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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Baker (ranked 4687 p4p, 3614 weight class) and Lucifer James (ranked 567 p4p, 478 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oscar Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lucifer James!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. James sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James misses with a left hand
and Baker counters with a right hand to the body.
Baker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Baker misses with a right hand
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
Baker moves forwards but James connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oscar Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker looks to land a right hand but James moved out of range.
Baker misses the shot to the body.
James swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
James lands a head shot.
Baker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.
Baker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
James looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
James loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
Baker swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Baker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Baker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker misses with a hook. James ducked under it nicely.
James appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Baker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baker.
Baker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James gets cracked there but stands up to it.
James walks into a jab.
Baker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Baker misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from James misses.
James swings widly with a right hand
and Baker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
James lands a right hook to the body.
James blocks a jab.
Baker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from James.
James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baker misses with a looping right.
James throws out a counter right but Baker avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a left hand
and Baker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baker manages to avoid it.
James misses with a straight left.
Baker misses with a hook.
Baker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice body punch from Baker.
Baker connects with the punch.
Baker cracks James with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Baker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baker lands a jab.
James might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Baker stuns James with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James takes a shot to the body in his stride.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
James is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baker moves away from the strike by James.
Baker ducks right into an uppercut from James.
Baker lands a nice shot that snaps James's head back.
Baker scores with a nice strike.
James misses with a straight right.
It looked like Baker was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from James.
James misses with a looping left.
James misses with a hook
and Baker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baker misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from James on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook but Baker blocks it.
Baker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baker.
Baker swinging wildly here.
A little jabbing left from James on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
James misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Baker was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from James.
A telegraphed right hand from Baker misses the target.
Baker clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baker punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baker.
Baker scores with a body shot.
Baker throws a lazy uppercut
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Baker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Baker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
Baker lands with a hook. James tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Baker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jamess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Baker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Baker misses with a body shot.
Baker throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
James stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Baker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before James has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
James looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
James swings for the body but Baker moves out of range.
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James slips a straight right by Baker.
Baker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baker throwing a counter right hand but James manages to avoid it.
James throws a shot from downtown. Baker moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Baker misses.
James looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baker throws a poor cross that misses
and James counters with a nice uppercut.
Baker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
James loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
Baker missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Baker avoids the body shot from James.
Baker slips a jab from James.
Baker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big left from James misses.
Baker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big left from James misses.
James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker lands a jab to James's midsection.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the body from Baker misses
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baker.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baker is looking to counter punch.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Baker circles away.
James slips a jab from Baker.
A big left from James misses.
James throws a right hand that misses
and Baker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
James misses with a hook to the body
and Baker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baker.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James staying out of range there.
James gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Baker.
Baker misses with a wild combination.
Baker misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Baker as he connects with a hook.
James scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
James has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Baker defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
Baker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baker jabs at James's body.
James takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Baker lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Baker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baker lunges at James with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by James's hand.
James misses with a hook.
Baker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Baker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baker was well out of range. Poor timing from James.
James takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Baker throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
James doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Baker throws a body shot but no joy.
Baker with a jab.
Baker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before James has time to react.
Baker lands a nice shot to the body.
Baker scores with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Baker dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
James connects with a body shot.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baker.
James looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from James finds it's way round the side to connect with Baker's head.
James throws a body punch but Baker moves out of range.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
Baker connects with a single shot there.
Baker throws a good cross that connects.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
Baker throws out a powerful jab.
Baker misses the shot to the body.
James misses with a jab to the body
and Baker counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James defending well as Baker loads up on a big left hand.
Baker throws an off balance right hand
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
James takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from James finds it's way round the side to connect with Baker's head.
James walks into a jab.
Baker lands with an overhand left.
James scores with a nice head shot.
Baker throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
James throws a hook but Baker avoids it easily.
James misses with an uppercut. Baker saw that one coming.
Lucifer James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oscar Baker is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from James! But no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker scores with a jab to the head.
James closes the distance and pushes Baker back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
Baker can't break the clinch.
James pushes Baker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
James misses with a punch on the inside.
James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baker wants to break the clinch but can't.
James working aggressively here.
James scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from James.
James breaks from the clinch.
Baker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
Baker's corner calls for a 1-2. Baker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from James misses its intended target.
James looks to throw the jab but Baker is out of range.
James slips under a jab.
James walks into a stiff left hand from Baker.
James throws a jab when Baker was well out of range.
Baker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
Baker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James throws out a counter right but Baker avoids it with no problem.
Baker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Baker just misses with a punch to the body.
James throws a looping overhand right but Baker ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James blocks a jab.
Baker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baker scores with a nice head shot.
James slips a jab from Baker.
Baker takes one on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James drops Baker with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Baker! James dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucifer James!
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hype
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