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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Oakley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mace Baars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baars has chosen Fort Minor - Remember the Name as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Oakley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mace Baars!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baars lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Dennis Oakley has been cut.
Oakley wants to clinch up but Baars keeps it at a distance.
Baars on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Baars throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oakley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oakley loads up on a big right hand but Baars slips the punch.
Baars misses with a head kick.
Oakley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oakley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Baars connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oakley looks to throw the jab but Baars is out of range.
Baars pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baars moves in looking to clinch but Oakley pushes him off.
Baars throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oakley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baars throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oakley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Baars looks for the body kick but Oakley saw that one coming.
Oakley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Oakley throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baars throws a jab when Oakley was well out of range.
Oakley walks into a left hand.
Baars lands a right hook to the body.
Oakley cracks Baars with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Baars crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Oakley - the referee stops the clock and Baars gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Oakley. Baars manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Oakley tries to land a front kick but Baars steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Baars tests Oakley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baars tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Baars wants to slow Oakley down by chopping away at his legs.
Oakley scores with a push kick.
Baars walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Baars fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oakley throws a head kick but Baars moves out of range.
Oakley lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baars tries to move into range but Oakley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oakley. Baars does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oakley is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That kick from Oakley tenderised Baars's leg. Baars is trying to keep his angry face on.
Baars looks gassed!
Baars slips under a jab from Oakley.
Baars tries to clinch there but Oakley circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baars. Oakley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oakley does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Oakley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oakley connects with a solid leg kick.
Oakley tries a low kick but Baars avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oakley.
Oakley is looking to slow Baars down with leg kicks.
Baars takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oakley moves into the clinch.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oakley lands an elbow inside.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Oakley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Baars tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Oakley just stands there and leans against the cage.
Baars trying to control the position but instead, Oakley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Baars into the cage.
Oakley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baars lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
Oakley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baars is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baars is trying to stall.
Oakley lands a shot to the body.
Oakley trying to land knees to the body.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Oakley lands an elbow inside.
Baars throws a punch but it's blocked by Oakley.
Oakley is working Baars over against the cage.
Baars lands an uppercut.
Oakley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baars takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oakley crunches a lovely knee into Baars's ribcage.
Oakley lands with a light punch inside.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
Baars tries to pull guard but Oakley holds him up against the cage and eventually Baars drops back down to his feet.
Oakley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baars's defenses.
Oakley landing knees to the head.
It looks like Mace Baars has been cut.
Oakley is leaning against Baars and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baars misses with a knee strike.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Oakley lands a right hand.
Oakley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Oakley.
Baars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baars on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Oakley.
Oakley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oakley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baars is defending well for now.
Oakley missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Oakley.
Oakley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baars is defending well for now.
Baars avoiding damage as Oakley throws knees to the body.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Oakley lands a nice knee to the body.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Oakley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oakley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Baars on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oakley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Baars managing to block the knees to the body from Oakley.
Oakley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oakley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oakley lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Oakley.
Oakley tries to work over Baars's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oakley missing with knees to the body.
Oakley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baars.
Baars blocks the elbow strike.
Baars blocks a body shot from Oakley.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oakley.
Oakley prevents a body shot from Baars.
Oakley blocks a body shot from Baars.
Oakley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baars or not.
Baars takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oakley lands a good knee to the midsection. Baars won't want to take too many of those.
Oakley trying to land knees to the body.
Oakley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baars lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oakley lands a body shot in the clinch.
Oakley lands a hook that snaps the head of Baars backwards.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Baars tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baars lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baars takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Baars swings wildly with an uppercut but Oakley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baars tries to land a knee to the head but Oakley blocks with his arms.
Oakley missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oakley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Baars's brow.
Baars can't find room to land a body shot as Oakley controls the action.
Oakley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oakley lands with a short shot to the head.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Baars is trying to pull guard but Oakley has him pressed against the cage.
Dennis Oakley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mace Baars.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oakley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oakley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baars managing to block the knees to the body from Oakley.
Baars fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Baars misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Baars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baars tries to work over Oakley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
Baars tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oakley lands an elbow inside that Baars shrugs off.
Oakley misses with a punch on the inside.
Oakley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baars tries to pull guard but Oakley forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Baars is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Oakley lands a body shot in the clinch.
Baars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baars managing to block the knees to the body from Oakley.
Oakley lands a nice shot to the body.
Baars on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the head but Baars blocks with his arms.
Baars can't find room to land a body shot as Oakley controls the action.
Oakley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Baars lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oakley backwards.
Baars goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baars has a couple of punches blocked by Oakley.
Oakley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oakley missing with knees to the body.
Oakley tries to work over Baars's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baars on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Baars.
Oakley trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baars lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baars misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
Baars tries to pull guard but Oakley won't allow it.
Oakley crunches a lovely knee into Baars's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dennis Oakley dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Oakley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oakley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baars moves in looking to clinch but Oakley pushes him off.
Baars wants to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oakley.
Oakley misses with a hook.
Oakley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baars blocks a head kick by Oakley.
Baars throws a sloppy head kick and Oakley moves out of range easily.
Oakley connects with a body shot.
Oakley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baars.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oakley.
Baars is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oakley scores with a nice head shot.
Oakley catches Baars with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Baars drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baars thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baars's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oakley.
Oakley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baars on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oakley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baars moves out of range of the body kick from Oakley.
Oakley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Baars is able to avoid easily.
Baars throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oakley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Baars misses with a body shot.
Oakley connects with a single shot there.
Baars fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oakley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baars catches Oakley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oakley looks to land a right hand but Baars moved out of range.
Oakley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baars paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baars avoids the body shot from Oakley.
A thudding body kick lands there by Oakley!
Baars on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Oakley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oakley lands a slapping body shot.
Oakley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oakley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Baars throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oakley.
Baars takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oakley cracks the inside of Baars's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oakley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baars momentarily.
Oakley tried to score with a low kick but Baars checks it.
Oakley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baars wants to clinch up but Oakley keeps it at a distance.
Oakley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baars misses with a looping left.
Baars throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Oakley. That snapped Baars's head back.
Baars scores with a jab to the body.
Baars throws a body punch but Oakley moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oakley.
Oakley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baars can do to turn this around?
Oakley misses with a body shot.
Baars is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oakley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A hook to the body from Oakley.
Baars prevents a body shot from Oakley.
Baars prevents a body shot from Oakley.
Oakley landing knees to the body.
Oakley trying to land knees to the body.
Oakley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baars's defenses.
Oakley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baars throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oakley is looking to clinch but Baars is avoiding it.
Oakley moves into the clinch.
Baars throws a punch but it's blocked by Oakley.
Baars tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baars makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baars misses with a knee to the head.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Baars lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oakley.
Oakley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oakley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oakley lands an elbow that stopped Baars in his tracks for a moment.
Oakley lands a damaging elbow.
Baars tries to work over Oakley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oakley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baars avoiding damage as Oakley throws knees to the body.
Oakley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oakley works on Baars's body with a couple of short punches.
Oakley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oakley landing knees to the body.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Baars misses with a punch to the body.
Baars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oakley tries to throw a body punch but Baars avoids it by throwing Oakley back against the cage.
Oakley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oakley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oakley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baars.
Baars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oakley missing with knees to the body.
Baars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oakley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees to the body from Oakley.
Baars avoiding damage as Oakley throws knees to the body.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Baars avoiding damage as Oakley throws knees to the body.
Baars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baars gets through Oakley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Baars landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Baars connects with a knee to the head.
Baars will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oakley up against the cage.
Mace Baars has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Baars connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oakley's face.
Oakley working Baars over with knees to the body.
Oakley tries a knee to the head but Baars blocks it.
Baars is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Baars lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baars blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oakley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Baars's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baars lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baars goes for a takedown attempt but Oakley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Oakley throws a body kick the misses
and Oakley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oakley looks to score with a jab to the body but Baars is just out of range.
A leg kick checked by Baars.
Oakley misses with a low kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Oakley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baars connects with a good right hand that stumbles Oakley. Oakley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Baars connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Baars walks into a straight right hand from Oakley.
Baars cracks Oakley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dennis Oakley's cut is getting worse.
Oakley misses with a low kick.
Baars throws the left hand but Oakley avoids the punch easily.
Oakley moves into the clinch.
Baars on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oakley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baars avoids it.
Baars managing to block the knees to the body from Oakley.
Oakley missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Oakley fails to land.
Oakley tries to land knees in the clinch but Baars avoids the damage to the body.
Baars tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oakley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Baars lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oakley tries a body shot but Baars blocks it.
Baars misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oakley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baars misses with a knee to the head.
Baars lands with a right to the head.
Dennis Oakley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oakley scores with a shoulder strike.
Baars throws a punch but it's blocked by Oakley.
Nice body punch from Baars - that landed with a thud.
Baars softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Baars trying to stall but Oakley improves his position.
Baars can't find room to land a body shot as Oakley controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Oakley.
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!
Oakley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baars swings wildly with an uppercut but Oakley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baars blocks an elbow strike from Oakley.
Dennis Oakley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baars throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baars.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Oakley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oakley 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Dennis Oakley!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Dennis Oakley!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Dennis Oakley!
Dennis Oakley wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Dennis Oakley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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