PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jally Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Jally Joseph enters the cage!

Baggins
vs
Joseph

165 cm
19
139 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

159 cm
19
141 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

STEEL PENN NUTRITION - STEEL RESERVE 158+ ONLY$89

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frodo Baggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jally Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baggins throws a jab but it's blocked by Joseph.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Baggins.
Baggins lands a jab to the head.
Joseph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baggins.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baggins.
Joseph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baggins.
Joseph throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baggins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baggins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Joseph fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joseph misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baggins with a hook.

It looks like Jally Joseph has been cut.

Joseph drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph won't allow Baggins to get back to his feet.

Joseph drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Baggins dives on top into guard.
Joseph tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Joseph is controlling Baggins's posture.
Baggins preventing the sweep.
Baggins wanted to stand there but Joseph had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph looking to hit a scissor sweep but Baggins is one step ahead there.

Joseph has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Baggins off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Joseph shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Joseph was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Baggins taking shots to the head.
Baggins is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Joseph raining down shots from the mount!
Baggins is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Baggins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Baggins is breathing heavily.
Joseph lands a big elbow.
Baggins's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Joseph putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Baggins is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Joseph is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Baggins to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Baggins shrugs it off.
Joseph looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Baggins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Baggins is in a horrible position here. Joseph smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph landing strikes from the mount and Baggins is in trouble!
Joseph lands a big shot there that rocks Baggins but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Baggins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
A nice elbow there by Joseph.
Baggins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Baggins is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Joseph trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Joseph unloading with bombs!

Joseph looking for a guillotine from mount but Baggins is having none of it.
Baggins wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Joseph throws some wild stikes that Baggins manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins trying desperately to get to his feet.
Joseph landing strikes from the mount and Baggins is in trouble!
Joseph lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Baggins hang on?
Joseph punching from mount but Baggins doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Baggins taking shots to the head.
Baggins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph working Baggins over with strikes here.
Baggins is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jally Joseph dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jally Joseph'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.

Joseph throws a half hearted mid kick.
Joseph throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baggins.
Joseph throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A left and a right from Joseph both land. Nice combination.
Good leg kick by Baggins there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Baggins.
Baggins lands with a hook. Joseph tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Baggins throws a good cross that connects.
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Baggins.
Baggins throws a nice head kick!
Baggins with a hook.

Joseph is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph is still on wobbly legs! Can Baggins finish him?
Frodo Baggins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baggins cracks Joseph with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jally Joseph is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joseph takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Baggins! Joseph is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frodo Baggins!