PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rad Jeffreis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fidel Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jeffreis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Unity from Shinedown. Fidel Bautista has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jeffreis
vs
Bautista

187 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

170 cm
21
207 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Convicted Trap House

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rad Jeffreis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fidel Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bautista throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jeffreis was covering up waiting for the punch and Bautista finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Jeffreis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bautista defends it easily.
Jeffreis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bautista is controlling him.
Bautista showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bautista is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bautista is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jeffreis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bautista scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jeffreis is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bautista lands a couple of digs.
Jeffreis wants to sweep here but Bautista controlling him for the moment.
Bautista cracks Jeffreis with a solid left hand.
Bautista is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bautista postures up and lands a big shot to Jeffreis's brow.
Bautista's corner is telling him to maintain position.
It looks like Bautista might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Bautista has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Bautista has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fidel Bautista was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Bautista shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Bautista scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bautista slips a nice elbow through Jeffreis's hands, connecting with Jeffreis's forehead.
Bautista with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jeffreis wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bautista keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Fidel Bautista hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Bautista closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jeffreis quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bautista in particular looking to stall.
Jeffreis is looking to control Bautista's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jeffreis avoid being mounted?
Bautista lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jeffreis trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bautista lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jeffreis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bautista is controlling the pace.
Bautista seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bautista slows the pace down in half guard.
Jeffreis is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Bautista dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jeffreis moves to clinch but Bautista breaks away
and Bautista counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bautista shoots in but no luck this time.
Bautista moves out of range of the body kick.
Bautista has a takedown stuffed.

Jeffreis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bautista controlling the position for now.
Bautista slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bautista is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Fidel Bautista.
Jeffreis lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jeffreis swivels and escapes.
Rad Jeffreis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fidel Bautista.
Jeffreis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bautista with a poor takedown
and Jeffreis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bautista's knee momentarily.
A head kick misses from Jeffreis.
Bautista closes the distance and clinches up with Jeffreis, looking for a takedown. Bautista pushes Jeffreis against the cage but Jeffreis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bautista shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jeffreis but Jeffreis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jeffreis takes a swing at Bautista's ribcage but misses.

Jeffreis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bautista's half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jeffreis is working for a submission of some sort.

Bautista manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jeffreis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeffreis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Bautista shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bautista was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bautista lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jeffreis down.
Bautista lands a few punches from side control.
Bautista is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Bautista working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista moves into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bautista with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Bautista connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Jeffreis is rocked!
Fidel Bautista has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bautista takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Oh Jeffreis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
BOOM! Bautista connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jeffreis takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bautista's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fidel Bautista!
After winning the bout, Fidel Bautista thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.