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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Triston Baal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmeh Sblia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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270 lbs
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264 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Triston Baal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timmeh Sblia!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baal scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sblia is rocked!
It looks like Timmeh Sblia has been cut.
Baal looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sblia is still in real trouble! Can Baal finish him?
Sblia has momentary wrist control but Baal slips an elbow through the middle.
Sblia keeping full guard, as Baal tries to pass.
Sblia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baal postures up.
Sblia wants to sweep here but Baal controlling him for the moment.
Baal sitting in guard here, content to control.
Baal lands a couple of elbows.
Baal stands up over Sblia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baal controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sblia seems to have recovered his senses.
Sblia has Baal pulled in close to control his posture.
Sblia keeping moving, preventing Baal from controlling successfully.
Baal looking to pass the guard.
Sblia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sblia working a defensive guard here.
Baal trying to control but Sblia is working from the bottom.
Baal looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sblia connects with a solid leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sblia!
Sblia throws a head kick that half lands.
Sblia misses with a head kick.
Baal takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sblia thuds his shin into the meat of Baal's side.
Baal slips a jab and a cross from Sblia.
Baal takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sblia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sblia cracks the inside of Baal's front leg.
Baal is breathing heavily.
Baal shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sblia's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baal looking to sit in guard and control but Sblia gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sblia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sblia looking to pass the guard.
Baal keeping moving, preventing Sblia from controlling successfully.
Baal is trying to keep Sblia in close.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sblia trying to control the position from guard on top but Baal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sblia advances position into side control!
Sblia decides to stand up, so the ref orders Baal to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sblia punishes Baal's body with a nice straight punch.
Sblia lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sblia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baal's sensitive parts.
Baal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sblia.
Baal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sblia. That one must have hurt.
Sblia lands a nice looking body shot.
Sblia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Sblia. No joy for Baal on that attempt.
Baal clinches up with Sblia and pushes him back against the cage.
Baal works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Baal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baal content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sblia gets underhooks to prevent Baal's takedown attempt.
Sblia wants to break free but Baal has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sblia has had enough of the clinch but Baal keeps him there for the moment.
Baal prevents Sblia from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baal.
Baal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sblias head.
Baal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timmeh Sblia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timmeh Sblia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sblia throws a looping overhand right but Baal ducks down to avoid it.
Timmeh Sblia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baal shoots in for a double leg but Sblia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sblia fails to land with a series of punches.
Baal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baal wants a takedown but no success here.
Baal keeps control of Sblia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baal prevents Sblia from breaking the clinch.
Baal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Baal is stalling here.
Still in the clinch, Baal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baal is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Triston Baal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sblia can't break the clinch.
Sblia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sblia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Baal.
Baal has picked Sblia up - he's going for a ride! Baal dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Baal missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baal is trying to control the action in half guard but Sblia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sblia is breathing heavily.
Sblia is trying to control but Baal manages to pass to mount!
Baal throwing strikes here but Sblia is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sblia can't escape the position.
Sblia is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Baal is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sblia is working to get back to half guard.
Baal can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sblia is looking to escape.
Baal controlling from the full mount.
Sblia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Baal with good strikes from the mount here!
Baal with the ground and pound from mount.
Sblia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sblia wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baal lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sblia hang on?
Baal postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sblia looks a forlorn figure.
Baal content just to control the position here.
Sblia tries to hold on but Baal postures up.
Sblia really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sblia tries to hold on but Baal postures up.
Sblia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sblia blocking the ground and pound.
Baal is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Sblia has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Sblia!
Sblia advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sblia is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Baal is trying to control but can't.
Sblia trying to control the action but Baal is working from the bottom.
Sblia perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Baal wants to control but Sblia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Baal trying to get back to full guard but Sblia takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Sblia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Triston Baal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baal is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sblia controlling the position easily from mount.
Sblia avoids the attempt from Baal to control.
Sblia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Timmeh Sblia just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sblia stuffs the takedown attempt from Baal. Baal gets slowly back to his feet.
Sblia cracks Baal with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Triston Baal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Timmeh Sblia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sblia fails to land with a series of punches.
Sblia scores with a body shot.
Sblia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baal.
Timmeh Sblia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baal shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sblia as he avoids it easily.
A head kick from Sblia lands but Baal takes it in his stride.
Sblia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baal momentarily.
Sblia with a nice cross.
Sblia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice combination there by Sblia.
Sblia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Baal counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sblia is doing well to control the position and prevent Baal from advancing to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sblia is trying to get back to full guard.
Baal seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sblia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baal is thwarting Sblia's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baal is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Baal seems to be looking for submissions.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Baal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Timmeh Sblia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baal is looking to clinch but Sblia is avoiding it.
Baal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baal misses with a takedown attempt - Sblia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Baal wants to clinch up but Sblia keeps it at a distance.
Baal fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Triston Baal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Sblia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sblia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baal.
Danga de danga de dang - Baal scores with a four punch combination!
Sblia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Timmeh Sblia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sblia tries to keep at a distance but Baal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baal stalls.
Baal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sblia backwards.
Baal lands a shoulder strike.
Baal lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sblia to his knees! Baal keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Triston Baal!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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