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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teagan Baxter (ranked 3002 p4p, 4527 weight class) and Denzel Rosales (ranked 325 p4p, 422 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teagan Baxter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denzel Rosales!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxter misses with a hook.
Baxter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Rosales.
Rosales looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rosales checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rosales scores with a hook.
Denzel Rosales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baxter slips a straight right by Rosales.
Rosales throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rosales slips a jab from Baxter.
Rosales moves out of range as Baxter throws a body kick.
Baxter throws a right hand that misses
and Rosales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rosales.
Rosales tests Baxter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baxter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rosales connects with a body shot.
Baxter loads up on a big right hand but Rosales slips the punch.
Rosales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baxter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxter avoids the body shot from Rosales.
Baxter looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter thows a leg kick but Rosales checks it
letting Rosales counter with a right hand.
Rosales throws a lazy right hand but Baxter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baxter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Rosales misses the target.
Baxter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rosales.
Baxter throws a jab but it's blocked by Rosales.
Rosales looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rosales scores with a crisp jab that stopped Baxter in his tracks.
Baxter looks for the body kick but Rosales saw that one coming.
Baxter cracks Rosales with a good jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Baxter.
Rosales misses with a looping left.
A jab from Rosales misses.
Rosales cracks Baxter with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rosales lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rosales looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rosales stuns Baxter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Rosales scores with a hook.
Rosales loads up on a big right hand but Baxter slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter lands a body shot.
Rosales throws a series of strikes that have Baxter backpedaling.
Rosales lands with a hook. Baxter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Baxter slips under a jab from Rosales.
Rosales might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A combination from Rosales does no damage.
Baxter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rosales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baxter moves away.
Baxter is looking to chop away at Rosales's legs.
Rosales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rosales throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rosales checks a low kick from Baxter.
Rosales looks to score with a jab to the body but Baxter is just out of range.
Baxter lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rosales misses the jab.
Baxter forces Rosales back against the cage and clinches.
Rosales throws a head punch that misses.
Baxter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baxter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baxter throws a head punch that misses.
Rosales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Baxter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosales lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baxter backwards.
Baxter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baxter blocking some punches.
Rosales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rosales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baxter misses with a punch on the inside.
Baxter throws a head punch that misses.
Baxter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baxter tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rosales slips a straight right by Baxter.
A big right from Baxter misses.
Rosales cracks Baxter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Baxter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rosales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rosales checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter thumps Rosales with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosales misses with a looping left.
Baxter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rosales slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Baxter walks into a straight right hand from Rosales.
A jab from Rosales does it's job there.
Baxter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baxter throws a head kick but Rosales moves out of range.
Rosales is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baxter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rosales throws a hook but Baxter avoids it easily.
Rosales scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baxter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rosales.
Rosales lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baxter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rosales throws a shot from downtown. Baxter moves away and avoids it.
Baxter ducks under a wild hook from Rosales.
Rosales cracks Baxter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Baxter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Rosales dominated that round.
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.
A head kick misses from Baxter.
Denzel Rosales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baxter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rosales.
Baxter throws a quick counter head kick but Rosales was just out of range.
Rosales scores with a body shot.
Rosales swings widly with a right hand
and Baxter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rosales looks to land a left hand but Baxter moved out of range nicely.
Baxter walks into a jab.
Rosales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Baxter throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rosales.
Baxter throws out a loose jab but Rosales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baxter moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Rosales misses.
Rosales misses with a wild body shot.
Baxter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rosales slips under a jab.
Rosales bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rosales lands a nice hook to Baxter's body. Baxter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Baxter throws a leg kick
and Rosales counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Baxter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rosales lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter connects with a crisp jab.
Baxter rushes Rosales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Baxter scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Baxter on the inside.
Baxter tries to work over Rosales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baxter swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baxter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rosales lands an uppercut.
Baxter 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.
Baxter blocks a body shot from Rosales.
Baxter throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosales.
Baxter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Baxter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Baxter throws a head punch that misses.
Rosales scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rosales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Rosales.
Rosales throws a punch but it's blocked by Baxter.
Baxter blocks an uppercut.
Baxter lands with a left to the head.
Rosales lands a nice uppercut.
Baxter misses with some punches.
Rosales misses with a punch on the inside.
Baxter is looking to control Rosales's arms but Rosales gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baxter has his back to the cage.
Baxter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosales's elbow.
Baxter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baxter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Baxter lands a left hand.
Baxter has a couple of punches blocked by Rosales.
Baxter tries a body shot but Rosales blocks it.
Baxter misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Baxter fails to land.
Baxter misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Baxter fails to land.
Rosales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
Baxter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rosales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosales lands a shoulder strike.
Baxter can't find room to land a body shot as Rosales controls the action.
Baxter throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosales.
Rosales presses Baxter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rosales looking to slow down the pace here.
Rosales being controlled against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Rosales.
Come on Rosales - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rosales continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Baxter slowing the pace effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales throws a head punch that misses.
Rosales throws a head punch that misses.
Baxter leaning against his opponent.
Baxter working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rosales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Baxter - that landed with a thud.
Baxter tries to throw a body punch but Rosales avoids it by throwing Baxter back against the cage.
Baxter lands a nice uppercut.
Teagan Baxter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rosales misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosales lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rosales.
Baxter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rosales is keeping busy.
Baxter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Rosales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Baxter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Rosales misses with an uppercut.
Baxter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rosales bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baxter's head backwards.
Baxter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rosales lands a slapping body shot.
Rosales connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baxter momentarily.
Baxter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rosales under the eye.
Baxter throws a head kick but Rosales moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Rosales.
Rosales fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Rosales does no damage.
Baxter moves out of range as Rosales strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rosales darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baxter tries a low kick but Rosales avoids it.
Baxter looks for the body kick but Rosales saw that one coming.
Rosales checks a leg kick nicely.
Rosales looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baxter moves out of range as Rosales strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter feints and then cracks Rosales's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rosales down.
Baxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Baxter misses with a body shot
letting Rosales counter with a right hand.
Rosales keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rosales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rosales jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rosales throws a hook to the side of Baxter's head but Baxter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rosales slips a jab from Baxter.
Baxter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baxter throws a lazy right hand but Rosales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rosales doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rosales moves away from the strike by Baxter.
Nice uppercut there from Rosales.
Baxter throws out a leg kick but Rosales moves out of range and Baxter only half commits.
Baxter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rosales.
Rosales misses with a hook. Baxter ducked under it nicely.
Baxter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Baxter.
Baxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rosales.
Baxter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Baxter misses with a body shot.
Rosales steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Baxter. That one must have hurt.
Rosales moves out of range of the body kick from Baxter.
Rosales lands a nice looking body shot.
Rosales checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Rosales misses its intended target.
Baxter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rosales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baxter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baxter moves out of range as Rosales strikes.
Rosales takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rosales let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Rosales misses the target.
Baxter appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rosales misses with an uppercut.
Rosales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baxter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baxter throws a big counter combination but Rosales scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baxter slips a jab from Rosales.
Baxter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rosales throws out the jab.
Rosales lands a jab to Baxter's midsection.
Rosales connects with a looping right hand.
Baxter throws a series of punches but Rosales avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Baxter.
Baxter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rosales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baxter moves away.
Baxter wants to land a leg kick but Rosales is out of range.
Rosales now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Baxter throws a head kick that misses.
Baxter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Baxter drops his hands momentarily and Rosales takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rosales moves out of range of the leg kick from Baxter.
Rosales moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baxter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rosales has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Rosales misses.
Rosales takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rosales moves out of range of the strikes.
Rosales lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rosales lands with a nice body punch.
Rosales is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baxter.
Rosales has managed to clinch.
Rosales misses with some punches.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
Baxter misses with a punch on the inside.
Rosales working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosales.
Rosales throws a punch but it's blocked by Baxter.
Teagan Baxter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baxter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rosales scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Denzel Rosales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rosales has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denzel Rosales!
During a confident post fight interview, Denzel Rosales thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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