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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Lose Yourself. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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180 lbs
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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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
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey throws out a leg kick but James moves out of range and Bailey only half commits.
James gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bailey.
Some bone on bone action there as James checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bailey throws a nice head kick!
James fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bailey on the side of the head.
Bailey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bailey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with James, pushing him back against the cage.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
James tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, James just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bailey's brow.
A short uppercut from James.
James landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. James is defending well for now.
James blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey stalling.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James lands an elbow inside that Bailey shrugs off.
James tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
James with a knee to the head.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James takes an elbow to the forehead.
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
James missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
James avoiding damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
James lands an elbow that stopped Bailey in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Blaze Bailey has been cut.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James stalling in the clinch but Bailey improves position.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bailey avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
Bailey misses with an elbow strike.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of James backwards.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
James avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a knee to the head.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
Bailey pressing his opponent against the cage.
James blocks an elbow strike.
James takes an elbow to the temple.
Bailey scores a nice knee to the body.
James misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
James looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
James tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bailey trying to land knees to the body.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through James's defenses.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
James managing to block the knees to the body from Bailey.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.
James taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
James pushes Bailey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by James.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Bailey is blocking nicely.
Bailey stalling against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
James crunches a lovely knee into Bailey's ribcage.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from James.
James tries a body shot but Bailey blocks it.
James tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
James taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from James.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
Bailey lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of James backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bailey managing to block the knees to the body from James.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
James looks winded!
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Bailey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bailey misses with a knee strike.
Bailey lands a damaging elbow.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but James avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by James as Bailey tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Blaze Bailey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blaze Bailey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bailey lands with a nice body kick.
A solid body kick from Bailey.
Bailey lands a high kick!
Bailey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
James checks a leg kick nicely.
Bailey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with James, pushing him back against the cage.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
James landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey lands an elbow just above James 's eye.
James tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
Bailey looking to stall.
James tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.
James misses with a body punch.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bailey misses with an elbow strike.
Bailey lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Bailey is blocking nicely.
Bailey is looking to control James's arms but James gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bailey has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from James.
James avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Bailey avoids the damage to the body.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but James is keeping busy.
James avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
James missing with knees to the body.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
Bailey is working James over against the cage.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
James is breathing heavily.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
Bailey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bailey blocks a body shot from James.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bailey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
James scores with a knee to the head.
James avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Knees to the body from Bailey.
James takes a shot to the head.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that James shrugs off.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, James just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bailey's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James prevents a body shot from Bailey.
James tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
James blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bailey lands a nice uppercut.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped James in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey misses with an elbow strike.
Bailey lands with a left to the head.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
James misses with an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but James leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from James.
James tries a knee to the head but Bailey blocks it.
James managing to block the knees to the body from Bailey.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but James avoids the damage to the body.
James lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
Bailey scores with a knee to the head.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bailey pushes James back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey pushes off an throws an elbow but James leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bailey looking to throw knees to the head but James is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James misses with a knee strike.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey lands a right hand.
Bailey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from James.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blaze Bailey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blaze Bailey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bailey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bailey lands a really nice looking cross but James seems unphased.
James gets tackled into the cage by Bailey. Bailey maintains the clinch.
Bailey trying to control the position but instead, James has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bailey into the cage.
James scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bailey.
Bailey avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
James takes an elbow to the temple.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
James with an attempt at a knee that misses.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bailey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but James avoids the damage to the body.
James blocks an elbow strike.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bailey.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
James tries to stall but Bailey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blaze Bailey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bailey trying to stall but James improves his position.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bailey avoids it.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Bailey.
James managing to block the knees to the body from Bailey.
James takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but James avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey landing knees to the head.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bailey tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
James is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
James gets through Bailey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
James misses with a body punch.
Bailey blocks a body shot from James.
Bailey throws a knee to the head but misses.
James blocks an elbow strike.
James is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bailey is keeping busy.
James's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
James blocks an elbow strike.
James blocks the elbow strike.
Bailey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
James blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bailey blocks it with crossed arms.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Bailey is blocking nicely.
Bailey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
James misses with a knee strike.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Bailey looking to slow down the pace here.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James is trying to maintain a safe position but Bailey gets an underhook and turns James into the cage.
James lands a right hand.
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
James misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bailey lands a knee to the head.
James takes an elbow to the temple.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James tries to land a knee to the head but Bailey blocks with his arms.
A short body shot lands from James as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey lands an elbow just above James 's eye.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bailey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Bailey lands a left hand.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Bailey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but James has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
Rick James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blaze Bailey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bailey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blaze Bailey!
Blaze Bailey thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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