PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Baker (ranked 6240 p4p, 495 weight class) and Ruff Tuff (ranked 23067 p4p, 562 weight class). Ruff Tuff will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Baker
vs
Tuff

174 cm
29
157 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

175 cm
24
163 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonny Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ruff Tuff!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuff misses with a double jab

and Baker counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tuff!
Baker grinds an elbow into Tuff's temple.
Tuff is looking for a sweep.
Baker working the body and head with strikes.
Baker looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tuff is avoiding damage well.
Baker tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tuff is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker working the ground and pound.
Tuff is trying to improve his position.
Baker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuff keeps working.
Tuff avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Baker.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Tuff dodges the ground and pound from Baker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker working the ground and pound from side control.
Baker trying to control the action but Tuff is working from the bottom.
Tuff tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Baker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tuff is still trying to improve position.
Baker throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Baker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tuff can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tuff is looking for a sweep.
Baker lands a nice forearm strike.
Baker working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tuff tries to buck Baker off but Baker is having none of it.
Tuff is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tuff is working to avoid the ground and pound but Baker connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Baker is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Tuff will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Baker throws a strike aimed at the side of Tuff's head but Tuff avoids it well.
Baker sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tuff is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Baker working the ground and pound but Tuff is defending the strikes.
Baker trying to control the action but Tuff is working from the bottom.
Tuff tries to bench press Baker off him but Baker keeps the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tuff defending against the ground and pound.
Baker throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tuff tries to bench press Baker off him but Baker keeps the position.
Tuff is not content to let Baker control the position.
Tuff really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tuff is looking to regain half guard here but Baker keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Baker lands an elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Baker.
Baker in side control lands a decent elbow.
Baker in side control, throwing shots but Tuff defends.
You can see the frustration on Tuff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tuff is trying to improve his position.
Baker is looking to take a break and control but Tuff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tuff can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker cracks Tuff with a big elbow.
Baker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Baker in side control, throwing shots but Tuff defends.
Tuff defending against the ground and pound.
Baker working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tuff tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Baker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Baker scores with punches from side control.
Baker working the body and head with strikes.
Tuff is working to avoid the ground and pound but Baker connects with a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baker tries to score with some ground and pound. Tuff controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Baker trying to control the action but Tuff is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Baker dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tuff throws a body shot but no joy.
Tuff lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Baker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tuff can do to turn this around?
Baker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tuff's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tuff duly obliges.
Tuff misses with an uppercut.
Baker shoots for a takedown but Tuff saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tuff throws a chopping leg kick but Baker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuff misses with a lunging right hand

and Baker counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tuff won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuff is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Baker working the ground and pound but Tuff is defending the strikes.
Baker working away.
Tuff tries to bench press Baker off him but Baker keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuff dodges the ground and pound from Baker.
Baker lands some shots froms side control.
Baker throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Baker's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Baker in side control, throwing shots but Tuff defends.
Baker throws an elbow but Tuff slips to the side and avoids it well.
Baker scores with punches from side control.
Baker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Baker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tuff is looking to regain half guard here but Baker keeps moving and retains side control.
Baker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Baker in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Tuff is rocked!
Baker in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Tuff looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Baker turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Baker!
A victorious Jonny Baker thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.