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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gyasi Xerxes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Babuino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xerxes comes into the arena with Hawii 78' blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gyasi Xerxes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Babuino!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xerxes scores with a shot to the body.
Junior Babuino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babuino tries to clinch but Xerxes is having none of it.
Babuino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Xerxes circles away quickly and effectively.
Babuino gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Junior Babuino has been cut.
Babuino fails to land the takedown.
Babuino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Xerxes misses with a wild body shot.
Babuino looks to land a right hand but Xerxes moved out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Babuino.
Xerxes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Babuino tries to clinch up but Xerxes circles away and keeps his distance.
Xerxes checks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babuino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Babuino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gyasi Xerxes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babuino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Babuino on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Babuino looks gassed!
Xerxes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xerxes is looking to clinch but Babuino is avoiding it.
A jab-cross combination lands for Xerxes and sends Babuino crashing to the mat! Xerxes follows him down to the mat - Babuino regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Babuino is rocked!
Babuino is refusing to be controlled, as Xerxes sits in half guard.
Babuino is still in real trouble! Can Xerxes finish him?
Xerxes passes to side control.
Babuino seems to have recovered his senses.
Xerxes is looking to take a break and control but Babuino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babuino is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Xerxes is looking to take a break and control but Babuino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xerxes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Xerxes tries to stand but Babuino is controlling his head.
Xerxes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Babuino keeps working.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No joy there for Xerxes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Babuino gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That has opened up Junior Babuino's cut even more.
Xerxes lands a two punch combo.
Babuino throws a quick inside leg kick.
Xerxes throws a nice looking combination but Babuino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Xerxes misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xerxes cracks Babuino with an open hand slap.
Babuino swats away the attempt to clinch by Xerxes.
A punch combination from Xerxes misses.
Xerxes thows a body shot but no joy.
Xerxes stuns Babuino with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Babuino takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Xerxes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Xerxes wants to clinch.
Xerxes's corner calls for a 1-2. Xerxes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The cut above Junior Babuino's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Xerxes with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xerxes lands a jab.
Xerxes lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babuino on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Xerxes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Junior Babuino's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Xerxes looks to land a combination but Babuino avoids it well.
Xerxes scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Xerxes.
Xerxes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Xerxes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice straight punches there by Xerxes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Xerxes.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Junior Babuino's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gyasi Xerxes!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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