PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Pleasures (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bailey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eminem - Lose Yourself. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bailey
vs
Pleasures

190 cm
35
180 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

174 cm
37
158 lbs
31 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Alpha Male

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Blaze Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pleasures!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bailey clinches up with Pleasures and pushes him back against the cage.
Pleasures wants a takedown.
Pleasures cracks Bailey with a nice body shot.
Pleasures's coach down at Soul Supremacy - UK was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pleasures's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like John Pleasures has been cut.
Pleasures misses with some punches.
Pleasures lands a right hand.
Pleasures misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Pleasures misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but Pleasures leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pleasures blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pleasures misses with some punches.
Bailey lands an elbow just above Pleasures 's eye.
Pleasures gets through Bailey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Pleasures has hold of one of Bailey's legs. Bailey is fighting the takedown attempt but Pleasures gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
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!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pleasures trying to control but Bailey is working from the bottom.
Pleasures won't allow Bailey to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleasures tries to free his leg and advance position but Bailey is retaining full guard.
Bailey is adopting a defensive guard.
Bailey wants to get back to his feet but Pleasures is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pleasures misses with a straight right.
Pleasures shoots in for a double leg but Bailey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bailey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pleasures throws a hook to the side of Bailey's head but Bailey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blaze Bailey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bailey's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pleasures connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bailey scrambles back to his feet.

Bailey rushes Pleasures and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bailey lands a nice uppercut.
Pleasures misses with a punch to the body.
Pleasures tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pleasures lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pleasures fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pleasures goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pleasures lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Pleasures misses with some punches.
Pleasures blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pleasures's brow.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pleasures is keeping busy.
Bailey looking to throw knees to the head but Pleasures is blocking nicely.
Pleasures misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Pleasures.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
Pleasures has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bailey obliges.
Pleasures on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bailey prevents a body shot from Pleasures.
Pleasures throws a head punch that misses.
Pleasures goes for a takedown attempt but Bailey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Blaze Bailey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Pleasures.
Pleasures pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bailey slips a jab from Pleasures.
Bailey feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pleasures's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bailey.
Bailey tries to clinch there but Pleasures circles away.
Bailey lands with a nice body kick.
Bailey tries to clinch but Pleasures is having none of it.
Bailey keeps the fight on the outside.
A clash of legs there as Bailey blocks the low kick.
Pleasures misses with a wild combination.
Bailey throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pleasures keeps the fight on the outside.
Pleasures throws a hook but Bailey avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Pleasures.
A telegraphed right hand from Pleasures misses the target.
Bailey throws a lazy head kick
and Pleasures cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bailey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pleasures. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bailey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Bailey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pleasures, pushing him back against the cage.
Pleasures lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Bailey is rocked!
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pleasures's defenses.
Pleasures lands a nice shot to the body.
Pleasures doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bailey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pleasures.
Pleasures blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
Pleasures misses with a body punch.
Pleasures lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pleasures goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Blaze Bailey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Pleasures's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A combination from Pleasures does no damage.
Pleasures lands a body shot.
Pleasures throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bailey's waist but Bailey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pleasures off to one side.
Bailey moves out of range of the strikes.
Bailey throws a low kick but Pleasures moves out of range easily.

Bailey gets a clinch.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey misses with an elbow strike.
Pleasures misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pleasures misses with a body punch.
Bailey taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pleasures tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Pleasures back against the cage.
Pleasures misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pleasures takes a shot to the head.
Pleasures lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pleasures.
Bailey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Pleasures.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pleasures backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleasures misses with a body punch.
Pleasures misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Pleasures.
Pleasures fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pleasures drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bailey gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bailey prevents a body shot from Pleasures.
A short right from Bailey on the inside.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey pushes Pleasures back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pleasures working aggressively here.
Pleasures misses with a punch to the body.
Pleasures working aggressively here.
Pleasures working aggressively here.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Pleasures lands with a right to the head.
Pleasures has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Pleasures is rocked!
Bailey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pleasures is still on wobbly legs! Can Bailey finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pleasures tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands an elbow just above Pleasures 's eye.
Pleasures is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bailey.
Bailey working the clinch nicely. Pleasures is working for position but Bailey cracks him with a big knee to the head! Pleasures crumples up against the cage and Bailey lands two more shots before the ref can save Pleasures! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Blaze Bailey!
Our winner, Blaze Bailey, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.