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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Tachia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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217 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lyoto Tachia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Baker!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Baker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tachia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Baker.
Tachia is looking to escape.
Baker has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Baker unloads with some shots from mount but Tachia bucks and avoids them well.
Tachia is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Baker with good strikes from the mount here!
Tachia tries to hold on but Baker pushes him away.
Baker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baker controlling the position easily from mount.
Baker thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Baker misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker dominating with strikes here.
Baker looking to control but Tachia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Baker with the ground and pound from mount.
Baker controlling his opponent.
Tachia slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tachia pushes Baker off and gets back to his feet.
Baker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tachia.
Tachia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tachia looks to score with a jab to the body but Baker is just out of range.
Tachia wants to slow Baker down by chopping away at his legs.
Tachia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tachia.
Baker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tachia tries to roll over but Baker keeps him under control.
Baker looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Baker is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Tachia has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baker looks gassed!
Baker thows a huge punch but Tachia dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tachia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Baker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baker wants to control from the top but Tachia keeps moving.
Tachia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baker stopping the sweep attempt from Tachia.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tachia lands with a shot to the body.
Tachia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Baker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tachia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tachia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tachia jabs Baker right on the nose. Baker blinks but takes it well.
Tachia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tachia scores with a leg kick.
Tachia lands a nice looking kick to the body. Baker takes a step back to recover.
Baker walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tachia.
Baker takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tachia keeps Baker at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tachia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Baker on the side of the head.
Tachia lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tachia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Tachia dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice uppercut lands for Tachia. That snapped Baker's head back.
Tachia looks to score with a jab to the body but Baker is just out of range.
Tachia takes a swing at Baker's ribcage but misses.
Lyoto Tachia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tachia misses with a wild body shot.
Tachia misses with an uppercut. Baker saw that one coming.
Baker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Baker blocks a head kick by Tachia.
Lyoto Tachia is winning the standup battle so far.
Tachia takes a swing at Baker's ribcage but misses.
Tachia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tachia stuffs the takedown attempt from Baker. Baker gets slowly back to his feet.
Tachia throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Frank Baker has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tachia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Baker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker shoots in but Tachia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lyoto Tachia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Baker.
Baker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tachia stuffs the takedown.
Baker is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tachia.
Tachia cracks a nice hook into Baker's ribs.
Tachia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tachia, right into the meat.
Tachia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baker moves out of range of the body kick from Tachia.
Tachia throws a hook to the side of Baker's head but Baker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tachia.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tachia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tachia scores with a jab.
Baker shoots in and drives through. Tachia sprawls well.
Tachia lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Tachia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baker doesn't seem phased though.
Tachia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Baker's calf.
Tachia cracks a nice hook into Baker's ribs.
Tachia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tachia is looking to wear down Baker with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Baker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tachia pinned against the cage. Tachia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tachia lands the left hand.
Tachia swings for the body but Baker moves out of range.
Baker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tachia keeping moving, preventing Baker from controlling successfully.
Tachia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baker throws a strike but Tachia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tachia has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Baker is proving hard to escape from.
Tachia wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
Tachia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tachia trying to stand up but can't free himself from Baker's guard.
Tachia trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Baker wants to sweep here but Tachia controlling him for the moment.
Tachia tries to stand but Baker is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Tachia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Baker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Baker shoots in for a takedown but Tachia shows good takedown defense.
Tachia blocks a jab.
Tachia stuffs the takedown attempt from Baker. Baker gets slowly back to his feet.
Tachia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tachia takes a swing at Baker's ribcage but misses.
Baker misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lyoto Tachia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Baker.
Tachia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tachia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baker circles away quickly and effectively.
Tachia thows a body kick. Baker tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tachia scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Tachia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tachia.
Tachia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tachia is looking to slow Baker down with leg kicks.
Good exchange - Tachia coming out on top.
Tachia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tachia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baker can do to turn this around?
Tachia lands with a nice body kick.
Tachia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Baker has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tachia.
Tachia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Baker drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baker in side control lands a decent elbow.
Baker in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Baker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tachia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to score with some ground and pound. Tachia controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Tachia manages to get back to half guard.
Baker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tachia is trying is best to control the position here.
Baker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Baker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baker throws a strike but Tachia avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Baker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tachia is keeping the position for now.
Tachia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tachia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tachia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Baker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tachia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tachia is trying to control Baker's posture but Baker avoids it.
Lyoto Tachia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sloppy strikes there by Baker.
Baker is chipping away with strikes.
Baker tries to move to mount but Tachia blocks the move with his legs.
Tachia pushes Baker away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Baker gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tachia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Baker misses with a takedown attempt - Tachia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tachia tries to clinch but Baker moves out of range.
Tachia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tachia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baker shoots in but no luck this time.
Baker shoots in and drives through. Tachia sprawls well.
Frank Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good shot there by Tachia.
Tachia lands a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Tachia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tachia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyoto Tachia!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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