PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Baird (ranked 4008 p4p, 2501 weight class) and Miguel Whitney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miguel Whitney has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Baird
vs
Whitney

186 cm
25
183
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
195
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fernando Baird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Whitney!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Whitney has managed to clinch.
Baird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whitney avoids it.
Whitney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baird misses with some punches.
Whitney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whitney blocks the elbow strike.
Whitney lands a right hand.
Baird misses with an elbow strike.
Baird misses with a punch on the inside.
Baird tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Whitney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baird backwards.
Baird misses with a knee to the head.
Baird with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Whitney.
Whitney lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Whitney.
Whitney lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baird.
Baird takes a shot to the head.

Baird is rocked!
A left hand lands to the body for Whitney.
Oh Baird is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baird is breathing heavily.
Whitney lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Whitney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whitney scores with a nice hook to the head.
Whitney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Whitney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whitney closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Baird! Whitney dives in looking to finish! Baird is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Whitney!