PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yasha Big Mouth (ranked 3630 p4p, 5846 weight class) and Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 321 p4p, 433 weight class). Jean Baptiste has chosen Oprah's Bank Account as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Big Mouth
vs
Jean Baptiste

169 cm
18
140
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
145
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yasha Big Mouth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brady Jean Baptiste!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Big Mouth dives in and grabs Jean Baptiste's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jean Baptiste pushes down on Big Mouth's head and hops out.
Jean Baptiste keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Big Mouth fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yasha Big Mouth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jean Baptiste scores with a nice strike.
Big Mouth shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jean Baptiste pinned against the ropes. Jean Baptiste gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Big Mouth fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jean Baptiste avoids it really well and circles away.
Jean Baptiste sizes up Big Mouth with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Big Mouth closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jean Baptiste's guard.
Big Mouth trying to control the position from guard on top but Jean Baptiste is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jean Baptiste is working an open guard so Big Mouth takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Big Mouth shoots in looking for a takedown. Jean Baptiste tries to sprawl out of it but Big Mouth keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Jean Baptiste manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Big Mouth shoots for a takedown but Jean Baptiste saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Big Mouth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jean Baptiste as he jumps to the side.

Jean Baptiste cracks Big Mouth with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Big Mouth looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Jean Baptiste finish him?

Big Mouth is rocked!
Big Mouth shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jean Baptiste defends it nicely.
Big Mouth is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jean Baptiste sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Big Mouth scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A punch lands to the side of Big Mouth 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Big Mouth takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No luck for Big Mouth with that takedown attempt.
Brady Jean Baptiste is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jean Baptiste scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Big Mouth doesn't seem bothered though.
Big Mouth is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste thuds a left hand into Big Mouth's body.
Nice sprawl there from Jean Baptiste as Big Mouth shoots in.
Big Mouth shoots in but no luck this time.
Big Mouth closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jean Baptiste circles away.
Big Mouth darts in looking for a takedown but Jean Baptiste gets double underhooks and turns Big Mouth into the ropes.

Jean Baptiste lands a big uppercut and Big Mouth crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Big Mouth looks OK. Jean Baptiste waves Big Mouth back to his feet!
Oh Big Mouth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Big Mouth looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jean Baptiste is fending him off so far but Big Mouth persists. Nope, Jean Baptiste circles away and we're back to standing.
Big Mouth looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.

Jean Baptiste gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jean Baptiste lands a body shot.
Big Mouth letting Jean Baptiste take a breather here.
Big Mouth seems to have got his legs back now.
Jean Baptiste lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jean Baptiste gets through Big Mouth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Big Mouth backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jean Baptiste scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jean Baptiste takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Jean Baptiste breaks the clinch.
Big Mouth drops his hands momentarily. Jean Baptiste doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Big Mouth staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Big Mouth doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brady Jean Baptiste!
During a confident post fight interview, Brady Jean Baptiste thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.