PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Bagodo (ranked 5218 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Bailey (ranked 3462 p4p, 386 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bagodo
vs
Bailey

191 cm
25
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harry Bagodo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Troy Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey misses with a takedown
and Bagodo counters with a nice uppercut.
Bailey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bagodo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bailey under the eye.
Bailey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bailey.
Bagodo connects with a crisp jab.
Bagodo lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bailey is defended easily by Bagodo.
Harry Bagodo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Troy Bailey.
Bagodo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bailey.
Bagodo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bagodo connects with a jab.
Bagodo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bagodo connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bailey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bagodo did well to prevent Bailey getting side control.
Bailey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bagodo has hold of Bailey's hands but Bailey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bagodo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bailey scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bailey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bailey working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Bagodo is rocked!
Bailey controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Bagodo is out! Bailey gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Troy Bailey!
A very excited looking Troy Bailey 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.