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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry fist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baako The African (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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160 cm
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199 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry fist!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baako The African!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The African misses the shot to the body.
The African shoots in but fist avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The African changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. fist tries to avoid it but The African manages to keep hold of a leg and drag fist to the ground. fist escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The African avoids the head kick by fist.
The African looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harry fist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baako The African.
fist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
fist clinches.
The African trying to stall but fist improves his position.
fist misses with a knee to the head.
fist lands with a left to the head.
fist is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The African is defending well for now.
The African wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The African blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
fist lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
fist lands a body punch in the clinch.
fist tries a knee to the head but The African blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by fist as The African tries to tie him up.
fist misses with a knee to the head.
The African tries to break the clinch but fist is controlling the position.
fist letting The African take a breather here.
fist landing knees to the head.
The African looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Baako The African.
fist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
fist instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
fist lands a right hand that snaps the head of The African backwards.
fist is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The African is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for fist.
The African stalling the fight.
fist connects with a nasty looking knee right to The African's face.
The African on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The African trying to control the position but instead, fist has worked for underhooks and has pushed The African into the cage.
The African blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
fist landing some nice looking knees to the body.
fist has The African pressed against the cage, preventing The African from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
fist tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The African is trying to stall.
fist unloads a knee to the mid-section. The African lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The African looks gassed!
fist lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
fist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
fist with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for fist.
fist is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
fist is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The African is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
fist landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
fist tries a knee to the head but The African blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
fist keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The African's efforts to push away.
fist is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
fist crunches a lovely knee into The African's ribcage.
fist throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
fist lands a body shot in the clinch.
fist lands with a right to the head.
fist utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The African takes a knee right on the jaw!
fist stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from fist.
fist lands with a short head shot on the inside.
fist is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The African is defending well for now.
The African is stalling here.
The African's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The African avoids the head kick by fist.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
fist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The African shoots for a double leg takedown but fist sprawls well. He's pushed The African's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
fist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The African manages to avoid it.
Nice takedown defense from fist. No joy for The African on that attempt.
fist rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The African moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
fist tries to clinch up.
fist tries to clinch up but The African circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry fist dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
fist tries to close the distance and clinch but The African swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The African fails to land the takedown.
Some wild striking there from fist.
Harry fist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The African shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. fist defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
fist fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The African looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
fist moves into range and clinches up with The African.
Knees in the clinch landing for fist.
fist lands a shoulder strike.
fist with an attempt at a knee that misses.
fist landing knees to the body.
The African is breathing heavily.
fist connects with a knee to the head.
fist misses with a knee to the head.
The African wants to stall.
Harry fist has scored more points in the clinch so far.
fist throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
fist scores a nice knee to the body.
The African takes a knee to the side of the body.
The African tries to score a body lock takedown but fist shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harry fist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baako The African.
A body shot lands from fist.
A left hand lands to the body for fist.
A hook to the body from fist.
fist landing knees to the head.
fist landing knees to the body.
fist lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The African backwards.
fist works on The African's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
fist scores with a shot to the side of The African's head.
Still in the clinch, fist scores with a nice short uppercut.
fist trying to land knees to the body.
The African taking a breather.
fist scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
fist is leaning against The African and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
fist gets through The African's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
fist tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
fist crunches a lovely knee into The African's ribcage.
The African slows down the pace here.
fist works on The African's body with a couple of short punches.
The African wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but fist has him pressed against the cage.
fist is working The African over against the cage.
fist scores with a knee to the head.
The African is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
fist landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from fist.
The African is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but fist is keeping busy.
fist landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by fist as The African tries to tie him up.
fist is working The African over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
fist trying to land knees to the body.
The African trying to control the position but instead, fist has worked for underhooks and has pushed The African into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for fist.
A right hook to the body lands for fist.
fist landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by fist.
The African wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The African escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The African shoots in and drives through. fist sprawls well.
No joy there for fist, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The African looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The African is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
fist trying to hold on to The African's head to control him but The African postures up.
The African is sneakily working for an arm triangle but fist sees it coming and defends easily.
The African throwing shots but fist is blocking nicely.
fist is trying to get back to full guard.
fist won't allow The African to pass to mount.
fist wants to control but The African is keeping busy.
The African not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry fist dominated that second 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.
The African fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The African avoids the body shot from fist.
The African slips a jab and a cross from fist.
Nice sprawl there from fist as The African shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The African has a takedown stuffed.
Harry fist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baako The African.
fist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The African was well out of range. Poor timing from fist.
The African takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
fist tries to clinch up.
The African scores with a takedown into fist's guard.
fist working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The African.
fist utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The African drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but fist manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now The African has fist in his guard.
fist has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of The African is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The African looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The African keeping moving, preventing fist from controlling successfully.
fist has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of The African is proving hard to escape from.
The African wants to sweep here but fist controlling him for the moment.
The African looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but fist is defending well. The African quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! fist has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! The African celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Baako The African!
Baako The African is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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