PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lance Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryant Baez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rock comes to the ring accompanied by Guns N Roses- Sweet Child O Mine. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rock
vs
Baez

172 cm
40
167 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

183 cm
28
177 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bryant Baez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Baez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Baez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Baez swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baez as Rock tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baez.
Baez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baez misses with a punch on the inside.
Baez working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rock moves away.
Rock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Baez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bryant Baez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rock misses with a body shot.
Rock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Lance Rock has been cut.
Rock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baez's hands.
Rock just misses with a punch to the body.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch but Rock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rock appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Baez misses with a shot to the body
and Rock counters with a nice kick to the body.
Baez tries to clinch up
and Rock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baez looks to clinch
enabling Rock to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Rock - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rock lands a really nice looking cross but Baez seems unphased.
Baez throws a leg kick but Rock sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rock went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Baez clinches with his opponent.
Rock lands a body shot in the clinch.

Rock breaks from the clinch.
Rock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baez closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Rock to counter with a crisp jab.
Baez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch but Rock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baez moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Rock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Rock's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Baez avoids the body shot from Rock.
Baez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baez moves out of range of the body kick.
Rock avoids a kick to the body.
Rock bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baez's head.
Baez tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Baez misses its intended target.
Rock is looking to counter punch.
Baez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rock is out of range and Baez settles back down.
Nice shot by Rock.
Baez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baez throws a nice looking combination but Rock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rock is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Baez needs to keep his hands up - Rock had a free shot at his head there.
Baez tries to clinch
and Rock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock checks a low kick from Baez.
Rock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baez can do to turn this around?
Baez throws a poor cross that misses
and Rock makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Baez really felt that one!
Baez throws an off balance right hand
and Baez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rock lands with a straight right. Baez didn't see that one coming.
Rock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Baez moves out of range as Rock strikes.
Baez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baez.
Rock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rock throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rock connects with a body shot that sends Baez's belly button to the back.
Baez misses with a lunging right hand
and Rock counters with a leg kick.
Baez moves out of range of the strikes.
Baez fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws an overhand right that lands on Baez's shoulder, as Baez tries to avoid the shot.

Baez closes the distance and pushes Rock back into the ropes.
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!
Baez takes a shot to the head.
Baez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baez's elbow.
Rock tries to break free but Baez pushes him back against the ropes.
Baez misses with a body punch.

Rock breaks from the clinch.
Rock avoids the body shot from Baez.
Rock keeps the fight on the outside.
Rock swats away the attempt to clinch by Baez.
Baez is looking to clinch but Rock is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Rock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lance Rock's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baez's hands.
Rock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rock just misses with a punch to the body.
Baez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rock. That one must have hurt.
Baez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rock counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baez misses with a body shot.
Lance Rock is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rock looks for the body kick but Baez saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Baez.
Baez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez misses with an uppercut
and Rock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baez doesn't manage to clinch there - Rock circles away.
Rock misses with a body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Baez. Rock shrugs it off though.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baez tries to clinch there but Rock circles away.
Rock thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rock stalks Baez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baez's face. Baez staggers backwards, shaken.

Baez moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Baez fails to land.
Rock stalling in the clinch.
Baez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rock tries to throw a body punch but Baez avoids it by throwing Rock back against the ropes.
Baez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rock definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rock trying to control the position but instead, Baez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rock into the ropes.
Rock tries a body shot but Baez blocks it.
Rock scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Baez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baez scores with a head kick. Rock tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Baez moves out of range of the body kick from Rock.
Baez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rock misses the shot to the body.
Baez lands a nice looking body shot.
Baez tries to clinch up but Rock circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Rock clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Rock'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.

Baez misses with a left hand
and Rock counters with a right hand to the body.
Baez throws a lazy head kick
and Rock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baez misses the shot to the body.
Rock's corner calls for a 1-2. Rock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rock looks to land a right hand but Baez moved out of range.
Rock sizes up Baez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rock lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Rock tries to keep at a distance but Baez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baez throws a punch but it's blocked by Rock.
Bryant Baez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock lands with a left to the head.

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

Baez moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez tries a body shot but Rock blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Baez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rock blocking some punches.
Rock blocking some punches.

Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rock throws the kick towards the body but Baez avoids it.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Baez is looking to clinch but Rock is avoiding it.
Baez darts in trying to clinch
and Rock counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez stuns Rock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Rock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baez tries to clinch
and Rock counters with a thumping low kick.
Rock checks a low kick from Baez.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baez swings wildly with an uppercut but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baez lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rock misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Rock had his way with Bryant Baez in that round.
The cut man is working on Lance Rock'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. This is the final round!

Baez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lance Rock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baez staying out of range there.
Baez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Baez throws a lazy head kick
and Rock counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A low kick from Baez is predictable there
and Baez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rock looks to land a left hand but Baez moved out of range nicely.
Rock swats away the attempt to clinch by Baez.
Rock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Baez has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baez tries to throw a body punch but Rock avoids it by throwing Baez back against the ropes.
Baez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Baez misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Baez moves into the clinch.
Baez has a couple of punches blocked by Rock.
Rock prevents a body shot from Baez.
Baez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baez tries to work over Rock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Rock as the two fighters clinch.

Baez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baez misses with a leg kick
and Rock counters with a nice body shot.
Rock cracks the inside of Baez's front leg.
Baez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rock counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws a body punch but Baez moves out of range.
Rock throws a jab when Baez was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Baez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Baez tries to clinch there but Rock circles away.
Rock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rock scores with a hook to the body. Baez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A bone on bone clash there as Baez blocks the leg kick.
Baez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Baez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Rock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baez moves away.
Bryant Baez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Rock.
Rock moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baez swings widly with a right hand
and Rock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rock blocks a jab.
Rock throwing a counter right hand but Baez manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Rock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 50:45
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Rock!
Lance Rock decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.