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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Reder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Baron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reder kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is ACDC - TNT. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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272 lbs
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225 cm
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300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Reder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Markus Baron!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Baron there.
Baron misses with a few strikes there.
Jab by Reder.
Reder dives in and grabs Baron's left leg, looking for a takedown. Baron pushes down on Reder's head and hops out.
Reder's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baron connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reder scrambles back to his feet.
Baron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reder moves away.
Nice body kick from Reder.
Reder thows a body shot but no joy.
Baron just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baron ducks under a wild hook from Reder.
Reder looks to throw the jab but Baron is out of range.
Reder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baron moves away.
Baron gets tackled into the cage by Reder. Reder maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Baron fails to land.
Reder misses with a body punch.
Reder is trying to trip Baron. He has hold of a leg but Baron is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Reder persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Baron keeping moving, preventing Reder from controlling successfully.
Reder postures up in Baron's guard and throws a big left but Baron blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reder throws and elbow that misses. Baron uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reder's guard. Nice move by Baron!
Reder working a defensive guard here.
Reder trying to strike off his back.
Reder wants to sweep but no luck.
Baron has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Reder is proving hard to escape from.
Reder wants to stand and escape but Baron is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baron would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Reder on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reder tries to get out of the position.
Baron gets to his feet - Reder follows without any prompting.
Reder wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baron cracks Reder with an open hand slap.
Baron throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reder throws the left hand but Baron avoids the punch easily.
Reder slips a jab and a cross from Baron.
Baron swats away the attempt to clinch by Reder.
Baron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reder wants to clinch up but Baron keeps it at a distance.
Reder lands a jab to the nose.
Reder shoots in but no luck this time.
Markus Baron is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baron throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reder throws a sloppy head kick and Baron moves out of range easily.
Baron lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reder circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reder scores with a shoulder strike.
Reder has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Baron avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Reder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reder is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Reder drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baron gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reder.
Reder trying to stall but Baron improves his position.
Baron blocks a body shot from Reder.
Baron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Baron fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reder tightens his grip and picks Baron up, before dumping him to the ground. Baron manages to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reder with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reder prevents Baron from getting back to his feet.
Reder postures up in Baron's guard and throws a big left but Baron blocks it.
Reder throws and elbow that misses. Baron uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reder's guard. Nice move by Baron!
Reder is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Baron is fighting to break Reder's control of his arms but Reder is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Baron stands up and waves to Reder to follow him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reder can't find room to land a body shot as Baron controls the action.
Reder has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Baron is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Reder wants a takedown.
Reder wants a takedown but no success here.
Reder is breathing heavily.
Baron misses with some punches.
Baron throws a head punch that misses.
Baron is trying to break the clinch but Reder has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Reder as the two fighters clinch.
Baron misses with a punch to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reder - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reder.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Baron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reder's elbow.
Baron is trying to force a seperation but Reder has the dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reder scores with a shoulder strike.
Reder is working Baron over against the cage.
Reder lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Reder.
Baron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reder lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baron.
Reder lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Reder - that landed with a thud.
Reder has Baron pressed against the cage.
Baron is fighting off a takedown attempt but Reder is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Baron to the mat. Baron regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reder throwing strikes but missing.
Reder has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Baron keeping moving, preventing Reder from controlling successfully.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reder postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reder is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Reder works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Reder not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Reder not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reder is trying to control the action in half guard but Baron is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Reder seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Reder is trying to control. Baron wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Baron wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dennis Reder.
Reder's corner calls for a 1-2. Reder obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Reder lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reder gets a clinch.
Reder can't get the takedown.
A short body shot lands from Reder as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Reder.
Reder is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Reder.
A short right from Reder on the inside.
Reder breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reder manages to avoid it.
Reder takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baron misses with a two punch combination.
Reder clinches.
Reder has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Baron avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Reder tries to land knees in the clinch but Baron avoids the damage to the body.
Reder working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baron throws a punch but it's blocked by Reder.
Reder taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reder works on Baron's body with a couple of short punches.
Reder has Baron pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Baron manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Baron wants to break free but Reder has control.
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!
Reder blocks an uppercut.
Reder cracks Baron with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dennis Reder dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Reder looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Reder throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Baron wants to stand and escape but Reder is having none of it.
Reder might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Reder with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dennis Reder overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reder distracts Baron with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reder working some strikes from top position.
Baron is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reder throwing strikes but missing.
Reder trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reder postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reder is looking to work some ground and pound but Baron has wrist control.
Reder throws and elbow that misses. Baron uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reder's guard. Nice move by Baron!
Reder is looking to sweep but instead, Baron has passed into half guard.
Reder wants to improve his position but Baron is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reder missing with punches from the bottom.
Reder is looking for a sweep. Baron is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Baron is thwarting Reder's attempts to control the position.
Reder is looking to improve his position.
Reder manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reder looking to hit a scissor sweep but Baron is one step ahead there.
Reder is working hard here to advance position.
That's four 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.
Baron stands and steps away. Reder gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Markus Baron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baron.
Baron wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baron is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reder rather than just go for the knockout.
A telegraphed right hand from Reder misses the target.
Baron slips a straight right by Reder.
Reder takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reder misses with a hook.
Baron getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Baron lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice shot lands for Baron.
Reder swings for the body but Baron moves out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Reder swings for the body but Baron moves out of range.
Baron scores with a hook.
Baron lands a nice looking body shot.
Baron throws an overhand right that lands on Reder's shoulder, as Reder tries to avoid the shot.
Reder misses the jab.
Reder has closed the distance and engaged Baron in a clinch.
Baron has had enough of the clinch but Reder keeps him there for the moment.
Reder goes for a takedown attempt but Baron pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Baron scores with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Baron. Beautiful body shot.
Baron lands a nice looking body shot.
Baron fails to land with a series of punches.
Reder tries to clinch up but Baron circles away and keeps his distance.
Baron fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Reder misses with a lunging right hand
and Baron cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baron works over Reder's head and body with a nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Baron as Reder shoots in.
Reder thows a body shot but no joy.
Baron scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Baron throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reder.
A shot to the liver by Baron. Beautiful body shot.
Reder misses with a hook.
Baron is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Baron works Reder's body with a nice hook.
Baron lands with a nice combination. Reder backs away looking to recover.
Baron scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reder doesn't seem bothered though.
Reder bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baron's head.
Sloppy strikes from Baron. Those never looked like landing.
Reder tries to clinch but Baron is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Baron scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reder doesn't seem bothered though.
Baron bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Baron fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Baron.
A lazy left from Reder finds it's target.
Baron bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Markus Baron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baron misses with a looping left.
Reder swings for the body but Baron moves out of range.
Reder looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Reder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baron uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
No luck for Reder with that takedown attempt.
Baron lunges at Reder with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Reder's hand.
Baron fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Baron jabs Reder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Baron looks to land a combination. Reder sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Reder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baron.
Baron lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reder swings for the body but Baron moves out of range.
Reder tries to clinch but Baron is having none of it.
Baron misses with the combination.
Baron lands a jab to the head.
Baron thows a body shot but no joy.
Baron scores with the left hand. Reder knows he should have avoided that one.
Reder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Markus Baron is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baron steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reder.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Baron tries to bum rush Reder with a series of wild strikes but Reder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baron lands with a shot to the body.
Reder avoids the body shot from Baron.
A big right from Baron misses.
Baron cracks Reder with a good jab.
Reder drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baron throws a good cross that connects.
Baron moves out of range of the strikes.
Baron swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reder counters with a left to the body.
Baron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reder manages to avoid it.
Reder throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Baron on the side of the head.
Dennis Reder is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Baron. Those never looked like landing.
Nice takedown defense from Baron. No joy for Reder on that attempt.
Baron throws a hook to the side of Reder's head but Reder sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Markus Baron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reder fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baron, pushing him back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Markus Baron.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Dennis Reder!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Dennis Reder!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Dennis Reder!
Dennis Reder wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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