PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Baine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Baine might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Show Goes On. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rose's choice of entrance music: Soothsayer. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Baine
vs
Rose

192 cm
25
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
188 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matthew Baine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Rose!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Baine avoids the body shot from Rose.
Rose scores with a jab. Baine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Baine with a poor takedown
and Rose makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baine takes one on the button.
Rose jabs Baine to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Baine misses with a takedown
and Rose makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baine is breathing heavily.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Baine rather than just go for the knockout.
Rose scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rose, as that shot connected.
Rose punishes Baine's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Rose connects with a body shot that sends Baine's belly button to the back.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Baine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Baine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Baine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Baine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose punishes Baine's body with a nice straight punch.
Billy Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Rose scores with a body shot.
Rose lands with a hook. Baine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baine was well out of range. Poor timing from Rose.
Rose ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rose scores with a body shot.
Baine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rose finds it's way round the side to connect with Baine's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands a jab to Baine's midsection.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose thuds a left hand into Baine's body.
Baine avoids the body shot from Rose.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good exchange - Rose coming out on top.
Rose lands a jab to the head.
Baine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the liver by Rose. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rose comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rose scores with a shot to the body.
Rose is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baine had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rose scores with a body shot.
Rose scores with a hook to the body. Baine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rose sizes up Baine with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baine manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baine moves away.
Billy Rose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Rose dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Baine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rose connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baine scrambles back to his feet.
Rose jabs at Baine's body.
Billy Rose seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rose sizes up Baine with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rose comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rose lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Baine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baine at a distance.
Matthew Baine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose lands with a shot to the body.
Rose uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rose has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rose connects with a jab.

Baine is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Oh Baine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rose lands a right hook to the body.
Baine seems to have got his legs back now.
Rose getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rose throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose just misses with a punch to the body.
Baine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baine doesn't seem bothered though.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baine moves away.
Rose scores with the left hand. Baine knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Baine falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rose dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Rose!
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