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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabio Ghio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raprap Baltazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Raprap Baltazar enters the cage!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabio Ghio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raprap Baltazar!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baltazar misses with a low kick.
Baltazar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baltazar closes the distance but Ghio moves to the side
and Ghio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baltazar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ghio.
Baltazar blocks a head kick by Ghio.
Ghio takes the fight into the clinch.
Ghio pulls guard effortlessly.
Ghio looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baltazar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baltazar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baltazar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baltazar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ghio has a closed guard, preventing Baltazar from standing up.
Baltazar with a nice head shot there.
Baltazar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baltazar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ghio's guard.
Baltazar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baltazar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghio controls Baltazar momentarily but Baltazar frees himself.
Baltazar throws a big right hand that misses.
Baltazar throws a strike but Ghio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ghio scoring with punches to the head and body.
Baltazar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ghio throwing strikes from guard but Baltazar blocks nicely.
Ghio throwing strikes from guard but Baltazar blocks nicely.
Ghio postures up in Baltazar's guard and throws a big left but Baltazar blocks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ghio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Baltazar trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghio preventing the sweep.
Baltazar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ghio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ghio is looking to work some ground and pound but Baltazar has wrist control.
Baltazar thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ghio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Baltazar scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Baltazar trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ghio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baltazar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baltazar looking for a sweep. Not yet Baltazar, not yet.
Ghio scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ghio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ghio is breathing heavily.
Baltazar working a defensive guard here.
Ghio 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.
Ghio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baltazar wants to sweep here but Ghio controlling him for the moment.
Ghio with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Baltazar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ghio thows a big elbow that misses.
Baltazar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Baltazar striking from the bottom here.
Ghio connects with a couple of short punches.
Ghio stops Baltazar from standing up.
Ghio throwing strikes but missing.
Ghio preventing the sweep.
Ghio stands up over Baltazar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baltazar trying to control the position.
Ghio throwing strikes from guard but Baltazar blocks nicely.
Baltazar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ghio is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ghio won't allow Baltazar to sweep him here.
Baltazar wants to stand up but Ghio is controlling him.
Ghio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ghio throwing strikes from guard but Baltazar blocks nicely.
Baltazar throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ghio gets to his feet - Baltazar follows without any prompting.
Baltazar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ghio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ghio.
Ghio has hold of one of Baltazar's legs. Baltazar is fighting the takedown attempt but Ghio gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghio preventing the sweep.
Baltazar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ghio with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Ghio dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Baltazar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Baltazar scores with a kick to the body.
Baltazar closes the distance but Ghio moves to the side
and Ghio decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Baltazar's guard.
Ghio chips away with some ground and pound.
Fabio Ghio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baltazar trying to control the position.
Baltazar keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baltazar wants to stand and escape but Ghio is having none of it.
Ghio postures up and lands a big shot to Baltazar's brow.
Baltazar wants to sweep here but Ghio controlling him for the moment.
Baltazar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ghio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baltazar looking for a sweep. Not yet Baltazar, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baltazar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baltazar wants to sweep but no luck.
Ghio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ghio won't allow Baltazar to sweep him here.
Ghio drops back looking for a leg! Baltazar is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Baltazar manages to kick Ghio off! Ghio jumps back into Baltazar's guard.
Ghio preventing the sweep.
Baltazar throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ghio thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ghio throwing strikes from guard but Baltazar blocks nicely.
Ghio won't allow Baltazar to sweep him here.
Baltazar striking from his own guard.
Ghio won't allow Baltazar to sweep him here.
Ghio throwing strikes but missing.
Ghio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baltazar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Baltazar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baltazar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ghio is one step ahead there.
Baltazar tries to strike from the bottom.
Baltazar wants to stand but Ghio is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ghio throwing strikes but missing.
Ghio postures up.
Baltazar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Baltazar looking for a sweep. Not yet Baltazar, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Baltazar is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baltazar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baltazar thows a big elbow that misses.
Ghio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baltazar.
Baltazar landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Baltazar throwing strikes from guard but Ghio blocks nicely.
Baltazar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ghio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baltazar stops Ghio from standing up.
Baltazar postures up in Ghio's guard and throws a big left but Ghio blocks it.
Baltazar postures up in Ghio's guard and throws a big left but Ghio blocks it.
Baltazar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ghio working a defensive guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Baltazar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ghio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabio Ghio dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Baltazar looks for the body kick but Ghio saw that one coming.
Ghio gets a takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Ghio.
Baltazar is looking to improve his position.
Ghio winds up and cracks Baltazar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Baltazar tries to kick Ghio off but Ghio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Baltazar is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Baltazar tries to roll over but Ghio keeps him under control.
Ghio is thwarting Baltazar's attempts to control the position.
Ghio prevents Baltazar from improving his position.
Baltazar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghio passes to full mount!
Baltazar is desperately trying to improve his position but Ghio has a good base and remains in mount.
Ghio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ghio pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ghio punching from mount but Baltazar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Baltazar avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ghio.
Baltazar is looking to get to half guard.
Ghio looking to ground and pound but Baltazar is blocking nicely.
Baltazar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Baltazar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baltazar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ghio decides to stand up.
Baltazar throws a wild body kick that Ghio sees coming a mile off.
A lazy body kick from Baltazar
and Ghio counters with a shoot takedown. Baltazar fights it but they end up in guard.
Ghio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baltazar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Baltazar 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.
Baltazar has momentary wrist control but Ghio slips an elbow through the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ghio won't allow Baltazar to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baltazar throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Baltazar looking for a sweep. Not yet Baltazar, not yet.
Ghio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ghio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ghio won't allow Baltazar to sweep him here.
Baltazar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Baltazar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ghio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Baltazar wants to stand but Ghio is controlling the position.
Ghio gets to his feet - Baltazar follows without any prompting.
Baltazar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Baltazar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fabio Ghio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baltazar throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baltazar has his takedown stuffed
and Ghio counters with a takedown into side control.
Ghio landing strikes.
Baltazar is looking for a sweep.
Baltazar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ghio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ghio is looking to take a break and control but Baltazar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baltazar throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baltazar tries to buck Ghio off but Ghio is having none of it.
Raprap Baltazar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabio Ghio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ghio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabio Ghio!
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