PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Scalante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scalante comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Started from the bottom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Baxter
vs
Scalante

185 cm
32
195 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

188 cm
43
185 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Baxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Scalante!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scalante takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Rocky Scalante has been cut.
Ryan Baxter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baxter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Scalante.

Baxter gets a clinch.
Scalante taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Scalante continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Scalante tries to throw a body punch but Baxter avoids it by throwing Scalante back against the cage.
Come on Scalante - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Scalante tries a body shot but Baxter blocks it.
Baxter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scalante misses with a punch to the body.
Baxter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scalante misses with the head strike.
Scalante working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scalante dodges an elbow strike from Baxter.
Scalante misses with a body punch.
Baxter blocks an uppercut.
Baxter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scalante throws a head punch that misses.
Scalante digs a right hand into Baxter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baxter's gas tank.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baxter.
Scalante lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scalante misses with some punches.
Baxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baxter looking to throw knees to the head but Scalante is blocking nicely.
A hook to the body from Scalante.
Baxter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baxter blocking some punches.
Scalante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scalante misses with a punch to the body.
Baxter misses with an elbow over the top.
Scalante misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baxter.
Baxter pushes off an throws an elbow but Scalante leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baxter lands a shoulder strike.
Scalante lands a shot to the body.
Scalante works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scalante digs a right hand underneath Baxter's ribcage. Baxter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Baxter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Scalante lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baxter backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Baxter.
Scalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scalante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scalante lands a body punch in the clinch.
Baxter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scalante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scalante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baxter backwards.
Scalante softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Scalante is working Baxter over against the cage.
Baxter is breathing heavily.
Baxter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Baxter.
Scalante lands a hook that snaps the head of Baxter backwards.
Scalante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Scalante creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scalante stalling.
Scalante softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Scalante leaning against his opponent.
A short left from Scalante.
Scalante blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scalante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Scalante.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scalante managing to block the knees to the body from Baxter.
Scalante lands an uppercut.
Scalante lands with a light punch inside.
Scalante lands a shoulder strike.
Scalante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baxter's elbow.
Baxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scalante has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Baxter seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Scalante can turn it around.
Scalante lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scalante is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baxter is keeping busy.
Baxter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scalante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Baxter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scalante pivots, looking for a leg kick but Baxter is out of range and Scalante settles back down.
Baxter throws a quick counter head kick but Scalante was just out of range.
Baxter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Baxter moves into the clinch.
Scalante lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scalante swings wildly with an uppercut but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baxter blocks a body shot from Scalante.
Scalante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scalante managing to block the knees to the body from Baxter.
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!
Baxter misses with a body punch.
Scalante scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Baxter throws a punch but it's blocked by Scalante.
Scalante tries a body shot but Baxter blocks it.
Scalante tries to throw a body punch but Baxter avoids it by throwing Scalante back against the cage.
Baxter blocking some punches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Scalante is struggling to control the position.
Scalante tries to work over Baxter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baxter as Scalante tries to tie him up.
Scalante throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Scalante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scalante lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baxter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Scalante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Scalante's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Scalante lands a big uppercut and Baxter crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Baxter looks OK. Scalante waves Baxter back to his feet!

Baxter is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Scalante misses with a head kick.
Oh Baxter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baxter tries to clinch but Scalante is having none of it.
Baxter seems to have got his legs back now.
Baxter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Scalante was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Scalante throws a right hand that Baxter ducks under and follows up with a left that Baxter also avoids with ease.
Scalante shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Baxter sprawls well. Baxter wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Scalante gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Baxter misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scalante misses with a double jab.
Baxter misses with a looping right.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baxter.
Nice shot lands for Scalante.
Scalante lands with a thumping leg kick.
Scalante waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baxter.
Baxter tries to clinch up.
Baxter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scalante comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Baxter stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Scalante is on him like rabid pit bull! Baxter slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Scalante!
Rocky Scalante thanked the fans post fight for their support.