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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hernandez (ranked 4168 p4p, 5735 weight class) and Wake Baked (ranked 357 p4p, 422 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 cm 25 151 1 - 1 - 0 |
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168 cm 21 144 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Solid boxing Good chin |
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Decent wrestler Counter fighter Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Hernandez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wake Baked! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baked looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hernandez! Hernandez is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Baked prevents Hernandez from escaping the position. Hernandez is trying to improve his position. Baked lands some shots froms side control. Hernandez is looking to reverse the position. Baked lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hernandez down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Baked decides to stand back up. Baked steps back and let's Hernandez get back to his feet. Baked takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Hernandez swinging wildly here.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baked counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hernandez won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round. You can see the frustration on Hernandez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Hernandez has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Baked working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. The referee asks Baked politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Baked prefers to stall for the moment though. Baked working the head and body with strikes. Hernandez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Baked connects with a decent elbow. Baked controlling from side mount. Baked trying to control the position but Hernandez is working away. Hernandez wants to control but Baked postures up. Baked controls the position from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hernandez sneaks back into half guard. Hernandez trying to control here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Hernandez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hernandez gets full guard. Baked really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hernandez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Baked throws a big elbow that misses. Hernandez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Baked doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Baked manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Hernandez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Baked seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. Baked gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Hernandez throws a nice looking combination but Baked bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Hernandez tries to bum rush Baked with a series of wild strikes but Baked uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Hernandez lands a slapping body shot.
Daniel Hernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Nice uppercut lands for Hernandez. That snapped Baked's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hernandez lands a jab. Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Baked drives through with a takedown into Hernandez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Hernandez keeping moving, preventing Baked from controlling successfully. Hernandez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Baked wants to control from the top but Hernandez keeps moving. Hernandez trying to control the position.
Hernandez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Baked is one step ahead there. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hernandez looking to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Daniel Hernandez will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Baked shoots in and gets a takedown into Hernandez's guard. Baked avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hernandez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Baked showing good wrestling skills to control the position. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Baked stands up over Hernandez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Baked looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Baked looking to improve position, pressing down on Hernandez's thigh with his hand. Hernandez seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Baked paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Baked's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Hernandez picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Daniel Hernandez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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