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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sekur Arian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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140 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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135 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sekur Arian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frodo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arian moves out of range of the body kick from Baggins.
Arian misses with a looping left.
Arian fails with the takedown
and Baggins counters with a two punch combo.
Arian throws a lazy uppercut
and Baggins counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Baggins.
Arian shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Baggins sprawls well. Baggins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Arian gets slowly back to his feet.
No joy there for Baggins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sekur Arian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Baggins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sekur Arian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arian shoots in and gets a takedown into Baggins's guard.
Arian slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Arian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Baggins on the ground.
Baggins is looking to reverse the position.
Baggins is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Arian asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arian controlling the position.
Arian is looking to take a break and control but Baggins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baggins defending against the ground and pound.
Arian passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Baggins!
Arian prevents Baggins from getting the reversal.
Arian throws a sloppy strike and Baggins uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Baggins has ended up in Arian's guard.
Arian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two 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.
Arian keeping moving, preventing Baggins from controlling successfully.
Baggins postures up.
Baggins is fighting to break Arian's control of his arms but Arian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Baggins stopping the sweep attempt from Arian.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Arian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baggins.
Arian moves out of range of the body kick from Baggins.
A jab from Arian finds it's way through Baggins's defenses.
Baggins misses with a wild combination.
Arian swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Baggins counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Arian.
Arian fails with the takedown
and Baggins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arian throws an off balance right hand
and Baggins counters with a left to the body.
Arian misses with a takedown
and Baggins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arian looks to land a combination. Baggins sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Arian shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Baggins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arian misses with a takedown attempt
and Baggins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Arian is breathing heavily.
Baggins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arian misses with an uppercut
so Baggins counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Baggins being controlled here momentarily.
Baggins working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Baggins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Arian keeping moving, preventing Baggins from controlling successfully.
Baggins preventing the sweep.
Arian is working hard here to advance position.
Arian is pulling down on Baggins's head. It's preventing any offense from Baggins, at least for the moment.
Baggins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Arian's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baggins trying to control but Arian is working from the bottom.
Baggins is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frodo Baggins dominated that round.
That's time! Arian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Arian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Baggins counters with a nice uppercut.
Arian closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Arian is looking to stall here but Baggins recovers full guard.
Arian looking to sit in guard and control but Baggins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Baggins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Arian trying to control the position.
Arian keeping moving, preventing Baggins from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arian trying to keep a closed guard but Baggins is proving a slippery customer.
Baggins throws and elbow that misses. Arian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Baggins's guard. Nice move by Arian!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Baggins is keeping the position for now.
Baggins 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.
Baggins keeping full guard, as Arian tries to pass.
Arian throws and elbow that misses. Baggins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Arian's guard. Nice move by Baggins!
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.
Baggins trying to control but Arian is working from the bottom.
Arian wants to sweep but no luck.
Arian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Arian tries to get out of the position.
Arian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Baggins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Arian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baggins trying to control but Arian is working from the bottom.
Arian looking for a sweep. Not yet Arian, not yet.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Arian looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Baggins looks to land a combination but Arian avoids it well.
Baggins throws a hook but Arian blocks it.
Arian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baggins's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arian shoots and misses
and Baggins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baggins throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baggins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Baggins.
Baggins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baggins dives in and grabs Arian's left leg, looking for a takedown. Arian pushes down on Baggins's head and hops out.
Baggins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baggins misses with a double jab.
Frodo Baggins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baggins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arian misses with an uppercut. Baggins saw that one coming.
Baggins throws a hook to the side of Arian's head but Arian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baggins misses with a series of wild punches.
Baggins throws an off balance right hand
and Arian counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Baggins's guard now.
Arian looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arian passes into half guard.
Arian not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Baggins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Arian.
Sekur Arian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arian wants to pass to mount but Baggins is defending the position.
Baggins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Arian.
Arian trying to control from half guard but Baggins is working away.
Baggins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Arian is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sekur Arian will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Baggins fails to land the takedown.
A slow jab from Baggins misses its intended target.
Arian fails with a takedown attempt.
A left and a right from Baggins both land. Nice combination.
Arian scores a takedown into full mount!
Arian with good strikes from the mount here!
Arian raining down hammerfists from mount.
Baggins taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Arian.
Baggins regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins gets back to full guard.
Arian wants to pass the guard but Baggins is keeping the position.
Arian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Arian trying to control the position from guard on top but Baggins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Baggins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Arian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two 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.
Arian stands up over Baggins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Arian trying to control the position from guard on top but Baggins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arian trying to move into half guard but instead Baggins has managed to sweep!
Arian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Arian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Baggins 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.
Arian has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Baggins has passed into side control.
Baggins trying to control the position but Arian is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baggins is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Arian has escaped the position, nice work there.
Baggins trying to control the action but Arian is working from the bottom.
Baggins lands a few punches from side control.
Baggins sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Arian is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Baggins stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Arian takes a jab right on the kisser.
Frodo Baggins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arian misses with a takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Arian fails with the takedown
and Baggins counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sekur Arian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arian with a poor takedown
and Baggins counters with a stiff right hand.
Arian throws an off balance right hand
and Baggins counters with a series of strikes. Arian will be more careful next time no doubt.
Arian avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arian throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baggins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baggins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arian throws a lazy uppercut
and Baggins counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baggins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Arian to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baggins is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frodo Baggins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Baggins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frodo Baggins!
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