PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ares Zylo (ranked 7101 p4p, 636 weight class) and Bobby Baccalieri (ranked 6471 p4p, 607 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Zylo
vs
Baccalieri

188 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ares Zylo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Baccalieri!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Baccalieri. That snapped Zylo's head back.
Baccalieri keeps the fight on the outside.
Zylo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baccalieri swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Zylo pushes Baccalieri up against the ropes in a clinch.
Baccalieri working hard to break the clinch.
Zylo landing knees to the body.
Baccalieri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zylo has him pressed against the ropes.
Zylo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zylo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zylo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baccalieri blocks it with crossed arms.
Baccalieri working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baccalieri avoiding damage as Zylo throws knees to the body.

Zylo drops Baccalieri with a big knee straight up the middle! Baccalieri is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Baccalieri is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Zylo drives through and clinches with Baccalieri against the ropes.
Zylo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baccalieri blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zylo obliges.
A knee to the head by Zylo.
Baccalieri is still on wobbly legs! Can Zylo finish him?
Baccalieri looks winded!
Zylo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zylo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zylo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baccalieri seems to have recovered his senses.
Zylo landing knees to the body.
Baccalieri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zylo lands a body shot.
Zylo scores with a knee to the head.

Zylo drops Baccalieri with a big knee straight up the middle! Baccalieri is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zylo lands with an uppercut that bounces Baccalieri off the ropes and back into range.

Zylo has closed the distance and engaged Baccalieri in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zylo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Zylo crunches a lovely knee into Baccalieri's ribcage.
Zylo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baccalieri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baccalieri takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zylo landing knees to the body.
Zylo scores a nice knee to the body.
Baccalieri letting Zylo take a breather here.
Zylo looking to throw knees to the head but Baccalieri is blocking nicely.
Baccalieri working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zylo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Zylo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zylo stalling.
Zylo lands a knee to the body.
Zylo lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zylo.
Zylo landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zylo.
Zylo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zylo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zylo has Baccalieri pressed against the ropes, preventing Baccalieri from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zylo scores with a knee to the head.
Baccalieri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zylo stalling the fight.
Baccalieri has had enough of the clinch but Zylo keeps him there for the moment.
Zylo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zylo lands a knee to the body.

Zylo drops Baccalieri with a big knee straight up the middle! Baccalieri is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Zylo has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baccalieri working hard to break the clinch.
Zylo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Zylo stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Zylo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zylo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baccalieri.
Zylo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baccalieri takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baccalieri ducks under a wild hook from Zylo.

Zylo closes the distance and clinches.
Zylo tries a knee to the head but Baccalieri blocks it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zylo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zylo lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zylo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baccalieri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baccalieri avoiding damage as Zylo throws knees to the body.
Zylo swings wildly with an uppercut but Baccalieri uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Zylo on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zylo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baccalieri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ares Zylo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baccalieri managing to block the knees to the body from Zylo.
Zylo lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Zylo to work.
Zylo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baccalieri backwards.

Zylo drops Baccalieri with a big knee straight up the middle! Baccalieri is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Zylo tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Baccalieri misses its intended target.
Ares Zylo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zylo wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baccalieri misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Baccalieri misses its intended target.
Zylo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baccalieri can do to turn this around?
Baccalieri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zylo manages to avoid it.
Zylo darts in trying to clinch
and Zylo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zylo is looking to clinch but Baccalieri is avoiding it.
Baccalieri looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zylo looks to clinch
and Baccalieri counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Baccalieri lands a jab to the nose.
Zylo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baccalieri throws out the jab.

Zylo pushes Baccalieri up against the ropes in a clinch.
Zylo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Baccalieri is breathing heavily.
Zylo landing knees to the body.
Baccalieri takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zylo misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zylo.
Baccalieri is trying to break the clinch but Zylo is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Zylo.
Zylo stalling.
Baccalieri takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zylo is stalling here.
Zylo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zylo tries to work over Baccalieri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zylo slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baccalieri managing to block the knees to the body from Zylo.
Baccalieri working hard to break the clinch.
Zylo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baccalieri blocks it with crossed arms.
Zylo tries a knee to the head but Baccalieri blocks it.
Zylo lands a nice knee to the body.
Baccalieri wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zylo lands a good knee to the midsection. Baccalieri won't want to take too many of those.

Zylo drops Baccalieri with a big knee straight up the middle! Baccalieri is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Zylo closes the distance and pushes Baccalieri back into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Zylo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Zylo lands with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Baccalieri. That snapped Zylo's head back.
Zylo lands a nice shot to the body.
Baccalieri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zylo was well out of range. Poor timing from Baccalieri.
Baccalieri looks to land a right hand but Zylo moved out of range.
Zylo slips a straight right by Baccalieri.
As Baccalieri looks to move away, Zylo throws a big counter combo but Baccalieri just gets out of the way.
Zylo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A left lands for Zylo.
Zylo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Zylo finds it's way through Baccalieri's defenses.
Zylo connects with a looping right hand.
Baccalieri swats away the attempt to clinch by Zylo.
Baccalieri takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A swing and a miss from Baccalieri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zylo wants to clinch.
Zylo closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Baccalieri! Zylo dives in looking to finish! Baccalieri is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ares Zylo!