PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Triston Baal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David has chosen Eluveitie - Calling The Rain as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Baal
vs
David

190 cm
30
270 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

201 cm
26
279 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Triston Baal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark David!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and David counters with a left and a right that stings Baal.
Triston Baal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baal moves out of range of the strikes.
Baal throws a combination that misses
and David counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baal throws an off balance right hand
and David counters with a left to the body.
Baal throws a right hand that misses
and David counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baal throws a left and a right that both miss
and David counters with a straight right hand.
Baal misses with a lunging right hand
and David counters with a one-two to the body.
Baal misses with a right hand
and David counters with a nice uppercut.
David misses with an uppercut.
Baal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping David at a distance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baal throws a predictable looking body shot
and David counters with a two punch combo.
David is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
David misses with a lunging right hand
and Baal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps David thinking.
Baal misses with a hook
and David counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baal circles away quickly and effectively.
David lands a right hook to the body.
Baal throws a lazy uppercut
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and David connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baal is really struggling to find his range with his punches. David's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Baal throws a poor cross that misses
and David cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baal misses with a right hand
and David makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baal throws a poor cross that misses
and David counters with a straight right hand.
David lands a body shot.
Good exchange - Baal coming out on top.
David throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baal throws a right hand that misses
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baal throws a poor cross that misses
and David counters with a series of strikes. Baal will be more careful next time no doubt.
Baal with a poor takedown
and David counters with a stiff right hand.
Baal throws a lazy uppercut
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.
Baal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and David counters with a one-two to the body.
David pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and David counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baal throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.
David throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Baal is breathing heavily.
Baal takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling David to score with a decent uppercut.
Baal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting David counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from David.
Baal slips under a jab from David.
David has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
David lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
David connects with a body shot.
Baal throws a combination that misses
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
David is working the combinations to good effect here.
Baal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and David counters with a stiff right hand.
David misses with an uppercut.
David's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and David duly obliges.
David lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
David misses with a head kick.
Baal throws a predictable looking body shot
and David cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baal throws an off balance right hand
and David counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
David stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David throws a hook to the side of Baal's head but Baal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
David smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
David goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
David scores with a nice right hand.
Baal falls off balance throwing a combination
and David counters with a stiff right hand.
Baal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and David counters with a left and a right that stings Baal.
Baal throws an off balance right hand
and David counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling David to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baal staying out of range there.
David takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baal scores with a one two! David had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark David dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

David shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Baal eats them both and turns towards David to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from David in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Baal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and David counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Baal throws an off balance right hand
and David connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baal throws a lazy uppercut
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Baal moves out of range as David strikes.
David connects with a body shot that sends Baal's belly button to the back.
Baal throws a lazy uppercut
and David cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baal misses with an uppercut
and David counters with a nice body kick.
Baal throws a lazy uppercut
and David counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baal misses with a left hand
and David counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baal swings and misses with a shot to the body
and David counters with a stiff right hand.
Baal misses with a lunging right hand
and David counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Baal misses the body punch
and David counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baal thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
David lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baal at a distance.
A jab from David finds it's way through Baal's defenses.
Baal is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Baal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
David scores with a nice right hand.
Baal walks into a stiff left hand from David.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baal misses with a right hand
and David finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
David bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baal's head backwards.
David scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
David misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mark David is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
David stuns Baal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
David connects with a right hand. Baal shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David connects with a jab.
David bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baal's head.
David moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
David throws a hook to the side of Baal's head but Baal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baal misses with an uppercut
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.
David lands a nice shot to the body.
Baal throws a right hand that misses
and David counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
David scores with a nice strike.
David connects with a crisp jab.
David lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Baal backs up against the cage.
David throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Baal's jaw, knocking him onto his back! David dives in looking to finish as Baal flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block David's strikes! David is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Baal's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Baal was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark David!