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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Baker (ranked 3575 p4p, 5836 weight class) and Steve The Smiling Assassin (ranked 471 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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29 - 25 - 2 |
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18 - 18 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 25 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve The Smiling Assassin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Smiling Assassin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Baker misses with a series of wild punches.
Baker lands a left and a right that send The Smiling Assassin crashing to the mat, dazed. Baker thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Baker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baker throws a leg kick which misses The Smiling Assassin's front leg but catches the back leg as The Smiling Assassin tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Smiling Assassin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baker is looking for a counter combo.
Baker darts in and clinches The Smiling Assassin up against the cage.
The Smiling Assassin tries a body shot but Baker blocks it.
The Smiling Assassin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baker slows down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Smiling Assassin tries to work over Baker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker avoids the elbow strike from The Smiling Assassin, against the cage.
The Smiling Assassin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Smiling Assassin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Smiling Assassin is stalling here.
Baker's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Baker avoiding damage as The Smiling Assassin throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a body punch.
The Smiling Assassin is trying to break the clinch but Baker is controlling him.
The Smiling Assassin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baker.
Baker has The Smiling Assassin pushed against the cage.
Baker has The Smiling Assassin pressed against the cage, preventing The Smiling Assassin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baker has The Smiling Assassin pressed against the cage, preventing The Smiling Assassin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker blocks an elbow strike from The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Smiling Assassin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Baker has him pressed against the cage.
Baker displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Smiling Assassin up against the cage.
The Smiling Assassin misses with the head strike.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a punch to the body.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Smiling Assassin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Smiling Assassin misses the jab.
Baker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker connects with a jab.
Baker jabs at The Smiling Assassin's body.
Baker lands a nice shot that snaps The Smiling Assassin's head back.
The Smiling Assassin is rocked!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Smiling Assassin swings wildly with an uppercut but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baker effectively controlling the action here.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Smiling Assassin misses with an elbow over the top.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Baker dominated that 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.
Baker throws a right and a left that The Smiling Assassin avoids nicely.
Baker slips a straight right by The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jab by The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baker. The Smiling Assassin does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Smiling Assassin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Smiling Assassin looks to score with a jab to the body but Baker is just out of range.
The Smiling Assassin throws a shot to the body.
A head kick from The Smiling Assassin lands but Baker takes it in his stride.
It looks like Brian Baker has been cut.
Good standup being displayed there by Baker as he connects with a hook.
Baker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Smiling Assassin can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baker lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Smiling Assassin will feel that in the morning.
The Smiling Assassin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Baker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Smiling Assassin, pushing him back against the cage.
The Smiling Assassin stalling in the clinch but Baker improves position.
The Smiling Assassin struggles to land a body shot inside as Baker controls his hands.
The Smiling Assassin is breathing heavily.
The Smiling Assassin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baker blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The Smiling Assassin is trying to break free.
Baker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on The Smiling Assassin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin tries to clinch up.
Steve The Smiling Assassin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Smiling Assassin missing with a left hand there. Baker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Baker cracks The Smiling Assassin with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Baker has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning The Smiling Assassin to stand back up!
The Smiling Assassin is still on wobbly legs! Can Baker finish him?
Baker throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! The Smiling Assassin crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brian Baker!
Steve The Smiling Assassin spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank you fans for your support and Vladimir Putin for inspiring me to take shirtless photos of myself.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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