PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geisha Garden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macadam Baird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garden comes to the cage accompanied by Night train. Geisha Garden has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Garden
vs
Baird

190 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

179 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid 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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Geisha Garden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Macadam Baird!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garden with a hook.

Garden rushes Baird and presses him up against the cage.
Baird tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Garden just stands there and leans against the cage.
Baird lands an elbow that stopped Garden in his tracks for a moment.
Baird lands an elbow just above Garden 's eye.

It looks like Geisha Garden has been cut.
Garden wants to get back to striking at distance but Baird won't allow it.
Baird wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garden has him pressed against the cage.
Baird tries a body shot but Garden blocks it.
Baird connects with a knee to the head.
Baird tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Garden manages to break the clinch.
Baird wants to clinch but Garden slips to the side
and Garden counters with a big head kick but Baird shrugs it off.
Garden tries a head kick but it misses.
Garden throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garden is breathing heavily.
Baird moves out of range as Garden strikes.

Baird forces Garden back against the cage and clinches.
Baird misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garden.
Garden is looking to break free of the clinch but Baird has double underhooks.
Baird misses with an elbow over the top.
Baird misses with an elbow over the top.
Baird throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baird lands a knee to the head.
Baird fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baird breaks from the clinch.
Baird tries to close the distance and clinch but Garden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Garden takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Baird just misses with a elbow thrown towards Garden's brow.
Baird misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baird throws an elbow but it misses.
Garden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baird throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garden blocks it with crossed arms.
Baird misses with a knee to the head.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Garden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baird darts in trying to clinch
and Garden counters with a series of strikes. Baird will be more careful next time no doubt.

Baird has Garden up against the cage in a clinch.
Baird lands an elbow inside.
Baird is looking to break free of the clinch but Garden has double underhooks.
Baird looking to throw knees to the head but Garden is blocking nicely.
Baird creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baird lands an uppercut.
Garden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Baird should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Baird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Baird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but Garden blocks with his arms.
Garden takes an elbow to the temple.
Baird misses with a knee to the head.
Baird throws an elbow but it misses.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baird misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garden.
Baird misses with a knee strike.
Baird throws a knee to the head but misses.

Garden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garden misses with a head kick.
Baird throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Garden's head.

Garden tries to keep at a distance but Baird has taken the fight into the clinch.

Garden breaks from the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Baird.
Baird clinches but Garden breaks the clinch

and Garden counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garden.
Baird tries to land knees in the clinch but Garden avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Baird is rocked!

It looks like Macadam Baird has been cut.

Garden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baird is still on wobbly legs! Can Garden finish him?
Garden throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garden lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Baird crumples to the floor! Garden milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Geisha Garden!