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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinbad Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baba comes to the cage accompanied by King of Seven Seas. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
12 - 0 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinbad Baba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Powers!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Powers.
Baba displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Troy Powers has been cut.
Sinbad Baba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baba lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Baba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Powers has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Baba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Baba misses its intended target.
Baba takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Powers shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powers trying to mount his opponent but Baba defends it.
Powers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baba defending well though.
Baba is refusing to be controlled, as Powers sits in half guard.
Baba trying to control but Powers postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Powers stops Baba from getting back to his feet.
Powers is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Baba!
BOOM! Powers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Powers punching from mount but Baba doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Powers raining down hammerfists from mount.
Powers putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Powers throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Powers thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Baba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Powers with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baba squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Powers working Baba over with strikes here.
Powers lands a nice shot to the head.
Baba is rocked!
Powers looking to finish Baba with some ground and pound. This is bad for Baba!
Oh Baba is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Powers postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Baba in real trouble here! The ref calls for Baba to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Powers! Troy Powers retains his welterweight title!
Troy Powers tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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