PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeden Island Jedeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Island Jedeni
vs
Baxter

172 cm
25
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Whiteout Pro

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeden Island Jedeni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lincoln Baxter!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baxter lands a left and a right that send Jedeni crashing to the mat, dazed. Baxter thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Jedeni is rocked!

It looks like Jeden Island Jedeni has been cut.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Jedeni circles away.
Oh Jedeni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jedeni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baxter.
Jedeni seems to have got his legs back now.
Baxter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jedeni really is a fat lump.

Jedeni closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jedeni lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jedeni cracks Baxter with a big right hand but Baxter just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Baxter on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Baxter seems a little lost for a moment, as Jedeni dominates the positioning.
Jedeni is chipping away with strikes.
Baxter is letting Jedeni control him for a moment.
Jedeni cracks Baxter with a big elbow.
Jedeni cracks Baxter with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Baxter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedeni lands some shots froms side control.
Jedeni in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jedeni lands some shots froms side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baxter takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Baxter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jedeni scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Baxter to see if he's OK.
Jedeni scoring with punches and elbows.
Jedeni taking a breather here.
Jedeni working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jedeni controls the position.
Jedeni creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Baxter taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jedeni works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jedeni has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedeni landing strikes.
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!
Jedeni grinds an elbow into Baxter's temple.
Jedeni scoring with punches from side control.
Baxter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jedeni. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jedeni working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Baxter takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jedeni looks up at the clock and then as Baxter takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jedeni smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jedeni has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jedeni is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Baxter's shoulder. That is not cool.
Jedeni landing a few strikes.
Jedeni working the body and head with strikes.
Jedeni working the body and head with strikes.
Jedeni creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Baxter takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Baxter is rocked!
Baxter is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jedeni connects with a decent elbow.
Baxter is still in real trouble! Can Jedeni finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Baxter seems to have recovered his senses.
Jedeni is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Jedeni landing a few strikes.
Jedeni working the head with strikes.
Baxter tries to escape but Jedeni is in control.
Check out the look on Jedeni's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jedeni creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jedeni is chipping away with strikes.
Jedeni working the ground and pound from side control.
Jedeni just content to control the position.
Jedeni grinds an elbow into Baxter's temple.
Jedeni grinds an elbow into Baxter's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jedeni is working Baxter over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jedeni working the ground and pound from side control.
Baxter seems a little lost for a moment, as Jedeni dominates the positioning.
Jedeni landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jedeni taking a breather here.
Jedeni lands a nice forearm strike.
Jedeni working the head and body with strikes.
Jedeni working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jedeni lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Baxter down.
Baxter taking a bit of punishment here - Jedeni scoring with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baxter taking a bit of punishment here - Jedeni scoring with strikes.
Jedeni lands a nice forearm strike.
Jedeni scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeden Island Jedeni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeden Island Jedeni's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jedeni has Baxter up against the cage in a clinch.

Jedeni lands a takedown into guard.
Jedeni works over Baxter with some ground and pound from guard.
Baxter wants to control the position but Jedeni says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Jedeni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baxter can do to turn this around?
Jedeni is nestled in close to Baxter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jedeni is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jedeni is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jedeni is nestled in close to Baxter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Baxter has hold of Jedeni's hands but Jedeni slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jedeni looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jedeni lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jedeni working Baxter over with strikes.
Baxter tries to roll over but Jedeni keeps him under control.
Jedeni lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Jedeni there.
Jedeni is nestled in close to Baxter, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jedeni stalling.
Jedeni winds up and cracks Baxter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jedeni lands a nice short elbow.
Jedeni is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Baxter!
Jedeni working Baxter over with strikes here.
Jedeni unloading with bombs!
Jedeni looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jedeni lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Baxter hang on?
Jedeni postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Baxter is out cold - huge knockout for Jedeni!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jeden Island Jedeni!
In defeat, Lincoln Baxter stepped up to the mic, saying 'You know what.... OH WELL. I tried. I was abandoned as a child.. I tried. '.