PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James The Croc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Max Bear has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bear
vs
The Croc

199 cm
24
255 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

196 cm
23
283 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James The Croc!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bear drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Bear goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, The Croc rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bear's guard! Nice work there by The Croc!
Bear trying to keep a closed guard but The Croc is proving a slippery customer.
The Croc pushing down on Bear's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bear preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Bear makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bear.
The Croc is in close to Bear's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Bear looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bear wants to stand but The Croc is controlling the position.
Bear wants to improve his position but instead The Croc has moved into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bear throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells The Croc's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Bear had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Croc defends it easily.
Bear lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Croc!
The Croc is looking to get to half guard.
The Croc is in a horrible position here. Bear smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bear tries to control but The Croc wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because The Croc is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The Croc regains half guard.
The Croc tries to get to full guard but Bear has control of the leg.
The Croc gets full guard.
The Croc keeping moving, preventing Bear from controlling successfully.

The Croc looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bear passes into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Croc gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks The Croc with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bear is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for The Croc!
Bear trying to control but The Croc is having none of it.
Bear scoring with strikes but The Croc is staying in there.
The referee warns The Croc that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bear lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Croc hang on?
Bear looking to control but The Croc is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Croc wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
The Croc rolls, trying to escape but Bear keeps control of the position.
Bear cracks The Croc with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing The Croc from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bear lands punches and elbows.
The Croc can't escape the position.
The Croc breaks Bear's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bear is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Bear escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Croc gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Croc cracks Bear with a solid left hand.
The Croc postures up in Bear's guard and throws a big left but Bear blocks it.
The Croc missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Croc throws and elbow that misses. Bear uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Croc's guard. Nice move by Bear!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bear stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Croc swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Bear dominated that 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.

Bear misses with a takedown attempt
and Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bear doesn't succeed with the takedown
and The Croc counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bear misses with a takedown attempt
letting The Croc counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Croc counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The Croc fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bear sprawls well initially but The Croc persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The Croc takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Croc thows a huge punch but Bear dodges it nicely.

Bear looking for submissions off his back.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bear here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Bear kicks off The Croc and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Croc slips under a jab from Bear.
Bear shoots and misses

and The Croc counters with a single leg into guard. Bear didn't expect that.
The Croc keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bear's head.
The Croc stopping the sweep attempt from Bear.
Bear utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Bear is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Croc is aware though and is defending well.
Bear working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Croc.
The Croc is working Bear over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The Croc in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bear preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Croc postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Croc throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bear works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Croc loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Croc throwing strikes but missing.
Bear working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Croc.
The Croc postures up in Bear's guard and throws a big left but Bear blocks it.
The Croc scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Croc throws a big right hand that misses.
The Croc is looking to work some ground and pound but Bear has wrist control.

Bear looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bear looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Croc is one step ahead there.
Bear lands a good elbow from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Croc postures up.
Bear throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The Croc throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bear works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bear controls The Croc momentarily but The Croc frees himself.

Bear looking for a guillotine here but The Croc defends easily.

Bear has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Croc can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The Croc working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Croc landing with the ground and pound.

Bear is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Croc landing with the ground and pound.
Bear utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Bear has his foot on The Croc's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Croc works his way back into a safe position though.
Bear has momentary wrist control but The Croc slips an elbow through the middle.
The Croc scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Croc throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bear works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bear trying to control the position.
Bear avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James The Croc 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bear misses with a takedown

and The Croc counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bear is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Croc tries to get to full guard but Bear has control of the leg.
The Croc misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The Croc slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The Croc trying to strike off his back.
The Croc is looking to sweep but instead, Bear has passed into half guard.
James The Croc has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Croc tries to get to full guard but Bear has control of the leg.
The Croc takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bear is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bear missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The Croc is defending against the submission attempts here by Bear.
The Croc is looking to improve his position.
The Croc works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Croc looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Croc is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

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.

Bear stands up from The Croc's guard - Bear perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bear misses with a takedown attempt

and The Croc counters with a takedown into side control.
Bear manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bear is looking to improve his position.
Bear has hold of The Croc's hands but The Croc slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bear is looking to control The Croc's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bear avoid being mounted?
Bear is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Croc looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Croc.
Bear is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Croc scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bear is looking to control The Croc's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bear avoid being mounted?
Bear works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bear working a defensive guard here.
The Croc lands a couple of elbows.
Bear looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Croc working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Croc has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The Croc is working Bear over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The Croc throwing strikes from guard but Bear blocks nicely.
The Croc with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bear not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bear working for a triangle but The Croc defends it easily.
Bear not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Croc connects with a couple of short punches.
The Croc trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Croc postures up and lands a big shot to Bear's brow.

Bear is looking for a triangle here but The Croc uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The Croc throws a strike aimed at the side of Bear's head but Bear avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Croc creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bear holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
James The Croc comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Croc 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James The Croc!