PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Troy Cashman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Cashman had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!

Cashman
vs
Baker

187 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Apocalypse Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Troy Cashman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mick Baker!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cashman.

Baker moves into range and clinches up with Cashman.
Cashman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cashman tries to break the clinch but Baker is controlling the position.
Cashman is trying to break free.
Baker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cashman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cashman misses with a punch on the inside.

Baker breaks the clinch.
Cashman is looking to clinch.
Cashman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cashman misses with a low kick.
Baker misses with a wild body shot.
Cashman moves away from the strike by Baker.
Baker throws a hook but Cashman avoids it easily.
Nice combo by Cashman! Oh, that's hurt him - Baker falls to the canvas and Cashman follows him into side control.

Baker is rocked!

It looks like Mick Baker has been cut.
Cashman working the ground and pound from side control.
Baker is still on wobbly legs! Can Cashman finish him?
Cashman controlling the position from side mount.
Baker seems to have recovered his senses.
Cashman trying to control the action but Baker is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cashman blocks the strikes from Baker.

Cashman decides to stand back up. Cashman steps back and let's Baker get back to his feet.
Baker misses with a looping right.
Cashman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baker misses with a looping left.
Cashman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baker throws a lazy right hand but Cashman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cashman wants to clinch

and Baker moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Baker blocks a body shot from Cashman.
Baker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cashman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baker is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Baker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cashman or not.
Baker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Baker.
Baker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cashman backwards.
Baker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Baker manages to break the clinch.
Cashman tries to clinch but Baker is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cashman tries a low kick but Baker avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Baker. That snapped Cashman's head back.
Baker checks a leg kick.
Baker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cashman.
Cashman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baker.
A left and a right from Cashman both land. Nice combination.
Cashman is breathing heavily.
Cashman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Baker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cashman, pushing him back against the cage.

Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A leg kick checked by Baker.

Baker has managed to clinch.
Baker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cashman.
Cashman wants to break free but Baker has control.
Cashman stops a takedown attempt from Baker.
A head punch on the inside from Cashman fails to land.

Baker breaks the clinch.
Baker blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cashman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baker swinging wilding here.
Baker throws an overhand right that lands on Cashman's shoulder, as Cashman tries to avoid the shot.

Baker closes the distance and clinches.
Baker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cashman's face.
A right hand to the body from Baker.
Cashman can't break the clinch.

Baker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Baker closes the distance and clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Baker.

Baker breaks from the clinch.
Baker lands a head shot.
Cashman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baker misses with a double jab
and Cashman counters with a leg kick.
Baker connects with a nice looking jab.
Baker connects with a single shot there.
Baker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cashman ducks under a wild hook from Baker.
Cashman tries to clinch up.
Baker misses with an uppercut. Cashman saw that one coming.
Baker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cashman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cashman is looking to clinch but Baker is avoiding it.

Baker clinches up against the cage.
Baker scores with a shoulder strike.
Baker lands with a right to the head.
Cashman has a couple of punches blocked by Baker.
Baker has a couple of punches blocked by Cashman.
Baker lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Baker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baker with a jab.
Baker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cashman tries to clinch but Baker is having none of it.
Cashman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cashman tries to clinch but Baker moves out of range.
Cashman tries to clinch
and Baker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cashman is looking to clinch.
Cashman throws a leg kick but Baker sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cashman throws a wild body kick that Baker sees coming a mile off.
Cashman blocks a jab.
Cashman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Baker to score with a decent uppercut.
Cashman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cashman throws a right hand that Baker ducks under and follows up with a left that Baker also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cashman tries to keep at a distance but Baker has taken the fight into the clinch.Baker prevents Cashman from breaking the clinch.
Baker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cashman wants to break free but Baker has control.
Cashman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Baker manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Troy Cashman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mick Baker's cut.
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.

Cashman moves in looking to clinch but Baker pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from Cashman.
Baker throws a big shot that misses.
Cashman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baker lands a glancing blow to the side of Cashman's head.

Cashman is rocked!
Baker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baker looks to land a left hand but Cashman moved out of range nicely.
Cashman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oh Cashman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cashman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baker throws an overhand right that drops Cashman like a sack of potatoes! Baker dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Baker!