PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ekul Baillie (ranked 3582 p4p, 2941 weight class) and David Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 398 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Baillie
vs
Freeman

183 cm
25
180
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ekul Baillie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baillie moves into the clinch.
Baillie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Our sources have told us that Baillie has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Freeman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baillie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baillie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like David Freeman has been cut.
Freeman wants to break free but Baillie has control.
Baillie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baillie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Freeman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Baillie lands a knee to the head.
Freeman swings wildly with an uppercut but Baillie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baillie keeps control of Freeman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baillie lands a nice elbow.
Freeman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Baillie after a bit of a struggle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Baillie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman is trying to force a seperation but Baillie has the dominant position.
Freeman blocks an elbow strike from Baillie.
Freeman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Baillie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Baillie stalling against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Baillie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Baillie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freeman's face.

That has opened up David Freeman's cut even more.
Baillie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Freeman's defenses.
Baillie scores with a knee to the head.
Freeman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Baillie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Freeman's efforts to push away.
Baillie stalls.
Baillie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freeman's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baillie lands a nice elbow.
Baillie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Freeman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Baillie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above David Freeman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Baillie connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baillie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Freeman is keeping busy.
Baillie scores a nice knee to the body.
Baillie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Freeman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baillie slows down the pace here.
Freeman is trying to break the clinch but Baillie is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baillie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baillie looking to stall.
Freeman is looking to break free of the clinch but Baillie has double underhooks.
Baillie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Freeman's defenses.
Baillie lands a knee to the body.
Baillie effectively controlling the action here.
Freeman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Baillie working Freeman over with knees to the body.
Freeman is trying to force a seperation but Baillie has the dominant position.
Baillie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Baillie lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman takes an elbow to the temple.
Freeman tries to circle away but Baillie has him pinned against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Freeman is trying to push Baillie away but Baillie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baillie with a knee to the head.

David Freeman's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Baillie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Freeman's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baillie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Freeman up against the cage.
Freeman goes for a takedown attempt but Baillie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ekul Baillie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Freeman.
Baillie doesn't manage to clinch there - Freeman circles away.
Baillie is looking to clinch but Freeman is avoiding it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ekul Baillie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Freeman's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Freeman cracks Baillie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Baillie tries to clinch but Freeman moves away
and Freeman counters with a nice uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baillie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baillie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Freeman can do to turn this around?
Freeman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Baillie closes the distance and clinches.
Freeman is trying to force a seperation but Baillie has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Baillie.
Baillie has Freeman pressed against the cage, preventing Freeman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ekul Baillie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baillie stalling.
Freeman being controlled against the cage.
Baillie landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baillie throws an elbow but it misses.
Baillie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Baillie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Freeman's brow.
Baillie has Freeman pressed against the cage, preventing Freeman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baillie with a knee to the head.
Baillie with a knee to the head.
Freeman wants to break free but Baillie has control.
Baillie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Baillie misses with a knee to the head.
Baillie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Freeman's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baillie stalling in the clinch.
Freeman is trying to maintain a safe position but Baillie gets an underhook and turns Freeman into the cage.
Freeman wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Baillie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at David Freeman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ekul Baillie!