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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baako The African (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uncle Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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199 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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174 cm
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190 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baako The African!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Uncle Rico!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The African swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rico missing with a left hand there. The African was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The African thows a body shot but no joy.
Rico misses the body punch
and The African decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rico's guard.
Rico is pulling down on The African's head. It's preventing any offense from The African, at least for the moment.
Rico's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Rico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The African.
The African 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.
Rico trying to control the position.
The African thows a big elbow that misses.
The African's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rico keeping moving, preventing The African from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The African is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Rico is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The African throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rico looks to throw the jab but The African is out of range.
Rico misses with a jab to the body
and The African counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rico is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rico keeping full guard, as The African tries to pass.
The African trying to control the position from guard on top but Rico is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The African might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The African throws a big right hand that misses.
The African preventing the sweep.
The African has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico working for a triangle but The African defends it easily.
Rico trying to control the position here.
The African looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The African connects with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Rico misses
and The African counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rico is trying is best to control the position here.
The African sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rico defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico trying to control but The African postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rico is refusing to be controlled, as The African sits in half guard.
The African lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The African trying to control the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rico keeping hold of The African's head, controlling as best he can.
The African missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rico wants to control but The African is keeping busy.
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.
Rico tries to get to full guard but The African has control of the leg.
Rico regains full guard. Nicely done.
The African works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rico is not content to let The African control the position.
Rico holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rico trying to control here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rico manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rico has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The African can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The African trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The African is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baako The African dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The African moves away.
Rico tries to close the distance and clinch up but The African swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The African avoids the body shot from Rico.
Rico misses with a telegraphed body shot
and The African counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The African sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rico defending well though.
Rico has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. The African is working away from the top position though.
Rico is refusing to be controlled, as The African sits in half guard.
Rico is controlling The African's trapped leg to prevent The African from advancing to side control.
The African throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The African throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rico tries to get to full guard but The African has control of the leg.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rico misses with a looping right.
Rico tries to clinch but The African moves away
and The African decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rico's guard.
Rico keeping moving, preventing The African from controlling successfully.
The African stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rico swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The African missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rico not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The African looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The African postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The African trying to control the position from guard on top but Rico is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rico misses with a jab to the body
and The African counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rico won't be happy with that.
The African throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Rico works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Rico trying to control here.
Rico controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The African is looking for a kimura but Rico is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for The African to get the leverage.
The African is trying to control the action in half guard but Rico is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The African trying to pass the guard but Rico defending well.
Rico regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico trying to keep a closed guard but The African is proving a slippery customer.
The African tries to free his leg and advance position but Rico is retaining full guard.
Rico is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rico seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Rico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The African drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The African jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rico pulls The African in close to prevent any damage.
The African in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The African wants to pass the guard but Rico is keeping the position.
The African stopping the sweep attempt from Rico.
Rico wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The African pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rico is keeping the position for now.
The African avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The African drops back looking for a leg! Rico is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rico manages to kick The African off! The African jumps back into Rico's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baako The African dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rico looks to score with a jab to the body but The African is just out of range.
A shot to the body from Rico misses
and The African counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The African scoring with some ground and pound.
The African wants to control from the top but Rico keeps moving.
The African loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rico has momentary wrist control but The African slips an elbow through the middle.
The African tries to free his leg and advance position but Rico is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico pulls The African in close to prevent any damage.
The African stopping the sweep attempt from Rico.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rico is on top in guard.
Rico postures up.
Rico stopping the sweep attempt from The African.
Rico stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The African swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rico is in close to The African's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Baako The African is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rico with a flurry of punches that miss.
The African avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The African preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The African keeping moving, preventing Rico from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rico lands a jab.
Rico fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rico cracks a nice hook into The African's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The African shoots in but Rico avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rico scores with a sloppy right hand. The African should have avoided that one.
The African ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rico moves away.
Rico thuds a left hand into The African's body.
Rico darts in trying to clinch
and The African counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rico won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The African wants to control but Rico is keeping him busy.
The African is really struggling to control Rico but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rico gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Rico is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The African trying to control but Rico is having none of it.
Uncle Rico has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rico keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rico tries to hold on but The African postures up.
The African controlling from the full mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baako The African showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The African, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baako The African!
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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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