PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Faolin (ranked 1040 p4p, 659 weight class) and Bartholomew Bainbridge (ranked 153 p4p, 98 weight class). Faolin's entrance music is It Ain’t a Crime by House of Pain. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faolin
vs
Bainbridge

185 cm
24
215
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
206
8 - 5 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Faolin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bartholomew Bainbridge!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Faolin lands.
Faolin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bainbridge.
Bainbridge throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bainbridge with a nice cross.
Bainbridge keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faolin.
Bainbridge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Faolin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Faolin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faolin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Faolin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bainbridge swings wildly with an uppercut but Faolin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bainbridge swings wildly with an uppercut but Faolin uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faolin trying to land knees to the body.
Bainbridge fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bainbridge lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bainbridge.
Faolin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faolin scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bainbridge lands with a left to the head.
Bainbridge stalling the fight.
Our sources have told us that Faolin has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Faolin missing with knees to the body.
Bainbridge misses with a hook to the ribs.
Faolin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bainbridge misses with a punch on the inside.
Bainbridge misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bainbridge lands a left hand.
Bainbridge misses with a body punch.
Bainbridge tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faolin's elbow.
Bainbridge on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bainbridge fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bainbridge working aggressively here.
A short left from Bainbridge.
Bainbridge throws a head punch that misses.
Faolin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faolin misses with a body punch.
Faolin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bainbridge avoids it.
Faolin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bainbridge in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faolin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bainbridge.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bainbridge lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bainbridge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bainbridge swings away with a body shot that misses

and Faolin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Faolin.
Faolin tries to land a knee to the head but Bainbridge blocks with his arms.
Bainbridge throws a punch but it's blocked by Faolin.
Faolin takes a shot to the head.
Bainbridge lands a hook that snaps the head of Faolin backwards.
Bainbridge makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bainbridge tries a body shot but Faolin blocks it.
Bainbridge blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Faolin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faolin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Faolin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bainbridge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bainbridge lands a right hand that snaps the head of Faolin backwards.
A body shot lands from Bainbridge.
Bainbridge scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bainbridge.
Bainbridge tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Faolin takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bainbridge blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bainbridge blocks an uppercut.
Bainbridge lands with a left to the head.
Bainbridge lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Faolin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bainbridge's elbow.
Faolin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bainbridge misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bainbridge blocks an uppercut.

Bainbridge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faolin tries to bum rush Bainbridge with a series of wild strikes but Bainbridge uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faolin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bainbridge throws an overhand right that lands on Faolin's shoulder, as Faolin tries to avoid the shot.
Faolin throws a jab but it's blocked by Bainbridge.
Bainbridge is looking for the big counter here.
Faolin moves out of range as Bainbridge strikes.
Bainbridge lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Faolin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faolin misses the shot to the body.
Faolin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Faolin tries to clinch up.
Faolin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big right from Faolin misses.
Faolin lands a jab to the nose.
Faolin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bainbridge on the side of the head.
A big left from Faolin misses.
Faolin throws a sloppy body shot
letting Bainbridge counter with a right hand.
Bainbridge avoids the body shot from Faolin.
Bainbridge is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Faolin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bainbridge.
Faolin is looking to counter the offense by Bainbridge and move into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faolin looks to score with a jab to the body but Bainbridge is just out of range.
Faolin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Faolin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bartholomew Bainbridge will probably get the nod.
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.

Bainbridge misses the jab.
Joey Faolin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faolin moves out of range as Bainbridge strikes.
Faolin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bainbridge manages to circle out of the way.
Faolin throws a jab but it's blocked by Bainbridge.
An inside leg kick from Bainbridge misses.
Bainbridge moves away from the strike by Faolin.
Bainbridge now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Faolin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Joey Faolin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bainbridge checks a low kick from Faolin.
Faolin clobbers Bainbridge with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bainbridge wants to land a leg kick but Faolin is out of range.
Faolin lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bainbridge throws a predictable looking body shot
and Faolin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Good leg kick by Bainbridge.
Faolin lands with a straight right. Bainbridge didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bainbridge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faolin moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bainbridge displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Faolin misses with a hook
and Bainbridge counters with a three punch combo that has Faolin backing up. Faolin nods at Bainbridge to acknowledge the strikes.
Faolin connects with a body shot that sends Bainbridge's belly button to the back.
Faolin connects with a nice looking jab.
Bainbridge lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Faolin misses with a body punch

and Bainbridge moves into the clinch.

Bainbridge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bainbridge misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bainbridge takes a swing at Faolin's ribcage but misses.
Faolin scores with a hook.
Faolin misses with a body shot.
Faolin throws a sloppy body shot
and Faolin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bainbridge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Faolin lands a nice shot that snaps Bainbridge's head back.
Joey Faolin is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bainbridge avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bainbridge ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Faolin jabs Bainbridge to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bainbridge scores with a hook.
Faolin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faolin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bainbridge throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Faolin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bainbridge on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Faolin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bainbridge manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bainbridge feints a counter leg kick.
Bainbridge shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bainbridge throws a body punch but Faolin moves out of range.
Bainbridge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bainbridge swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Faolin looks to land a left hand but Bainbridge moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bainbridge ducks under a wild hook from Faolin.
A lazy left from Faolin finds it's target.
Bainbridge misses with a hook. Faolin ducked under it nicely.
Faolin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bainbridge manages to circle out of the way.
Faolin slips under a jab from Bainbridge.
Faolin misses with a wild combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bainbridge! But no joy.
Faolin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bainbridge fails to land with a series of punches.
Faolin lands a really nice looking cross but Bainbridge seems unphased.
Bainbridge bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bainbridge fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Faolin.
A slow jab from Faolin misses its intended target.
Faolin tests Bainbridge's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faolin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bainbridge.
Faolin throws a body punch but Bainbridge moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bainbridge lands a really nice looking cross but Faolin seems unphased.
Bainbridge lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Faolin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Faolin darts in trying to clinch
letting Bainbridge counter with a right hand.
Bainbridge checks the leg kick.
Faolin misses with a right hand
and Bainbridge counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faolin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Faolin throws a looping overhand right but Bainbridge ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bartholomew Bainbridge will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bainbridge tries to move into range but Faolin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Faolin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faolin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bainbridge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bainbridge scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bainbridge connects with a crisp jab.
Bainbridge tries to clinch but Faolin moves out of range.
Faolin throws a series of punches but Bainbridge avoids them all with ease.
Bainbridge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faolin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faolin misses with an uppercut

and Bainbridge counters with a head kick that drops Faolin to the mat! Faolin scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Faolin is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faolin throws out a loose jab but Bainbridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faolin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bainbridge is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Faolin with a body shot.
Faolin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faolin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faolin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bainbridge.
Bainbridge wants to counter the offense by Faolin and move into the clinch position.
Bainbridge bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Faolin's head backwards.
Oh Faolin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Faolin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bainbridge counters with a crisp right that sends Faolin to the canvas! Bainbridge follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bartholomew Bainbridge!
After winning the bout, Bartholomew Bainbridge thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.