PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tracy Baldock (ranked 6174 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamakiri Yoritomo (ranked 5741 p4p, 0 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.

Baldock
vs
Yoritomo

183 cm
25
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

ZZ POPS
JD's Island Shack

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tracy Baldock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kamakiri Yoritomo!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baldock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baldock tries to clinch up but Yoritomo circles away and keeps his distance.

Baldock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baldock cracks Yoritomo with a nice body shot.
Baldock lands a shot to the body.
Yoritomo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baldock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoritomo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baldock is keeping busy.

Baldock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yoritomo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baldock under the eye.
Yoritomo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baldock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baldock throws a sloppy head kick and Yoritomo moves out of range easily.

Baldock moves into the clinch.
Yoritomo avoiding damage as Baldock throws knees to the body.
Baldock misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoritomo swings wildly with an uppercut but Baldock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baldock scores with a knee to the head.
Baldock tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoritomo avoids the damage to the body.
Baldock blocking some punches.
Yoritomo being controlled against the cage.
Baldock is stalling here.
Baldock gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Baldock blocks an uppercut.
Baldock lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Baldock.
Yoritomo looks winded!
Baldock holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yoritomo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Baldock up against the cage.
Yoritomo scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldock blocks a body shot from Yoritomo.
Yoritomo lands with a right to the head.
Baldock presses Yoritomo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Baldock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoritomo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yoritomo tries to work over Baldock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baldock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baldock tries to throw a body punch but Yoritomo avoids it by throwing Baldock back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baldock.

Baldock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baldock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Baldock manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Yoritomo on his heels. He'll look to pass Yoritomo's guard now, I'm sure.
Yoritomo wants to get back to his feet but Baldock passes into half guard.

Baldock decides to return to a standing position.

Baldock shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Baldock escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baldock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baldock tries to land a knee to the head but Yoritomo blocks with his arms.
Yoritomo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baldock's elbow.
Baldock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yoritomo avoids it.
Yoritomo blocks the elbow strike.

Baldock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tracy Baldock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baldock drops his hands momentarily and Yoritomo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Baldock is looking to clinch but Yoritomo is avoiding it.
It seemed like Yoritomo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yoritomo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baldock under the eye.

Baldock has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yoritomo lands with a right to the head.
Yoritomo has a couple of punches blocked by Baldock.
Yoritomo struggles to land a body shot inside as Baldock controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo lands a body shot.
Baldock blocking some punches.
Yoritomo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baldock misses with a punch on the inside.

Baldock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baldock throws a combination that misses
and Yoritomo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!

Baldock moves into the clinch.
Yoritomo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baldock is keeping busy.
Yoritomo is looking to control Baldock's arms but Baldock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yoritomo has his back to the cage.
Yoritomo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baldock scores with a hook to the body.
Yoritomo tries to throw a body punch but Baldock avoids it by throwing Yoritomo back against the cage.
Baldock is pushing Yoritomo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baldock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tracy Baldock dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Baldock scores with a head kick.
Yoritomo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Baldock forces Yoritomo back against the cage and clinches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Baldock tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoritomo avoids the damage to the body.
Yoritomo managing to block the knees to the body from Baldock.
Baldock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yoritomo managing to block the knees to the body from Baldock.
Tracy Baldock has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Baldock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Baldock has Yoritomo up against the cage in a clinch.
Yoritomo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baldock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yoritomo misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Yoritomo - that landed with a thud.
Baldock tries a body shot but Yoritomo blocks it.
Yoritomo lands with a right to the head.
Baldock trying to control the position but instead, Yoritomo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Baldock into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldock missing with knees to the body.
Yoritomo looking to slow down the pace here.
Baldock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yoritomo misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoritomo pushes Baldock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baldock tries to land knees in the clinch but Yoritomo avoids the damage to the body.
Yoritomo misses with a punch to the body.
Baldock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yoritomo is defending well for now.
Baldock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yoritomo can do to turn this around?
Baldock blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Yoritomo.
Baldock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Baldock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Baldock finds it's way through Yoritomo's defenses.
Yoritomo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Baldock closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoritomo counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldock wants to clinch.
Baldock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tracy Baldock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baldock swinging wildly here.
Baldock moves in looking to clinch but Yoritomo pushes him off.
Yoritomo cracks Baldock with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yoritomo swings for the body but Baldock moves out of range.

Baldock darts in and clinches Yoritomo up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo letting Baldock take a breather here.
Yoritomo lands a left hand.
Baldock blocks an uppercut.
Baldock tries to throw a body punch but Yoritomo avoids it by throwing Baldock back against the cage.
Yoritomo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yoritomo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yoritomo throws a head punch that misses.
Baldock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Yoritomo.
A short left from Baldock.
Baldock is trying to maintain a safe position but Yoritomo gets an underhook and turns Baldock into the cage.

Baldock breaks the clinch.
Yoritomo scores with a jab to the body.
Baldock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yoritomo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Yoritomo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Baldock changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Yoritomo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Baldock decides to stand back up. Baldock steps back and let's Yoritomo get back to his feet.
Baldock tries to clinch
enabling Yoritomo to counter with a crisp jab.
Baldock throws a low kick, looking for Yoritomo's leg but Yoritomo calmly moves out of range.
Baldock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baldock swinging wildly here.
Baldock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yoritomo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baldock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yoritomo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yoritomo swings for the body but Baldock moves out of range.
Yoritomo tries to clinch there but Baldock circles away.
Baldock walks into a straight right hand from Yoritomo.
Yoritomo lands a nice shot that snaps Baldock's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kamakiri Yoritomo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Yoritomo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kamakiri Yoritomo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yoritomo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baldock doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoritomo circles away.
Baldock darts in trying to clinch
and Baldock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Baldock clinches.
Yoritomo throws a punch but it's blocked by Baldock.
Baldock misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoritomo wants to stall.
Baldock missing with knees to the body.
Yoritomo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Baldock.

Baldock manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoritomo looks to score with a jab to the body but Baldock is just out of range.
Yoritomo throws a shot to the body.
Yoritomo looks to score with a jab to the body but Baldock is just out of range.
Baldock tries to clinch up.
Kamakiri Yoritomo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yoritomo lands with an overhand left.

Baldock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yoritomo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoritomo is looking to control Baldock's arms but Baldock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yoritomo has his back to the cage.
Yoritomo tries to work over Baldock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Baldock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baldock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baldock wants to clinch but Yoritomo slips to the side
letting Yoritomo counter with a right hand.
Baldock is looking to clinch but Yoritomo is avoiding it.
A shot to the liver by Yoritomo. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yoritomo.
Baldock fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Yoritomo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yoritomo blocks the body kick.

Yoritomo tries to sprawl but Baldock drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Baldock escapes and gets back to his feet.
Baldock misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yoritomo catches Baldock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Baldock throws a head kick that Yoritomo semi-blocks.
Baldock darts in trying to clinch
and Yoritomo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baldock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Yoritomo misses.
Baldock moves to clinch but Yoritomo breaks away
and Yoritomo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yoritomo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baldock's hands.
Baldock scores with a head kick.
Yoritomo avoids the head kick by Baldock.
Baldock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yoritomo if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baldock tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoritomo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baldock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baldock wants to clinch but Yoritomo slips to the side
and Yoritomo counters with a nice body shot.
Baldock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yoritomo to score with a decent uppercut.
Baldock tries to clinch but Yoritomo moves away
and Yoritomo counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo misses with an uppercut
and Baldock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baldock tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yoritomo defends well and Baldock ends up having to push Yoritomo into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Baldock swinging wildly here.
Baldock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Baldock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baldock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Baldock stuns Yoritomo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yoritomo lands with a good body shot.
Yoritomo misses with a looping left.
Yoritomo cracks Baldock with a good jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kamakiri Yoritomo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yoritomo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

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