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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Tennant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Tennant has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Tennant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Baxter!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baxter takes one to the chin there.
Tennant moves in looking to clinch but Baxter pushes him off.
Tennant looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Baxter is fending him off so far but Tennant persists. Nope, Baxter circles away and we're back to standing.
Tennant tries to clinch up
and Baxter counters by moving into the clinch.
Baxter tries to throw a body punch but Tennant avoids it by throwing Baxter back against the cage.
Baxter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baxter misses with a body punch.
Baxter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tennant jumps into guard, dragging Baxter to the mat.
Tennant is trying to keep Baxter in close.
Baxter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Baxter throws a big elbow that misses.
Baxter tries to free his leg and advance position but Tennant is retaining full guard.
Baxter throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant pulls Baxter in close to his closed guard and prevents Baxter from doing any damage or advancing position.
Baxter looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baxter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tennant keeping full guard, as Baxter tries to pass.
Baxter postures up in Tennant's guard and throws a big left but Tennant blocks it.
Baxter throws a big right hand that misses.
Tennant is controlling Baxter's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tennant keeping full guard, as Baxter tries to pass.
Tennant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baxter trying to control but Tennant is working from the bottom.
Baxter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baxter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baxter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Baxter throwing strikes but missing.
Tennant is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter stands and throws Tennant's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Baxter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tennant keeps working.
Baxter throwing strikes but Tennant manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Tennant sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Baxter is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Baxter gets back to half guard.
Baxter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baxter.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Baxter is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tennant keeping moving, preventing Baxter from controlling successfully.
Baxter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tennant is keeping the position for now.
Baxter throwing strikes from guard but Tennant blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tennant keeping moving, preventing Baxter from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Baxter dominated that round.
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.
Baxter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tennant.
Baxter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tennant throws the left hand but Baxter avoids the punch easily.
Tennant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tennant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tennant shoots in for a takedown but Baxter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Baxter throws a head kick that misses.
Baxter lands a leg kick that knocks Tennant off balance momentarily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tennant is defended easily by Baxter.
Tennant rushes Baxter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tennant wants to break free but Baxter has control.
Baxter has Tennant pressed against the cage, preventing Tennant from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baxter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tennant has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baxter.
Tennant prevents a body shot from Baxter.
Baxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baxter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tennant is trying to pull guard but Baxter has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Tennant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot in the inside from Baxter.
Nice body punch from Baxter.
Tennant blocks a body shot from Baxter.
Baxter cracks Tennant with a nice body shot.
Baxter scores with a shot to the side of Tennant's head.
Baxter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tennant gets underhooks to prevent Baxter's takedown attempt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baxter.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baxter.
Baxter scores with a shot to the side of Tennant's head.
A short uppercut from Baxter.
Baxter is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tennant is defending well.
Tennant prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baxter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baxter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baxter lands with a right to the head.
Baxter misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Baxter fails to land.
Baxter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ryan Baxter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tennant wants a takedown.
A right hook to the body lands for Baxter.
Baxter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Baxter as the two fighters clinch.
Tennant blocks a body shot from Baxter.
Baxter lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Baxter.
Tennant blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tennant.
Tennant goes for a takedown attempt but Baxter pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Baxter lands a big head kick that sends Tennant tumbling to the mat! Baxter takes a step backwards and waves Tennant back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Tennant is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter throws an uppercut from hell that sends Tennant clean off his feet! He's out cold! Baxter stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ryan Baxter!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
43% |
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