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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henri Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royce Gracie has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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176 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri Baker!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Gracie shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Baker is trying to defend but Gracie finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Baker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Baker wants to get back to full guard.
Baker is controlling Gracie's trapped leg to prevent Gracie from advancing to side control.
Baker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Baker is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Gracie is staying active.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Baker is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
Baker wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Baker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
Gracie controlling from the top position.
Baker has an active guard here but Gracie has managed to pass into half guard.
Baker is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Baker avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stops Baker from getting back to his feet.
Baker tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Baker pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
Baker looks gassed!
Baker wants to get back to full guard but Gracie has passed into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Baker is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracie dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Baker misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie just content to control the position.
Baker can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Baker is breathing heavily.
Baker is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gracie is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Baker wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Baker is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie content just to control the position here.
Baker wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie content just to control the position here.
Baker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
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.
Baker is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracie dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Baker clinches but Gracie breaks the clinch
and Gracie counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Baker!
Baker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie tries to control but Baker wriggling away.
Baker is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Baker tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but Baker is having none of it.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Baker to control.
Baker is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Baker is looking to escape.
Gracie controlling from the full mount.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Royce Gracie just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Baker counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Baker tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Gracie.
Baker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Royce Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baker trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Baker is just content to waste time from the top position. Gracie takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henri Baker really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Baker scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Henri Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Baker's guard now.
Baker is trying to hold Gracie in close to prevent damage but Gracie has managed to pass into half guard.
Despite being in the dominant position, Henri Baker just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Baker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie takes a kick to the side of the head.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Baker throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Baker tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is stalling in the full guard.
Gracie postures up.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Baker wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Baker wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Gracie is now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker trying to control here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Baker trying to control from the bottom.
Baker pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Baker works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gracie won't allow Baker to get back to his feet.
Baker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
Baker looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Baker is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracie had his way with Henri Baker in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Baker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gracie counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gracie.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Baker looking to control.
Gracie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Baker controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Baker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie pushing down on Baker's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Baker wants to get back to full guard but Gracie has mounted him!
Gracie controlling the pace for now.
That's two 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.
Gracie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Baker is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control and managing it successfully.
Baker is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Baker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henri Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Royce Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Baker tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Royce Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 49:46
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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