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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Baroza (ranked 651 p4p, 751 weight class) and Landin Durham (ranked 55 p4p, 61 weight class). Jorge Baroza has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Baroza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Landin Durham!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Durham throws a hook but Baroza blocks it.
Durham uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Baroza has time to react.
Durham looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Baroza scores with the left hand. Durham knows he should have avoided that one.
Baroza definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Baroza throws a hook to the side of Durham's head but Durham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baroza moves away.
Durham staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Baroza.
Baroza throws a jab when Durham was well out of range.
Baroza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Durham takes a swing at Baroza's ribcage but misses.
Baroza defending well as Durham loads up on a big left hand.
Durham checks the leg kick nicely there.
Durham looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Durham takes a swing at Baroza's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Durham crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Baroza - the referee stops the clock and Durham gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Baroza. Durham manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baroza lands with a nice body kick.
Baroza tries a head kick but it misses.
Durham ducks under a wild hook from Baroza.
Baroza throws a head kick but Durham moves out of range.
Baroza misses the shot to the body.
Durham lands with a straight right. Baroza didn't see that one coming.
Jorge Baroza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baroza throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durham. Baroza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baroza ducks under a wild hook from Durham.
Durham throws an off balance right hand
and Baroza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baroza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Durham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Durham misses with a left hand
and Baroza counters with a stiff right hand.
Baroza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Durham takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Durham stuns Baroza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baroza throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Durham's head.
Durham is rocked!
Baroza feints and then cracks Durham's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Durham down.
Durham is still on wobbly legs! Can Baroza finish him?
Good exchange - Baroza coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durham throws a shot from downtown. Baroza moves away and avoids it.
Durham scores with a jab.
Baroza blocks a jab.
Durham seems to have recovered his senses.
Baroza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Baroza loads up on a big right hand but Durham slips the punch.
Baroza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Durham is out of range.
Durham takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Baroza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baroza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baroza misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durham ducks under a wild hook from Baroza.
Baroza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Durham.
Durham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Baroza misses.
Baroza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Durham misses with a lunging right hand
and Baroza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Durham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baroza was well out of range. Poor timing from Durham.
Baroza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Durham throws a jab when Baroza was well out of range.
Durham misses with a body shot.
Durham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Baroza throws a leg kick but Durham sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Durham now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Durham looks to land a left hand but Baroza moved out of range nicely.
Baroza throws a sloppy head kick and Durham moves out of range easily.
Baroza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Durham, pushing him back against the cage.
Durham is trying to break free.
Durham manages to break the clinch.
Baroza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Durham throws a body shot but no joy.
Baroza lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Durham.
Durham misses with a wild body shot.
Durham throws a body shot but no joy.
Baroza scores with a head kick. Durham tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Durham moves away from the strike by Baroza.
Durham swings for the body but Baroza moves out of range.
Baroza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Durham misses.
Durham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice straight punches there by Baroza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baroza.
Durham has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Baroza.
Durham swings for the body but Baroza moves out of range.
Durham misses with a body shot.
Baroza lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Durham misses with a body shot.
Baroza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Durham takes a swing at Baroza's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durham throws a hook to the side of Baroza's head but Baroza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baroza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durham.
Baroza throws a jab but it's blocked by Durham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durham.
Baroza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Baroza thuds his right hand into Durham's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Durham misses with a body shot
and Baroza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Durham 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.
Baroza avoids the body shot from Durham.
Baroza scoring well with a low kick there.
Durham misses with a body shot.
Durham throws a hook but Baroza blocks it.
Baroza looks to throw the jab but Durham is out of range.
Baroza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A cross from Baroza lands.
Durham takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Durham misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durham misses with a right hand
and Baroza counters with an outside leg kick.
Baroza thuds his shin into the meat of Durham's side.
Durham misses the body punch
and Baroza counters with a big head kick but Durham shrugs it off.
and Baroza counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Durham! He's just covering up as Baroza starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorge Baroza!
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