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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Jiro (ranked 371 p4p, 51 weight class) and Thomas Baba (ranked 670 p4p, 88 weight class). Jiro comes to the cage accompanied by Game of Death. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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269 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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258 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Jiro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thomas Baba!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baba.
Jiro throws the left hand but Baba avoids the punch easily.
Baba fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jiro, pushing him back against the cage.
Baba misses with a punch to the body.
Jiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jiro.
Jiro misses with a body punch.
Baba lands a left hand.
Baba lands with a light punch inside.
Baba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Baba.
Baba takes a shot to the head.
Jiro lands a hook that snaps the head of Baba backwards.
Jiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Baba.
Jiro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baba working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baba's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba working aggressively here.
Baba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from Baba - that landed with a thud.
Baba's coach down at Island Sparring was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Baba's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Baba cracks Jiro with a nice body shot.
Jiro is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baba.
A nice left hand lands by Baba.
Baba scores with a shoulder strike.
Baba lands with a short shot to the head.
Baba working aggressively here.
Baba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baba throws a head punch that misses.
Jiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baba works on Jiro's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Baba - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baba throws a head punch that misses.
Jiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Baba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiro can't find room to land a body shot as Baba controls the action.
Jiro takes a shot to the head.
Baba prevents a body shot from Jiro.
Baba works on Jiro's body with a couple of short punches.
Baba cracks Jiro with a nice body shot.
Baba misses with the head strike.
Baba throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiro.
Baba lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Jiro as the two fighters clinch.
Jiro tries to throw a body punch but Baba avoids it by throwing Jiro back against the cage.
Baba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baba tries to throw a body punch but Jiro avoids it by throwing Baba back against the cage.
Baba lands a hook that snaps the head of Jiro backwards.
Baba gets through Jiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Baba tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baba softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baba.
A short body shot lands from Jiro as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baba.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Baba dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baba has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jiro throws a hook to the side of Baba's head but Baba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baba throws a right hand that misses
and Jiro counters with a stiff right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Baba blocks the leg kick.
Baba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Baba.
Baba throws a poor cross that misses
and Jiro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jiro cracks Baba on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Baba falls backwards against the cage. Jiro follows up with more strikes that drop Baba to his knees. Jiro keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Baba! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Jiro!
Ken Jiro retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Ken Jiro, 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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hype
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RATING
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