PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Baker (ranked 925 p4p, 572 weight class) and Kaki Mountain (ranked 122 p4p, 87 weight class). Baker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin. 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?

Baker
vs
Mountain

179 cm
33
180
16 - 14 - 0

180 cm
28
170
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaki Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ron Honeybunn and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mountain with the inside leg kick.
Mountain staying out of range there.
Mountain cracks Baker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mountain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mountain throws a jab when Baker was well out of range.
Baker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mountain throws a lazy uppercut
and Baker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mountain explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Baker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mountain connects with an inside leg kick.
Baker lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mountain lands with a hook. Baker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Baker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mountain's head.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baker misses with a double jab
and Mountain counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Baker.
Mountain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baker misses with a hook. Mountain ducked under it nicely.
Mountain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mountain gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Baker counter with a right hand.
Baker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mountain scores with a jab to the body.
Mountain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baker fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Mountain misses.
Baker is looking to counter punch.
Baker takes one on the button.
Mountain throws a poor cross that misses
and Baker counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to clinch but Mountain moves away
and Mountain counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mountain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baker.
Baker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Baker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mountain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baker misses with a body shot.
Kaki Mountain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mountain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mountain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Baker.
Baker is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mountain misses with a low kick as Baker jumps back.
As Mountain backs away, Baker returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mountain jabs Baker to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Baker misses with a straight left.
Baker throws a right hand that misses
and Mountain counters with an outside leg kick.
Mountain bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baker's head backwards.
A shot to the liver by Mountain. Beautiful body shot.
Mountain scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mountain misses with a low kick as Baker jumps back.
Baker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mountain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mountain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baker.
Mountain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baker.
Baker is looking to counter punch.
Mountain checks a leg kick.
Mountain checks a leg kick.
Mountain lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A low kick from Mountain is predictable there
and Baker counters with a straight right hand.
Mountain scores with a nice right hand.
Baker slips under a jab from Mountain.
A big right from Mountain misses.
Baker seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain throws a leg kick that misses.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baker just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Mountain misses.
Mountain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Baker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mountain lands a nice shot to the body.
Baker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mountain.
Mountain appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Baker avoids the body shot from Mountain.

Baker closes the distance and pushes Mountain back into the cage.
Baker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Baker takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mountain lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Mountain.
I was talking to Baker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Baker throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaki Mountain dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mountain throws a hook but Baker blocks it.
Baker is looking to counter the offense by Mountain and move into the clinch.
Baker tries to clinch up but Mountain circles away and keeps his distance.
Mountain misses with a left hand
and Baker makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mountain really felt that one!
Baker walks into a left hand.
Baker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mountain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baker scrambles back to his feet.
Baker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mountain checks the leg kick nicely there.
Baker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mountain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baker tries to clinch there but Mountain circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Mountain - just one landing.
Mountain scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mountain throws a push kick but Baker slaps the foot to one side.
Mountain throws the left hand but Baker avoids the punch easily.
Baker is looking to counter punch.
Mountain throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Baker.
Baker checks a leg kick nicely.
Baker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mountain.
Baker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mountain.
Mountain feints a counter leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Mountain misses the target.
Mountain slips a jab from Baker.
Mountain blocks a jab.
Mountain lets loose with a powerful body kick. Baker will feel that in the morning.
An inside leg kick from Mountain misses.
Baker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Baker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mountain misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mountain.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mountain lands with a cross.
Mountain throws a head kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Baker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mountain throws a lazy right hand but Baker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mountain slips under a jab from Baker.
Mountain tries a head kick but it misses.
Baker is looking to counter the offense by Mountain and move into the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Baker 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Baker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mountain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mountain blocks an uppercut.
Baker swings wildly with an uppercut but Mountain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baker lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain blocking some punches.
Baker pushes Mountain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baker.
Mountain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Baker on the inside.
Baker misses with a knee strike.
Mountain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baker's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Baker fails to land.
A short left from Baker.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baker missing with knees to the body.
Baker tries to land knees in the clinch but Mountain avoids the damage to the body.
Mountain prevents a body shot from Baker.
Baker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mountain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mountain backwards.
Mountain lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mountain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Baker.
Baker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Mountain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mountain lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baker working aggressively here.
Mountain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baker working aggressively here.
A short right from Mountain.
Mountain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mountain blocks an uppercut.
Baker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mountain.
Baker blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Mountain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mountain.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaki Mountain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mountain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baker slips a straight right by Mountain.
Mountain misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mountain misses with a head kick.
It looked like Baker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mountain feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bakers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mountain keeps the fight on the outside.
Baker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Baker ducks under a wild hook from Mountain.
Mountain feints and then cracks Baker's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Baker down.
Mountain will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mountain lands with an uppercut that bounces Baker off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mountain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baker's hands.
Mountain loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
Baker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mountain tests Baker's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mountain moves out of range of the strikes.
Mountain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baker.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mountain.
Mountain is looking to land body kicks.
Mountain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mountain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baker throws a leg kick but Mountain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mountain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mountain on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jeff Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kaki Mountain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That kick from Mountain tenderised Baker's leg. Baker is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mountain slips under a jab.
Mountain connects with a single shot there.
Mountain sizes up Baker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mountain. Mountain obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Mountain finds it's way through Baker's defenses.
Baker darts in trying to clinch
and Mountain counters with a low kick, right behind Baker 's knee.
Mountain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baker needs to keep his hands up - Mountain had a free shot at his head there.
Good shot there by Mountain.
Baker walks into a jab.

Baker is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker jabs Mountain right on the nose. Mountain blinks but takes it well.
Mountain thuds his right hand into Baker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mountain looks to land a right hand but Baker moved out of range.
Mountain swats away the attempt to clinch by Baker.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mountain.
Mountain throws a sloppy head kick and Baker moves out of range easily.
Baker misses with a looping left.
Baker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mountain looks to land a body kick but Baker moved away.
Baker is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Baker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mountain finds it's way round the side to connect with Baker's head.
Baker swings widly with a right hand
and Mountain counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain lands with a straight right. Baker didn't see that one coming.
Mountain throws a leg kick but Baker checks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mountain misses with a kick to the body.
Baker is looking to counter punch.
Mountain checks the leg kick nicely there.
Baker slips under a jab from Mountain.
Good leg kick by Mountain.
Mountain misses with a low kick.
Baker scores with a nice strike.
Baker attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Baker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mountain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mountain throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mountain lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaki Mountain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mountain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaki Mountain!
Kaki Mountain thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Jeff Baker was interviewed post fight and said 'You win some, you lose some. I just hope I treated you fans to a good fight tonight.'.