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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 712 p4p, 1270 weight class) and Carlos Villarreal (ranked 86 p4p, 141 weight class). Villarreal has chosen Tupac- I’m a Soldier as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Brady Jean Baptiste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Villarreal!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Watson and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villarreal connects with a jab.
Jean Baptiste has managed to clinch.
Jean Baptiste makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Villarreal fails to land.
Villarreal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Villarreal connects with a looping right hand.
Jean Baptiste just misses with a punch to the body.
Villarreal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Villarreal moves away from the strike by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a big shot that misses.
Villarreal pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jean Baptiste is out of range and Villarreal settles back down.
Jean Baptiste was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jean Baptiste throws a low kick but Villarreal avoids it.
Carlos Villarreal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jean Baptiste is looking to land body kicks.
Villarreal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Villarreal throws a shot from downtown. Jean Baptiste moves away and avoids it.
Villarreal connects with a solid leg kick.
Villarreal throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste throws a wild body kick that Villarreal sees coming a mile off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villarreal throws a wild body kick that Jean Baptiste sees coming a mile off.
Jean Baptiste takes one on the button.
Villarreal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jean Baptiste has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Villarreal misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal misses with a straight left.
Jean Baptiste fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villarreal manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Villarreal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Villarreal misses with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Villarreal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Villarreal.
Villarreal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jean Baptiste takes a swing at Villarreal's ribcage but misses.
Villarreal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jean Baptiste on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Jean Baptiste misses its intended target.
Villarreal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Villarreal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal misses with an uppercut.
Jean Baptiste has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Villarreal with a hook.
Jean Baptiste misses with an uppercut. Villarreal saw that one coming.
Villarreal misses with a few strikes there.
Jean Baptiste is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villarreal is looking to slow Jean Baptiste down with leg kicks.
Villarreal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jean Baptiste is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste misses with a looping right.
Villarreal throws the left hand but Jean Baptiste avoids the punch easily.
Jean Baptiste feints and then cracks Villarreal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Villarreal down.
Jean Baptiste lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jean Baptiste moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Villarreal throws a shot from downtown. Jean Baptiste moves away and avoids it.
Jean Baptiste connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a right hand but Villarreal moved out of range.
Jean Baptiste scores with a jab.
Jean Baptiste with a jab.
Villarreal throws a jab but it's blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal misses with a straight left.
Villarreal throws a series of punches but Jean Baptiste avoids them all with ease.
Villarreal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jean Baptiste. That one must have hurt.
Villarreal lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jean Baptiste's sensitive parts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Villarreal. Jean Baptiste does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jean Baptiste pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jean Baptiste catches Villarreal with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jean Baptiste attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste dodges the punch combination from Villarreal.
Villarreal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jean Baptiste drops his hands momentarily and Villarreal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jean Baptiste throws a jab but it's blocked by Villarreal.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Villarreal! But no joy.
Jean Baptiste throws a body shot but no joy.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a front kick but Villarreal steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Villarreal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jean Baptiste stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Villarreal thumps Jean Baptiste with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jean Baptiste throws a solid leg kick but Villarreal takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal connects with a single shot there.
Villarreal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jean Baptiste loads up on a big right hand but Villarreal slips the punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jean Baptiste tries to counter by clinching up but Villarreal breaks away and moves out of range.
Villarreal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jean Baptiste had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A clash of legs there as Villarreal blocks the low kick.
A little jabbing left from Villarreal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Villarreal throws a jab but it's blocked by Jean Baptiste.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Good work by Villarreal as he checks the leg kick.
Villarreal finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A clash of legs there as Jean Baptiste blocks the low kick.
Villarreal looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jean Baptiste keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Villarreal.
Villarreal motions for Jean Baptiste to come forward. Villarreal throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice hook to Villarreal's body. Villarreal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a body kick but Villarreal moved away.
Jean Baptiste lands with a nice body kick.
A big left from Jean Baptiste misses.
Villarreal misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste just misses with a punch to the body.
Jean Baptiste fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Villarreal on the side of the head.
Villarreal misses with a hook
and Jean Baptiste counters with a straight right hand.
Villarreal misses with a right hand
and Jean Baptiste counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Villarreal throws a leg kick but Jean Baptiste checks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Carlos Villarreal will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Villarreal lands a really nice looking cross but Jean Baptiste seems unphased.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste misses with a straight right.
Jean Baptiste connects with a solid leg kick.
Jean Baptiste blocks a jab.
Villarreal takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Villarreal looks to land a right hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range.
It looked like Jean Baptiste wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Villarreal staying out of range there.
Villarreal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Villarreal.
Villarreal cracks Jean Baptiste with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jean Baptiste lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Villarreal at a distance.
Jean Baptiste lands the left hand.
Villarreal misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the side of Villarreal's head but Villarreal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jean Baptiste cracks Villarreal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jean Baptiste misses with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste checks a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal manages to break the clinch.
Villarreal misses with a wild combination.
Villarreal throws a jab when Jean Baptiste was well out of range.
Carlos Villarreal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Villarreal walks into a stiff left hand from Jean Baptiste.
Good standup being displayed there by Villarreal as he connects with a hook.
Villarreal works Jean Baptiste's body with a nice hook.
Jean Baptiste throws a shot from downtown. Villarreal moves away and avoids it.
Villarreal misses with an uppercut.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a left hand but Villarreal moved out of range nicely.
Villarreal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Villarreal tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste is looking to land body kicks.
Villarreal throws a right hand that misses
and Jean Baptiste counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jean Baptiste goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body kick.
Villarreal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Jean Baptiste finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jean Baptiste throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Villarreal.
The fighters circling - Villarreal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Villarreal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jean Baptiste's hands.
Villarreal gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jean Baptiste displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Villarreal throws out the jab.
Villarreal throws a shot from downtown. Jean Baptiste moves away and avoids it.
Villarreal lands an overhand right.
Villarreal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jean Baptiste fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jean Baptiste swings for the body but Villarreal moves out of range.
Villarreal shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jean Baptiste eats them both and turns towards Villarreal to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Villarreal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jean Baptiste appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste walks into a jab.
Jean Baptiste does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Villarreal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Villarreal throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jean Baptiste connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Villarreal thuds a left hand into Jean Baptiste's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Villarreal misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Villarreal misses.
Villarreal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jean Baptiste moves away.
Jean Baptiste lands with a good body shot.
Villarreal throws a hook to the side of Jean Baptiste's head but Jean Baptiste sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A shot to the liver by Jean Baptiste. Beautiful body shot.
Jean Baptiste goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jean Baptiste scores with a kick to the midsection.
Villarreal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jean Baptiste fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Villarreal manages to avoid it.
A big left from Villarreal misses.
Jean Baptiste quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste throws the kick towards the body but Villarreal avoids it.
Jean Baptiste swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jean Baptiste - that will leave a mark!
Villarreal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jean Baptiste. That one must have hurt.
Jean Baptiste throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Villarreal lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Villarreal jabs Jean Baptiste to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Villarreal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste misses with a kick to the body.
Villarreal misses with a double jab.
Jean Baptiste throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jean Baptiste connects with a crisp jab.
Jean Baptiste is looking to chop away at Villarreal's legs.
Jean Baptiste connects with a jab.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the side of Villarreal's head but Villarreal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Villarreal.
Villarreal with the inside leg kick.
Villarreal has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste slips a jab from Villarreal.
Villarreal lands a jab to Jean Baptiste's midsection.
Villarreal clobbers Jean Baptiste with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste connects with a looping right hand.
Villarreal misses with an uppercut. Jean Baptiste saw that one coming.
Jean Baptiste tried to score with a low kick but Villarreal checks it.
Villarreal appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste throws out a loose jab but Villarreal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brady Jean Baptiste will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Villarreal staying out of range there.
Villarreal swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jean Baptiste throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot by Villarreal.
Villarreal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jean Baptiste manages to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste is looking to counter punch.
Jean Baptiste throws a low kick but it's checked well by Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jean Baptiste tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Villarreal is able to avoid easily.
Villarreal throws a right hand that Jean Baptiste ducks under and follows up with a left that Jean Baptiste also avoids with ease.
Jean Baptiste moves out of range of the leg kick from Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Villarreal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Villarreal throws a hook but Jean Baptiste avoids it easily.
Jean Baptiste appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a right hand but Villarreal moved out of range.
Jean Baptiste with a nice cross.
Jean Baptiste slips a straight right by Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Villarreal misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villarreal takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jean Baptiste cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jean Baptiste takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jean Baptiste is looking to clinch.
Villarreal scores with a jab. Jean Baptiste acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A left lands for Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Villarreal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Villarreal swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jean Baptiste ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Villarreal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste closes the distance and pushes Villarreal back into the cage.
Villarreal will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jean Baptiste up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Jean Baptiste - that landed with a thud.
Jean Baptiste lands a right hand.
Jean Baptiste takes a shot to the head.
Jean Baptiste lands a body punch.
Jean Baptiste lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jean Baptiste works on Villarreal's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Villarreal's elbow.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste tries a body shot but Villarreal blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Villarreal.
Jean Baptiste lands with a light punch inside.
Villarreal prevents a body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal tries to circle away but Jean Baptiste has him pinned against the cage.
Jean Baptiste lands a right hand.
Jean Baptiste tries to throw a body punch but Villarreal avoids it by throwing Jean Baptiste back against the cage.
Jean Baptiste is working Villarreal over against the cage.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal is trying to force a seperation but Jean Baptiste has the dominant position.
Villarreal blocking some punches.
Jean Baptiste is working Villarreal over against the cage.
Villarreal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Villarreal working hard to break the clinch.
Jean Baptiste softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jean Baptiste scores with a hook to the body.
Jean Baptiste scores with a shot to the side of Villarreal's head.
Villarreal looking to slow down the pace here.
Jean Baptiste lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Villarreal backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste trying to stall but Villarreal improves his position.
Jean Baptiste lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Villarreal tries to break the clinch but Jean Baptiste is controlling the position.
Jean Baptiste lands with a right to the head.
Villarreal misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Villarreal.
Nice body punch from Jean Baptiste.
Villarreal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Villarreal as the two fighters clinch.
Jean Baptiste is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jean Baptiste scores with a shoulder strike.
Jean Baptiste lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jean Baptiste can't find room to land a body shot as Villarreal controls the action.
Jean Baptiste is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jean Baptiste misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body punch.
Jean Baptiste tries to throw a body punch but Villarreal avoids it by throwing Jean Baptiste back against the cage.
Jean Baptiste pushes Villarreal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Jean Baptiste.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brady Jean Baptiste has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Villarreal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Villarreal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villarreal.
Still in the clinch, Villarreal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Still in the clinch, Jean Baptiste scores with a nice short uppercut.
Villarreal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Villarreal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hand to the body from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands with a left to the head.
Villarreal is working Jean Baptiste over against the cage.
Jean Baptiste tries to throw a body punch but Villarreal avoids it by throwing Jean Baptiste back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Jean Baptiste.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste pushes Villarreal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Villarreal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villarreal breaks from the clinch.
Jean Baptiste moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Jean Baptiste showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jean Baptiste has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Jean Baptiste!
An out of breath Brady Jean Baptiste thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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