PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Lose Yourself. Price has chosen Rotten Apple [Remix] - Prodigy & Sean Price as his entrance music. 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
Price

190 cm
35
180 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

193 cm
33
178 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Alpha Male

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Blaze Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Price!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bailey instigates a clinch.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bailey slowing the pace effectively.

Price breaks from the clinch.
Bailey lands a leg kick that knocks Price off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Price checks a leg kick.
Price misses with an uppercut. Bailey saw that one coming.
Price avoids the head kick by Bailey.
Price takes one on the button.
Bailey tries a head kick but it misses.
Price is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A good leg kick by Bailey.
Price takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Price misses with a combination
and Bailey finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Price connects with a single shot there.
Bailey throws a right hand that misses
and Price counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Price can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bailey holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bailey prevents Price from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Price struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Price is trying to break the clinch but Bailey is controlling him.
Price misses with a punch on the inside.
Price is trying to push Bailey away but Bailey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Price in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey leaning against his opponent.

Price escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bailey lands a high kick!
Bailey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Bailey.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Bailey.
Bailey wants to slow Price down by chopping away at his legs.
Price dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses.
Bailey closes the distance but Price moves to the side
and Price counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bailey slips under a jab.
Bailey throws a leg kick but Price moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws a push kick but Price slaps the foot to one side.
A punch lands to the side of Price 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bailey tries a low kick but Price avoids it.
Bailey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bailey throws a sloppy head kick and Price moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Price blocks the leg kick.
Price moves out of range of the leg kick from Bailey.
Price jabs Bailey right on the nose. Bailey blinks but takes it well.
Bailey walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Price checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Price blocks a head kick by Bailey.

Bailey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey landing knees to the head.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Price avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Price's brow.
Price blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Price blocks the elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Price.
A short left from Price.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee calls for Bailey to work.
Price tries to break free but Bailey pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Price misses with a hook from the clinch.
Price has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Price manages to break the clinch.
Bailey throws a lazy head kick
and Price counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaze Bailey dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Price thuds a left hand into Bailey's body.
Bailey moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
Bailey doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bailey. Price shrugs it off though.
Bailey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Bailey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Price tries to work over Bailey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but Price leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze Bailey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Price trying to control the position but instead, Bailey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Price into the cage.
Price misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Price's defenses.
Price stalls.
Bailey lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Price in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bailey with a knee to the head.
Price swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Price in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey has Price pressed against the cage, preventing Price from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Bailey is struggling to control the position.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Price shrugs off.
Bailey lands a damaging elbow.
Price working hard to break the clinch.
Bailey scores with a shoulder strike.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Price breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey thumps Price with a low kick.
Bailey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Price keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a body kick.
Bailey lands a nice looking body kick.
Bailey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bailey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bailey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bailey throws a lazy right hand but Price sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Price checks a low kick from Bailey.

Price gets tackled into the cage by Bailey. Bailey maintains the clinch.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Price.

Price breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bailey misses with a low kick.
Bailey throws a leg kick but Price sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price punishes Bailey's body with a nice straight punch.
Price throws a hook but Bailey blocks it.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze Bailey is winning the standup battle so far.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bailey.
Price's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bailey wants to slow Price down by chopping away at his legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bailey.
Price throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bailey moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
Nice jab there from Bailey.
Bailey throws a wild body kick that Price sees coming a mile off.
Bailey slips a jab from Price.
Bailey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price blocks the body kick.
Bailey misses with a straight left.
Bailey moves out of range of the strikes.
Price fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bailey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blaze Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bailey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bailey takes the fight into the clinch.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Price's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bailey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Price scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blaze Bailey dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bailey instigates a clinch.
Price avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
Price throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Price tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Price tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
The referee calls for Bailey to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Sean Price has been cut.
Price tries to break free but Bailey pushes him back against the cage.
Bailey being controlled against the cage.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Price fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Price is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Price blocks an elbow strike.
Bailey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Price's efforts to push away.
Price looking to stall.
Bailey throws an elbow that misses.
Bailey lands a damaging elbow.
Price doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Price wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bailey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Price misses with some punches.
Price is looking to control Bailey's arms but Bailey gets an underhook and turns him. Now Price has his back to the cage.
Sean Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands an uppercut.

Price is rocked!
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Price is still on wobbly legs! Can Bailey finish him?
Nice elbow from Bailey.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Price shrugs off.
Price is pressed against the cage. Bailey pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Price! Two more big strikes from Bailey and Price crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Blaze Bailey!
An out of breath Blaze Bailey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.