PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mace Baars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cena
vs
Baars

187 cm
23
230 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

191 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, John Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mace Baars!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cena swats away the attempt to clinch by Baars.
Baars is looking to clinch but Cena is avoiding it.

Cena drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cena looking to sit in guard and control but Baars gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cena is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cena has a closed guard, preventing Baars from standing up.
Baars stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cena swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Baars has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cena is proving hard to escape from.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cena.
Cena shoots for a takedown but Baars saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Baars tries to clinch there but Cena circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Cena darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cena missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baars tries to kick Cena off but Cena keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Baars keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Baars is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cena lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baars is looking for a sweep. Cena is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Baars trying to hold on to Cena's head to control him but Cena postures up.
Cena thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cena drops an elbow to the side of Baars's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cena takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Cena is looking for a kimura but Baars is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cena to get the leverage.
Baars tries to kick Cena off but Cena keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Baars manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Baars is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baars wants to stand up but Cena is controlling the position.
Baars drops an elbow to the side of Cena's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena is looking to control Baars's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cena avoid being mounted?
Cena is looking for a sweep. Baars is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Baars is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Baars is stalling here. Cena is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Baars seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cena has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Cena looks up at the clock and then as Baars takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cena smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Baars is not content to let Cena control the position.
Baars tries to improve position but can't.
Cena has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cena in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cena creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Baars wants to control but Cena postures up.
Cena scores with punches from side control.
Cena working the ground and pound from side control.
Cena is breathing heavily.
Baars is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cena is controlling him well.
Baars takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Cena.
Baars on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baars takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Baars is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cena dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cena scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cena postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Baars wants to get back to his feet but Cena drags him back down.
Baars can't do much from the bottom here.
Baars tries to improve position but can't.
Cena lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Baars down.
John Cena overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cena lands an elbow.
Cena lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Baars down.
Baars really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cena. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cena working the head with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cena lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Baars tries to escape but Cena is in control.
Baars is not content to let Cena control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baars is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Baars manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Cena looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cena is trying to control. Baars wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cena scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cena sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baars defending well though.
Baars is looking to improve his position.
Cena missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cena scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cena winds up and cracks Baars with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Cena there.
Baars is looking for a sweep. Cena is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Baars moves into full guard.
Baars looking to control.
Cena postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cena keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Baars's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cena's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Baars preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baars throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cena postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cena landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena postures up.
Cena in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cena postures up in Baars's guard and throws a big left but Baars blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cena accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Baars is looking to clinch but Cena is avoiding it.
Cena takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Baars tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cena swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baars pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Cena tries to keep at a distance but Baars has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cena tries to score a body lock takedown but Baars shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cena goes for a takedown in the clinch but Baars prevents it.
Baars working Cena over with knees to the body.
Baars unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Baars working Cena over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baars throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Baars prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baars lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Baars has Cena pressed against the cage.
Baars scores with a shot to the side of Cena's head.
Baars tries to stall but Cena uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right handed body shot lands from Baars.
Baars digs a right hand underneath Cena's ribcage. Cena let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Baars lands a hook that snaps the head of Cena backwards.
Baars lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Baars has Cena pushed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Baars.
A right handed body shot lands from Baars.
Baars lands a nice knee to the body.
Baars just leaning against Cena, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cena dominated that second round.
That's time! Cena's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Baars is looking to clinch but Cena is avoiding it.
Baars tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cena swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baars tries to clinch up but Cena circles away and keeps his distance.
Cena shoots in but no luck this time.
Baars connects with a single shot there.

It looks like John Cena has been cut.
Baars tries to clinch there but Cena circles away.
Mace Baars seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baars tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cena swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Cena drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cena working away.
Baars is looking for a sweep.

Cena is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Baars knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Baars is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Cena are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Baars is looking to regain half guard here but Cena keeps moving and retains side control.
Cena working the body and head with strikes.
Baars is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Baars tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cena swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good standup being displayed there by Baars as he connects with a hook.
Baars tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baars misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baars looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baars scores with a one two! Cena had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cena circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baars fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baars tries to close the distance and clinch but Cena swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John Cena is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Cena shoots in and bounces Baars off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cena postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cena is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cena stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Baars swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cena throws a big right hand that misses.
Baars manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Baars looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baars wants to control the pace but Cena is squirming around nicely.
Baars looking to control and managing it successfully.
Baars trying to control but Cena is having none of it.
Cena is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cena is squirming around, avoiding Baars's attempts to control the action.
Cena keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cena on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cena tries to get out of the position.
Cena wants to hold on but Baars pushes him away.
Cena tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baars wants to get back to his feet but Cena is holding on tight.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Cena.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cena, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Cena!