PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Violante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Bailey Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christian Violante is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Violante
vs
Bailey Jr

190 cm
25
217 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Violante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Desmond Bailey Jr!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey Jr tries to clinch but Violante moves away
letting Violante counter with a right hand.
Violante scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bailey Jr throws a left and a right that both miss

and Violante counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bailey Jr is pressing down on Violante's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Violante stopping the sweep attempt from Bailey Jr.
Violante passes Bailey Jr's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Violante is looking for a kimura here.

Violante seems to be looking for submissions.
Violante working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Violante slips a nice elbow through Bailey Jr's hands, connecting with Bailey Jr's forehead.
Violante working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bailey Jr is looking to control Violante's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bailey Jr avoid being mounted?
Bailey Jr is staying active underneath Violante, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bailey Jr is trying to control but can't.
Violante landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bailey Jr moves into full guard.
Violante postures up and lands a big shot to Bailey Jr's brow.
Violante advances to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bailey Jr is trying to control but Violante manages to pass to mount!
Violante punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Violante lands a nice shot to the head.
Violante landing strikes, looking to finish!
Violante looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Violante lands with some strikes.
Violante dominating with strikes here.

Bailey Jr is rocked!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Violante postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Bailey Jr in real trouble here! The ref calls for Bailey Jr to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Violante!