PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Grakkos (ranked 2808 p4p, 401 weight class) and George Baker (ranked 3051 p4p, 435 weight class). Leonidas Grakkos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Grakkos
vs
Baker

195 cm
26
214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
26
212 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonidas Grakkos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, George Baker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker looks to throw the jab but Grakkos is out of range.
Baker connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Leonidas Grakkos has been cut.
Baker misses with a hook. Grakkos ducked under it nicely.
Baker looks to land a right hand but Grakkos moved out of range.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Grakkos pushes him off.
It looked like Grakkos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grakkos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Baker throws an overhand right that lands on Grakkos's shoulder, as Grakkos tries to avoid the shot.
Baker misses with a hook
and Baker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baker missing with a left hand there. Grakkos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Baker has managed to clinch.
Baker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grakkos lands a left hand.
Grakkos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baker is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grakkos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baker.
Baker tries a knee to the head but Grakkos blocks it.
Grakkos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baker lands a shot to the body.
Grakkos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Baker throws a punch but it's blocked by Grakkos.
Grakkos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Grakkos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Come on Grakkos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Grakkos prevents a body shot from Baker.
Grakkos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grakkos backwards.
A short right from Baker.
Baker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grakkos swings wildly with an uppercut but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baker scores with a shot to the side of Grakkos's head.
Grakkos misses with a punch on the inside.
Baker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grakkos.
Baker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grakkos tries to work over Baker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grakkos has a couple of punches blocked by Baker.
Grakkos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grakkos throws a head punch that misses.
Grakkos misses with a punch on the inside.
Baker tries a knee to the head but Grakkos blocks it.
Baker tries to work over Grakkos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baker.
Baker lands a body punch.
Grakkos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grakkos misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to work over Grakkos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grakkos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baker lands with a right to the head.
Baker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grakkos backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grakkos.
Baker blocking some punches.
Grakkos lands a left hand.
Grakkos can't find room to land a body shot as Baker controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Grakkos.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baker keeps control of Grakkos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grakkos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baker backwards.
Grakkos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grakkos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grakkos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grakkos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grakkos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Baker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grakkos.
Baker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grakkos is defending well for now.
Baker blocks a body shot from Grakkos.
Grakkos throws a head punch that misses.
Grakkos avoiding damage as Baker throws knees to the body.
Baker lands a right hand.
Baker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grakkos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baker backwards.
Baker scores with a knee to the head.
Grakkos misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baker.
Grakkos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grakkos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grakkos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grakkos managing to block the knees to the body from Baker.
A nice left hand lands by Baker.
Baker prevents a body shot from Grakkos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but George Baker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leonidas Grakkos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Baker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baker works the jab nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Baker.
Baker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Baker throws a poor cross that misses
and Baker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baker throws a body punch but Grakkos moves out of range.
Grakkos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baker was well out of range. Poor timing from Grakkos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grakkos throws a right hand that Baker ducks under and follows up with a left that Baker also avoids with ease.
Grakkos throws a left and a right that both miss

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Baker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Baker.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grakkos.
Baker lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grakkos lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grakkos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baker throws a punch but it's blocked by Grakkos.
Baker blocking some punches.
Baker looking to throw knees to the head but Grakkos is blocking nicely.
Baker tries to land knees in the clinch but Grakkos avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baker.
Grakkos misses with a punch on the inside.
Baker blocks a body shot from Grakkos.
Baker misses with some punches.
Baker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Leonidas Grakkos's cut is getting worse.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grakkos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Baker looking to throw knees to the head but Grakkos is blocking nicely.
Baker working Grakkos over with knees to the body.
Baker lands with a right to the head.

Baker drops Grakkos with a big knee straight up the middle! Grakkos is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Grakkos is rocked!
George Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Baker lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Grakkos up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Baker from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Grakkos's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). George Baker!
An out of breath George Baker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.