PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy Bailey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Santos
vs
Bailey

180 cm
19
203 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Bailey scores a takedown into full mount!
Bailey content just to control the position here.
Bailey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Bailey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Santos hang on?
Bailey landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bailey cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey wants to control the pace but Santos is squirming around nicely.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bailey looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Bailey.

Bailey looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bailey tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
You get the feeling that Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Santos is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Santos throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Bailey avoids the attempt from Santos to control.
Bailey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Bailey looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
Bailey content just to control the position here.
Bailey postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Santos bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bailey and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Bailey!