakar has time to react.
Bakar is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Abner rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abner ducks under a wild hook from Bakar.
Abner swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bakar thuds his right hand into Abner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bakar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abner throws a looping overhand right but Bakar ducks down to avoid it.
Abner ducks under a wild hook from Bakar.
Abner looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bakar has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Abner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abner throws a big shot that misses.
Bakar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abner.
Bakar tries to clinch but Abner is having none of it.
A quick step to the side and Abner tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bakar scores with a punch to the head.
Bakar scores with a nice strike.
Bakar connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner moves out of range of the strikes.
Abner looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakar is just out of range.
Bakar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bakar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abner.
Abner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bakar moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bakar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bakar lands with a shot to the body.
Bakar misses the jab.
Abner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Abner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bakar.
Bakar looks to score with a jab to the body but Abner is just out of range.
Abner throwing a counter right hand but Bakar manages to avoid it.
Abner defending well as Bakar loads up on a big left hand.

Abner pushes Bakar up against the cage in a clinch.
Abner is looking to break free of the clinch but Bakar has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bakar.
Abner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bakar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abners head.
Bakar working aggressively here.
Abner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bakar backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bakar.
Bakar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abner.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bakar.
A short right from Abner.
Abner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bakar misses with a punch to the body.
Abner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bakars head.
Abner lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bakar backwards.
Bakar misses with the head strike.
Abner lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bakar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bakar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abner tries to throw a body punch but Bakar avoids it by throwing Abner back against the cage.
Abner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bakar pushes Abner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Abner.
Abner tries to throw a body punch but Bakar avoids it by throwing Abner back against the cage.
Bakar tries to work over Abner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bakar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abner blocks an uppercut.
Abner cracks Bakar with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bakar.
Bakar can't find room to land a body shot as Abner controls the action.
Bakar blocks a body shot from Abner.
Bakar throws a punch but it's blocked by Abner.
Bakar can't find room to land a body shot as Abner controls the action.
Bakar misses with a punch on the inside.
Bakar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bakar misses with a body punch.
Bakar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marko Bakar will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Abner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bakar.
Abner throws a big shot that misses.
Abner throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakar checks a leg kick.
Bakar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bakar. That's going to slow Abner down.
Marko Bakar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bakar swings for the body but Abner moves out of range.
Abner appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bakar throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakar throws a hook but Abner blocks it.
Bakar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abner was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakar.
Abner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bakar.
Bakar misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abner swings for the body but Bakar moves out of range.
Abner throws a hook but Bakar avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Bakar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bakar throws a body punch but Abner moves out of range.
Bakar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bakar throws an off balance right hand
letting Abner counter with a right hand.
Abner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bakar.
Bakar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bakar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bakar throws a looping overhand right but Abner ducks down to avoid it.
Bakar lands a jab to the head.
Bakar scores with a hook to the body. Abner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bakar misses with a body punch
and Abner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakar misses with an uppercut. Abner saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Bakar.
Bakar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bakar scores with a hook to the body. Abner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Abner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bakar missing with a left hand there. Abner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abner feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Abner throws a leg kick that misses.
Bakar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abner lands an overhand right.
Abner throws a poor cross that misses
and Bakar counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakar thuds a left hand into Abner's body.
A leg kick checked by Bakar.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bakar.
Bakar throws a shot from downtown. Abner moves away and avoids it.
Bakar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abner moves out of range of the strikes.
Abner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bakar misses with a head kick.
As Bakar backs away, Abner returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Marko Bakar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Abner misses the target.
Abner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bakar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner ducks under a wild hook from Bakar.
A little feinted left hand from Abner on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bakar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Abner under the eye.
Bakar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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!
Bakar moves in looking to clinch but Abner pushes him off.
Bakar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abner scores with a jab to the head.
Bakar defending well as Abner loads up on a big left hand.
Bakar misses with a looping right.
Bakar misses with a body shot
enabling Abner to counter with a crisp jab.
Bakar misses with an uppercut
and Abner counters with a nice body kick.
Abner scoring well with a low kick there.
Bakar throws the left hand but Abner avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Bakar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Bakar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abner.
Bakar lands a nice shot to the body.
Abner lands a right hook to the body.
Bakar throws a lazy head kick
letting Abner counter with a right hand.
Abner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Abner clobbers Bakar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakar lands the left hand.
Abner throws a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Bakar misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Abner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Abner.
Bakar blocks a head kick by Abner.
Bakar misses the jab.
Abner swings for the body but Bakar moves out of range.
Abner takes a swing at Bakar's ribcage but misses.
Bakar missing with a left hand there. Abner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bakar.
Bakar thuds a left hand into Abner's body.
Bakar missing with a left hand there. Abner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bakar.
Abner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abner moves away from the strike by Bakar.
Abner went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bakar connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bakar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bakar throws a hook but Abner blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakar. Abner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abner jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Abner needs to keep his hands up - Bakar had a free shot at his head there.
Bakar throws a hook to the side of Abner's head but Abner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from Bakar.
Abner was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bakar jabs Abner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abner moves in looking to clinch but Bakar pushes him off.
Abner thows a leg kick but Bakar checks it
letting Bakar counter with a right hand.
Bakar loads up on a big right hand but Abner slips the punch.
Abner is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cayden Abner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abner throws a hook but Bakar avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abner. Bakar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bakar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abner.
Bakar doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Abner misses with a low kick.
Bakar lands a right hook to the body.
Bakar misses with a looping right.
Abner has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bakar throws an overhand right that lands on Abner's shoulder, as Abner tries to avoid the shot.
Bakar throws a shot to the body.
Bakar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abner.
Bakar lands a really nice looking cross but Abner seems unphased.
Abner misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abner throws a lazy right hand but Bakar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bakar throws out a counter right but Abner avoids it with no problem.
Nice jab there from Bakar.
Bakar lands a nice looking kick to the body. Abner takes a step back to recover.
Abner just misses with a punch to the body.
Bakar lands with an uppercut that bounces Abner off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Bakar misses.
Bakar fails to land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Abner.
Abner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheers as Abner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bakar doesn't seem phased though.
Nice uppercut lands for Bakar. That snapped Abner's head back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Bakar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bakar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Bakar!
Cayden Abner spoke after the fight, saying 'Well that was fun, but the result was all wrong and kinda sucked. Let's do it again!'.