PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Squires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brent Squires struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bacon
vs
Squires

170 cm
21
167 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brent Squires!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Squires.

Squires closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Squires lands in his opponent's guard.
Squires trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Squires wants to pass the guard but Bacon is keeping the position.
Squires has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bacon wants to get back to his feet but Squires is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Squires working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bacon's head.
Bacon keeping moving, preventing Squires from controlling successfully.
Bacon wants to stand up but Squires is controlling him.
Squires lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bacon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Squires on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squires working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Squires slips nicely into half guard.
Bacon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Squires not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Squires working the head and body with strikes.

Squires is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bacon pushes Squires off looking to stand but Squires dives back in and keeps control.
Squires lands strikes from half guard.
Squires lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Squires working Bacon over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Squires seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bacon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Squires scores with a couple of nice shots.

Bacon manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Nice sprawl there from Bacon as Squires shoots in.
Bacon takes one to the side of the head.
Squires shoots in looking for a takedown but Bacon manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Squires's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jay Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brent Squires.
Squires looks gassed!
Squires fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bacon leaves Squires with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Squires shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Bacon moves into the clinch.
Bacon connects with a knee to the head.
Bacon landing knees to the head.

It looks like Brent Squires has been cut.
Squires is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bacon gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bacon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Squires tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bacon smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squires misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown by Squires or perhaps it was just good defense by Bacon which made him look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bacon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Squires throws a low kick but Bacon moves out of range easily.

Squires closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bacon quickly recovers to half guard.

Bacon kicks Squires off and gets back to his feet.
Bacon wants to clinch up but Squires keeps it at a distance.
Squires avoids a punch combination nicely.
Squires circles away from the clinch attempt.
Squires will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Bacon darts in and clinches Squires up against the cage.
Bacon lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Squires takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bacon gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Squires.
Knees to the body from Bacon.
Bacon lands a good knee to the midsection. Squires won't want to take too many of those.
Squires takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bacon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bacon gets underhooks to prevent Squires's takedown attempt.
Bacon lands a good knee to the midsection. Squires won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Bacon.
Squires tries to pull guard but Bacon won't allow it.
Bacon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bacon prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brent Squires will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brent Squires's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Squires gets tackled into the cage by Bacon. Bacon maintains the clinch.
Bacon landing knees to the body.
Squires can't get the takedown.
Squires has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bacon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bacon lands a nice elbow.
Bacon with a knee to the head.
Bacon lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bacon.
Bacon connects with a knee to the head.
Bacon scores with a knee to the head.
Bacon lands an elbow inside that Squires shrugs off.
Bacon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Squires is rocked!
A knee to the head by Bacon.
Squires is still on wobbly legs! Can Bacon finish him?
Bacon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Brent Squires's cut even more.
Squires is breathing heavily.
Bacon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Squires goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bacon prevents it.
Jay Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brent Squires.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon lands an elbow just above Squires 's eye.
Bacon lands an elbow just above Squires 's eye.
Bacon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bacon.
Bacon lands a knee to the head.

The cut above Brent Squires's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bacon crunches a lovely knee into Squires's ribcage.
Bacon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Squires backwards.
Bacon lands an elbow that stopped Squires in his tracks for a moment.
Bacon crunches a lovely knee into Squires's ribcage.
Bacon lands a nice elbow.
Bacon working Squires over with knees to the body.
Bacon with a knee to the head.

Brent Squires's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nice elbow from Bacon.
Bacon gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Squires.
A knee to the head by Bacon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Brent Squires's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jay Bacon!