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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Baum (ranked 1428 p4p, 1732 weight class) and Jimmy Walker (ranked 32 p4p, 125 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Baum might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Dick - Mickey Avalon. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Baum!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Walker!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Baum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baum throws a series of punches but Walker moves out of range.
Baum swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baum has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Xtreme Fighting Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Walker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Baum missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Baum swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Walker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker slips under a jab from Baum.
Walker avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker counters with a nice uppercut.
Adam Baum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Walker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Baum looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Baum throws an overhand right that lands on Walker's shoulder, as Walker tries to avoid the shot.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baum swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baum throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws an off balance right hand
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Baum misses its intended target.
Baum throws a poor cross that misses
and Walker counters with a nice uppercut.
Baum throws an off balance right hand
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baum misses with a right hand
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Baum's jab looks to have found its range, popping Walker under the eye.
Baum throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
Walker throws a counter combo.
Baum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walker.
A nice side step and Walker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Walker is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baum had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum lands a really nice looking cross but Walker seems unphased.
Baum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baum misses with a right hand
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baum throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walker throws out a counter right but Baum avoids it with no problem.
Baum misses with a double jab.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Walker's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baum misses with the combination.
Walker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baum misses with an uppercut
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Baum backs off Walker throws a huge counter combo but Baum manages to avoid it all.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Baum dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Baum misses with a two punch combination.
Walker throws out a counter right but Baum avoids it with no problem.
Baum throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Baum.
Adam Baum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker staying out of range there.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baum misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baum misses with the combination.
Walker throws out a counter right but Baum avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Walker.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baum misses with a left hand
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baum misses with a straight left.
Baum misses with a looping right.
Walker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Baum looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Baum looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Baum misses with a right hand
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Baum looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Adam Baum is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walker circles away quickly and effectively.
Baum misses the jab.
Baum throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
Walker let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Baum misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baum throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baum misses with a straight right.
Walker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Baum with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws a hook but Walker avoids it easily.
Walker throws out a counter right but Baum avoids it with no problem.
Baum throws a right hand that misses
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Baum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walker can do to turn this around?
Baum throws a combination that misses
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Baum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baum misses with a hook
and Baum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baum throws out a loose jab but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baum defending well as Walker loads up on a big left hand.
Baum seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws a right hand that misses
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Baum misses with a straight left.
Walker appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Baum misses the target.
Baum tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Walker on the side of the head.
Baum is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baum looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Baum.
Baum rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Baum dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Baum falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Baum looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
No joy there for Baum, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker moves away from the strike by Baum.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baum misses with an uppercut
and Walker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baum connects with a jab.
Baum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Baum misses with an uppercut. Walker saw that one coming.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baum throws a poor cross that misses
and Walker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baum misses with an uppercut. Walker saw that one coming.
Walker unleashes a big counter combination but Baum bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice shot by Baum.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Baum swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baum lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baum throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walker dodges the punch combination from Baum.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baum throws a hook to the side of Walker's head but Walker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walker throws a counter combo.
Walker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A telegraphed right hand from Baum misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walker! But no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Walker might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Baum has got the better of the exchanges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baum throws a combination that misses
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum misses with the combination.
Walker throws a counter combo.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baum stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Baum throws a looping overhand right but Walker ducks down to avoid it.
Baum lands a lovely overhand right.
Baum throws a combination that misses
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Baum misses with a left hand
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker slips a straight right by Baum.
Walker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Baum throws a lazy uppercut
and Baum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A swing and a miss from Baum.
Walker throws a counter combo.
Baum cracks Walker with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baum misses with a hook. Walker ducked under it nicely.
Baum backing away here, and Walker unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Baum misses with an uppercut
and Walker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Baum misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baum thinking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Adam Baum did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Baum with a body shot.
Baum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walker.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baum throws an off balance right hand
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Baum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walker appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Walker defending well as Baum loads up on a big left hand.
Walker let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Baum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baum misses with a right hand
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walker circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Baum misses the target.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baum misses with a hook
and Walker counters with a nice uppercut.
Baum misses with a few strikes there.
Walker unleashes a big counter combination but Baum bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Baum misses with a hook
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baum moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baum misses with an uppercut.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baum misses with a hook
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baum throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baum thinking.
Baum loads up on a big right hand but Walker slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baum swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Walker lands a nice hook to Baum's body. Baum takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walker only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Baum misses with the combination.
Walker doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Baum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A countering left hand to the body from Walker misses.
Baum throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Baum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baum misses with a two punch combination.
Baum misses with a double jab
and Baum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws a right hand that misses
and Walker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baum throws a right hand that misses
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Walker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baum.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baum.
Baum throws a combination that misses
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Baum swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Jimmy Walker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Baum misses with a right hand
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baum lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baum misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Walker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baum cracks Walker with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker moves away from the strike by Baum.
Baum throws a jab when Walker was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Walker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Baum falls off balance throwing a combination
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walker slips a jab and a cross from Baum.
Walker defending well as Baum loads up on a big left hand.
As Baum backs off Walker throws a huge counter combo but Baum manages to avoid it all.
Baum swings widly with a right hand
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walker throws a good cross that connects.
Walker slips a jab from Baum.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Baum throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Baum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker misses with a hook. Baum ducked under it nicely.
Baum throws a big counter combination but Walker scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Baum swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baum misses with a right hand
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baum misses with a series of wild punches.
Walker throws a counter combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum connects with a nice looking jab.
Walker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baum.
Walker staying out of range there.
Walker staying out of range there.
Baum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walker! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baum misses the jab.
A nice side step and Walker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Baum throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Baum misses its intended target.
A nice side step and Walker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baum.
Walker scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Baum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jimmy Walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jimmy Walker.
Well Baum has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 48:47
Judge George Francis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Baum!
Adam Baum retains his super heavyweight title!
After the fight, Adam Baum was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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