PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baas Baako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chung Quela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baako kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Acapella Soul - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Chung Quela has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Baako
vs
Quela

188 cm
35
245 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

195 cm
39
235 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baas Baako!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Chung Quela!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Quela moves into the clinch.
Baako struggles to land a body shot inside as Quela controls his hands.
Baako throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quelas head.
Baako is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Baako breaks the clinch.
Quela shoots in for a double leg but Baako sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Baako lands with a nice combination. Quela backs away looking to recover.
Baako misses with a two punch combination.
Baako tries to clinch up.
As Baako backs off Quela throws a huge counter combo but Baako manages to avoid it all.

Baako has closed the distance and engaged Quela in a clinch.
Quela tries to break the clinch but Baako is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baako.

Baako breaks the clinch.
Quela shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Baako sprawls well. Baako wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Quela gets slowly back to his feet.
Baas Baako has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chung Quela.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quela darts in looking for a takedown but Baako gets double underhooks and turns Quela into the cage.
Baako connects with a body shot that sends Quela's belly button to the back.
Baako looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Baako misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baako swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Baako closes the distance and clinches.

Baako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baako throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quela wants to counter the offense by Baako and move into the clinch position.
Baako scores with a hook.

Quela moves into the clinch successfully.
Baako tries to circle away but Quela has him pinned against the cage.
Quela tries to pull guard but Baako holds him up against the cage and eventually Quela drops back down to his feet.
Quela has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Baako after a bit of a struggle.
Baako lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quela backwards.
Quela is trying to push Baako away but Baako has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Quela blocks a body shot from Baako.

Baako pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baako tries to bum rush Quela with a series of wild strikes but Quela uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baako paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quela fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Baako clinches up against the cage.
Quela tries a knee to the head but Baako blocks it.
Baako is looking to break free of the clinch but Quela has double underhooks.
Quela misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baako misses with a punch on the inside.

Quela pulls guard successfully.
Baako postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Baako trying to control but Quela is working from the bottom.

Quela throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Quela is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baako in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Baako is looking to work some ground and pound but Quela has wrist control.
Quela looking to control.
Quela is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Baako is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Quela seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baako gets full guard.
Quela won't allow Baako to sweep him here.
Baako keeping moving, preventing Quela from controlling successfully.
Quela working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baako is trying to keep Quela in close.
Quela trying to control but Baako is working from the bottom.
Quela controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baas Baako dominated that round.
That's time! Baako's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A combination from Baako does no damage.

Quela clinches.

Baako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baako stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Baako wants it to stay on the feet.
Baako throws a nice looking combination but Quela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Baako is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quela can do to turn this around?

Baako closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Quela did well to prevent Baako getting side control.

Quela kicks Baako off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baako closes this distance looking for a takedown but Quela circles away.
Quela throws a big counter head kick but Baako avoids it with no problem.
Quela shoots in but no luck this time.
Baako looks to land a combination but Quela avoids it well.
Quela is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Baako drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baako grinds an elbow into Quela's temple.
Baako wants to take a breather but Quela manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Baako.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela trying to keep a closed guard but Baako is proving a slippery customer.
Baako content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Quela is trying to keep Baako in close.
Baako throws a big elbow that misses.
Baako with a nice head shot there.
Chung Quela has got the better of the ground game so far.
Baako throwing strikes but missing.
Quela keeping full guard, as Baako tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quela trying to control the position.
Baako throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baako postures up in Quela's guard and throws a big left but Quela blocks it.
Quela is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Quela wants to stand up but Baako is controlling him.
Baako lands a couple of digs.
Quela is looking to stand up but Baako isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baako is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baako lands a couple of elbows.
Quela looking to control.

Quela escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Baako gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Quela is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Quela looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baako in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Baako missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baako throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Quela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Baas Baako is winning the standup battle so far.

Baako scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Quela throws Baako to one side and escapes!

Quela dives in and scores a takedown into Baako's guard.
Baako keeping moving, preventing Quela from controlling successfully.
Baako keeping full guard, as Quela tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Baas Baako will probably get the nod.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Quela moves in looking to clinch but Baako pushes him off.
Quela throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Baako's waist but Baako gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Quela off to one side.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Quela.
Baako is looking to counter the offense by Quela and move into the clinch.

Quela closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Baako fails to land.
Quela manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Quela pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Quela fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baako, pushing him back against the cage.
Baako misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quela blocking some punches.

Baako breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baako throws a jab when Quela was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Baako.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baako moves into the clinch successfully.
Quela is looking to take this one to the mat.
Baas Baako has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chung Quela.
Quela blocks an uppercut.
Quela misses with the head strike.
Quela prevents a body shot from Baako.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Baako struggles to land a body shot inside as Quela controls his hands.

Baako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baako throws a series of punches but Quela moves out of range.
Quela tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baako manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Baako!
Quela avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baako shoots in looking for a takedown but Quela manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Baako's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Baako lands a jab to Quela's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baako fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quela manages to avoid it.

Baako closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Baako lands in his opponent's guard.
Quela is adopting a defensive guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baako trying to control but Quela is working from the bottom.
Baako controls from within his opponent's guard.
Baako throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baako loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Quela trying to control the position.
Baako wants to control from the top but Quela keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baako. Quela does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baako shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Quela eats them both and turns towards Baako to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Quela wants to clinch up but Baako keeps it at a distance.
Baako moves out of range of the leg kick from Quela.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baako lands with a kick to the temple. Quela shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Baas Baako seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baako lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Baako.

Baako gets the takedown into side control.
Quela bucks up and tries to throw Baako off but instead Baako has got his back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quela is covering up but some of the strikes from Baako are getting through and doing damage.
Baako throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Quela wants to control his opponent's hands but Baako gets his hands free.
Quela rolls, trying to escape but Baako keeps control of the position.
Quela is trapped and Baako is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Quela wants to control his opponent's hands but Baako gets his hands free.
Chung Quela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baako has Quela flattened out and is raining down punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baas Baako showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baako has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baas Baako!
A very excited looking Baas Baako made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.