PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Baldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Baldridge
vs
McCoy

182 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $150)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Baldridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesse McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baldridge closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
An elbow from Baldridge crashes against the mat.
Baldridge working the head with strikes.
McCoy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baldridge. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Baldridge is putting a hurting on McCoy here, landing some big shots from side control.
McCoy taking a bit of punishment here - Baldridge scoring with strikes.
Baldridge in side control, throwing shots but McCoy defends.
Baldridge landing a few strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCoy is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on McCoy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
McCoy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
McCoy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McCoy is looking to control Baldridge's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can McCoy avoid being mounted?
McCoy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Baldridge missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Baldridge throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baldridge working the head and body with strikes.
Baldridge not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Baldridge missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldridge throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Baldridge not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Baldridge lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

McCoy is rocked!
Baldridge lands a big elbow - McCoy is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Baldridge!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Baldridge!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Marcus Baldridge waved his t-shirt featuring Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $150)'s logo in front of the cameras.