PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Major Baker (ranked 4970 p4p, 4927 weight class) and Test Nine (ranked 0 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.

Baker
vs
Nine

186 cm
18
186
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
176
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Test Nine!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nine shoots in but no luck this time.
It looked like Baker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Baker scores with the left hand. Nine knows he should have avoided that one.

Nine shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Baker napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Baker is trying to improve his position.
Baker is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nine tries to score with some ground and pound. Baker controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baker keeps working.
Baker dodges the ground and pound from Nine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nine is chipping away with strikes.
Nine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nine working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Baker wants to control but Nine postures up.
Nine lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Nine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baker's head.
Nine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nine in particular looking to stall.
Nine working Baker over with strikes.
Baker tries to roll over but Nine keeps him under control.
Nine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baker defending well though.
Nine lands with a punch from half guard.
Baker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baker tries to get out of the position.
Nine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Baker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nine on the ground.
Nine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baker's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nine working over Baker with some ground and pound. Baker looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nine thows a huge punch but Baker dodges it nicely.
Nine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nine moves nicely into side control.
Baker is trying to control Nine's posture but Nine avoids it.
Baker tries to bench press Nine off him but Nine keeps the position.
Nine scores with punches from side control.
Nine misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Baker tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker struggling a bit here.
Baker takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Baker is rocked!
Nine lands a strong strike to the head of Baker. That's dazed him! Nine looking to finish here. Baker is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Nine lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Test Nine!