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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brady Baird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cleveland Rocks. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brady Baird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shane Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baird misses with a takedown attempt - Tanner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tanner.
Tanner stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tanner wants it to stay on the feet.
Baird misses with a series of wild punches.
Baird wants to clinch.
Baird chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tanner can pounce on him.
Baird changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tanner tries to avoid it but Baird manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tanner to the ground. Tanner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Baird. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baird avoids the body shot from Tanner.
Tanner thumps Baird with a low kick.
Baird misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tanner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tanner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baird misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanner with a nice cross.
Horrible takedown by Baird or perhaps it was just good defense by Tanner which made him look bad.
Tanner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baird is breathing heavily.
Tanner throws a shot to the body.
Tanner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baird's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tanner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tanner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tanner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baird shoots in and drives through. Tanner sprawls well.
Tanner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Baird takes one on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tanner.
Baird takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab lands there for Tanner.
Tanner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baird has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Baird. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Tanner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. Baird looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Baird takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tanner forces Baird back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Tanner - that landed with a thud.
Tanner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baird misses with a knee to the head.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Baird's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike.
Tanner lands a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tanner.
Tanner breaks from the clinch.
Baird needs to keep his hands up - Tanner had a free shot at his head there.
Tanner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baird had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A left and a right from Tanner both land. Nice combination.
Tanner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Baird takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tanner moves into range and clinches up with Baird.
Tanner is working Baird over against the cage.
Tanner with a knee to the head.
It looks like Brady Baird has been cut.
Baird with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Tanner - that landed with a thud.
Baird wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanner lands a good knee to the midsection. Baird won't want to take too many of those.
Baird is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanner has double underhooks.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
Baird fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tanner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanner lands a good knee to the midsection. Baird won't want to take too many of those.
Tanner stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tanner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baird with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tanner to score with a decent uppercut.
A right-left combo lands from Tanner.
Tanner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tanner scores with a push kick.
Baird gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tanner.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but Tanner blocks with his arms.
Tanner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baird is trying to break the clinch but Tanner is controlling him.
Baird avoiding damage as Tanner throws knees to the body.
Tanner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baird backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Baird throws an elbow but misses.
A right hand to the body from Tanner.
Baird tries to circle away but Tanner has him pinned against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Tanner.
Baird goes for a takedown attempt but Tanner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Baird tries for a takedown but Tanner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tanner rushes Baird and presses him up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Tanner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tanner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanner lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tanner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Tanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brady Baird's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Baird takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baird shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tanner as he avoids it easily.
Tanner lands a head shot.
Baird scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tanner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tanner stuffs the takedown attempt from Baird. Baird gets slowly back to his feet.
Tanner lands with a hook. Baird tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Baird tries to clinch but Tanner moves away
and Tanner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Baird chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tanner can pounce on him.
Tanner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tanner lands a glancing blow to the side of Baird's head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tanner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baird tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tanner smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Baird. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tanner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baird. That did some damage!
Baird is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tanner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baird at a distance.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tanner in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baird wants to clinch but Tanner slips to the side
and Tanner counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Tanner.
Tanner digs a right hand into Baird's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baird's gas tank.
Tanner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baird backwards.
Baird is trying to break the clinch but Tanner has him pressed against the cage.
Baird jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tanner walks away with a smile on his face. Baird gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Baird looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tanner scores with a nice right hand.
Baird clinches but Tanner breaks the clinch
and Tanner counters with a straight right hand.
Baird on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tanner. Tanner obviously looking to wear him down.
Brady Baird is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baird takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baird gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tanner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tanner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baird tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tanner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tanner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tanner moves into the clinch.
Tanner is leaning against Baird and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner presses Baird against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Baird throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tanner blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanner avoiding damage as Baird throws knees to the body.
Tanner scores with a shot to the side of Baird's head.
Baird jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tanner walks away with a smile on his face. Baird gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tanner instigates a clinch.
A hook to the body from Tanner.
Tanner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Baird just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
Tanner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tanner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tanner lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Baird misses with a takedown attempt
and Tanner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tanner.
Tanner lands a nice hook to Baird's body. Baird takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Baird has his takedown stuffed
and Tanner counters with a nice body kick.
Tanner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tanner has managed to clinch.
Tanner gets underhooks to prevent Baird's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tanner lands a nice shot to the body.
Baird with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheers as Tanner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baird doesn't seem phased though.
Tanner lunges at Baird with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Baird's hand.
Tanner works over Baird's head and body with a nice combination.
Tanner clinches with his opponent.
Tanner managing to block the knees to the body from Baird.
A knee to the head by Tanner.
Tanner lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baird.
Baird fails to pull guard.
Tanner lands a good knee to the midsection. Baird won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Tanner.
Tanner managing to block the knees to the body from Baird.
Baird tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tanner just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tanner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baird wants to break free but Tanner has control.
Tanner is leaning against Baird and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baird is working for takedown but Tanner is calmly controlling the position for now.
Baird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanner avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Tanner.
Baird wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A hook to the body from Tanner.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tanner.
Baird fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baird pushes off an throws an elbow but Tanner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baird tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tanner smiles and moves away.
Baird throws a right hand that Tanner ducks under and follows up with a left that Tanner also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baird tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shane Tanner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tanner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baird's head backwards.
Tanner scores with a hook to the body. Baird takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tanner lands a leg kick that knocks Baird off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Tanner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brady Baird's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Tanner connects with a right hand. Baird shakes it off.
Tanner takes the fight into the clinch.
Baird tries to pull guard but Tanner won't allow it.
Baird misses with an elbow over the top.
Baird wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanner has him pressed against the cage.
Baird has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
Baird wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baird.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baird is trying to push Tanner away but Tanner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baird working aggressively here.
Tanner missing with knees to the body.
Baird tries to break the clinch but Tanner is controlling the position.
Baird tries to pull guard but Tanner holds him up against the cage and eventually Baird drops back down to his feet.
Baird tries to circle away but Tanner has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baird misses with an elbow strike.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Tanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baird misses with an elbow over the top.
Tanner lands a nice shot to the body.
Baird with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanner scores with a hook to the body.
Baird with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baird wants to break free but Tanner has control.
Baird throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tanner blocks it with crossed arms.
Baird tries to pull guard but Tanner won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Baird. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tanner lands a left hand.
Tanner works on Baird's body with a couple of short punches.
Baird tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Baird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baird wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Baird taking a breather.
Baird throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Baird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tanner is defending well for now.
Baird tries to pull guard but Tanner won't allow it.
Baird working aggressively here.
Tanner managing to block the knees to the body from Baird.
Tanner lands a body punch.
Baird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanner avoids it.
Baird tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tanner smiles and moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baird throws an elbow that misses.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike from Baird.
Baird throws an elbow but it misses.
Tanner avoids the elbow strike from Baird, against the cage.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baird.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baird tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tanner smiles and moves away.
Tanner lands a nice hook to Baird's body. Baird takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Baird tries to clinch
and Tanner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tanner lands a nice hook to Baird's body. Baird takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. Baird looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tanner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tanner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tanner lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tanner.
Tanner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tanner, right into the meat.
Brady Baird has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baird misses with a takedown
and Tanner counters with a low kick, right behind Baird 's knee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baird tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Tanner as he connects with a hook.
Tanner lands a jab.
Baird takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baird with a poor takedown
and Tanner counters with a nice uppercut.
Tanner lands a nice looking body shot.
Baird takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tanner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baird. That did some damage!
Tanner clinches with his opponent.
A hook to the body from Tanner.
Baird takes a knee right on the jaw!
Baird is trying to break the clinch but Tanner is controlling him.
Tanner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baird or not.
Tanner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tanner.
Tanner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baird or not.
Baird takes a shot to the head.
Tanner scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tanner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baird backwards.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tanner works on Baird's body with a couple of short punches.
Baird goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Tanner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tanner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 24:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 24:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Tanner!
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