PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Twelf Thermandin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thermandin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Prelude 12 by Styx. Bailey has chosen Eminem - Lose Yourself as his entrance music. Twelf Thermandin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Thermandin
vs
Bailey

180 cm
25
175 lbs
19 - 3 - 0

190 cm
30
180 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Twelf Thermandin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bailey moves into the clinch successfully.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thermandin avoids it.
Bailey trying to land knees to the body.
Thermandin is looking to break free of the clinch but Bailey has double underhooks.
Thermandin misses with a punch to the body.
Thermandin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bailey.
Thermandin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bailey to keep the fight standing.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thermandin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thermandin lands with a light punch inside.
Thermandin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thermandin tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
Thermandin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thermandin struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Thermandin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
Thermandin lands a good knee to the midsection. Bailey won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thermandin's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thermandin blocks it with crossed arms.
Thermandin struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Bailey misses with a knee to the head.
Thermandin avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
Thermandin tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thermandin's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bailey is looking to control Thermandin's arms but Thermandin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bailey has his back to the cage.
Thermandin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Thermandin - that landed with a thud.
Thermandin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
Thermandin blocks an elbow strike.
Thermandin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thermandin looking to throw knees to the head but Bailey is blocking nicely.
A short left from Thermandin.
Thermandin lands a hook that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Thermandin is trying to pull guard but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Bailey.
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thermandin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thermandin.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Thermandin in his tracks for a moment.
Thermandin avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thermandin tries to land knees in the clinch but Bailey avoids the damage to the body.
Thermandin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but Thermandin avoids the damage to the body.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short left from Bailey.
Bailey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thermandin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but Thermandin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thermandin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thermandin's defenses.
Thermandin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bailey on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bailey.
Bailey trying to land knees to the body.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from Thermandin.
Bailey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thermandin avoids it.
Thermandin throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thermandin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Bailey.
Thermandin blocks the elbow strike.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Thermandin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thermandin tries to pull guard but Bailey won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Twelf Thermandin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thermandin jumps guard but Bailey stands there with Thermandin around his waist. Thermandin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thermandin lands with a short shot to the head.
Come on Bailey - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bailey misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Thermandin.
Thermandin working aggressively here.
Thermandin is trying to pull guard but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thermandin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thermandin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bailey's face.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Thermandin shrugs off.
Thermandin blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Blaze Bailey will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bailey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thermandin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bailey checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Bailey closes the distance and clinches.
Thermandin avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
Thermandin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thermandin managing to block the knees to the body from Bailey.
Thermandin misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey scores with a shot to the side of Thermandin's head.
Thermandin blocks the elbow strike.
Bailey is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Thermandin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thermandin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Thermandin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bailey. Bailey obviously looking to wear him down.
Thermandin on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thermandin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bailey throws a front kick aimed at Thermandin's knee but Thermandin avoids it well.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thermandin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bailey has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bailey and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bailey tries to clinch up
enabling Thermandin to counter with a crisp jab.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thermandin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bailey lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thermandin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thermandin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Thermandin throws a leg kick but Bailey moved away.
Bailey tries to clinch up but Thermandin circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Bailey.
Thermandin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bailey throws a wild body kick that Thermandin sees coming a mile off.
Bailey connects with a body shot.
Thermandin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Thermandin.

Thermandin cracks Bailey with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Thermandin has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bailey to stand back up!

Bailey is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thermandin flashes Bailey a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Bailey's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Bailey crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Thermandin punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Twelf Thermandin!
Twelf Thermandin is the new welterweight champion!
Twelf Thermandin spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.