PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rickie Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Testeight TestEight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Testeight TestEight will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bailey
vs
TestEight

163 cm
24
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rickie Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Testeight TestEight!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bailey forces TestEight back against the cage and clinches.

TestEight decides to pull guard.
TestEight has control of Bailey's left arm, preventing Bailey from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bailey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of TestEight's head.
TestEight is pulling down on Bailey's head to control his posture.
Bailey won't allow TestEight to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

TestEight has his foot on Bailey's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bailey works his way back into a safe position though.
Bailey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
TestEight controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TestEight's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bailey works over TestEight with some ground and pound from guard.
TestEight is trying to keep Bailey in close.

TestEight looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bailey preventing the sweep.
Bailey might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bailey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bailey postures up in TestEight's guard and throws a big left but TestEight blocks it.
Bailey cracks TestEight with a solid left hand.
TestEight working a defensive guard but Bailey passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
TestEight is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bailey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
TestEight works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bailey stays in close to TestEight's body and controls the position.
Bailey postures up and lands a big shot to TestEight's brow.
Bailey lands a couple of digs.
TestEight looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
TestEight is adopting a defensive guard.
TestEight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bailey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
TestEight controlling Bailey's posture.
Bailey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

TestEight throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bailey uses it to pass to side control.
TestEight is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
TestEight takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bailey works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bailey tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
TestEight stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
TestEight tries to buck Bailey off but Bailey is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickie Bailey dominated that round.
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.

TestEight shoots in and gets a takedown into Bailey's guard.
TestEight controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bailey is looking to stand up but TestEight isn't so interested in that idea.
TestEight looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bailey manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

TestEight has picked Bailey up - he's going for a ride! TestEight dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Bailey keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Bailey is not content to let TestEight control the position.
Bailey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bailey is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Bailey is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
TestEight sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bailey is trying to stand back up but TestEight is controlling him
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
TestEight trying to advance position but Bailey counters by regaining guard.
TestEight throws a big right hand that misses.
Bailey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for TestEight on the ground.
TestEight pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bailey is keeping the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Bailey gets a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
TestEight gets back to full guard.
Bailey throwing strikes from guard but TestEight blocks nicely.
Bailey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
TestEight has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bailey has passed into side control.
Bailey working away.
Bailey lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey creates some space and throws a big elbow, but TestEight sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
TestEight tries to buck Bailey off but Bailey is having none of it.
Bailey is chipping away with strikes.
TestEight manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
TestEight controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
TestEight wants to control the action here but instead Bailey manages to pass to full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bailey unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickie Bailey dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bailey scores with a takedown into TestEight's guard.
TestEight is looking to sweep but instead, Bailey has passed into half guard.
TestEight is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bailey scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rickie Bailey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
TestEight is trying is best to control the position here.
Bailey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that TestEight can do to turn this around?
TestEight is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
TestEight tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bailey has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bailey with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TestEight really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
TestEight keeps trying to improve his position.
TestEight wants to hold on but Bailey pushes him away.
Bailey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bailey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
TestEight really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bailey working TestEight over with strikes here.
TestEight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bailey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bailey cracks TestEight with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

TestEight is rocked!
TestEight is looking to get to half guard.
TestEight is still in real trouble! Can Bailey finish him?
Bailey loads up with a big shot that hurts TestEight! He's pulled Bailey in close but Bailey has postured up and lands more strikes. Can TestEight survive? More strikes from Bailey and TestEight is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rickie Bailey!