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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trainer Wrestle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Baker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trainer Wrestle!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wrestle to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Baker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wrestle preventing the sweep.
Baker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baker working the head and body with strikes.
Wrestle tries to get to full guard but Baker has control of the leg.
Baker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wrestle defending well though.
Wrestle is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Baker's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Baker's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker tries to roll but Wrestle sticks to his back.
Baker is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Nice strikes from Wrestle there.
Wrestle uses his free foot to push down on Baker's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Baker.
Wrestle with good strikes from the mount here!
Baker working to try and regain half guard.
Wrestle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Baker taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baker manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Baker is in trouble now - Wrestle has advanced to mount!
Baker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wrestle prevents Baker from getting the reversal.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wrestle lands a big elbow.
It looks like Frank Baker has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to lock up and control but Wrestle gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Baker is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wrestle landing strikes from the mount.
Wrestle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Baker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baker tries to hold on but Wrestle postures up.
Baker manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wrestle is just content to waste time from the top position. Baker takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrestle trying to control the position from guard on top but Baker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wrestle landing some decent shots from guard.
Wrestle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Baker controls Wrestle momentarily but Wrestle frees himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wrestle is in close to Baker's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trainer Wrestle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Baker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wrestle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wrestle has Baker pushed against the cage.
Baker is trying to drag Wrestle to the mat but Wrestle just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wrestle gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Baker.
Wrestle avoiding damage.
Wrestle prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Baker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrestle prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wrestle stops a takedown attempt from Baker.
Wrestle avoiding damage.
Baker changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wrestle fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Baker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Baker shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wrestle slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Baker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Baker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baker drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wrestle manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Baker has Wrestle in his guard.
Baker keeping moving, preventing Wrestle from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wrestle controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wrestle's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Wrestle wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Baker is trying to keep Wrestle in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainer Wrestle has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Baker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wrestle counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Trainer Wrestle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Baker 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.
Wrestle trying to control but Baker is working from the bottom.
Wrestle distracts Baker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wrestle is pushing down on Baker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Baker is fighting to maintain full guard but Wrestle has managed to sneak the leg through.
Baker looking for submissions off his back.
Wrestle passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker is working to get back to half guard.
Wrestle landing shots from mount.
Wrestle landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trainer Wrestle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Baker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Baker with a poor takedown
and Wrestle counters with a shoot takedown. Baker fights it but they end up in guard.
Wrestle postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baker lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wrestle!
Baker lands a big shot there that rocks Wrestle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Baker has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wrestle's face.
Baker tries to control but Wrestle wriggling away.
Wrestle sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wrestle defending well though.
Wrestle is trying to control but can't.
Baker with the ground and pound but Wrestle uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Wrestle wants to sweep but no luck.
Baker passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wrestle taking punishment in the form of punches.
Baker sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Wrestle is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wrestle is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Baker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wrestle some visible discomfort.
Baker throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Baker working the ground and pound.
Wrestle is trying to control Baker's posture but Baker avoids it.
Baker with the ground and pound but Wrestle regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Baker thows a huge punch but Wrestle dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Baker lands a nice short elbow.
Wrestle is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker throwing shots but Wrestle is blocking nicely.
Baker is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Baker breaks from Wrestle's wrist control and lands an elbow.
It looks like Trainer Wrestle has been cut.
Baker working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wrestle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wrestle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Baker is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Wrestle can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Baker throwing strikes here but Wrestle is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrestle tries to hold on but Baker postures up.
Baker throws some wild stikes that Wrestle manages to avoid easily.
Baker landing strikes from the mount and Wrestle is in trouble!
That has opened up Trainer Wrestle's cut even more.
Baker lands with some strikes.
The cut above Trainer Wrestle's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wrestle working to try and regain half guard.
Wrestle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baker lands a nice shot to the head.
Baker throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wrestle because Baker loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Baker clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Baker tries for a takedown but Wrestle circles away easily
and Wrestle holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wrestle gets underhooks to prevent Baker's takedown attempt.
Baker is trying to drag Wrestle to the mat but Wrestle just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Baker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wrestle prevents the takedown attempt.
Wrestle dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wrestle prevents the takedown attempt.
Baker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wrestle pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wrestle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baker tries to work over Wrestle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wrestle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Baker is trying to drag Wrestle to the mat but Wrestle just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Baker changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wrestle fights it off and pushes away nicely.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrestle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrestle rushes Baker and presses him up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wrestle prevents the takedown attempt.
Wrestle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baker closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Baker prevents Wrestle from improving his position.
Baker seems to be working for a kimura but Wrestle defends the submission attempt.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wrestle can do anything to dispel that myth.
Baker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker looks to land a strike but Wrestle avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Baker throws a big right hand that misses.
Wrestle wants to sweep here but Baker controlling him for the moment.
Wrestle lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Baker!
Wrestle scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Baker?
Baker regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrestle wants to free his trapped foot but Baker is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Baker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baker.
Wrestle slips nicely into half guard.
Baker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baker.
Baker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Baker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrestle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Baker.
Baker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wrestle defending well though.
Baker lands strikes from half guard.
Baker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Baker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Baker throwing shots but Wrestle is blocking nicely.
Wrestle wants to control but Baker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Baker is working for a kimura but Wrestle is defending it quite comfortably.
Wrestle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Trainer Wrestle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Baker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wrestle counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wrestle stopping the sweep attempt from Baker.
Baker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baker wants to sweep here but Wrestle controlling him for the moment.
Baker is looking to sweep but instead, Wrestle has passed into half guard.
Wrestle trying to mount his opponent but Baker defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker wants to control but Wrestle passes into side.
Wrestle working the ground and pound.
Baker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wrestle wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wrestle wants to control but Baker is keeping him busy.
Baker gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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. Wrestle connects with a nice short shot to Baker's temple.
Baker gets full guard.
Baker is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Wrestle wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
Baker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Baker wants to sweep but no luck.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker being controlled here, momentarily.
Wrestle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baker looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wrestle puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
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.
Baker is pressing down on Wrestle's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Baker is trying to keep Wrestle in close.
Wrestle trying to control but Baker is working from the bottom.
Baker looking to control.
Baker wants to sweep here but Wrestle controlling him for the moment.
Frank Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wrestle working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Baker's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trainer Wrestle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wrestle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 46:49
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 46:49
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trainer Wrestle!
Trainer Wrestle is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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