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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zed Baby! (ranked 1761 p4p, 224 weight class) and Michael Bobeth (ranked 3273 p4p, 360 weight class). Baby! comes into the arena with Rage Against The Machine: Know Your Enemy blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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181 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
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193 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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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
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zed Baby!!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Bobeth!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bobeth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bobeth closes the distance and clinches.
Baby! gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bobeth manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Baby! tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bobeth swivels and escapes.
Bobeth throws a head kick but Baby! moves out of range.
Bobeth throws a head kick that misses.
Bobeth misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baby! has been working on his balance at Touch Of Death Combat Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Bobeth.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baby! blocks a head kick by Bobeth.
Baby! throws a series of punches but Bobeth moves out of range.
Bobeth throws a big counter head kick but Baby! avoids it with no problem.
Bobeth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baby!.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bobeth.
A punch combination from Baby! misses.
Bobeth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bobeth throws a leg kick but Baby! sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bobeth lands with a kick to the temple. Baby! shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bobeth tries to keep at a distance but Baby! has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bobeth is fighting off a takedown attempt but Baby! is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Bobeth to the mat. Bobeth regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baby! stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bobeth swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Baby! trying to control the position from guard on top but Bobeth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bobeth wants to sweep but no luck.
Baby! stands and steps away. Bobeth gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bobeth lands with an uppercut that bounces Baby! off the cage and back into range.
Bobeth looks to score with a jab to the body but Baby! is just out of range.
Baby! forces Bobeth back against the cage and clinches.
Bobeth struggles to land a body shot inside as Baby! controls his hands.
Baby! breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bobeth throws a low kick but Baby! moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobeth throws a shot to the body.
Bobeth misses with a head kick.
Bobeth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Michael Bobeth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bobeth misses with a body kick.
Baby! avoids the body shot from Bobeth.
Bobeth with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Baby! to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Michael Bobeth has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bobeth tries to move into range but Baby! moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bobeth goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bobeth throws a head kick but Baby! moves out of range.
Baby! appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Baby! fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bobeth avoids it really well and circles away.
Bobeth misses with a head kick.
Baby! has managed to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bobeth taking a breather.
Baby! breaks the clinch.
Bobeth moves away from the strike by Baby!.
Bobeth looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bobeth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Bobeth's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jab, jab by Baby! - just one landing.
Nice jab there from Baby!.
Bobeth is rocked!
Bobeth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baby!. Baby! circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bobeth is still on wobbly legs! Can Baby! finish him?
Bobeth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bobeth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baby! moves into the clinch successfully.
Bobeth is trying to maintain a safe position but Baby! gets an underhook and turns Bobeth into the cage.
Baby! pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bobeth seems to have recovered his senses.
Bobeth takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baby! throws a shot from downtown. Bobeth moves away and avoids it.
Bobeth replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Baby! blocks it well.
Baby! cracks Bobeth on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Bobeth falls backwards against the cage. Baby! follows up with more strikes that drop Bobeth to his knees. Baby! keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Bobeth! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zed Baby!!
Our winner, Zed Baby!, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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