PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Baldaia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Casady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Baldaia
vs
Casady

188 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

TITAN

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diogo Baldaia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rock Casady!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baldaia throws a leg kick that misses.
Baldaia fails with a takedown attempt.
Baldaia scores with a nice head shot.
Baldaia closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Baldaia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baldaia fails to land with a series of punches.
Baldaia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baldaia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baldaia pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Casady back to the cage. Baldaia follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Casady checks a leg kick nicely.
Casady takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baldaia is trying hard to land a takedown here. Casady sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baldaia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Casady tries to roll over but Baldaia keeps him under control.
Casady is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Casady tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Baldaia stands up and beckons Casady to join him on the feet.
Casady looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldaia tries to bum rush Casady with a series of wild strikes but Casady uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Baldaia misses.
Baldaia is breathing heavily.
Baldaia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Casady uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baldaia.
Baldaia fails to land with a series of punches.
Casady checks a leg kick.
Baldaia misses with a wild combination.
Casady shoots for a double leg takedown but Baldaia sprawls well. He's pushed Casady's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baldaia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casady will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diogo Baldaia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Casady.
No luck for Baldaia with that takedown attempt.
Baldaia shoots and misses

and Casady counters with a shoot takedown. Baldaia fights it but they end up in guard.
Casady passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Casady tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Casady tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Casady misses with the ground and pound.
Casady creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Baldaia sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Casady throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Casady scoring with punches and elbows.
Casady working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baldaia dodges the ground and pound from Casady.
Sloppy strikes there by Casady.
Casady postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Casady trying to control the position but Baldaia is working away.
Casady creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Baldaia sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Casady scoring with punches from side control.
Casady lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Casady working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Casady looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Baldaia is avoiding damage well.
Casady throws an elbow but Baldaia slips to the side and avoids it well.
Casady working the strikes but Baldaia uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Casady 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.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Casady misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Diogo Baldaia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baldaia throws a series of punches but Casady moves out of range.
Baldaia works over Casady's head and body with a nice combination.
Baldaia throws a shot from downtown. Casady moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Baldaia. Those never looked like landing.
Baldaia with a hook.

Casady scores a takedown into full mount!
Baldaia on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baldaia tries to get out of the position.
Casady dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Casady misses with a head shot.
Casady with shots to the head and body - Baldaia looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rock Casady has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casady lands a big shot to the head and Baldaia winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rock Casady!