PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sherlock Holmes (ranked 6502 p4p, 536 weight class) and Uno Baun (ranked 6402 p4p, 530 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Baun's choice of entrance music: I hate sleeping by myself. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holmes
vs
Baun

175 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sherlock Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uno Baun!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Hemmingworth and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baun wants a takedown.
Baun is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Holmes is defending well.

Baun escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some bone on bone action there as Baun checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Holmes wants to clinch.
Baun throws a head kick that Holmes semi-blocks.

It looks like Sherlock Holmes has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baun shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Holmes sprawls well. Holmes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Baun gets slowly back to his feet.
Sherlock Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Uno Baun.

Holmes has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes prevents the takedown attempt.
Baun can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
Baun letting Holmes take a breather here.
Baun has had enough of the clinch but Holmes keeps him there for the moment.
Holmes slowing the pace effectively.
Holmes scores a nice knee to the body.
Baun looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baun wants to break free but Holmes has control.
Holmes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Baun looks winded!
Holmes prevents a takedown attempt there.
Holmes lands an elbow just above Baun 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes just leaning against Baun, taking a breather.

Holmes has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Baun is trying to keep an underhook but Holmes manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holmes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Holmes decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Holmes avoids a kick to the body.

Holmes has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Holmes pulls guard.
Baun postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Holmes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Holmes's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baun slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Holmes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Holmes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baun trying to control but Holmes is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Holmes pushes Baun up against the cage in a clinch.
Holmes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holmes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Holmes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holmes misses with a series of wild punches.
Baun plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Baun forces Holmes back against the cage and clinches.
Baun wants to break free but Holmes has control.
Holmes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Holmes pressing his opponent against the cage.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sherlock Holmes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sherlock Holmes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Holmes clinches with his opponent.
Holmes throws a punch but it's blocked by Baun.
Baun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holmes is struggling to control the position.
Baun is looking to break free of the clinch but Holmes has double underhooks.
Holmes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baun pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baun shoots in and drives through. Holmes sprawls well.
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baun moves into range and connects with a jab.

Holmes closes the distance and clinches.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baun misses with a few strikes there.
Holmes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baun manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baun fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Holmes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Holmes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baun can do to turn this around?
Holmes throws a low kick but Baun avoids it.

Baun gets a clinch.
Holmes lands a nice knee to the body.
Baun is breathing heavily.
Holmes working Baun over with knees to the body.
Holmes controlling the action here for a moment.
Holmes stalling against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holmes.
Holmes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Holmes misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Holmes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holmes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Baun.

Holmes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baun takes an elbow to the temple.
Baun is trying to force a seperation but Holmes has the dominant position.

Holmes breaks from the clinch.

Baun scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baun is looking to stall here but Holmes recovers full guard.
Baun not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baun decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holmes lands a knee to the head.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baun has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Uno Baun seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Baun clinches with his opponent.
Baun is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Holmes to keep the fight standing.
Sherlock Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Uno Baun.
Baun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Baun goes for a takedown attempt but Holmes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sherlock Holmes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holmes forces Baun back against the cage and clinches.
Baun taking a breather.
Baun managing to block the knees to the body from Holmes.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Baun blocks it.
Sherlock Holmes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Holmes.
Baun dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Baun wants to break free but Holmes has control.
Baun tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing Baun back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sherlock Holmes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sherlock Holmes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck for Holmes with that takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Baun. Those never looked like landing.
Holmes is looking to counter the offense by Baun and move into the clinch.

Holmes moves into range and clinches up with Baun.
Baun tries to score a body lock takedown but Holmes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Baun with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holmes.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Baun breaks from the clinch.
Baun circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baun wants to counter with a clinch but Holmes pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes wants to clinch but Baun slips to the side
and Baun counters with a series of strikes. Holmes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Baun takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holmes misses with the combination.

Holmes darts in and clinches Baun up against the cage.
Baun fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Holmes lands an elbow just above Baun 's eye.
Holmes pressing his opponent against the cage.
Holmes slowing the pace effectively.
Holmes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Holmes for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Baun managing to block the knees to the body from Holmes.
Holmes struggles to land a body shot inside as Baun controls his hands.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baun.
Holmes misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holmes lands an elbow that stopped Baun in his tracks for a moment.
Baun tries to circle away but Holmes has him pinned against the cage.
Baun is looking to control Holmes's arms but Holmes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baun has his back to the cage.
Baun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holmes stalling against the cage.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baun avoids it.
Holmes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baun avoids it.
Baun fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sherlock Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Uno Baun.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes avoiding damage.
Baun is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Holmes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baun.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Holmes.
Holmes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes has Baun up against the cage in a clinch.
Holmes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baun in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Holmes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holmes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baun is defending well for now.
Holmes stalls.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Holmes.
Holmes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Holmes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Holmes slows down the pace here.
Holmes misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sherlock Holmes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Holmes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27

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