PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kev Baylis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger The Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger The Bear is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Baylis
vs
The Bear

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 Sydney, Kev Baylis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger The Bear!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bear swinging wildly here.

Baylis closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Bear.
Baylis wants to break the clinch but can't.

The Bear breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Baylis pushes The Bear up against the cage in a clinch.
Baylis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Bear keeps control of Baylis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

The Bear breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Bear swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roger The Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baylis looks to land a combination but The Bear avoids it well.
Baylis wants to clinch.
Baylis throws a sloppy head kick and The Bear moves out of range easily.
Baylis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baylis stalks The Bear and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Bear's face. The Bear staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bear misses with a series of wild punches.
Baylis keeps the fight on the outside.
The Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baylis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baylis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Bear.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Bear.
Baylis throws a head kick that The Bear semi-blocks.
Baylis misses with a double jab.
Baylis keeps the fight on the outside.
Baylis tries a head kick but it misses.
The Bear tries to clinch but Baylis moves out of range.
Baylis circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The Bear instigates a clinch.
The Bear misses with some punches.
Baylis is looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baylis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baylis working hard to break the clinch.
Baylis tries to break the clinch but The Bear is controlling the position.

Baylis breaks from the clinch.
The Bear tries to clinch up but Baylis circles away and keeps his distance.
Baylis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Bear tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Baylis counters with a low kick, right behind The Bear 's knee.
The Bear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baylis throws a nice head kick!
The Bear drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

The Bear closes the distance and clinches.
Baylis tries to break the clinch but The Bear is controlling the position.

The Bear breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baylis scores with a head kick.
The Bear looks to land a combination but Baylis avoids it well.
The Bear throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bear tries to clinch but Baylis moves out of range.
Baylis misses with a double jab.
Baylis keeps the fight on the outside.
Baylis lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Bear will feel that in the morning.
The Bear misses with a wild combination.
The Bear looks winded!
Baylis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

The Bear moves into the clinch successfully.
Baylis is trying to push The Bear away but The Bear has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baylis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baylis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Baylis manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Baylis.
The Bear tries to clinch but Baylis is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baylis lands the left hand.
The Bear tries to clinch up but Baylis circles away and keeps his distance.
The Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baylis shoots in for a double leg but The Bear sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Baylis gets tackled into the cage by The Bear. The Bear maintains the clinch.
Baylis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Bear has him pressed against the cage.
Baylis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Baylis breaks the clinch.
Baylis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Bear circles away quickly and effectively.
Baylis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Bear.
Baylis misses with a combination
and The Bear counters with a left and a right that stings Baylis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Bear scores with a three punch combo!

The Bear clinches.
The Bear drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baylis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baylis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kev Baylis will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Bear wants to clinch up but Baylis keeps it at a distance.
Baylis circles away from the clinch attempt.

Baylis drives through and clinches with The Bear against the cage.
Baylis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baylis wants to get back to striking at distance but The Bear won't allow it.
Baylis is trying to push The Bear away but The Bear has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baylis drops down looking for an ankle pick but The Bear pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baylis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baylis keeps the fight on the outside.
The Bear misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baylis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Baylis fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Bear takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Bear throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The Bear darts in and clinches Baylis up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baylis tries for a takedown but The Bear manages to get underhooks.
The Bear is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kev Baylis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Baylis manages to break the clinch.
The Bear tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baylis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A solid body kick from Baylis.
Baylis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Bear manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Bear avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Bear on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A punch combination from The Bear misses.
The Bear misses with a two punch combination.
Baylis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by The Bear.
The Bear tries to clinch but Baylis moves out of range.
Baylis throws a series of punches but The Bear avoids them all with ease.
The Bear lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baylis fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baylis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baylis connects with a high kick.
The Bear tries to clinch there but Baylis circles away.
We've been informed that The Bear has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Baylis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Bear at a distance.
The Bear lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baylis circles away quickly and effectively.
Baylis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baylis lands a head kick!
The Bear tries to clinch up
and Baylis counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Baylis is looking to clinch.
Baylis tries to close the distance and clinch but The Bear swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The Bear pushes Baylis up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baylis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Bear just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Bear wants to break free but Baylis has control.
The Bear trying to stall but Baylis improves his position.
The Bear misses with a body punch.

Baylis manages to break the clinch.
Baylis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Bear takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The Bear throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Bear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baylis lands a head kick. The Bear smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Baylis drives through and clinches with The Bear against the cage.
The Bear working aggressively here.
The Bear has Baylis pressed against the cage, preventing Baylis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baylis working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bear tries to pull guard but Baylis won't allow it.
The Bear prevents Baylis from breaking the clinch.

Baylis breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from The Bear. Those never looked like landing.

Baylis clinches up with The Bear and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Baylis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Bear keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick from Baylis lands but The Bear takes it in his stride.
The Bear avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baylis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Baylis is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
No joy there for The Bear, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baylis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baylis throws a series of strikes that have The Bear backpedaling.

Baylis drives through and clinches with The Bear against the cage.

Baylis breaks the clinch.
The Bear closes the distance but Baylis moves to the side
and Baylis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kev Baylis dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Baylis feints and as The Bear raises his hands in defense, Baylis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Baylis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Baylis pushing down on The Bear's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The Bear manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The Bear is looking to clinch.
Baylis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of The Bear's head.

Baylis clinches.

Baylis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donk. Baylis catches The Bear right on the button with a cross.
The Bear takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baylis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Bear manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baylis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

The Bear moves into the clinch successfully.
The Bear lands a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Bear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Baylis's brow.
A frustrated look appears on Baylis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Bear trying to stall but Baylis improves his position.
The Bear wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Bear misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baylis is trying to break free.
The Bear is looking to break free of the clinch but Baylis has double underhooks.
The Bear prevents Baylis from breaking the clinch.
Baylis tries to break free but The Bear pushes him back against the cage.
The Bear fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Bear has Baylis pressed against the cage, preventing Baylis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Still in the clinch, The Bear scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bear keeps control of Baylis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Bear goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Bear throws a head punch that misses.
The Bear prevents Baylis from breaking the clinch.

Baylis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baylis avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick from Baylis lands but The Bear takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baylis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baylis doesn't manage to clinch there - The Bear circles away.

The Bear moves into range and clinches up with Baylis.

Baylis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Bear doesn't manage to clinch there - Baylis circles away.
Baylis misses with the combination.
The Bear tries to clinch but Baylis moves away
and Baylis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roger The Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baylis misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bear tries to clinch but Baylis moves out of range.
Baylis lands with a kick to the temple. The Bear shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kev Baylis is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Bear is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baylis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Bear's head.

Baylis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baylis looking to stall.
Baylis tries to circle away but The Bear has him pinned against the cage.

Baylis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baylis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baylis lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Bear will feel that in the morning.
The Bear tries to clinch up but Baylis circles away and keeps his distance.
Kev Baylis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Bear fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baylis fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Bear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Bear lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baylis circles away quickly and effectively.
The Bear on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Baylis. Baylis obviously looking to wear him down.
Baylis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Baylis has taken the fight to the clinch.

Baylis breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baylis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Baylis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for The Bear!
Baylis controlling the position from side mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kev Baylis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baylis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kev Baylis!