PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira comes into a darkened arena with his song building. One Republic - All The Right Moves kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Baxter
vs
Oliveira

185 cm
23
195 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ONI ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Baxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oliveira checks a low kick from Baxter.
Baxter throws a body punch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira misses with a body shot.
Oliveira throws a sloppy head kick and Baxter moves out of range easily.
Baxter slips under a jab.
Oliveira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Baxter is fending him off so far but Oliveira persists. Nope, Baxter circles away and we're back to standing.
Oliveira misses with a wild body shot.
That kick from Baxter tenderised Oliveira's leg. Oliveira is trying to keep his angry face on.
Baxter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oliveira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oliveira takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxter feints and then cracks Oliveira's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Oliveira down.
Baxter throws out a loose jab but Oliveira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira stuns Baxter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baxter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Baxter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baxter cracks a nice hook into Oliveira's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baxter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baxter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Oliveira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Baxter tries to move into range but Oliveira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baxter.
Baxter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baxter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oliveira looks winded!
An inside leg kick lands from Baxter.
A decent looking cross lands there for Baxter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baxter thows a body shot but no joy.
Oliveira moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira slips a straight right by Baxter.
Baxter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Rodrigo Oliveira has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baxter. That's going to slow Oliveira down.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baxter can pounce on him.
Oliveira takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baxter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oliveira blocks a low kick nicely.
Baxter throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Baxter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oliveira's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baxter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baxter misses with a leg kick.
Oliveira checks a low kick from Baxter.
Baxter scores with a push kick.
Baxter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baxter connects with an inside leg kick.
Baxter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baxter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira walks into a jab.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baxter.
Baxter ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
Baxter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oliveira checks a leg kick.
Baxter connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Oliveira's hands.
Oliveira lands with a nice combination. Baxter backs away looking to recover.
Nice uppercut lands for Baxter. That snapped Oliveira's head back.
Oliveira misses with a hook
and Baxter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baxter connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Oliveira! He's out on his feet! Baxter rushes in and drops Oliveira with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ryan Baxter!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ryan Baxter thanked Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).