PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noramros Vladchex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baker has chosen The Duck Song as his entrance music. Jake Baker is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Vladchex
vs
Baker

193 cm
18
282 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
240 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ain't Skeered Apparel

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noramros Vladchex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Baker!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vladchex throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vladchex fails to land with a series of punches.
Baker stuffs the takedown.
Vladchex swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Baker as Vladchex shoots in.

Baker shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Baker was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vladchex is looking to improve his position but Baker isn't that keen on the idea.
Vladchex tries to hold on but Baker pushes him away.
Baker takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Baker just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vladchex tries to break free.
Baker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vladchex. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Baker controls the position.

Baker is persistently looking for the submission but Vladchex is defending it well.
Vladchex tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Vladchex tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baker controlling from the full mount.
Baker wants to get back to his feet but Vladchex is holding on tight.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Baker looks gassed!
Baker controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vladchex keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Baker controlling the pace for now.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jake Baker just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vladchex rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice takedown defense from Vladchex. No joy for Baker on that attempt.
Vladchex works Baker's body with a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vladchex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vladchex misses with a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Vladchex.
Vladchex closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries for a takedown but Vladchex sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vladchex has his takedown stuffed

so Baker counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Noramros Vladchex. That's going to take a lot out of him.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Vladchex is on top in guard.
Vladchex trying to control but Baker is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vladchex throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vladchex wants to pass the guard but Baker is keeping the position.
Vladchex cracks Baker with a solid left hand.
Vladchex throwing strikes from guard but Baker blocks nicely.
Vladchex preventing the sweep.
Vladchex stands up over Baker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vladchex missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vladchex has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Baker is proving hard to escape from.
Vladchex is in close to Baker's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Baker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vladchex trying to control the position from guard on top but Baker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vladchex with a flurry of punches that miss.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Vladchex wants to clinch but Baker slips to the side

and Baker counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Vladchex's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vladchex manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Baker manages to get himself to full guard.
Vladchex controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vladchex tries to free his leg and advance position but Baker is retaining full guard.
Baker keeping moving, preventing Vladchex from controlling successfully.
Baker seems keen to control Vladchex's posture.
Vladchex will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker trying to keep a closed guard but Vladchex is proving a slippery customer.
Vladchex chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Baker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Vladchex shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Baker pinned against the cage. Baker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vladchex stuffs the takedown attempt from Baker. Baker gets slowly back to his feet.

Vladchex gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vladchex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vladchex can't break the clinch.
Vladchex is trying to break free.
Vladchex wants to break the clinch but can't.
Baker avoiding damage.
Vladchex tries to break the clinch but Baker is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vladchex wants to break free but Baker has control.
Baker prevents Vladchex from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baker pressing his opponent against the cage.

Baker has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Vladchex regains guard immediately.
Baker trying to control the position from guard on top but Vladchex is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker stopping the sweep attempt from Vladchex.
Baker looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Vladchex trying to keep a closed guard but Baker is proving a slippery customer.
Baker won't allow Vladchex to sweep him here.
Baker stays in close to Vladchex's body and controls the position.
Baker won't allow Vladchex to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Vladchex looking to control.
Baker controls from within his opponent's guard.
Baker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vladchex trying to keep a closed guard but Baker is proving a slippery customer.

Vladchex looking for a guillotine here but Baker defends easily.
Baker is stalling in the full guard.

Vladchex pushes Baker off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Nice combo by Vladchex! Oh, that's hurt him - Baker falls to the canvas and Vladchex follows him into side control.

Baker is rocked!

It looks like Jake Baker has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vladchex working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Baker is still in real trouble! Can Vladchex finish him?
Vladchex advances to full mount.
Vladchex working Baker over with strikes here.

That has opened up Jake Baker's cut even more.
Baker taking shots to the head.
Vladchex lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

The cut above Jake Baker's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Vladchex breaks from Baker's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Jake Baker's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jake Baker's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Noramros Vladchex!