PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doctor Mundo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baas Baako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baako is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Acapella Soul - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Doctor Mundo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Baas Baako's chin.

Mundo
vs
Baako

190 cm
23
280 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
245 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doctor Mundo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baas Baako!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baako tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baako lands with a nice body punch.
Baako throws a body punch but Mundo moves out of range.
Baako misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mundo.
Baako works Mundo's body with a nice hook.
Baako tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mundo counters by clinching up.

Baako escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baako scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baako tries to clinch but Mundo moves out of range.
Baako tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Mundo counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mundo slips under a jab from Baako.

Baako moves into the clinch.
Mundo tries to break the clinch but Baako is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baako misses with a body punch.

Baako escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baas Baako seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Baako gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mundo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Baako seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mundo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mundo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baako seems keen to control Mundo's posture.
Mundo won't allow Baako to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baako utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Baako manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
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!
Baako throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mundo because Baako loaded up on that one.
Baako throwing strikes but Mundo recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Baako seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Baako thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mundo's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baako wants to control but Mundo is keeping him busy.
Baako throws a strike but Mundo avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Mundo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baako in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Baako wants to control from the top but Mundo keeps moving.
Baako trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Baako controls from within his opponent's guard.
Baako lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baako wants to control from the top but Mundo keeps moving.
Baako stands and throws Mundo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Baako lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mundo down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baako looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mundo is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baako working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baas Baako dominated that round.
That's time! Mundo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mundo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mundo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mundo misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mundo is defended easily by Baako.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Baako. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Mundo tries to clinch there but Baako circles away.
Baako throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baako looks to score with a jab to the body but Mundo is just out of range.
Baako is looking to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baako moves in looking to clinch but Mundo pushes him off.
Baako moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Doctor Mundo has been cut.
Baas Baako seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mundo throws an overhand right that lands on Baako's shoulder, as Baako tries to avoid the shot.

Mundo tries to keep at a distance but Baako has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baako blocks a body shot from Mundo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baako blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baako misses with a body punch.

Baako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mundo misses with a hook. Baako ducked under it nicely.
Mundo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mundo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baako misses the shot to the body.
Baako connects with a single shot there.
Baako lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mundo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Baako manages to break the clinch.

Baako has closed the distance and engaged Mundo in a clinch.
Baako blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Baako scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mundo trying to stall but Baako improves his position.
Baako trying to control the position but instead, Mundo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Baako into the cage.
Baako just leaning against Mundo, taking a breather.
Mundo lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Baako breaks the clinch.
Mundo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baako paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baako misses the shot to the body.
Baako tries to close the distance and clinch but Mundo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baako tries to close the distance and clinch but Mundo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baako scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mundo in his tracks.
Baako wants to clinch but Mundo slips to the side

and Mundo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Baako misses with a punch to the body.

Baako breaks from the clinch.
Baas Baako is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baako fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mundo, pushing him back against the cage.

Baako pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baako tries to clinch but Mundo moves out of range.

Baako rushes Mundo and presses him up against the cage.
Baako looking to slow down the pace here.
Mundo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baako blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baako lands with a right to the head.

Baako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baako tries to close the distance and clinch but Mundo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baako looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baako is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mundo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mundo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mundo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Baako manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baako looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mundo is one step ahead there.
Mundo landing with the ground and pound.
Mundo preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baako keeps trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baas Baako showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Doctor Mundo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mundo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Mundo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Baako keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Baako is trying to stand.
Mundo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mundo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baako keeps working.
Mundo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baako gets back to full guard.
Mundo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baako wants to sweep here but Mundo controlling him for the moment.
Mundo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mundo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Baako wants to sweep but no luck.
Mundo throws an elbow that misses. Baako uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mundo's guard. Nice move by Baako!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baako trying to control the position from guard on top but Mundo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baako throws a big right hand that misses.
Baako stops Mundo from standing up.
Baako throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mundo is wriggling around but Baako manages to pass to half guard.
Baako wants to control but Mundo is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baako thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mundo's head.
Baako scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Baako has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baako throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baako is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Mundo reverses the position - he's now on top in Baako's guard.
Baako is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Baako has Mundo pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baako bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mundo's guard.
Baako working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baas Baako has got the better of the ground game so far.
Baako looking to pass the guard.
Baas Baako is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Baako missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baako trying to control but Mundo is working from the bottom.
Doctor Mundo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Doctor Mundo.
Well Baako has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baas Baako!
Baas Baako took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Just Fight (Everything 7$) for their support in the buildup to the fight.