PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dom Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Calhoun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calhoun has chosen Always Strapped by: Lil Wayne as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Baker
vs
Calhoun

225 cm
26
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

173 cm
23
140 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Katukauppa.com
Beast Body

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dom Baker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Slim Calhoun!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Calhoun gets the takedown into side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Calhoun misses with the ground and pound.
Baker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Calhoun on the ground.

Calhoun is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Baker is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Baker is not content to let Calhoun control the position.
Calhoun working the ground and pound but Baker is defending the strikes.
Calhoun working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Calhoun cracks Baker with a big right hand but Baker just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Calhoun is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Baker is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Calhoun is looking to take a break and control but Baker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Calhoun creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
An elbow from Calhoun crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun throws a strike aimed at the side of Baker's head but Baker avoids it well.

Calhoun wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Baker, who protects the arm well.
Calhoun has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Baker!
Baker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baker tries to get out of the position.
Calhoun throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Baker because Calhoun loaded up on that one.
Calhoun throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Baker because Calhoun loaded up on that one.

Calhoun looking for a guillotine from mount but Baker is having none of it.
Calhoun lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calhoun looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Calhoun looking to finish with strikes here!
Baker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Calhoun throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Calhoun throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Calhoun breaks from Baker's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Calhoun looking to finish Baker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Baker!
Baker is bucking up trying to escape but Calhoun cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Baker is rocked!

It looks like Dom Baker has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baker takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Calhoun's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slim Calhoun! Slim Calhoun retains his bantamweight title!
Our winner, Slim Calhoun, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.