PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baz Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Gardens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardens comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Not Tonight - Slaughterhouse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baldwin
vs
Gardens

180 cm
24
190 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

176 cm
24
192 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Baz Baldwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Gardens!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardens misses with the combination.
Gardens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gardens takes a swing at Baldwin's ribcage but misses.
Baldwin is looking to slow Gardens down with leg kicks.
Baldwin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gardens.
Gardens misses with a hook. Baldwin ducked under it nicely.
Baldwin scores with a hook to the body. Gardens takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gardens walks forward, straight into a front kick from Baldwin.
Baldwin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gardens takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick there by Baldwin.
Gardens looks gassed!
A head kick from Baldwin lands but Gardens takes it in his stride.
That kick from Baldwin tenderised Gardens's leg. Gardens is trying to keep his angry face on.
The fighters circling - Gardens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baldwin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gardens's calf.
Baldwin scores with a kick to the body.
Baldwin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Baldwin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gardens doesn't seem bothered though.
Baldwin lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin feints and then cracks Gardens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gardens down.
That kick from Baldwin tenderised Gardens's leg. Gardens is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baldwin.
Baldwin lands with a slapping head kick.
Baldwin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gardens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baldwin can pounce on him.
Gardens takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baldwin pushes Gardens away with a front kick.

Baldwin instigates a clinch.
Baldwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gardens.
A knee to the head by Baldwin.
Baldwin tries a knee to the head but Gardens blocks it.
Baldwin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baldwin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gardens's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baldwin lands a damaging elbow.
Baldwin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gardens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Baldwin trying to land knees to the body.
Baldwin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gardens blocks it with crossed arms.
Gardens has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Baldwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gardens avoids the damage to the body.
Gardens is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baldwin is keeping busy.
Baldwin misses with a knee strike.
Baldwin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gardens blocks it with crossed arms.
Baldwin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gardenss head.
Baldwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gardens.
Baldwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but Gardens blocks with his arms.
Gardens presses Baldwin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gardens looking to stall.
Baldwin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gardens stalls.
Gardens receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardens avoiding damage as Baldwin throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gardens - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Baldwin misses with a knee strike.
Baldwin missing with knees to the body.
Baldwin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baldwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gardens avoids the damage to the body.
Baldwin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gardens blocks an elbow strike from Baldwin.
Gardens avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcus Gardens.
Baldwin moves away from the strike by Gardens.
Baz Baldwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gardens swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baldwin counters with an inside leg kick.
Baldwin dodges the punch combination from Gardens.

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.
Gardens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gardens throws a body punch but Baldwin moves out of range.
Gardens misses with a straight left.
Baldwin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gardens misses with a body punch
and Baldwin counters with a nice body kick.
Baldwin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gardens takes a step back to recover.
Marcus Gardens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baldwin - that will leave a mark!
Baldwin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Baldwin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gardens's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baldwin lands a head kick. Gardens smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Baldwin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Baldwin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gardens on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baz Baldwin dominated that round.
That's time! Baldwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A solid body kick from Baldwin.
Gardens misses with a double jab
and Baldwin counters with a nice leg kick.
Baldwin keeps Gardens at a distance using the push kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Baldwin.
Baldwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Baldwin thumps Gardens with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Baldwin.
Gardens takes one on the button.

Baldwin closes the distance and clinches.
Baldwin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baldwin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baldwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gardens.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baldwin trying to land knees to the body.
Baldwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gardens avoids the damage to the body.
Baldwin misses with a knee strike.
Gardens avoiding damage as Baldwin throws knees to the body.
Baldwin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gardens can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but Gardens blocks with his arms.
Baldwin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gardens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gardens works on Baldwin's body with a couple of short punches.
Gardens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baldwin or not.
Baldwin misses with a knee to the head.
Gardens tries for a takedown but Baldwin manages to get underhooks.
Gardens stalling in the clinch.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gardens is struggling to control the position.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Gardens tightens his grip and picks Baldwin up, before dumping him to the ground. Baldwin manages to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardens throws a strike but Baldwin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gardens keeping full guard, as Baldwin tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin wants to control from the top but Gardens keeps moving.
Gardens wants to hit a switch here but Baldwin passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Gardens there!

That's four 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.
Baldwin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gardens is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baz Baldwin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gardens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gardens throws a predictable looking body shot
and Baldwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice body kick from Baldwin.
Nice defenses there by Baldwin.
Gardens walks forward, straight into a front kick from Baldwin.
Gardens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baldwin moves away.
Gardens tries to clinch
and Baldwin counters with a good low kick that Gardens was not able to check.
Baldwin is looking to slow Gardens down with leg kicks.
Baldwin scoring well with a low kick there.
Baldwin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gardens has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Baldwin.
Gardens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardens on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Baldwin. Baldwin obviously looking to wear him down.
Gardens on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Baldwin lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gardens has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid body kick from Baldwin.
Crunch! Baldwin slams his shin into Gardens's torso.
Baldwin throws a front kick that sends Gardens stumbling back into the cage.
Baldwin throws a leg kick which misses Gardens's front leg but catches the back leg as Gardens tries to avoid it.
Baldwin scores with a punch to the head.
Gardens is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Baldwin rather than just go for the knockout.
Baldwin cracks the inside of Gardens's front leg.
Baldwin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baldwin scores with a nice body kick.
Gardens misses with a shot to the body
and Baldwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baldwin throws a front kick that sends Gardens stumbling back into the cage.
Gardens takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baldwin lands with a kick to the temple. Gardens shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gardens takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gardens takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gardens swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baldwin counters with a good low kick that Gardens was not able to check.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gardens's sensitive parts.
Gardens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Baldwin feints and then cracks Gardens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gardens down.
Baldwin throws a leg kick which misses Gardens's front leg but catches the back leg as Gardens tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Baldwin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Baldwin.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baldwin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Baldwin.
Gardens walks forward, straight into a front kick from Baldwin.
Baz Baldwin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baldwin.
Baldwin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Baldwin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Baldwin throws a leg kick which misses Gardens's front leg but catches the back leg as Gardens tries to avoid it.
Baldwin lands a nice looking body kick.
Baldwin scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Marcus Gardens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gardens on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Baldwin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good leg kick by Baldwin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A left lands for Baldwin.
Baldwin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gardens takes a step back to recover.
Gardens walks forward, straight into a front kick from Baldwin.
Baldwin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baldwin scores with a leg kick.
Baldwin lands a nice looking body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Baldwin.
Baldwin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Baldwin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Baldwin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gardens, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin connects with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Baldwin looking to throw knees to the head but Gardens is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baldwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gardens.
Gardens is pushing Baldwin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baz Baldwin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Baldwin, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:25
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baz Baldwin!