PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pat Mycock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Baptiste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baptiste has chosen Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion Cover as his entrance music. Jean Baptiste has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mycock
vs
Baptiste

200 cm
24
145 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

172 cm
20
149 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pat Mycock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jean Baptiste!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mycock stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mycock wants it to stay on the feet.
Mycock is looking to clinch but Baptiste is avoiding it.

Baptiste shoots in and bounces Mycock off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Baptiste pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mycock is keeping the position for now.

Baptiste thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Baptiste drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Baptiste seems to have locked his on tight now - Mycock screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Baptiste, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jean Baptiste!