PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Shazzlefraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shazzlefraz comes to the cage accompanied by Welcom Home (Sanitarium). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bailey's choice of entrance music: Eminem - Lose Yourself. This should be fireworks!

Shazzlefraz
vs
Bailey

173 cm
26
169 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

190 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sven Shazzlefraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey connects with a high kick.
Bailey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shazzlefraz momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bailey.
Shazzlefraz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bailey as he jumps to the side.
Shazzlefraz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bailey is fending him off so far but Shazzlefraz persists. Nope, Bailey circles away and we're back to standing.

Bailey moves into range and clinches up with Shazzlefraz.
Bailey working Shazzlefraz over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
A short body shot lands from Bailey as the two fighters clinch.
Shazzlefraz is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sven Shazzlefraz has been cut.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bailey lands a damaging elbow.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bailey lands a knee to the body.
Bailey scores a nice knee to the body.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey lands an elbow just above Shazzlefraz 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bailey with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shazzlefraz's defenses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey lands a good knee to the midsection. Shazzlefraz won't want to take too many of those.
Bailey landing knees to the head.
Bailey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shazzlefraz.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shazzlefraz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Bailey lands a knee to the body.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bailey working Shazzlefraz over with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Bailey.
A hook to the body from Bailey.
Shazzlefraz wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Shazzlefraz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shazzlefraz tries to pull guard but Bailey holds him up against the cage and eventually Shazzlefraz drops back down to his feet.
Bailey working Shazzlefraz over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a body shot in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Bailey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey works on Shazzlefraz's body with a couple of short punches.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shazzlefraz's defenses.
Bailey lands a good knee to the midsection. Shazzlefraz won't want to take too many of those.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bailey lands a damaging elbow.
Shazzlefraz looking for a takedown.
Shazzlefraz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bailey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bailey lands a knee to the body.
Shazzlefraz is working for takedown but Bailey is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Bailey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Bailey with a knee to the head.
Shazzlefraz tries for a takedown but Bailey manages to get underhooks.
Bailey scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shazzlefraz is trying to break free.
Bailey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bailey digs a right hand into Shazzlefraz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shazzlefraz's gas tank.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shazzlefraz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shazzlefraz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Bailey.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Shazzlefraz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bailey has him pressed against the cage.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Shazzlefraz in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz is pushing Bailey up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bailey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Shazzlefraz shrugs off.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bailey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shazzlefraz is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Bailey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bailey scores a nice knee to the body.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bailey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaze Bailey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sven Shazzlefraz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Shazzlefraz darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shazzlefraz tries to clinch
and Bailey counters with a head kick. That will keep Shazzlefraz thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bailey moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bailey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Shazzlefraz.
Bailey lands with a slapping head kick.
Shazzlefraz fails with the takedown
and Bailey counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bailey closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Bailey.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bailey connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shazzlefraz's face.
Shazzlefraz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Blaze Bailey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shazzlefraz's defenses.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Bailey.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey leaning against his opponent.
Bailey lands an elbow just above Shazzlefraz 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shazzlefraz working hard to break the clinch.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey lands an elbow just above Shazzlefraz 's eye.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
Shazzlefraz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shazzlefraz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bailey avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bailey.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shazzlefraz.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Shazzlefraz in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.

Shazzlefraz pulls Bailey into guard.
Shazzlefraz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bailey is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shazzlefraz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bailey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bailey is looking to work some ground and pound but Shazzlefraz has wrist control.
Bailey advances position into side control!
Shazzlefraz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Shazzlefraz is working hard here to advance position.
Bailey works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shazzlefraz gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Shazzlefraz is in a horrible position here. Bailey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bailey is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bailey controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaze Bailey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sven Shazzlefraz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bailey instigates a clinch.
Bailey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
Shazzlefraz is trying to drag Bailey to the mat but Bailey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Bailey.
Bailey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Bailey.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Sven Shazzlefraz's cut is getting worse.
Bailey lands a left hand.
Bailey connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shazzlefraz's face.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shazzlefraz or not.
Bailey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Bailey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz tries to break the clinch but Bailey is controlling the position.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Shazzlefraz can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Bailey gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shazzlefraz.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey working Shazzlefraz over with knees to the body.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Bailey lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shazzlefraz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shazzlefraz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bailey lands a good knee to the midsection. Shazzlefraz won't want to take too many of those.
Shazzlefraz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shazzlefraz backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey landing knees to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey connects with a knee to the head.
Shazzlefraz missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Bailey scores a nice knee to the body.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shazzlefraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Shazzlefraz shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a good knee to the midsection. Shazzlefraz won't want to take too many of those.
Shazzlefraz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bailey pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Shazzlefraz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Bailey.
A hook to the body from Bailey.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Shazzlefraz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bailey pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bailey throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Shazzlefraz's head.

Bailey forces Shazzlefraz back against the cage and clinches.
Bailey digs a right hand underneath Shazzlefraz's ribcage. Shazzlefraz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bailey working Shazzlefraz over with knees to the body.
Bailey lands a good knee to the midsection. Shazzlefraz won't want to take too many of those.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz tries for a takedown but Bailey manages to get underhooks.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Sven Shazzlefraz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey prevents Shazzlefraz from breaking the clinch.
Shazzlefraz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bailey smiles and moves away.
Shazzlefraz misses with a takedown
and Bailey counters with a low kick, right behind Shazzlefraz 's knee.

Bailey has managed to clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Bailey.
Bailey scores with a shoulder strike.
Shazzlefraz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bailey working Shazzlefraz over with knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz takes an elbow to the temple.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Shazzlefraz's ribcage.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Shazzlefraz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shazzlefraz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blaze Bailey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bailey has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 25:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blaze Bailey!