PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Samuan Prasoetram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joel Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prasoetram comes to the cage accompanied by The Way I Feel. Bailey is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: FACE Fighting. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Prasoetram
vs
Bailey

165 cm
19
143 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samuan Prasoetram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joel Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prasoetram connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Joel Bailey has been cut.
Bailey scores with a nice strike.
Prasoetram tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bailey misses with the combination.
Bailey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bailey keeps the fight on the outside.
Bailey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Prasoetram wants to clinch up but Bailey keeps it at a distance.
Prasoetram tries to clinch but Bailey is having none of it.
Prasoetram is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.

Bailey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bailey throws a strike but Prasoetram avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bailey with a nice head shot there.
Prasoetram wants to stand but Bailey is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bailey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bailey working some strikes from top position.
Bailey throws and elbow that misses. Prasoetram uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bailey's guard. Nice move by Prasoetram!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Prasoetram stopping the sweep attempt from Bailey.

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.
Prasoetram pushing down on Bailey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bailey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bailey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Prasoetram's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Bailey postures up and lands a big shot to Prasoetram's brow.
Bailey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bailey looking to sit in guard and control but Prasoetram gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bailey is pulling down on Prasoetram's head to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prasoetram wants to stand and escape but instead Bailey has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joel Bailey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joel Bailey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bailey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Bailey does no damage.
Prasoetram is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prasoetram is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
Prasoetram is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Samuan Prasoetram is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Prasoetram throws a series of punches but Bailey avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prasoetram looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bailey looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Prasoetram!
Prasoetram is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bailey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bailey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bailey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Prasoetram is squirming around, avoiding Bailey's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prasoetram is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bailey working Prasoetram over with strikes here.
Bailey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Prasoetram?
Bailey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Prasoetram wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bailey raining down shots from the mount!
Bailey lands a big elbow.
You get the feeling that Prasoetram really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey wants to control the pace but Prasoetram is squirming around nicely.
Bailey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bailey wants to control the pace but Prasoetram is squirming around nicely.
Bailey lands a big shot there that rocks Prasoetram but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the head.
Bailey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey landing shots from mount.
Bailey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bailey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prasoetram hang on?
The referee warns Prasoetram that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bailey breaks from Prasoetram's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bailey with a couple of short strikes.
Bailey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Prasoetram is rocked!
Bailey with the ground and pound from mount.
Prasoetram is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Prasoetram can't escape the position.
Bailey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey lands with some strikes.
Bailey with the ground and pound from mount.
Prasoetram wants to get back to his feet.
Bailey trying to control but Prasoetram is having none of it.
Bailey landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bailey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Prasoetram knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bailey on the ground.
Prasoetram is bucking up trying to escape but Bailey cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joel Bailey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joel Bailey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Prasoetram tries to close the distance and clinch but Bailey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Samuan Prasoetram seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prasoetram tries to clinch up.
Bailey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bailey swats away the attempt to clinch by Prasoetram.
Bailey throws a nice looking combination but Prasoetram bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Prasoetram fails with an attempt to clinch.
Prasoetram moves in looking to clinch but Bailey pushes him off.

Bailey looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bailey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prasoetram is keeping the position for now.
Prasoetram is looking to stand up but Bailey isn't so interested in that idea.
Bailey sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bailey postures up in Prasoetram's guard and throws a big left but Prasoetram blocks it.
Bailey throws a big right hand that misses.
Bailey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Prasoetram has momentary wrist control but Bailey slips an elbow through the middle.
Bailey throwing strikes from guard but Prasoetram blocks nicely.
Bailey stops Prasoetram from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bailey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prasoetram is keeping the position for now.
Bailey works over Prasoetram with some ground and pound from guard.
Samuan Prasoetram has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bailey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bailey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bailey wants to pass the guard but Prasoetram is keeping the position.
Prasoetram wants to stand up but Bailey is controlling him.
Bailey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey cracks Prasoetram with a solid left hand.
Bailey throwing strikes from guard but Prasoetram blocks nicely.
Bailey is looking to advance position but Prasoetram has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Bailey tries to reverse the position but Prasoetram maintains control.
Bailey sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey wants to get back to full guard.
Bailey is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Prasoetram's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Prasoetram's back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Prasoetram is trying to get back to his feet but Bailey has full control of the position and if anything, Prasoetram has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Prasoetram is taking damage to the body and head.
Bailey trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joel Bailey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bailey 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joel Bailey!