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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Valio Baltov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Ray Okudja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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24
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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169 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valio Baltov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jay Ray Okudja!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okudja shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Okudja won't allow Baltov to get back to his feet.
Okudja throws and elbow that misses. Baltov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Okudja's guard. Nice move by Baltov!
Okudja is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Okudja's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jay Ray Okudja was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Okudja looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okudja looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Baltov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Okudja doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Okudja manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Baltov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Okudja gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Okudja must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Okudja lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okudja wants to pass the guard but Baltov is keeping the position.
Okudja makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Okudja looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Okudja forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Okudja.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okudja lands strikes from half guard.
Baltov is not content to let Okudja control the position.
Nice strikes from Okudja there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Okudja in particular looking to stall.
Okudja working over Baltov with some ground and pound. Baltov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Okudja working over Baltov with some ground and pound. Baltov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Okudja looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baltov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Baltov is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Okudja lands a nice short elbow.
Okudja winds up and cracks Baltov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Baltov is staying active underneath Okudja, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Okudja working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice strikes from Okudja there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Ray Okudja dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Okudja shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Okudja unloading with bombs!
Baltov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Okudja scoring with strikes but Baltov is staying in there.
Okudja in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okudja with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okudja controlling from the full mount.
Okudja is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Okudja scoring with strikes but Baltov is staying in there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okudja scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Baltov?
Baltov is rocked!
Okudja postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Baltov is out cold - huge knockout for Okudja!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jay Ray Okudja!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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