PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 5140 p4p, 452 weight class) and Tom Baker (ranked 4844 p4p, 405 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Elizondo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee. The crowd seem to be enjoying Baker's choice of entrance music: Steve Blackman WWE theme. Gaizka Elizondo had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Elizondo
vs
Baker

187 cm
19
171 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

150 cm
24
138 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Threads of HARDCORE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gaizka Elizondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Baker!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker connects with the punch.
Nice shot lands for Elizondo.
Elizondo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elizondo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Elizondo lands a lovely overhand right.
Baker walks into a stiff left hand from Elizondo.
Elizondo misses with a hook.
Elizondo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Elizondo tries to keep at a distance but Baker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Elizondo tries to throw a body punch but Baker avoids it by throwing Elizondo back against the ropes.

Baker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Baker does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Elizondo, right into the meat.
Elizondo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Elizondo slips a straight right by Baker.
Elizondo tried to score with a low kick but Baker checks it.
Baker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Elizondo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Elizondo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baker.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Elizondo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Baker.
Baker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elizondo manages to avoid it.
Baker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Elizondo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Elizondo misses the jab.
Baker tries to counter with a clinch but Elizondo shakes him off and moves away.
Elizondo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Baker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Elizondo.
Baker slips under a jab from Elizondo.
Baker steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Elizondo.
Elizondo looks for the body kick but Baker saw that one coming.
Baker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Elizondo rather than just go for the knockout.
Elizondo slips under a jab from Baker.
Baker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Elizondo.
Baker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Elizondo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Elizondo lands a body shot.
Baker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Elizondo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tom Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Baker clinches.

Baker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Elizondo scores with a jab. Baker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Elizondo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Elizondo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Baker on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Baker clinches up with Elizondo and pushes him back against the ropes.

Baker breaks from the clinch.
Elizondo looks to land a body kick but Baker moved away.
Elizondo scores with a nice head shot.
Elizondo slips under a jab from Baker.
Baker sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Baker digs a good hook to Elizondo's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker tries to clinch there but Elizondo circles away.
And Elizondo counters with a quick kick to the body but Baker blocks it.
Elizondo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baker throws a looping overhand right but Elizondo ducks down to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Elizondo.

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

That was a close round but I would say that Gaizka Elizondo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Baker lands with a nice body punch.
Baker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Tom Baker has been cut.
Baker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Baker darts in and clinches Elizondo up against the ropes.

Baker breaks from the clinch.
Elizondo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baker.

Baker clinches.

Baker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baker throws a series of punches but Elizondo moves out of range.
Baker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Elizondo throws a quick counter head kick but Baker was just out of range.
Baker is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Elizondo throws a leg kick but Baker sees it coming and moves out of range.
Elizondo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Elizondo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Elizondo throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.

Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker connects with a body shot.
Baker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baker misses with the combination.
Elizondo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Elizondo duly obliges.
Baker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baker misses with a body shot
and Elizondo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baker throws a combination that misses
and Elizondo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Baker throws a right hand that Elizondo ducks under and follows up with a left that Elizondo also avoids with ease.
Elizondo cracks Baker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Baker forces Elizondo back against the ropes and clinches.

Elizondo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Baker takes the fight into the clinch.
Elizondo lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elizondo swings wildly with an uppercut but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baker lands a shoulder strike.

Baker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Elizondo throws out a loose jab but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Elizondo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Elizondo lands a nice hook to Baker's body. Baker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Elizondo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baker.
Elizondo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Baker has closed the distance and engaged Elizondo in a clinch.

Elizondo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Elizondo lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Elizondo keeps the fight on the outside.
Elizondo catches Baker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Baker gets a clinch.

Baker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tom Baker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Elizondo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Elizondo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Elizondo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Elizondo throws a body shot but no joy.
Baker swings for the body but Elizondo moves out of range.
Elizondo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Baker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Elizondo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A telegraphed right hand from Elizondo misses the target.
Elizondo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Elizondo lands a leg kick that knocks Baker off balance momentarily.
Baker misses with a hook. Elizondo ducked under it nicely.
Gaizka Elizondo is winning the standup battle so far.
Elizondo lands a nice hook to Baker's body. Baker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Elizondo misses with an uppercut.
A left lands for Elizondo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baker works Elizondo's body with a nice hook.
Elizondo dodges the punch combination from Baker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Elizondo. Baker shrugs it off though.
Baker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Elizondo.
Baker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Elizondo was well out of range. Poor timing from Baker.
Baker looks to land a combination but Elizondo avoids it well.
Tom Baker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Elizondo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baker.
Elizondo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Elizondo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baker moves away.
Elizondo cracks the inside of Baker's front leg.
Elizondo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baker misses with a two punch combination.
Elizondo thinks about countering with a body kick.

Baker clinches up against the ropes.

Elizondo breaks the clinch.
Baker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Elizondo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker misses with a double jab.
Elizondo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elizondo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Baker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Elizondo scores with a sloppy right hand. Baker should have avoided that one.
Baker misses with an uppercut
and Elizondo counters with a thumping low kick.
Elizondo scores with a spinning back kick!
Elizondo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baker misses with a wild combination.
A little feinted left hand from Elizondo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baker lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Elizondo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baker misses with the combination.

Baker rushes Elizondo and presses him up against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gaizka Elizondo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Elizondo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaizka Elizondo!
A victorious Gaizka Elizondo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Tom Baker was interviewed post fight and said 'When I was 11 I turned 13, cos fuck 12, remember that'.