PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valtteri Badass (ranked 1452 p4p, 1110 weight class) and DeShawn West (ranked 196 p4p, 152 weight class). West has chosen Can’t Be Touched - Roy Jones Jr as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Badass
vs
West

176 cm
36
156
23 - 15 - 4

172 cm
35
145
28 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valtteri Badass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DeShawn West!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badass misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
Badass throws a sloppy head kick and West moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from West misses its intended target.
West blocks the body kick.
Badass lands with a kick to the temple. West shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
West lands with a good body shot.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Badass misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.
Badass connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Badass jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Badass uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
West avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badass looks to throw the jab but West is out of range.
West slips under a jab from Badass.
Badass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Badass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valtteri Badass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badass looks to clinch
and West counters with a stiff right hand.
Badass connects with a solid leg kick.
Badass scores with a head kick. West tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Badass lets loose with a powerful body kick. West will feel that in the morning.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Badass throws out the jab.
Badass moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Badass lands with a cross.
Badass connects with a body shot that sends West's belly button to the back.
West shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badass.
West doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Badass has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Roosters Coop in the buildup to the fight.
Badass just misses with a punch to the body.
West throws the left hand but Badass avoids the punch easily.
Badass slips a jab from West.
Badass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Badass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West stuns Badass with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Badass moves away from the strike by West.
Badass connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Badass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Badass.
Badass misses with a straight right.
Badass misses with a looping right.
West checks a leg kick.
Badass throws out a powerful jab.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badass.
West appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Badass throws a leg kick but West sees it coming and moves out of range.
West misses with a looping left.
Badass lands with a right hand.
Badass walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. West checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Badass tries to score with a low kick but West moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West avoids the head kick by Badass.
Badass throws a chopping leg kick but West manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
West digs a good body shot into Badass's ribs.
Badass misses with a straight right.
Badass cracks West with an open hand slap.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Badass connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Badass cracks West with a good jab.
West keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Badass.
Badass misses with a wild combination.
West throws a right hand that misses
and Badass counters with a right hand to the body.
Badass doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
West checks a low kick from Badass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badass scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badass uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
Badass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
West moves into range and connects with a jab.
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West throws a jab but it's blocked by Badass.
Badass misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
Badass connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Badass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
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West takes a body punch but keeps moving.
West misses with a wild body shot.
Badass misses with an uppercut.
Badass throws a jab but it's blocked by West.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Valtteri Badass dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Badass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from West.
Badass throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
Badass lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Badass moves to clinch but West breaks away
and West counters with a stiff right hand.
West takes a swing at Badass's ribcage but misses.
Valtteri Badass is winning the standup battle so far.
Badass digs a good body shot into West's ribs.
Badass lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
West throws a lazy right hand but Badass sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West scores with a crisp jab that stopped Badass in his tracks.
Badass misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from West on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
West moves out of range as Badass strikes.
Jab, jab by Badass - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Badass catches West right on the button with a cross.
Badass connects with a good right hand that stumbles West. West circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Badass throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badass with the inside leg kick.
Badass slips a jab from West.
Badass slips under a jab from West.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Badass counters with a left to the body.
West blocks a low kick nicely.
West looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as West checks a leg kick.
West checks the leg kick nicely there.
West moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Badass throws a series of punches but West moves out of range.
Badass sizes up West with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and West takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

West is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badass missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West lands with an uppercut that bounces Badass off the cage and back into range.
Badass scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. West doesn't seem bothered though.

Badass cracks West with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Badass has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning West to stand back up!
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Badass finish him?
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Badass, as that shot connected.
West uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Badass.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but West might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Badass has got the better of the exchanges.
Badass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Badass lands a big right hand that sends West crashing to the mat! Badass stays standing though and waves West back to his feet!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Badass engages and cracks West with a massive lead left hook - West tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Badass is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Valtteri Badass!
Valtteri Badass was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.