PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadig Huseini (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
Huseini

175 cm
17
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sadig Huseini!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huseini throws a sloppy head kick and Baker moves out of range easily.
Baker throws a leg kick which misses Huseini's front leg but catches the back leg as Huseini tries to avoid it.
Huseini stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Baker.
Huseini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baker thows a body kick. Huseini tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Huseini tries a head kick but it misses.
Huseini tries to land a leg kick but Baker saw it coming and moves away.
Huseini avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huseini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baker looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Huseini pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Huseini.

It looks like Sadig Huseini has been cut.
Huseini takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Baker is looking to slow Huseini down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Huseini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Huseini pushes him off.
Baker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Huseini. That did some damage!
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker is looking to clinch but Huseini is avoiding it.
Huseini steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker avoids the head kick by Huseini.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baker looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Some bone on bone action there as Baker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sadig Huseini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker tries to clinch but Huseini moves out of range.
Baker scores with a spinning back kick!
Huseini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baker fires out a quick counter leg kick but Huseini just manages to avoid it.
Huseini looks winded!
Baker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Baker cracks the inside of Huseini's front leg.
Baker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Huseini.
Baker tries to clinch up.
Baker avoids the head kick by Huseini.
Baker looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Baker lands with a nice body kick.
Baker throws a nice head kick!
Huseini keeps the fight on the outside.
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!
Huseini takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Huseini misses with a head kick.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to clinch but Huseini moves out of range.
Baker scores with a head kick.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Huseini pushes him off.
Huseini throws a sloppy head kick and Baker moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Huseini misses
and Baker counters with a leg kick.
Baker lands a head kick. Huseini smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Huseini on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Baker blocks a head kick by Huseini.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baker - that will leave a mark!
Baker tries to clinch up.
Huseini takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Baker connects with a solid leg kick.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Huseini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Huseini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Huseini.
Huseini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker lands a high kick!

That has opened up Sadig Huseini's cut even more.
Huseini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huseini's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baker - that will leave a mark!
Nice body kick there by Baker.
Baker scoring well with a low kick there.
Baker thumps Huseini with a low kick.
Huseini pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Huseini has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Baker.
Huseini keeps the fight on the outside.
Baker thows a body kick. Huseini tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huseini misses with a head kick.
Baker appears to be looking for a big counter.
Baker wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker scores with a push kick.
Huseini tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baker - that will leave a mark!
Baker doesn't manage to clinch there - Huseini circles away.
Baker lands with a kick to the ribs.
Baker throws a head kick that Huseini semi-blocks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baker, right into the meat.
Baker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Baker throws a head kick that Huseini semi-blocks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker avoids the head kick by Huseini.
Baker lands a nice looking kick to the body. Huseini takes a step back to recover.
Huseini misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Baker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadig Huseini's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Huseini is looking to chop away at Baker's legs.
Baker blocks a head kick by Huseini.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Huseini pushes him off.
Baker feints and then cracks Huseini's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Huseini down.
A good leg kick by Baker.
Baker scores with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Huseini has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Baker.
Baker goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Huseini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huseini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baker throws a nice head kick!
Baker lands with a kick to the ribs.
Huseini is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker connects with a leg kick. Huseini looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Huseini
and Baker counters with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Huseini.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Huseini might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Baker has got the better of the exchanges.
A good leg kick by Baker.
Huseini keeps the fight on the outside.
Baker blocks a low kick nicely.
Baker throws a sloppy head kick and Huseini moves out of range easily.
Huseini misses with a head kick.
Huseini sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baker - that will leave a mark!
Baker throws a head kick that Huseini semi-blocks.

The cut above Sadig Huseini's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Baker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Huseini.

Huseini is rocked!
Huseini swats away the attempt to clinch by Baker.
Baker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huseini can do to turn this around?
Baker connects with an inside leg kick.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Huseini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baker connects with a solid leg kick.
Baker lands with a slapping head kick.
Huseini avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baker connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick misses from Huseini.
Baker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Huseini feints a counter leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baker is looking to slow Huseini down with leg kicks.
Baker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baker moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromHuseini.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses.
Huseini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baker cracks the inside of Huseini's front leg.
Baker lands a leg kick that knocks Huseini off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huseini pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Huseini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Huseini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baker wants to clinch up but Huseini keeps it at a distance.
Baker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Huseini.

Sadig Huseini's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Huseini in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Baker tries to clinch up but Huseini circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker avoids the head kick by Huseini.
Huseini throws a sloppy head kick and Baker moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Huseini lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Baker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Baker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Baker.
Joe Baker is winning the standup battle so far.
Huseini wants to slow Baker down by chopping away at his legs.
Baker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Baker wants to clinch.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Huseini paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huseini throws a sloppy head kick and Baker moves out of range easily.
Baker throws a quick counter kick to the body but Huseini avoids it.
Baker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Huseini's calf.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Huseini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Huseini pushes him off.
Baker blocks a leg kick.
Baker blocks a head kick by Huseini.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baker connects with a high kick.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sadig Huseini's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joe Baker!
Joe Baker thanked the fans post fight for their support.