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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Baja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Morientes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morientes has chosen Rap Das Armas as his entrance music. Francesco Baja had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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193 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 1 - 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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Morientes!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morientes scores with a three punch combo!
Morientes gets the takedown into side control.
Baja struggling a bit here.
Morientes decides to stand up, so the ref orders Baja to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baja. Morientes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baja pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morientes stuffs the takedown attempt from Baja. Baja gets slowly back to his feet.
Morientes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Baja's half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morientes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baja defending well though.
Morientes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Baja blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morientes.
Morientes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morientes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baja defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Morientes there.
Morientes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Baja trying to hold on to Morientes's head to control him but Morientes postures up.
Baja is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morientes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baja with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Baja wants to control but Morientes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Morientes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Baja is trying to control but can't.
Baja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morientes on the ground.
Baja is controlling Morientes's trapped leg to prevent Morientes from advancing to side control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Baja throws a half hearted mid kick.
Baja lands a head kick!
Morientes stalks Baja and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baja's face. Baja staggers backwards, shaken.
Baja gets caught flat footed, as Morientes shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Baja wants to sweep but no luck.
Baja is controlling Morientes's posture.
Morientes throws a big right hand that misses.
Baja working a defensive guard here.
Baja keeping full guard, as Morientes tries to pass.
Morientes wanted to stand there but Baja had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morientes working some strikes from top position.
Morientes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baja works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morientes shoots in and bounces Baja off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Baja is breathing heavily.
Morientes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Baja trying to keep a closed guard but Morientes is proving a slippery customer.
Morientes thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morientes postures up and lands a big shot to Baja's brow.
Baja is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Morientes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Baja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morientes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morientes misses with a few strikes there.
Morientes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Baja!
Baja is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Baja wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Morientes.
Morientes punishing his opponent with strikes.
Baja tries to hold on but Morientes postures up.
Morientes landing strikes from the mount and Baja is in trouble!
Baja regains half guard.
Morientes seems to be working for a kimura but Baja defends the submission attempt.
Morientes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baja avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morientes.
Baja trying to control from the bottom.
Baja keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morientes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baja's head.
Baja preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Baja on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morientes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Morientes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morientes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morientes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Baja manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baja controls Morientes momentarily but Morientes frees himself.
Morientes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Morientes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morientes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Baja did well to prevent Morientes getting side control.
Morientes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morientes throwing shots but Baja is blocking nicely.
Baja is trying to control but can't.
Baja blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morientes.
Baja blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morientes.
Morientes lands strikes from half guard.
Morientes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morientes is thwarting Baja's attempts to control the position.
Morientes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morientes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Baja is trying to defend but Morientes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Baja is positioning himself well to prevent Morientes advancing to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baja is looking to control Morientes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Baja avoid being mounted?
Morientes winds up and cracks Baja with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baja trying to control but Morientes postures up.
Morientes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Baja manages to get to full guard.
Morientes postures up.
Baja avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morientes postures up and lands a big shot to Baja's brow.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morientes misses with a series of wild punches.
Morientes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morientes misses with a wild combination.
Morientes avoids the body shot from Baja.
That's two 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.
Baja misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morientes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baja.
Francesco Baja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morientes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morientes scores a takedown into full mount!
Morientes scoring with strikes but Baja is staying in there.
Morientes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Baja hang on?
Baja is trying to escape the mount.
Baja in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Baja tries to hold on but Morientes postures up.
Baja manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morientes lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morientes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morientes thows a huge punch but Baja dodges it nicely.
Morientes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Morientes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morientes thows a huge punch but Baja dodges it nicely.
Morientes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Baja defends it well.
Baja is trying is best to control the position here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morientes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Baja is trying to defend but Morientes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Morientes connects with a nice short shot to Baja's temple.
Morientes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morientes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baja defending well though.
Morientes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baja's head.
Morientes is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Baja is looking to control Morientes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Baja avoid being mounted?
Baja has hold of Morientes's hands but Morientes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Baja trying to control here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morientes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Morientes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Baja trying to hold on to Morientes's head to control him but Morientes postures up.
Morientes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morientes is thwarting Baja's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Morientes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Morientes closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Morientes is chipping away with strikes.
Morientes fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Morientes landing a few strikes.
Baja gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Morientes is thwarting Baja's attempts to control the position.
Morientes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Morientes wants to stand up but Baja has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Baja preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Morientes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morientes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baja holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morientes thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Baja to regain full guard.
Morientes throwing strikes but missing.
Baja wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Baja working a defensive guard here.
Morientes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Baja trying to keep a closed guard but Morientes is proving a slippery customer.
Morientes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baja trying to keep a closed guard but Morientes is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morientes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Morientes is thwarting Baja's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morientes is nestled in close to Baja, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Morientes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baja has hold of Morientes's hands but Morientes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Morientes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morientes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baja's head.
Morientes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morientes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morientes scores with a one two! Baja had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Morientes.
Baja misses with a takedown
and Morientes counters with a three punch combo that has Baja backing up. Baja nods at Morientes to acknowledge the strikes.
No joy there for Morientes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morientes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baja circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morientes scores with a three punch combo!
Morientes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morientes shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Baja is trying to defend but Morientes finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Morientes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baja's head.
Baja is trying to maintain the position but Morientes is very close to passing his half guard.
Baja on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morientes lands a nice short elbow.
Morientes thows a huge punch but Baja dodges it nicely.
Baja trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morientes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baja circles away quickly and effectively.
Morientes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Baja looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Morientes throws a strike aimed at the side of Baja's head but Baja avoids it well.
Morientes lands a decent elbow from side control.
Baja on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Morientes sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Baja is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Morientes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Baja down.
Baja wants to control but Morientes postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morientes scores with a one two! Baja had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Francesco Baja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricardo Morientes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morientes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Morientes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morientes 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Morientes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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