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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Baptista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alberto Baptista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Zaromskis!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaromskis throws a head kick but Baptista moves out of range.
Baptista misses with a low kick.
Zaromskis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baptista.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista is having none of it.
Zaromskis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Baptista is out of range.
Martin Zaromskis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaromskis gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Baptista to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zaromskis keeping moving, preventing Baptista from controlling successfully.
Baptista preventing the sweep.
Baptista pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zaromskis is keeping the position for now.
Zaromskis keeping moving, preventing Baptista from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaromskis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zaromskis pulls Baptista in to control the position.
Baptista is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Zaromskis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Baptista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zaromskis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Zaromskis.
Baptista tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Baptista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baptista swings for the body but Zaromskis moves out of range.
Zaromskis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Zaromskis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baptista takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zaromskis scores with a leg kick.
Baptista is breathing heavily.
Baptista takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaromskis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zaromskis tries to clinch there but Baptista circles away.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista is having none of it.
Baptista keeps the fight on the outside.
Baptista pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zaromskis is out of range and Baptista settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Zaromskis.
Martin Zaromskis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zaromskis feints and then cracks Baptista's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Baptista down.
Baptista on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaromskis. Zaromskis obviously looking to wear him down.
Baptista stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Baptista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zaromskis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaromskis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zaromskis takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baptista being controlled against the cage.
Zaromskis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zaromskis lands an elbow just above Baptista 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from Zaromskis.
Baptista takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Alberto Baptista has been cut.
Baptista takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zaromskis lands a nice elbow.
Zaromskis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baptista's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zaromskis obliges.
Zaromskis is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Zaromskis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baptista is defending well for now.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baptista drops his hands momentarily and Zaromskis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zaromskis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baptista tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zaromskis doesn't manage to clinch there - Baptista circles away.
Zaromskis rushes Baptista and presses him up against the cage.
Zaromskis lands a nice elbow.
Zaromskis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zaromskis stalling the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaromskis lands a nice elbow.
Zaromskis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaromskis lands an elbow that stopped Baptista in his tracks for a moment.
Alberto Baptista's cut is getting worse.
Zaromskis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baptista swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baptista is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Baptista closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Zaromskis did well to prevent Baptista getting side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Zaromskis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alberto Baptista's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zaromskis wants to clinch.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up.
Baptista looks for a takedown but Zaromskis sprawls well.
A low kick from Baptista is predictable there
and Zaromskis counters with a good low kick that Baptista was not able to check.
An inside leg kick lands from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis moves in looking to clinch but Baptista pushes him off.
Good leg kick by Zaromskis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zaromskis is looking to clinch.
Zaromskis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baptista takes a swing at Zaromskis's ribcage but misses.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up but Baptista circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskis tries a head kick but it misses.
Zaromskis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baptista.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baptista.
Zaromskis misses with a head kick.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista moves out of range.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista is having none of it.
Zaromskis thumps Baptista with a low kick.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista moves out of range.
Baptista thows a body shot but no joy.
Baptista tries for a takedown but Zaromskis circles away easily
and Zaromskis counters with a good, hard body kick but Baptista shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baptista blocks a head kick by Zaromskis.
Baptista chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zaromskis can pounce on him.
Zaromskis clinches up with Baptista and pushes him back against the cage.
Zaromskis stalls.
Zaromskis working Baptista over with knees to the body.
Zaromskis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baptista takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaromskis connects with a nice looking jab.
Zaromskis is looking to clinch.
Zaromskis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baptista.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zaromskis tries to clinch there but Baptista circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zaromskis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zaromskis wants to clinch up but Baptista keeps it at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zaromskis. That's going to slow Baptista down.
Baptista throws a hook but Zaromskis avoids it easily.
Zaromskis lands with an uppercut that bounces Baptista off the cage and back into rage.
Zaromskis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baptista on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaromskis. Zaromskis obviously looking to wear him down.
Zaromskis keeps Baptista at a distance using the push kick.
Zaromskis fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis scoring well with a low kick there.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up but Baptista circles away and keeps his distance.
Zaromskis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Baptista.
Zaromskis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zaromskis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zaromskis throws a good cross that connects.
Zaromskis has managed to clinch.
Zaromskis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baptista.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaromskis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baptista's efforts to push away.
Zaromskis taking a breather.
Baptista tries to break the clinch but Zaromskis is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Zaromskis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alberto Baptista's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Zaromskis throws a leg kick which misses Baptista's front leg but catches the back leg as Baptista tries to avoid it.
Zaromskis connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Baptista misses.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from Zaromskis as Baptista shoots in.
Baptista takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that misses.
Alberto Baptista is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zaromskis thumps Baptista with a low kick.
Baptista throws a body punch but Zaromskis moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zaromskis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zaromskis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Baptista.
Zaromskis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista is having none of it.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Baptista moves out of range.
Zaromskis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up.
Zaromskis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Baptista.
Zaromskis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alberto Baptista's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Baptista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baptista chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zaromskis can pounce on him.
Baptista is looking to wear down Zaromskis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Baptista fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alberto Baptista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis wants to clinch.
Zaromskis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zaromskis scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baptista circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zaromskis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zaromskis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baptista.
Zaromskis lands with a kick to the temple. Baptista shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Zaromskis fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baptista misses with a series of wild punches.
Baptista throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baptista takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaromskis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Martin Zaromskis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baptista paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zaromskis tries to clinch there but Baptista circles away.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baptista swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A good leg kick by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Zaromskis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Baptista.
Zaromskis throws a leg kick which misses Baptista's front leg but catches the back leg as Baptista tries to avoid it.
Zaromskis doesn't manage to clinch there - Baptista circles away.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up but Baptista circles away and keeps his distance.
Zaromskis lands a nice shot that snaps Baptista's head back.
Martin Zaromskis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zaromskis, right into the meat.
Zaromskis lands a front kick.
Zaromskis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baptista on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaromskis. Zaromskis obviously looking to wear him down.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up but Baptista circles away and keeps his distance.
Alberto Baptista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zaromskis lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Zaromskis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zaromskis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Zaromskis!
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energy
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hype
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