PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Val Baiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blood Vampire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Val Baiano could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Blood Vampire's chin.

Baiano
vs
Vampire

175 cm
26
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Val Baiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blood Vampire!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baiano moves into the clinch successfully.
Vampire tries to score a body lock takedown but Baiano shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vampire drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baiano pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baiano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vampire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vampire shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Baiano as he jumps to the side.
Val Baiano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blood Vampire.
Vampire tries to score a power double leg takedown but Baiano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vampire somewhat.
Baiano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Baiano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baiano looks for a takedown but Vampire sprawls well.

Baiano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vampire takes an elbow to the temple.
Baiano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vampire dodges an elbow strike from Baiano.
Baiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Vampire jumps guard but Baiano stands there with Vampire around his waist. Vampire gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Baiano tries a knee to the head but Vampire blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baiano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Vampire.
Vampire wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vampire has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Baiano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Baiano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baiano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vampire's face.
Baiano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Baiano lands an elbow just above Vampire 's eye.
Vampire is trying to pull guard but Baiano has him pressed against the cage.
Baiano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vampire's face.
Baiano with a knee to the head.
Baiano tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vampire smiles and moves away.
Baiano moves out of range of the strikes.
Vampire throws a shot to the body.
Vampire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baiano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baiano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vampire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baiano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vampire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baiano wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baiano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Baiano clinches up with Vampire and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baiano stops a takedown attempt from Vampire.
Baiano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vampire drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baiano gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Baiano lands a nice elbow.
Vampire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baiano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vampire drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baiano gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Baiano tries to pull guard but Vampire forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Baiano working aggressively here.

Vampire pulls guard successfully.
Vampire will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vampire throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Vampire looks gassed!
Baiano stands up over Vampire, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vampire trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Baiano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vampire works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vampire has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baiano throwing strikes from guard but Vampire blocks nicely.
Baiano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vampire working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baiano.
Vampire striking off his back but it's not causing Baiano any problems.
Baiano works over Vampire with some ground and pound from guard.
Baiano postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Baiano really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Baiano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baiano would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Vampire trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Baiano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vampire trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Vampire trying to strike off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baiano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vampire has momentary wrist control but Baiano slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vampire trying to strike off his back.
Vampire throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Vampire throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Baiano throws a big elbow that misses.
Baiano trying to stand up but can't free himself from Vampire's guard.
Baiano landing some decent shots from guard.
Baiano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vampire throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Baiano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vampire on the ground.
Vampire throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Vampire is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baiano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baiano tries to get out of the position.
Vampire lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vampire not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vampire thows a huge punch but Baiano dodges it nicely.
Vampire thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Val Baiano dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No joy there for Vampire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vampire connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vampire throws a series of strikes that have Baiano backpedaling.
Vampire shoots for a takedown but Baiano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Vampire goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Baiano tries to clinch up.
Vampire throws a right hand that Baiano ducks under and follows up with a left that Baiano also avoids with ease.
Baiano displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vampire.
Vampire lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baiano circles away quickly and effectively.
Baiano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vampire paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Baiano closes the distance and clinches.
Baiano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vampire's defenses.
Baiano misses with a punch on the inside.
Baiano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Baiano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baiano lands a nice elbow.
Baiano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vampire's defenses.
Vampire is breathing heavily.
Baiano stops a takedown attempt from Vampire.
Val Baiano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blood Vampire.
Baiano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vampire blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baiano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baiano lands an elbow inside that Vampire shrugs off.
Vampire jumps guard but Baiano turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Baiano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Vampire is rocked!
Baiano lands a left hand.
Vampire is still on wobbly legs! Can Baiano finish him?
Vampire blocks an elbow strike from Baiano.
Baiano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baiano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baiano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Baiano lands a big knee! That's hurt Vampire! Oh, he's all over the place! Baiano lands another knee that sends Vampire to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Val Baiano!