PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Tomori (ranked 1240 p4p, 54 weight class) and Christian Baier (ranked 2038 p4p, 106 weight class). Christian Baier acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Tomori
vs
Baier

171 cm
21
142 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

167 cm
21
138 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Baier!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baier lands a nice shot to the body.
Tomori has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Tomori closes the distance and clinches.
Tomori lands with a left to the head.
Baier scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomori can't find room to land a body shot as Baier controls the action.
Baier wants to break free but Tomori has control.
Baier is trying to pull guard but Tomori turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Baier takes a shot to the head.
Tomori lands a nice uppercut.
Tomori blocking some punches.
Tomori makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tomori stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tomori lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Tomori.
Tomori lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baier backwards.
A right hand to the body from Tomori.
Baier working aggressively here.
Tomori is leaning against Baier and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baier looks winded!
Tomori lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tomori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tomori lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tomori throws a big uppercut that drops Baier! More strikes from Tomori and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Baier lies dazed against the cage as Tomori celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hiroki Tomori!