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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emmanuel Baptiste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yago Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutierrez has chosen Justified by AMEN as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
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187 cm
25
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emmanuel Baptiste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yago Gutierrez!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baptiste tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gutierrez was well out of range. Poor timing from Baptiste.
Baptiste looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Baptiste throws a big right hand that misses.
Gutierrez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Baptiste can't escape the position.
The referee warns Baptiste that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Baptiste keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Baptiste sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Baptiste trying to control here.
Baptiste is refusing to be controlled, as Gutierrez sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baptiste wants to improve his position but Gutierrez is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez trying to control the pace.
Baptiste trying to hold on to Gutierrez's head to control him but Gutierrez postures up.
Gutierrez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gutierrez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Baptiste wants to control but Gutierrez is keeping busy.
Baptiste is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gutierrez pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez is keen to just control but Baptiste is a slippery customer.
Gutierrez working Baptiste over with strikes.
Gutierrez not doing much here.
Baptiste trying to control from the bottom.
Baptiste is looking for a sweep. Gutierrez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Baptiste has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Gutierrez escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Gutierrez!
Baptiste is trying to get back to half guard.
Gutierrez trying to control the position but Baptiste is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
I wouldn't like to be where Baptiste is right now.
You can see the frustration on Baptiste's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gutierrez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baptiste keeps working.
Baptiste is looking to reverse the position.
Gutierrez working the ground and pound.
Baptiste is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baptiste is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Baptiste is not content to let Gutierrez control the position.
Baptiste is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gutierrez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gutierrez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Baptiste wants to improve his position but Gutierrez is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yago Gutierrez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gutierrez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baptiste paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gutierrez wants to clinch.
Gutierrez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Baptiste to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Baptiste drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gutierrez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gutierrez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gutierrez!
Gutierrez just content to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baptiste is looking to regain half guard here but Gutierrez keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Baptiste's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gutierrez wants to control but Baptiste is keeping him busy.
Gutierrez controlling from side mount.
Baptiste tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gutierrez working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Baptiste tries to buck Gutierrez off but Gutierrez is having none of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Baptiste swats away the attempt to clinch by Gutierrez.
Gutierrez is looking to clinch.
Gutierrez doesn't manage to clinch there - Baptiste circles away.
Gutierrez tries to clinch up but Baptiste circles away and keeps his distance.
Gutierrez closes the distance and clinches.
Gutierrez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Baptiste.
Gutierrez is working Baptiste over against the cage.
Gutierrez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baptiste backwards.
Gutierrez cracks Baptiste with a nice body shot.
Gutierrez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutierrez lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez is pressed up against the cage. Baptiste has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gutierrez down to the mat. Gutierrez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice cross by Baptiste.
Gutierrez avoids the body shot from Baptiste.
Gutierrez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baptiste looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emmanuel Baptiste. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baptiste.
Gutierrez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gutierrez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gutierrez lands a nice uppercut.
Gutierrez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baptiste backwards.
Baptiste is trying to drag Gutierrez to the mat but Gutierrez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gutierrez pushes Baptiste back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Baptiste tries to pull guard but Gutierrez won't allow it.
Baptiste tries for a takedown but Gutierrez manages to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baptiste wants to get back to striking at distance but Gutierrez won't allow it.
Baptiste is trying to drag Gutierrez to the mat but Gutierrez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baptiste wants a takedown but no success here.
Gutierrez scores with a shot to the side of Baptiste's head.
Gutierrez lands a hook that snaps the head of Baptiste backwards.
Baptiste goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gutierrez prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gutierrez.
Baptiste throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutierrez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gutierrez.
Gutierrez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gutierrez gets through Baptiste's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Baptiste gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gutierrez gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yago Gutierrez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Baptiste tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gutierrez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gutierrez moves away from the strike by Baptiste.
Baptiste circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baptiste counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gutierrez won't be happy with that.
Baptiste wants to control for a moment but Gutierrez uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Baptiste trying to control from half guard but Gutierrez is working away.
Gutierrez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Baptiste's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Baptiste's back!
Baptiste wants to escape the position.
Gutierrez avoiding Baptiste 's attempts to control his hands.
Gutierrez doesn't have the hooks in and Baptiste manages to turn into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baptiste trying to control but Gutierrez is working from the bottom.
Gutierrez looking to control.
Baptiste looking to sit in guard and control but Gutierrez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Baptiste is looking to sweep but instead, Gutierrez has passed into half guard.
Gutierrez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Baptiste does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Baptiste tries to roll over but Gutierrez keeps him under control.
Baptiste is working hard here to advance position.
Gutierrez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Baptiste is refusing to be controlled, as Gutierrez sits in half guard.
Gutierrez drops an elbow to the side of Baptiste's head.
Baptiste keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gutierrez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Still in half guard, Gutierrez seems content to control.
Baptiste is looking to improve his position.
Baptiste pushes Gutierrez off but Gutierrez dives into side control.
Yago Gutierrez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baptiste is trying to improve his position.
Gutierrez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Baptiste manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gutierrez's best efforts.
Gutierrez controlling the pace.
Gutierrez prevents Baptiste from improving his position.
Gutierrez controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Baptiste trying to control here.
Emmanuel Baptiste has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baptiste looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gutierrez prevents Baptiste from improving his position.
Emmanuel Baptiste overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gutierrez in particular looking to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Emmanuel Baptiste.
I think Gutierrez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yago Gutierrez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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