PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mace Baars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Gamzatkhanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gamzatkhanov has chosen M.O.P - Cold as Ice as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baars
vs
Gamzatkhanov

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mace Baars!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Gamzatkhanov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gamzatkhanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baars.
Baars keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gamzatkhanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baars moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Gamzatkhanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baars keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gamzatkhanov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baars manages to avoid it.
Gamzatkhanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baars shoots in but Gamzatkhanov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Baars misses the jab.
Ivan Gamzatkhanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gamzatkhanov misses with a hook.
Gamzatkhanov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baars throws a series of punches but Gamzatkhanov moves out of range.
A big left from Gamzatkhanov misses.
Gamzatkhanov throws a body punch but Baars moves out of range.
Gamzatkhanov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Baars is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gamzatkhanov.
Baars shoots in looking for a takedown but Gamzatkhanov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Baars's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baars misses with a body shot.
Baars shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mace Baars. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Gamzatkhanov as Baars shoots in.
Gamzatkhanov misses with a straight right.
Gamzatkhanov wants to clinch up but Baars keeps it at a distance.
Baars lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gamzatkhanov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gamzatkhanov wants it to stay on the feet.
Gamzatkhanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baars.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a jab to the head.
Gamzatkhanov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baars.
Gamzatkhanov jabs Baars to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gamzatkhanov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Baars rather than just go for the knockout.
A punch lands to the side of Baars 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gamzatkhanov moves away from the strike by Baars.
Gamzatkhanov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baars looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gamzatkhanov throws a jab but it's blocked by Baars.
Gamzatkhanov connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baars misses with an uppercut. Gamzatkhanov saw that one coming.
Baars misses the jab.
Baars defending well as Gamzatkhanov loads up on a big left hand.
Gamzatkhanov jabs at Baars's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gamzatkhanov scores with a punch to the head.
Gamzatkhanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baars was well out of range. Poor timing from Gamzatkhanov.

Gamzatkhanov drives through and clinches with Baars against the cage.
Gamzatkhanov stops a takedown attempt from Baars.
Gamzatkhanov has Baars pressed against the cage, preventing Baars from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gamzatkhanov digs a right hand underneath Baars's ribcage. Baars let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gamzatkhanov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a shoulder strike.
Gamzatkhanov swings wildly with an uppercut but Baars uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Baars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gamzatkhanov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baars blocks an uppercut.
Gamzatkhanov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baars tries to pull guard but Gamzatkhanov holds him up against the cage and eventually Baars drops back down to his feet.
Baars is breathing heavily.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Gamzatkhanov.
Baars misses with the head strike.
Gamzatkhanov tries to pull guard but Baars won't allow it.
Gamzatkhanov tries to pull guard but Baars won't allow it.
Baars tries a body shot but Gamzatkhanov blocks it.
Gamzatkhanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baarss head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baars.
Gamzatkhanov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Baars walks away with a smile on his face. Gamzatkhanov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gamzatkhanov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baars shoots in for a takedown but Gamzatkhanov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gamzatkhanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baars throws a looping overhand right but Gamzatkhanov ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baars keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gamzatkhanov throws a combination. Baars tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Baars uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gamzatkhanov.
Gamzatkhanov thows a body shot but no joy.

Baars tries to keep at a distance but Gamzatkhanov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a hook to the body.
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!
Baars blocks a body shot from Gamzatkhanov.
Gamzatkhanov tries to work over Baars's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gamzatkhanov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A bit of stalling here from Baars.
Baars stalling in the clinch but Gamzatkhanov improves position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good body shot from Baars.
Baars content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Gamzatkhanov gets control of Baars's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gamzatkhanov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Baars drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Baars jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Gamzatkhanov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gamzatkhanov throws a body punch but Baars moves out of range.
Baars swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gamzatkhanov misses with a looping right.
Baars misses with a double jab.
Gamzatkhanov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baars under the eye.
Gamzatkhanov scores with a jab to the head.
Gamzatkhanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baars takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gamzatkhanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baars.
Baars uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gamzatkhanov.
Gamzatkhanov misses with a straight left.
Gamzatkhanov scores with the left hand. Baars knows he should have avoided that one.
Gamzatkhanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baars.

Gamzatkhanov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Baars scores with a nice short uppercut.

Gamzatkhanov pulls Baars into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamzatkhanov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gamzatkhanov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baars. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gamzatkhanov is breathing heavily.
Baars stops Gamzatkhanov from standing up.
Baars trying to control the position from guard on top but Gamzatkhanov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gamzatkhanov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gamzatkhanov can't keep his opponent in guard - Baars advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Baars is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gamzatkhanov trying to control from the bottom.
Baars is looking to take a break and control but Gamzatkhanov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamzatkhanov is trying to control but can't.
Gamzatkhanov wants to improve his position but Baars is controlling well.
Baars works his way into side control.
Baars advances to full mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baars can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gamzatkhanov is looking to escape.

Baars is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gamzatkhanov has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baars working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Gamzatkhanov looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Baars! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mace Baars!