PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nari Vari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Baker
vs
Vari

178 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nari Vari!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vari moves in looking to clinch but Baker pushes him off.
Baker misses with a body shot.
Vari ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vari throws a body punch but Baker moves out of range.
Vari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baker.
Baker misses with a two punch combination.
Vari scores with a crisp jab that stopped Baker in his tracks.
Baker misses with a series of wild punches.
Baker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vari's hands.
Vari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vari lands a two punch combo.
Baker fails to land with a series of punches.
Baker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baker moves away.
Vari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vari misses with a series of wild punches.
Baker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker slips under a jab.
Baker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vari uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Baker has time to react.
Vari dodges the punch combination from Baker.
Vari checks a low kick from Baker.

Baker forces Vari back against the cage and clinches.

Baker manages to break the clinch.
Vari wants to clinch.
A cross from Vari lands.
Baker misses with a few strikes there.
Baker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vari connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baker scrambles back to his feet.
Vari dodges the punch combination from Baker.
Baker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vari moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vari shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Baker eats them both and turns towards Vari to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Baker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vari, pushing him back against the cage.
Vari prevents Baker from breaking the clinch.

Baker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Vari eats them both and turns towards Baker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Vari needs to keep his hands up - Baker had a free shot at his head there.
Baker throws a series of punches but Vari moves out of range.
Baker is breathing heavily.
Baker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Vari scores with a four punch combination!
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
Baker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vari swinging wildly here.
Baker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Vari misses.
Baker tries to move into range but Vari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baker throws a right and a left that Vari avoids nicely.
Jason Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vari. Baker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vari throws a lazy uppercut
and Baker counters with a left and a right that stings Vari.
Vari scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vari has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Baker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vari lands a jab-cross combination.
Vari fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baker on the side of the head.
Vari throws a series of punches but Baker moves out of range.
A punch combination from Baker misses.
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!
Baker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vari scores with a body shot.
Vari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vari lands a really nice looking cross but Baker seems unphased.
Vari misses the shot to the body.
Vari lands a jab.
Vari throws a one two combo.
Vari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vari lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baker circles away quickly and effectively.
Baker throws a shot from downtown. Vari moves away and avoids it.
Vari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baker throws a series of strikes that have Vari backpedaling.
Vari tries to close the distance and clinch but Baker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vari bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baker's head.
Vari is working the combinations to good effect here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vari.
Some wild striking there from Vari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nari Vari dominated that round.
That's time! Baker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vari cracks Baker with an open hand slap.
Vari looks to land a combination but Baker avoids it well.
Vari throws a hook to the side of Baker's head but Baker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baker misses with a few strikes there.
Baker scores with a one two! Vari had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Baker throws a hook to the side of Vari's head but Vari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Baker rushes Vari and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baker wants to get back to striking at distance but Vari won't allow it.
Baker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Baker drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Vari wants to stand but Baker has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Vari stopping the sweep attempt from Baker.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baker is trying to keep Vari in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vari has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Baker is proving hard to escape from.

Baker kicks Vari off and gets to his feet.
Baker works over Vari's head and body with a nice combination.
Baker avoids the body shot from Vari.
Vari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baker.
Vari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baker avoids the body shot from Vari.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Baker rushes Vari and presses him up against the cage.
Baker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

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

Baker closes the distance and pushes Vari back into the cage.
Baker is trying to break the clinch but Vari has him pressed against the cage.
Vari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baker tries to break free but Vari pushes him back against the cage.
Vari prevents Baker from breaking the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vari working hard to break the clinch.
Baker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baker lands a body shot.
Baker blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker wants to break free but Vari has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vari.
Vari is trying to force a seperation but Baker has the dominant position.

Baker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vari lands a right hook to the body.
Baker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vari misses with a hook. Baker ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Baker.
A combination from Baker does no damage.
Baker avoids the body shot from Vari.
Baker swings for the body but Vari moves out of range.
Baker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vari lands a really nice looking cross but Baker seems unphased.
Jason Baker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vari with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baker.
Baker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vari misses the jab.
Nari Vari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baker throws the left hand but Vari avoids the punch easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vari!
Vari digs a good hook to Baker's body.
Baker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vari.
Vari lands with a shot to the body.
Baker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vari connects with the punch.
Vari feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bakers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Baker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vari connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baker.
Baker misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nari Vari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vari misses with a series of wild punches.
Vari moves out of range of the body kick from Baker.
Baker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Vari.
Baker throws a series of punches but Vari avoids them all with ease.
Baker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vari circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vari. Baker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baker looks to score with a jab to the body but Vari is just out of range.
Baker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vari.
Vari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Baker gets a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Baker.

Baker manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Baker has Vari up against the cage in a clinch.
Vari prevents Baker from breaking the clinch.

Baker breaks from the clinch.
A lazy left from Baker finds it's target.
Baker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Baker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good shot there by Vari.
Vari walks into a jab.
Baker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vari.

Baker has managed to clinch.
Baker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vari throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baker tries to break free but Vari pushes him back against the cage.
Baker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vari has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Vari fails to land.
Baker prevents a body shot from Vari.
Vari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Baker has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Vari fails to land.

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

Baker clinches.
Vari tries a body shot but Baker blocks it.
Vari is trying to break the clinch but Baker is controlling him.
Baker wants to break free but Vari has control.
Vari misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jason Baker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vari tries to work over Baker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baker prevents a body shot from Vari.
Baker is looking for a takedown.
Baker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vari misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vari.
Baker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Baker misses with a hook to the ribs.

Baker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Vari. That snapped Baker's head back.
Baker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baker.
Vari stalks Baker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baker's face. Baker staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vari swings for the body but Baker moves out of range.
Vari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Baker drives through and clinches with Vari against the cage.
Baker is trying to push Vari away but Vari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vari's efforts to push away.
Vari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jason Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baker blocks a body shot from Vari.
Nari Vari is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Baker has a couple of punches blocked by Vari.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vari.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nari Vari.
I've got Vari winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nari Vari!