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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beast Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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210 lbs
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188 cm
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215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arthur Jennings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Beast Baker!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker tries to land a leg kick but Jennings saw it coming and moves away.
Baker fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jennings is out of range.
Jennings ducks under a wild hook from Baker.
Jennings moves out of range as Baker strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Baker.
Jennings throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Baker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jennings dodges the punch combination from Baker.
Baker steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jennings. That one must have hurt.
Jennings tries a head kick but it misses.
Jennings scores with a head kick.
Baker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jennings cracks a nice hook into Baker's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings is looking to slow Baker down with leg kicks.
Baker looks gassed!
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch but Baker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jennings closes the distance and clinches.
Baker is trying to break free.
Jennings lands a nice knee to the body.
Baker blocks an uppercut.
Jennings trying to land knees to the body.
Baker goes for a takedown attempt but Jennings pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Baker waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Jennings.
Jennings throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Baker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jennings - the referee stops the clock and Baker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jennings. Baker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jennings throws a series of punches but Baker moves out of range.
Jennings tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baker shoots in and drives through. Jennings sprawls well.
Arthur Jennings has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beast Baker.
Baker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jennings misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jennings drives through and clinches with Baker against the cage.
Jennings lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Jennings misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jennings tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker is trying to break the clinch but Jennings has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker is looking to break free of the clinch but Jennings has double underhooks.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jennings throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Baker misses.
Baker tries for a takedown but Jennings circles away easily
and Jennings holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jennings lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jennings fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jennings lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jennings is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jennings tries to pull guard but Baker holds him up against the cage and eventually Jennings drops back down to his feet.
Baker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jennings content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Baker lands an elbow inside.
Jennings avoiding damage.
Baker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baker backwards.
Jennings tries a knee to the head but Baker blocks it.
Jennings's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jennings landing knees to the body.
Jennings with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baker has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jennings clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Jennings tries to escape but Baker has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Jennings turns into Baker and is now in his guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jennings wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Jennings dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Baker closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Baker lands in his opponent's guard.
Jennings escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Baker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jennings is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jennings thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jennings wants to advance to full mount but Baker doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Jennings wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jennings working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Baker looking for a sweep. Not yet Baker, not yet.
Baker tries to strike from the bottom.
Jennings stopping the sweep attempt from Baker.
Jennings postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Baker misses with a leg kick
and Jennings counters with a nice kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jennings.
Jennings throws a front kick that sends Baker stumbling back into the cage.
Baker blocks a head kick by Jennings.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baker.
Baker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baker blocks a leg kick.
Baker thows a leg kick but Jennings checks it
and Jennings counters with a straight right hand.
Baker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jennings.
Jennings slow jab from Baker misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jennings is looking to clinch.
Jennings misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baker. That's going to slow Jennings down.
Jennings is looking to slow Baker down with leg kicks.
Jennings looks for a takedown but Baker sprawls well.
Baker shoots and misses
and Jennings counters with a head kick.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jennings fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jennings misses with a takedown
and Baker counters with a head kick that drops Jennings - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Jennings is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Jennings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings wants to control but Baker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jennings is in trouble now - Baker has advanced to mount!
Jennings tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baker with the ground and pound from mount.
Baker cracks Jennings with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Baker scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jennings is trying to escape the mount.
Baker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Baker raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beast Baker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Baker shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jennings but Jennings pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Baker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Baker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jennings can pounce on him.
Jennings thows a body kick. Baker tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A head kick by Baker misses
and Jennings counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jennings rushes Baker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jennings tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jennings pushes Baker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Baker looking for a takedown.
Jennings trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Jennings on the inside.
Jennings digs a right hand underneath Baker's ribcage. Baker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jennings trying to land knees to the body.
Jennings is working for takedown but Baker is calmly controlling the position for now.
Baker breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Jennings.
Jennings tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Baker throws a shot from downtown. Jennings moves away and avoids it.
Jennings tries to clinch up but Baker circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jennings counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jennings looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Baker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jennings holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jennings taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Baker blocks a body shot from Jennings.
Jennings fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Baker has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jennings.
Jennings misses with a knee to the head.
Baker can't break the clinch.
Jennings leaning against his opponent.
Jennings fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Jennings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baker gets underhooks to prevent Jennings's takedown attempt.
Jennings wants to stall.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
Jennings misses with a few strikes there.
Jennings ducks under a wild hook from Baker.
Beast Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Baker shoots for a double leg takedown but Jennings sprawls well. He's pushed Baker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A low kick from Baker misses
and Jennings counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jennings fails with a takedown attempt.
Baker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Baker looks to throw a body kick
and Baker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baker swinging wilding here.
Jennings lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings checks a low kick from Baker.
Jennings fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jennings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baker counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jennings wants to control but Baker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Baker perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jennings wants to improve his position but Baker is controlling well.
Baker trying to control from half guard but Jennings is working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arthur Jennings.
I think Jennings has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Beast Baker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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