PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malaki Fiso (ranked 1320 p4p, 135 weight class) and Steffen Baier (ranked 2563 p4p, 228 weight class). Fiso's entrance music is The Lord's Prayer (In Samoan). A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Fiso
vs
Baier

172 cm
21
143 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

168 cm
21
136 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malaki Fiso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steffen Baier!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fiso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fiso's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baier connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fiso scrambles back to his feet.
Fiso misses with a hook.
Baier looks to throw the jab but Fiso is out of range.
Fiso appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fiso loads up on a big right hand but Baier slips the punch.
Fiso uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Baier has time to react.
Baier scores with a decent looking hook.
Baier misses with a wild body shot.
Fiso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baier.
Baier misses with an uppercut.
Fiso stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fiso wants it to stay on the feet.
Fiso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baier was well out of range. Poor timing from Fiso.
Fiso throws a series of punches but Baier avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Baier misses.
Fiso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baier.
Fiso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baier throws the left hand but Fiso avoids the punch easily.
Baier ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fiso moves away.
Fiso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baier looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fiso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baier was well out of range. Poor timing from Fiso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baier rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fiso cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baier misses with an uppercut.
Steffen Baier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fiso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baier moves away.
Baier takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Baier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fiso throws a body shot but no joy.
Fiso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fiso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baier was well out of range. Poor timing from Fiso.
A jab from Baier misses.
Fiso lands a head shot.
Fiso ducks under a wild hook from Baier.
Baier looks to land a left hand but Fiso moved out of range nicely.
Fiso avoids the body shot from Baier.
Baier displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fiso throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Baier misses its intended target.
Fiso tries to bum rush Baier with a series of wild strikes but Baier uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Fiso misses.
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!
Baier misses the shot to the body.
Baier closes the distance and clinches up with Fiso, looking for a takedown. Baier pushes Fiso against the ropes but Fiso circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baier throws a poor cross that misses
and Fiso counters with a right hand to the body.
Fiso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baier lands a right hook to the body.
Malaki Fiso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baier throws the left hand but Fiso avoids the punch easily.
Fiso loads up on a big right hand but Baier slips the punch.
Baier throws out a counter right but Fiso avoids it with no problem.
Baier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fiso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baier.
Fiso goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fiso misses with a body shot.
Baier misses with a straight left.
Fiso is looking to wear down Baier with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Baier connects with a body shot.
Baier looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fiso is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Malaki Fiso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steffen Baier.
Baier throws a poor cross that misses
and Fiso counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fiso works over Baier's head and body with a nice combination.
Fiso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baier misses with a hook. Fiso ducked under it nicely.
Baier lands with an uppercut that bounces Fiso off the ropes and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baier jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fiso lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baier at a distance.
The fighters circling - Fiso throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Some wild striking there from Fiso.
Fiso connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baier momentarily.
Fiso misses with a wild body shot.
Fiso throws a lazy right hand but Baier sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baier looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fiso is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Baier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fiso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fiso.
Baier feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fisos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fiso waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baier.
Fiso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baier manages to avoid it.
Fiso displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baier throws out the jab.
Fiso on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baier lands a nice looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiso avoids a punch combination nicely.
A shot to the body from Baier misses
and Fiso cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fiso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baier.
Baier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fiso.
Fiso looks to land a right hand but Baier moved out of range.
Fiso misses the jab.
A right-left combo lands from Fiso.
Baier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baier throws an overhand right that lands on Fiso's shoulder, as Fiso tries to avoid the shot.
Fiso looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Baier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fiso.
A big right from Fiso misses.
Fiso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baier.
A little feinted left hand from Fiso on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baier swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fiso counters with a nice uppercut.
Baier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fiso looks to score with a jab to the body but Baier is just out of range.
Good shot there by Fiso.
Fiso throws a good cross that connects.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fiso throws a looping overhand right but Baier ducks down to avoid it.
Baier throws out a loose jab but Fiso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fiso takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baier just misses with a punch to the body.
Fiso was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Baier cracks Fiso with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Baier throws a body punch but Fiso moves out of range.
Fiso lands with a nice body punch.
Fiso on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fiso throws a big shot that misses.

Baier looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Baier looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fiso trying to control the position.
Fiso keeping moving, preventing Baier from controlling successfully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Fiso is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Baier postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fiso keeping full guard, as Baier tries to pass.
Baier is still trying to improve position.

Fiso had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Baier defends it easily.

Fiso is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Baier is aware though and is defending well.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Fiso working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Baier has passed into half guard!
Fiso is looking to improve his position.
Fiso moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Baier pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fiso is keeping the position for now.
Baier is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fiso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Baier's guard.

Fiso trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Baier is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fiso defends well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Baier keeping moving, preventing Fiso from controlling successfully.
Fiso preventing the sweep.
Fiso wants to control from the top but Baier keeps moving.
Fiso is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Fiso trying to control but Baier is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Baier controls Fiso momentarily but Fiso frees himself.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fiso wants to pass the guard but Baier is keeping the position.

Baier is looking to cinch up a triangle. Fiso throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Baier's body to avoid the submission. Baier has instead reached around Fiso's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Baier arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Steffen Baier!
A victorious Steffen Baier thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.