PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rey Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Childs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautista comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen. Childs has chosen Born This Way as his entrance music. Brian Childs struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bautista
vs
Childs

170 cm
27
158 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

163 cm
29
152 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rey Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Childs!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Childs looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Childs slips a straight right by Bautista.
A punch lands to the side of Childs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bautista scores with a jab to the body.
Bautista scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bautista misses with a wild body shot.
Bautista with a jab.
Bautista scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bautista checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A punch combination from Childs misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista lands a lovely overhand right.
Childs on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bautista scores with a shot to the body.
Childs throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Childs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bautista.
Bautista is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Childs staying out of range there.
A jab from Bautista finds it's way through Childs's defenses.
Nice jab there from Bautista.
Bautista fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Childs misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bautista fails to land with a series of punches.
Childs takes one to the side of the head.
Bautista jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bautista misses with a two punch combination.
Bautista loads up on a big right hand but Childs slips the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bautista.
Nice shot lands for Bautista.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bautista thuds a left hand into Childs's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bautista checks a low kick from Childs.
Childs takes one on the button.

Childs is rocked!
Bautista misses with a hook.
Childs is still on wobbly legs! Can Bautista finish him?
Childs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Childs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bautista.
Bautista throws a hook to the side of Childs's head but Childs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bautista throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista looks to land a left hand but Childs moved out of range nicely.
Bautista rushes Childs with punches - Childs moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Childs goes down! Bautista follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rey Bautista!
During a confident post fight interview, Rey Bautista thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.