PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 390 p4p, 470 weight class) and Tom Bickle (ranked 43 p4p, 53 weight class). Jean Baptiste comes to the cage accompanied by Born on the Bayou. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jean Baptiste
vs
Bickle

174 cm
29
145
18 - 7 - 2

175 cm
30
146
9 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Maximum Human Performance
SynCity Fightwear

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Brady Jean Baptiste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jean Baptiste slips under a jab.
Jean Baptiste connects with a nice looking jab.
Jean Baptiste lands a body shot.
Jean Baptiste throws an off balance right hand
and Bickle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bickle throws a big shot that misses.
Jean Baptiste was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Decent striking displayed by Bickle there.
Jean Baptiste pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jean Baptiste connects with the punch.
Bickle throws a lazy right hand but Jean Baptiste sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jean Baptiste has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Jean Baptiste misses with a wild body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jean Baptiste, as that shot connected.
Bickle is looking to clinch but Jean Baptiste is avoiding it.
Bickle wants to clinch.
Jean Baptiste digs a good body shot into Bickle's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste throws an off balance right hand
and Bickle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy uppercut
and Bickle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jean Baptiste waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bickle.
Bickle looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jean Baptiste keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bickle.
Jab, jab by Jean Baptiste - just one landing.
Bickle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jean Baptiste counters with an outside leg kick.
Bickle cracks Jean Baptiste with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bickle missing with a left hand there. Jean Baptiste was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jean Baptiste is looking to counter punch.
Jean Baptiste slips a jab from Bickle.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick that misses.

Bickle clinches.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bickle looking to throw knees to the head but Jean Baptiste is blocking nicely.
Jean Baptiste blocking some punches.
Bickle scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands with a light punch inside.
Jean Baptiste swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Jean Baptiste on the inside.
Jean Baptiste blocks an uppercut.
Bickle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bickle misses with the head strike.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jean Baptiste throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Bickle.
Jean Baptiste blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Jean Baptiste scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jean Baptiste blocks it with crossed arms.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle misses with a knee to the head.
Jean Baptiste lands with a light punch inside.
Jean Baptiste lands with a short shot to the head.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.

Jean Baptiste manages to break the clinch.
Bickle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bickle.
Good shot there by Bickle.
Bickle missing with a left hand there. Jean Baptiste was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bickle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jean Baptiste on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jean Baptiste looks for the body kick but Bickle saw that one coming.
Bickle throws a hook but Jean Baptiste avoids it easily.
Jean Baptiste throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Jean Baptiste gets tackled into the cage by Bickle. Bickle maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Jean Baptiste fails to land.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch to the body.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle looking to throw knees to the head but Jean Baptiste is blocking nicely.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands a shot to the body.
Bickle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jean Baptistes head.
Jean Baptiste misses with some punches.
Jean Baptiste can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Bickle.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jean Baptiste blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jean Baptiste blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bickle tries to work over Jean Baptiste's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jean Baptiste goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bickle landing knees to the head.
Jean Baptiste misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle prevents a body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Bickle dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bickle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jean Baptiste doesn't seem bothered though.
Bickle tries to clinch up but Jean Baptiste circles away and keeps his distance.
Bickle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jean Baptiste cracks Bickle with a good jab.
Jean Baptiste cracks Bickle with an open hand slap.
Jean Baptiste on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jean Baptiste cracks Bickle with a good jab.
Jean Baptiste moves out of range of the strikes.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice shot that snaps Bickle's head back.
Bickle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bickle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bickle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jean Baptiste.
A swing and a miss from Bickle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jean Baptiste attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bickle wants to clinch up but Jean Baptiste keeps it at a distance.
Jean Baptiste dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bickle. That did some damage!
Bickle takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jean Baptiste manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jean Baptiste thuds his right hand into Bickle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bickle throws a leg kick which misses Jean Baptiste's front leg but catches the back leg as Jean Baptiste tries to avoid it.
Bickle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jean Baptiste manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bickle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Jean Baptiste finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bickle tries to clinch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bickle. Bickle obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheers as Jean Baptiste lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bickle doesn't seem phased though.
Jean Baptiste swats away the attempt to clinch by Bickle.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a combination but Bickle avoids it well.

Bickle moves into the clinch.
Jean Baptiste is looking to control Bickle's arms but Bickle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jean Baptiste has his back to the cage.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bickle misses with some punches.
Bickle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jean Baptiste backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jean Baptiste fails to land.
Bickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bickle avoiding damage as Jean Baptiste throws knees to the body.
Tom Bickle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jean Baptiste is trying to maintain a safe position but Bickle gets an underhook and turns Jean Baptiste into the cage.
Bickle is leaning against Jean Baptiste and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bickle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bickle fails to land.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Bickle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bickle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jean Baptiste backwards.
Jean Baptiste swings wildly with an uppercut but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jean Baptiste.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Jean Baptiste doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Jean Baptiste blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.
Jean Baptiste blocking some punches.

Jean Baptiste breaks from the clinch.
Jean Baptiste gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bickle is looking to clinch.
Jean Baptiste lands an overhand right.
Jean Baptiste takes a swing at Bickle's ribcage but misses.
Jean Baptiste lands a high kick!
Jean Baptiste throws a shot from downtown. Bickle moves away and avoids it.
Bickle misses with a right hand
and Jean Baptiste cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jean Baptiste misses with a wild body shot.
Jean Baptiste lands an overhand right.
Jean Baptiste circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bickle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Jean Baptiste misses.
Bickle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bickle wants to clinch up but Jean Baptiste keeps it at a distance.
Jean Baptiste avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bickle throws a shot from downtown. Jean Baptiste moves away and avoids it.
Bickle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice hook to Bickle's body. Bickle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jean Baptiste checks a low kick from Bickle.
A counter left hand to the body from Jean Baptiste misses its target.
Bickle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jean Baptiste. Jean Baptiste obviously looking to wear him down.
Jean Baptiste walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bickle tries to clinch there but Jean Baptiste circles away.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste throws a chopping leg kick but Bickle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jean Baptiste quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Jean Baptiste dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Bickle slips under a jab.
Bickle doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bickle misses with a lunging right hand
and Jean Baptiste counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bickle avoids the body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Brady Jean Baptiste is winning the standup battle so far.
Bickle scores with a hook.
Jean Baptiste scores with a body shot.

Bickle forces Jean Baptiste back against the cage and clinches.
Jean Baptiste lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Bickle.
Jean Baptiste pushes Bickle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste tries to work over Bickle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jean Baptiste tries a body shot but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste tries to throw a body punch but Bickle avoids it by throwing Jean Baptiste back against the cage.
Jean Baptiste's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands an uppercut.
Jean Baptiste scores with a shot to the side of Bickle's head.
Bickle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Jean Baptiste lands a left hand.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Bickle is rocked!
Jean Baptiste lands a left hand.
Bickle is still on wobbly legs! Can Jean Baptiste finish him?
A short right from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jean Baptiste pushes Bickle against the cage. Jean Baptiste is working some dirty boxing. Jean Baptiste pushes off with a quick right hook! Bickle goes down! Bickle tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Jean Baptiste moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brady Jean Baptiste!
Brady Jean Baptiste seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.