PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadim Lavrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bailey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eminem - Lose Yourself. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bailey
vs
Lavrov

190 cm
31
180 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

182 cm
31
182 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Lavrov!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lavrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Lavrov takes one to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lavrov.
Lavrov checks a low kick from Bailey.
Lavrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lavrov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bailey throws a leg kick
letting Lavrov counter with a right hand.
Bailey ducks under a wild hook from Lavrov.
Lavrov slips under a jab from Bailey.
Lavrov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bailey.
Bailey lands a lovely overhand right.
Lavrov throws a looping overhand right but Bailey ducks down to avoid it.
Bailey is looking to chop away at Lavrov's legs.

Bailey instigates a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lavrov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey controlling the action here for a moment.
Bailey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lavrov lands a nice elbow.
Good body shot from Lavrov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lavrov struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Lavrov blocks the elbow strike.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but Lavrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lavrov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Lavrov misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bailey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lavrov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Lavrov.
Lavrov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Lavrov scores with a knee to the head.

Bailey is rocked!

It looks like Blaze Bailey has been cut.
Lavrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Oh Bailey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey seems to have got his legs back now.
Lavrov throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but Lavrov avoids the damage to the body.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bailey misses with an elbow strike.
Lavrov tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Lavrov back against the cage.
Lavrov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey looking to throw knees to the head but Lavrov is blocking nicely.
Lavrov lands a nice uppercut.
Lavrov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lavrov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lavrov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lavrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Lavrov blocks an elbow strike.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but Lavrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Lavrov.
Lavrov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lavrov blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Lavrov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lavrov dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
Lavrov has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.
Lavrov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lavrov blocks an elbow strike.
Lavrov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Lavrov scores a nice knee to the body.
Lavrov tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
Lavrov misses with the head strike.
Lavrov tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
Bailey is trying to stall.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but Lavrov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lavrov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lavrov connects with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lavrov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the head but Lavrov blocks with his arms.
Bailey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey wants to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Bailey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Lavrov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lavrov lands an elbow inside.
Bailey tries to stall but Lavrov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lavrov lands a nice elbow.
Lavrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Lavrov in his tracks for a moment.
Lavrov avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
Lavrov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lavrov lands a right hand.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Lavrov - that landed with a thud.
Lavrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lavrov blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Lavrov throws an elbow but misses.
Bailey trying to land knees to the body.
Lavrov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lavrov misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vadim Lavrov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blaze Bailey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lavrov moves in looking to clinch but Bailey pushes him off.

Bailey closes the distance and clinches.
Lavrov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lavrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lavrov lands an elbow just above Bailey 's eye.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Lavrov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bailey or not.
Lavrov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Bailey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lavrov.
Lavrov lands a nice uppercut.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lavrov.
Lavrov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lavrov being controlled against the cage.
Lavrov lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lavrov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
Lavrov dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey digs a right hand underneath Lavrov's ribcage. Lavrov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lavrov tries a body shot but Bailey blocks it.
Lavrov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bailey's face.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vadim Lavrov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lavrov crunches a lovely knee into Bailey's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lavrov is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lavrov obliges.
Lavrov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bailey's defenses.
Bailey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lavrov managing to block the knees to the body from Bailey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lavrov is defending well for now.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Lavrov avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lavrov's brow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lavrov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lavrov blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lavrov.
Nice body punch from Lavrov.
Bailey looking to throw knees to the head but Lavrov is blocking nicely.
Lavrov lands an elbow inside that Bailey shrugs off.
Lavrov dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
Lavrov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Lavrov.
Bailey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lavrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lavrov lands a nice elbow.
Lavrov pushes Bailey against the cage. Lavrov is working some dirty boxing. Lavrov pushes off with a quick right hook! Bailey goes down! Bailey tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lavrov moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vadim Lavrov!
Vadim Lavrov managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, into his post fight interview.