PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Baris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karly Maybi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maybi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bad blood. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baris
vs
Maybi

180 cm
21
198 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aleksander Baris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Karly Maybi!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maybi closes the distance and clinches.
Baris drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maybi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Maybi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Maybi.
Baris is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksander Baris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maybi lands an elbow just above Baris 's eye.

It looks like Aleksander Baris has been cut.
Maybi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maybi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baris takes an elbow to the temple.
Maybi stalling in the clinch.
Maybi crunches a lovely knee into Baris's ribcage.
We've been hearing reports that Baris has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Maybi stops a takedown attempt from Baris.
Maybi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maybi lands a nice knee to the body.
Baris is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maybi stalling against the cage.
Maybi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baris's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Maybi.
Maybi lands a knee to the body.
Maybi lands an elbow that stopped Baris in his tracks for a moment.
Maybi with a knee to the head.
Maybi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maybi lands an elbow just above Baris 's eye.

Maybi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Maybi instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maybi.
Maybi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maybi stalling in the clinch.
Maybi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

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

Maybi moves into range and clinches up with Baris.
Maybi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maybi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Maybi.
Maybi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maybi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maybi.

Maybi breaks from the clinch.

Maybi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baris, pushing him back against the cage.
Maybi crunches a lovely knee into Baris's ribcage.
Baris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Maybi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Maybi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baris's face.
Maybi landing knees to the head.
Maybi stalling against the cage.

Maybi breaks from the clinch.
Maybi stuffs the takedown attempt from Baris. Baris gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maybi can pounce on him.

Baris shoots in and gets a takedown into Maybi's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maybi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Baris prevents Maybi from getting back to his feet.
Maybi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Baris seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Baris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Maybi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Baris is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Baris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Maybi but Maybi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Baris shoots in for a takedown but Maybi shows good takedown defense.
Despite the aggression on Maybi's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Maybi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baris misses with a takedown
and Maybi counters with a straight that turns Baris's legs to rubber! Maybi pushes forward with more strikes and Baris goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karly Maybi!
Post fight, Karly Maybi took to the microphone: 'Down you go..'.