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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Azacca Trounvouche (ranked 781 p4p, 530 weight class) and Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 88 p4p, 64 weight class). Trounvouche comes to the cage accompanied by Wanted Dread & Alive. Jean Baptiste comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Born on the Bayou kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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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 25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azacca Trounvouche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Brady Jean Baptiste!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jean Baptiste takes a swing at Trounvouche's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Trounvouche misses the target.
Jean Baptiste has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jean Baptiste connects with a body shot.
Trounvouche punishes Jean Baptiste's body with a nice straight punch.
Jean Baptiste punishes Trounvouche's body with a nice straight punch.
Jean Baptiste walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trounvouche checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jean Baptiste moves away from the strike by Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste scores with a punch to the head.
Jean Baptiste throws a body kick that misses.
Trounvouche 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.
Azacca Trounvouche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trounvouche misses with a lunging right hand
and Trounvouche takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jean Baptiste dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trounvouche. That did some damage!
Jean Baptiste throws a head kick that misses.
Trounvouche fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Trounvouche blocks it.
Jean Baptiste tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Trounvouche is able to avoid easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice looking body kick.
Trounvouche scores with a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste avoids the body shot from Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a body kick but Trounvouche moved away.
Trounvouche feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Trounvouche scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trounvouche scoring well with a low kick there.
Trounvouche throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste scores with a body shot.
Trounvouche throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trounvouche checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
It looked like Trounvouche wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Trounvouche cracks Jean Baptiste with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Jean Baptiste misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as Jean Baptiste checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trounvouche keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jean Baptiste throws an overhand right that lands on Trounvouche's shoulder, as Trounvouche tries to avoid the shot.
Trounvouche feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick
and Trounvouche makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jean Baptiste scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a body kick
and Trounvouche counters with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trounvouche throws a push kick but Jean Baptiste slaps the foot to one side.
Trounvouche connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trounvouche manages to avoid it.
A big left from Trounvouche misses.
Jab by Trounvouche.
Trounvouche misses with a looping left.
Trounvouche lands a head shot.
Trounvouche thuds a left hand into Jean Baptiste's body.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick but Trounvouche sees it coming and moves out of range.
Trounvouche avoids a kick to the body.
Jean Baptiste ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trounvouche moves away.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Trounvouche avoids it easily.
Trounvouche checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jean Baptiste looks to throw the jab but Trounvouche is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Trounvouche blocks the low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Trounvouche darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Trounvouche waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trounvouche looks to land a left hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range nicely.
Trounvouche on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste lands with a hook. Trounvouche tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Trounvouche lands with a thumping leg kick.
Trounvouche does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jean Baptiste has Trounvouche up against the cage in a clinch.
Trounvouche lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jean Baptiste blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Jean Baptiste scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch on the inside.
Jean Baptiste lands a shoulder strike.
Trounvouche swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jean Baptiste goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trounvouche throws a head punch that misses.
Jean Baptiste misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jean Baptiste lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trounvouche backwards.
Jean Baptiste lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trounvouche tries to throw a body punch but Jean Baptiste avoids it by throwing Trounvouche back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trounvouche misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trounvouche throws a punch but it's blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Trounvouche goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste blocks a body shot from Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trounvouche blocking some punches.
Trounvouche misses with some punches.
Jean Baptiste throws a punch but it's blocked by Trounvouche.
A head punch on the inside from Trounvouche fails to land.
Jean Baptiste scores with a shot to the side of Trounvouche's head.
A head punch on the inside from Jean Baptiste fails to land.
Jean Baptiste throws a punch but it's blocked by Trounvouche.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trounvouche goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trounvouche has Jean Baptiste pressed against the cage, preventing Jean Baptiste from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trounvouche prevents a body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Still in the clinch, Trounvouche scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trounvouche lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brady Jean Baptiste will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jean Baptiste rushes Trounvouche and presses him up against the cage.
Brady Jean Baptiste seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Still in the clinch, Jean Baptiste scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jean Baptiste.
A short right from Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste tries to work over Trounvouche's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jean Baptiste tries a body shot but Trounvouche blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jean Baptiste blocks a body shot from Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trounvouches head.
Jean Baptiste blocks an uppercut.
Jean Baptiste goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste digs a right hand underneath Trounvouche's ribcage. Trounvouche let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jean Baptiste throws a punch but it's blocked by Trounvouche.
Trounvouche lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jean Baptiste scores with a shoulder strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jean Baptiste working aggressively here.
Jean Baptiste blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste lands a right hand.
Jean Baptiste misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jean Baptiste has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trounvouche goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trounvouche tries a body shot but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Trounvouche swings wildly with an uppercut but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste throws an elbow but it misses.
Jean Baptiste trying to control the position but instead, Trounvouche has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jean Baptiste into the cage.
Trounvouche tries a body shot but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Trounvouche digs a right hand into Jean Baptiste's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jean Baptiste's gas tank.
A short body shot lands from Trounvouche as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a head punch that misses.
Trounvouche has a couple of punches blocked by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste cracks Trounvouche with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trounvouches head.
Trounvouche misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Jean Baptiste - that landed with a thud.
Jean Baptiste gets through Trounvouche's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jean Baptiste.
Trounvouche has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short uppercut from Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jean Baptiste scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trounvouche lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jean Baptiste working aggressively here.
Jean Baptiste makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trounvouche swings wildly with an uppercut but Jean Baptiste uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trounvouche struggles to land a body shot inside as Jean Baptiste controls his hands.
Trounvouche throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jean Baptiste fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jean Baptiste swings wildly with an uppercut but Trounvouche uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trounvouche lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trounvouche misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste misses with some punches.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trounvouche pushes Jean Baptiste back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche pushes Jean Baptiste back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trounvouche lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Trounvouche scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jean Baptiste misses with a punch to the body.
Trounvouche makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Jean Baptiste.
Trounvouche's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trounvouche struggles to land a body shot inside as Jean Baptiste controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trounvouche blocks a body shot from Jean Baptiste.
A head punch on the inside from Jean Baptiste fails to land.
Jean Baptiste swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jean Baptiste misses with the head strike.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jean Baptiste lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trounvouche backwards.
Jean Baptiste scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste struggles to land a body shot inside as Trounvouche controls his hands.
Jean Baptiste lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trounvouche lands with a left to the head.
Jean Baptiste blocking some punches.
Jean Baptiste doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jean Baptiste blocking some punches.
Trounvouche's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trounvouche tries to throw a body punch but Jean Baptiste avoids it by throwing Trounvouche back against the cage.
Jean Baptiste swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trounvouche gets through Jean Baptiste's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste tries to throw a body punch but Trounvouche avoids it by throwing Jean Baptiste back against the cage.
Jean Baptiste lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Trounvouche fails to land.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jean Baptiste blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste can't find room to land a body shot as Trounvouche controls the action.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body punch.
Trounvouche tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jean Baptiste's elbow.
Jean Baptiste lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trounvouche.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Jean Baptiste showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Trounvouche's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Jean Baptiste walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trounvouche checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Trounvouche scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jean Baptiste rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trounvouche counters with a stiff right hand.
Trounvouche lunges at Jean Baptiste with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jean Baptiste's hand.
Jean Baptiste just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Trounvouche.
Trounvouche takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Trounvouche misses with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jean Baptiste doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Trounvouche throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trounvouche cracks Jean Baptiste with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jean Baptiste lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jean Baptiste checks a low kick from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche blocks a jab.
Jean Baptiste looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste lands a slapping body shot.
Jean Baptiste's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Trounvouche lands a leg kick that knocks Jean Baptiste off balance momentarily.
Jean Baptiste swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trounvouche lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jean Baptiste defending well as Trounvouche loads up on a big left hand.
Jean Baptiste doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Trounvouche lands a nice shot to the body.
Jean Baptiste turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trounvouche tried to score with a low kick but Jean Baptiste checks it.
Trounvouche finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jean Baptiste misses with a series of wild punches.
And Trounvouche counters with a quick kick to the body but Jean Baptiste blocks it.
Jean Baptiste gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Trounvouche.
Trounvouche misses with an uppercut
and Jean Baptiste counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook. Trounvouche ducked under it nicely.
Trounvouche misses with a straight right.
Jean Baptiste scores with a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Trounvouche counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jean Baptiste goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Trounvouche checks a leg kick.
Trounvouche throws a nice inside leg kick.
Trounvouche gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jean Baptiste.
Trounvouche throws a body punch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Trounvouche bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jean Baptiste's head.
Azacca Trounvouche is winning the standup battle so far.
Trounvouche misses with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste jabs Trounvouche to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good leg kick by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a front kick but Trounvouche steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trounvouche throws a body kick that misses.
Trounvouche thows a leg kick but Jean Baptiste checks it
and Jean Baptiste counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jean Baptiste lands a leg kick that knocks Trounvouche off balance momentarily.
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick which misses Trounvouche's front leg but catches the back leg as Trounvouche tries to avoid it.
Trounvouche throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jean Baptiste counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Trounvouche with a hook.
Trounvouche lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jean Baptiste feints and then cracks Trounvouche's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trounvouche down.
Trounvouche blocks a jab.
Jean Baptiste tries to clinch up.
Trounvouche tried to counter with a leg kick but Jean Baptiste avoided it.
Jean Baptiste throws a right hand that misses
and Trounvouche counters with a low kick, right behind Jean Baptiste 's knee.
Trounvouche tries a low kick but Jean Baptiste avoids it.
Jean Baptiste misses with a straight right.
Jean Baptiste on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trounvouche blocks a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Trounvouche looks to land a left hand but Jean Baptiste moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trounvouche connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jean Baptiste scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Jean Baptiste finds it's way through Trounvouche's defenses.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy right hand but Trounvouche sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trounvouche uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jean Baptiste.
Trounvouche wants to slow Jean Baptiste down by chopping away at his legs.
Trounvouche is looking to score with low kicks.
Trounvouche with a hook.
Trounvouche walks into a stiff left hand from Jean Baptiste.
A nice leg kick lands there from Trounvouche.
Nice straight punches there by Trounvouche. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Trounvouche.
Jean Baptiste moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Trounvouche throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It seemed like Jean Baptiste was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Trounvouche misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy right hand but Trounvouche sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azacca Trounvouche has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trounvouche misses with a straight right.
Trounvouche misses with a kick to the body
and Jean Baptiste counters with an inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Azacca Trounvouche.
I think Jean Baptiste has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Jean Baptiste!
Brady Jean Baptiste thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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