PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itssss Baitttt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Anderson Battle has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Battle
vs
Baitttt

156 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Battle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Itssss Baitttt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Battle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Battle has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Baitttt uses from the top position.
Baitttt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Baitttt with a nice head shot there.
Baitttt sitting in guard here, content to control.
Baitttt passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Baitttt tries for a kimura but Battle is defending well.
Battle could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baitttt looks up at the clock and then as Battle takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Baitttt smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Baitttt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baitttt lands an elbow.
Baitttt misses with the ground and pound.
Battle tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baitttt works to advance to full mount. Battle defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Baitttt with a couple of short strikes.
Baitttt postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Battle bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Baitttt and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Itssss Baitttt!