PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adracio Zalasat (ranked 25535 p4p, 5934 weight class) and Brendan Baddock (ranked 711 p4p, 606 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zalasat
vs
Baddock

209 cm
19
285
1 - 5 - 0

202 cm
19
282
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adracio Zalasat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brendan Baddock!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zalasat throws an off balance right hand

and Baddock moves into the clinch.
Baddock has a couple of punches blocked by Zalasat.
Zalasat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Baddock.
Baddock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zalasat misses with a punch on the inside.
Zalasat has a couple of punches blocked by Baddock.
Baddock prevents a body shot from Zalasat.
Zalasat lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baddock.
Zalasat slows down the pace here.
Zalasat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zalasat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Baddock scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zalasat is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baddock misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baddock.
Zalasat lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baddock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zalasat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zalasat working Baddock over with knees to the body.
Zalasat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zalasat looking to stall.
Zalasat throws a head punch that misses.
Baddock avoids the elbow strike from Zalasat, against the cage.
Zalasat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The referee calls for Zalasat to work.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zalasat.
Baddock misses with the head strike.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baddock blocking some punches.
Baddock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Baddock on the inside.
Baddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Zalasat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zalasat struggles to land a body shot inside as Baddock controls his hands.
Baddock swings wildly with an uppercut but Zalasat uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Baddock fails to land.
Baddock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zalasat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zalasat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Baddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zalasat swings wildly with an uppercut but Baddock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zalasat blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Baddock fails to land.
Baddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zalasat throws a head punch that misses.
Baddock has a couple of punches blocked by Zalasat.
Baddock lands an uppercut.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zalasat looking to throw knees to the head but Baddock is blocking nicely.
Baddock dodges an elbow strike from Zalasat.
Zalasat can't find room to land a body shot as Baddock controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baddock.
Baddock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baddock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Baddock trying to stall but Zalasat improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baddock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baddock.
Baddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Baddock.
Baddock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zalasat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zalasat just leaning against Baddock, taking a breather.
Baddock throws a head punch that misses.
Baddock working aggressively here.
Zalasat struggles to land a body shot inside as Baddock controls his hands.
Baddock throws a punch but it's blocked by Zalasat.
Baddock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Baddock lands a nice uppercut.
Baddock misses with the head strike.
Baddock managing to block the knees to the body from Zalasat.
Baddock misses with a punch on the inside.
Baddock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baddock.
Zalasat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baddock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Baddock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baddock misses with a punch on the inside.
Baddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baddock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baddock blocking some punches.
Zalasat blocks an uppercut.
Zalasat stalling in the clinch but Baddock improves position.
Zalasat misses with some punches.
Baddock working aggressively here.
Baddock lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Zalasat.
Baddock blocks a body shot from Zalasat.
Baddock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zalasat backwards.
Baddock lands a right hand.
Zalasat is breathing heavily.
A short right from Baddock.
Baddock lands with a right to the head.

Zalasat is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baddock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Baddock dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Zalasat takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zalasat is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Baddock doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Zalasat crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Zalasat's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brendan Baddock!