PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddy Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fitch Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baxter kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Unholy Confessions. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baxter
vs
Oliver

185 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddy Baxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fitch Oliver!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliver lands a nice shot that snaps Baxter's head back.

It looks like Eddy Baxter has been cut.
Oliver looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Baxter is looking to clinch.

Baxter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Baxter trying to control from half guard but Oliver is working away.
Oliver keeping control of the position.
Baxter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliver on the ground.
Oliver punching from the bottom.
Oliver manages to get to full guard.
Baxter has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Oliver keeping moving, preventing Baxter from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver pulls Baxter in close to prevent any damage.
Oliver keeping moving, preventing Baxter from controlling successfully.
Baxter is looking to work some ground and pound but Oliver has wrist control.
Baxter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oliver works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Oliver working for a triangle but Baxter defends it easily.
Oliver looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Baxter won't allow Oliver to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Baxter wants to control from the top but Oliver keeps moving.
Oliver wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Oliver trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliver throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Oliver trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Oliver trying to control the position here.
Oliver wants to sweep here but Baxter controlling him for the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Baxter fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Baxter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Baxter drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Baxter jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Oliver has his foot on Baxter's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Baxter works his way back into a safe position though.
Baxter is breathing heavily.
Oliver seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliver keeping moving, preventing Baxter from controlling successfully.
Oliver has control of Baxter's left arm, preventing Baxter from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver keeping full guard, as Baxter tries to pass.
Oliver has control of Baxter's left arm, preventing Baxter from doing any damage.
Let's hope that Oliver has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Oliver throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Oliver pulls Baxter in close to prevent any damage.
Oliver thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fitch Oliver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddy Baxter'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.

Oliver throws a hook to the side of Baxter's head but Baxter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A leg kick checked by Oliver.
Baxter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baxter doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliver circles away.
Baxter with a lazy takedown attempt

and Oliver counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Oliver wants to pass the guard but Baxter is keeping the position.
Oliver passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Oliver in side control lands a decent elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver controlling the position.

Oliver is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Baxter is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Oliver working the ground and pound from side control.
Oliver works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oliver cracks Baxter with a big right hand but Baxter just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Oliver scoring with punches from side control.

Baxter is rocked!
Fitch Oliver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Baxter seems a little lost for a moment, as Oliver dominates the positioning.
Oh Baxter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliver lands an elbow.
Oliver lands an elbow.
Oliver creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Oliver has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliver happy to just control the position for now.
A big shot lands for Oliver! That's hurt Baxter! Will he recover? Oliver fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fitch Oliver!