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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Baltaretu (ranked 4830 p4p, 24882 weight class) and Joe Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baltaretu comes to the cage accompanied by Roy Jones Jr - Can't be touched.. Andrei Baltaretu had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Baltaretu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Louis!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis misses with a straight left.
Louis throws an overhand right that lands on Baltaretu's shoulder, as Baltaretu tries to avoid the shot.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louis misses with an uppercut. Baltaretu saw that one coming.
Louis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Baltaretu.
Louis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baltaretu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Louis's waist but Louis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Baltaretu off to one side.
Louis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baltaretu manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Louis on his heels. He'll look to pass Louis's guard now, I'm sure.
Louis trying to keep a closed guard but Baltaretu is proving a slippery customer.
Baltaretu's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Baltaretu with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Louis can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baltaretu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Baltaretu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Baltaretu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Baltaretu cracks Louis with a solid left hand.
Baltaretu distracts Louis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baltaretu is in close to Louis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Baltaretu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Baltaretu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Baltaretu connects with a couple of short punches.
Baltaretu is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Baltaretu is working Louis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Baltaretu stopping the sweep attempt from Louis.
Baltaretu won't allow Louis to get back to his feet.
Louis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Baltaretu is one step ahead there.
Baltaretu controlling from the top position.
Baltaretu connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baltaretu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Baltaretu is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Baltaretu seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Louis for as long as he can get away with.
Baltaretu postures up and lands a big shot to Louis's brow.
Baltaretu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Louis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Baltaretu lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis can't keep his opponent in guard - Baltaretu advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Baltaretu scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Louis has hold of Baltaretu's hands but Baltaretu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Baltaretu perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Baltaretu winds up and cracks Louis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Baltaretu has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Baltaretu lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baltaretu stalling.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Baltaretu lands a nice short elbow.
Baltaretu drops an elbow to the side of Louis's head.
Louis trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baltaretu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Louis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Louis is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baltaretu lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Louis! More strikes land and this one is all over! Baltaretu jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrei Baltaretu!
Andrei Baltaretu bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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