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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zed Baby! (ranked 243 p4p, 344 weight class) and Bartholomäus Wolff (ranked 38 p4p, 51 weight class). Baby! comes to the cage accompanied by Rage Against The Machine: Know Your Enemy. 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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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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zed Baby!!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bartholomäus Wolff!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolff stuns Baby! with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Wolff misses.
Baby! tries to counter with a takedown but Wolff is quick to defend against it.
Wolff is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wolff throws a push kick but Baby! slaps the foot to one side.
Baby! half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Baby! keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baby! avoids the head kick by Wolff.
Wolff misses with a wild body shot.
Baby! shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wolff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Baby! changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Wolff looks to land a combination but Baby! avoids it well.
Wolff throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baby! counters with a shoot takedown. Wolff fights it but they end up in guard.
Baby! is looking to work some ground and pound but Wolff has wrist control.
Baby! loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baby! sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Baby! wants to control from the top but Wolff keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baby! lands a couple of digs.
Wolff has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wolff's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Baby! trying to control but Wolff is working from the bottom.
Wolff is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baby! wants to control the action here but instead Wolff manages to pass to full mount!
Baby! is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolff controlling the position easily from mount.
Baby! wants to control but Wolff is having none of it.
Baby! is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Wolff takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Baby! might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Baby! tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wolff controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baby! is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Baby! wants to control but Wolff is having none of it.
Baby! tries to reverse the position but Wolff maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Baby! manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Baby! keeping hold of Wolff's head, controlling as best he can.
Baby! tries to get to full guard but Wolff has control of the leg.
Baby! makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baby!.
Wolff sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Baby! looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartholomäus Wolff dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wolff throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baby! counters with a single leg into guard. Wolff didn't expect that.
Baby! postures up.
Wolff controlling Baby!'s posture.
Baby! trying to control the position from guard on top but Wolff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baby! with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wolff keeping moving, preventing Baby! from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wolff seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Baby! drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Wolff dives on top into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baby! is trying to keep Wolff in close.
Bartholomäus Wolff has got the better of the ground game so far.
Baby! is looking for a triangle but Wolff pushes his legs off easily.
Wolff trying to control but Baby! is working from the bottom.
Baby! working a defensive guard here.
Baby! is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Wolff rolls with it to try and escape but Baby! cranks on the arm and Wolff is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zed Baby!!
Zed Baby! retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Zed Baby! thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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