PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Baptista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arzlan Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory has chosen Brain Scan as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Baptista
vs
Bathory

186 cm
22
212 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

186 cm
23
209 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelo Baptista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arzlan Bathory!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Baptista lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Baptista moves out of range of the strikes.
Bathory punishes Baptista's body with a nice straight punch.
Bathory misses with the combination.
Nice shot lands for Bathory.
Baptista does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bathory takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baptista throws a body shot but no joy.
Baptista connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baptista moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bathory swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bathory loads up on a big right hand but Baptista slips the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Baptista.
Bathory pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bathory. Baptista does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from Bathory lands.
Baptista stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bathory.
Baptista misses with a combination
enabling Bathory to counter with a crisp jab.
Baptista tries to land a leg kick but Bathory saw it coming and moves away.
Baptista walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bathory checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Baptista throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bathory makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Baptista on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Baptista moves out of range as Bathory throws a body kick.
Baptista misses with an uppercut.
A good leg kick by Bathory.
Bathory throws a jab but it's blocked by Baptista.
Baptista throws a looping overhand right but Bathory ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baptista throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Baptista takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baptista tried to score with a low kick but Bathory checks it.
Bathory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baptista tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bathory on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A low kick from Bathory is predictable there
and Baptista counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bathory slips a straight right by Baptista.
Bathory ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baptista has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baptista there as he acknowledges the shot.
Baptista on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bathory bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baptista's head backwards.
A big right from Bathory misses.
Baptista misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baptista feints and then cracks Bathory's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bathory down.
Bathory throws a body punch but Baptista moves out of range.
Baptista bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baptista smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Arzlan Bathory has been cut.
Baptista goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baptista looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bathory is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baptista had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Baptista throws a hook but Bathory blocks it.
Baptista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bathory looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Baptista blocks a leg kick.
Bathory takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bathory lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bathory tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baptista was well out of range. Poor timing from Bathory.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Bathory misses.
Bathory throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baptista scores with a hook to the body. Bathory takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Baptista has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bathory.
Bathory throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Baptista counters with a nice kick to the body.
Baptista throws a leg kick but Bathory sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bathory throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baptista counters with an outside leg kick.
Bathory on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bathory checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Baptista throws a body punch but Bathory moves out of range.
Bathory connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baptista's hands.
Bathory wants to slow Baptista down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bathory throws a right hand that misses
and Baptista counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arzlan Bathory dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arzlan Bathory's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Baptista takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Baptista swings for the body but Bathory moves out of range.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bathory is looking to slow Baptista down with leg kicks.
Bathory with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baptista misses with a leg kick
letting Bathory counter with a right hand.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bathory has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Baptista.
Bathory looks to score with a jab to the body but Baptista is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bathory. That's going to slow Baptista down.
Baptista misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bathory.
Bathory's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baptista is looking to slow Bathory down with leg kicks.
Good work by Bathory as he checks the leg kick.
Bathory uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baptista.
Bathory scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bathory looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baptista's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Bathory throws a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baptista. That's going to slow Bathory down.
Baptista throws a push kick but Bathory slaps the foot to one side.
Bathory throws a body punch but Baptista moves out of range.
Bathory throws a body punch but Baptista moves out of range.
Bathory throws a wild body kick that Baptista sees coming a mile off.
Bathory pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bathory throws an overhand right that lands on Baptista's shoulder, as Baptista tries to avoid the shot.
Baptista throws a jab but it's blocked by Bathory.
Bathory lands a nice looking kick to the body. Baptista takes a step back to recover.
A swing and a miss from Baptista.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bathory has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bathory moves in looking to clinch but Baptista pushes him off.
Bathory lands with a thumping leg kick.

Bathory rushes Baptista and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bathory lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baptista backwards.

Baptista is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baptista throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baptista as Bathory tries to tie him up.
Bathory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baptista misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bathory as Baptista tries to tie him up.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Baptista.
Bathory stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bathory struggles to land a body shot inside as Baptista controls his hands.
Bathory tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baptista's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baptista swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bathory lands a nice uppercut.
Bathory scores with a hook to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bathory takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bathory lands a body shot.
Bathory lands a hook that snaps the head of Baptista backwards.
Baptista fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baptista tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Baptista is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Bathory.
Bathory lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baptista.
Bathory drops Baptista with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Baptista is out cold! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arzlan Bathory!
A relieved looking Arzlan Bathory thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.