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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baz Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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197 lbs
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180 cm
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190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyoto Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Baz Baldwin!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Baldwin misses its intended target.
Maia is looking to chop away at Baldwin's legs.
Maia is trying hard to land a takedown here. Baldwin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Maia gets a clinch.
Baldwin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baldwin slows down the pace here.
Baldwin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baldwin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baldwin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baldwin landing knees to the head.
Baldwin trying to land knees to the body.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maia manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maia obliges.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but Maia blocks with his arms.
Baldwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baldwin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Baldwin tries to throw a body punch but Maia avoids it by throwing Baldwin back against the cage.
Maia looking to throw knees to the head but Baldwin is blocking nicely.
Baldwin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baldwin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baldwin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baldwin is looking to break free of the clinch but Maia has double underhooks.
Baldwin looks gassed!
Baldwin missing with knees to the body.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maia avoids it.
Maia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Baldwin looking to throw knees to the head but Maia is blocking nicely.
Baldwin tries a knee to the head but Maia blocks it.
Baldwin lands a nice knee to the body.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baldwin.
Maia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Baldwin walks away with a smile on his face. Maia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Maia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baldwin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Maia changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Baldwin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Baldwin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Maia tries for a kimura but Baldwin is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Baldwin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia tries for a kimura but Baldwin is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baldwin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Maia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Baldwin has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Baldwin is trying to control Maia's posture but Maia avoids it.
Maia in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Maia throwing strikes but Baldwin manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maia is letting Baldwin control him for a moment.
Maia is looking for a sweep.
Baldwin taking a breather here.
Maia wants to get back to his feet but Baldwin drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Maia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maia looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Horrible takedown by Maia or perhaps it was just good defense by Baldwin which made him look bad.
Baldwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maia shoots for a double leg takedown but Baldwin sprawls well. He's pushed Maia's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Baldwin lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circling - Baldwin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baldwin looks to land a left hand but Maia moved out of range nicely.
Baz Baldwin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baldwin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Maia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baldwin sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Maia to the ground! Baldwin dives into full mount looking to finish!
Maia is rocked!
BOOM! Baldwin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Maia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baldwin controlling the position easily from mount.
Maia seems to have got his legs back now.
Maia manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin not doing much here.
Maia tries to get to full guard but Baldwin has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Baldwin passes to side control.
Maia is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Baldwin cracks Maia with a big elbow.
Maia is working to avoid the ground and pound but Baldwin connects with a decent elbow.
Maia is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia manages to work his way to half guard, despite Baldwin's best efforts.
Maia looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baldwin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Baldwin moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Baldwin taking a breather here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maia tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baz Baldwin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Baldwin throws the left hand but Maia avoids the punch easily.
Maia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Baldwin misses with a hook.
Baldwin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Maia pinned against the cage. Maia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia throws a body punch but Baldwin moves out of range.
Maia slips under a jab from Baldwin.
Baldwin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baldwin blocks the body kick.
A head kick misses from Baldwin.
Baldwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maia.
Baldwin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baldwin misses with the body kick
and Maia counters with a good low kick that Baldwin was not able to check.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maia is trying hard to land a takedown here. Baldwin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Maia throws the kick towards the body but Baldwin avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia ducks under a wild hook from Baldwin.
Baldwin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Baldwin closes the distance and clinches.
Baldwin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Baldwin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Baldwin misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Baldwin lands a knee to the body.
Baldwin misses with a knee to the head.
Baldwin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maia blocks it with crossed arms.
Maia throws an elbow but it misses.
Baldwin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maia tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Maia connects with a knee to the head.
Maia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baldwin is defending well for now.
Baldwin throws an elbow but it misses.
Baldwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maia.
Baldwin taking a breather.
Maia jumps guard but Baldwin stands there with Maia around his waist. Maia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyoto Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maia takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin gets underhooks to prevent Maia's takedown attempt.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maia avoids it.
Maia avoiding damage as Baldwin throws knees to the body.
Baldwin prevents the takedown attempt.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Baldwin.
Baldwin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Baldwin obliges.
Maia lands a nice knee to the body.
Maia blocks an elbow strike.
Baldwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Maia avoids the damage to the body.
Baldwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baldwin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Maia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baldwin landing knees to the head.
Baldwin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Baldwin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baldwin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maia trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Baldwin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Baldwin smiles and moves away.
Baldwin cracks Maia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maia scoring well with a low kick there.
Maia wants to land a leg kick but Baldwin is out of range.
Baldwin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maia backs up against the cage.
Baldwin scores with a head kick.
Baldwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maia moves away.
Maia connects with a high kick.
Maia tries to score a power double leg takedown but Baldwin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Maia somewhat.
Maia is trying hard to land a takedown here. Baldwin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maia ducks right into an uppercut from Baldwin.
Maia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Baldwin!
Baldwin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Maia lands with a kick to the ribs.
Baldwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Baldwin but Baldwin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baldwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Baz Baldwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baldwin throws a nice looking combination but Maia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maia blocks a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Maia.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baz Baldwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Baldwin 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baz Baldwin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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