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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yaro Bakes (ranked 2685 p4p, 3282 weight class) and Junior St Clair (ranked 278 p4p, 335 weight class). Junior St Clair will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Yaro Bakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior St Clair!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Clair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakes was well out of range. Poor timing from St Clair.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bakes is defended easily by St Clair.
Bakes closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Clair circles away.
Bakes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bakes thows a huge punch but St Clair dodges it nicely.
Bakes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bakes trying to control the pace.
St Clair wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakes stops St Clair from getting back to his feet.
St Clair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
St Clair really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bakes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bakes content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bakes lands with a punch from half guard.
Bakes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bakes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
St Clair looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bakes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bakes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bakes is controlling the pace.
St Clair is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bakes scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bakes is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bakes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bakes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bakes in particular looking to stall.
Bakes has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Clair avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bakes.
St Clair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bakes lands a nice short elbow.
Bakes controlling the action here.
Bakes looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bakes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Bakes.
St Clair on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bakes is controlling the pace.
Bakes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Bakes.
Bakes winds up and cracks St Clair with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bakes stops St Clair from getting back to his feet.
Bakes stalling.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if St Clair can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bakes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yaro Bakes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bakes ducks under a wild hook from St Clair.
Bakes drops down looking for a counter takedown but St Clair sprawls and moves away.
St Clair misses with a looping right.
Bakes gets a takedown into half guard.
St Clair is trying to escape back to his feet but Bakes uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Bakes throws an elbow but St Clair slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bakes controls the position from side control.
Bakes trying to control the position but St Clair is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakes tries to score with some ground and pound. St Clair controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bakes throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bakes grinds an elbow into St Clair's temple.
Bakes scores with punches from side control.
Bakes landing strikes.
St Clair is rocked!
Bakes in side control lands a decent elbow.
St Clair is still in real trouble! Can Bakes finish him?
Bakes cracks St Clair with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Bakes immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! St Clair is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Bakes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yaro Bakes!
An out of breath Yaro Bakes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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