PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benji Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Sylvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Anderson Sylvia was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Baker
vs
Sylvia

186 cm
22
191 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Natural Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Benji Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Sylvia!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sylvia.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sylvia.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Baker, as that shot connected.
Baker misses with an uppercut.
Baker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Baker lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sylvia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sylvia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Baker finds it's way round the side to connect with Sylvia's head.
Baker misses with a looping left.
Sylvia tries to clinch up but Baker circles away and keeps his distance.
Sylvia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Baker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sylvia. Sylvia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sylvia tries to clinch up but Baker circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker throws the left hand but Sylvia avoids the punch easily.
Baker throws a jab when Sylvia was well out of range.
Sylvia tries to clinch but Baker moves out of range.
Sylvia shoots for a takedown but Baker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Baker swats away the attempt to clinch by Sylvia.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baker scores with a hook.
Baker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sylvia moves in looking to clinch but Baker pushes him off.
Baker misses with a hook. Sylvia ducked under it nicely.
Sylvia tries to clinch up but Baker circles away and keeps his distance.
Sylvia doesn't manage to clinch there - Baker circles away.
Sylvia walks into a stiff left hand from Baker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Baker misses.
Baker is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Baker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sylvia.
Baker cracks Sylvia with a right hand to the side of the head.
Baker catches Sylvia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Baker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sylvia moves in looking to clinch but Baker pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Sylvia.
Baker throws a right and a left that Sylvia avoids nicely.
Sylvia dodges the punch combination from Baker.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sylvia.
Sylvia wants to clinch.
Sylvia slips a jab and a cross from Baker.
Baker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sylvia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Baker is breathing heavily.
Sylvia slips a straight right by Baker.
Sylvia tries to clinch there but Baker circles away.
Sylvia moves in looking to clinch but Baker pushes him off.
Sylvia slips a jab from Baker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker moves out of range as Sylvia strikes.
Baker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sylvia tries to clinch there but Baker circles away.
Sylvia thuds his right hand into Baker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Benji Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sylvia.
Sylvia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baker.
Baker throws a shot from downtown. Sylvia moves away and avoids it.
Baker lands a jab.
Sylvia tries to close the distance and clinch but Baker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sylvia lands with a big left! Baker is wobbled badly! Sylvia comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Baker to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anderson Sylvia!