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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Baron Welch (ranked 3095 p4p, 1167 weight class) and Kyle Bush (ranked 200 p4p, 97 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Welch might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Red Light. Bush comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Soemthing in the way kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Baron Welch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baron Welch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Bush!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welch is looking to clinch.
Welch tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bush defends well and Welch ends up having to push Bush into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Welch jumps into guard, dragging Bush to the mat.
Bush thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bush drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bush jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Welch looking for a sweep. Not yet Welch, not yet.
Welch looking for a guillotine here but Bush defends easily.
Welch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Welch is trying to control the position but Bush postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Welch working for a triangle but Bush defends it easily.
Bush content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush wants to control from the top but Welch keeps moving.
Welch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bush manages to get himself to full guard.
Bush avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Welch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Welch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Our spies down at at BANZAI COMBAT ACADEMY LAS VEGAS inform us that Bush has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Welch throws a big elbow that misses.
Welch throws a strike but Bush rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Welch trying to control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bush trying to control the position from guard on top but Welch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Welch is proving hard to escape from.
Bush with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Welch had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bush defends it easily.
Welch controls Bush momentarily but Bush frees himself.
Bush has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Welch is proving hard to escape from.
Welch seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bush trying to control the position from guard on top but Welch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush is in close to Welch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Welch has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bush can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Welch looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bush drops back looking for a leg! Welch is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Welch manages to kick Bush off! Bush jumps back into Welch's guard.
Bush scoring with some ground and pound.
Bush chips away with some ground and pound.
Welch had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bush defends it easily.
Bush wants to control from the top but Welch keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch working for a triangle but Bush defends it easily.
Bush has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Welch is breathing heavily.
Bush looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Welch keeping moving, preventing Bush from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Welch tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bush landing some decent shots from guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Bush dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bush tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Welch swivels and escapes.
Kyle Bush is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Welch tries for a takedown but Bush sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Welch manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bush on his heels. He'll look to pass Bush's guard now, I'm sure.
Bush is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Welch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Welch postures up and lands a big shot to Bush's brow.
Bush looking to control.
Bush avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Welch trying to control the position from guard on top but Bush is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Welch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bush has his foot on Welch's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Welch works his way back into a safe position though.
Bush keeping moving, preventing Welch from controlling successfully.
Welch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bush works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Welch's guard.
Bush sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bush postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Welch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Welch is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bush is aware though and is defending well.
Bush won't allow Welch to sweep him here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bush with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bush stopping the sweep attempt from Welch.
Bush working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Welch's head.
Bush avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bush thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bush scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bush trying to control but Welch is working from the bottom.
Bush chips away with some ground and pound.
Bush with a nice head shot there.
Bush landing some decent shots from guard.
Welch trying to control the position.
Welch bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bush's guard.
Bush has control of Welch's left arm, preventing Welch from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch is looking to work some ground and pound but Bush has wrist control.
Welch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bush works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Welch connects with a couple of short punches.
Bush has his foot on Welch's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Welch works his way back into a safe position though.
Welch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Welch chips away with some ground and pound.
Bush is adopting a defensive guard.
Welch is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Welch throwing strikes but missing.
Welch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Welch trying to control but Bush is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bush is looking to cinch up a triangle. Welch throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Bush's body to avoid the submission. Bush has instead reached around Welch's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Bush arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kyle Bush!
Kyle Bush took some time post fight to say the following; 'My dream came true'.
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