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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Baja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tor Karlsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francesco Baja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tor Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson throws out a powerful jab.
Baja drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baja fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karlsson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Baja moves out of range of the strikes.
Karlsson misses with a straight right.
Karlsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tor Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlsson tests Baja's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karlsson misses the jab.
Baja takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Karlsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baja moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karlsson throws a hook but Baja avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Baja or perhaps it was just good defense by Karlsson which made him look bad.
Baja throws a leg kick but Karlsson moved away.
Baja really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Baja throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Tor Karlsson has been cut.
Karlsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A clash of legs there as Karlsson blocks the low kick.
Baja shoots in and drives through. Karlsson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francesco Baja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karlsson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baja misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karlsson lands with a nice body punch.
Karlsson lands with a shot to the body.
Baja is breathing heavily.
Karlsson rushes Baja with punches - Baja moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Baja goes down! Karlsson follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tor Karlsson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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