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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jukebox Timebmb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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191 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jukebox Timebmb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Baxter!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timebmb closes the distance and clinches up with Baxter, looking for a takedown. Timebmb pushes Baxter against the cage but Baxter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Baxter throws a hook but Timebmb avoids it easily.
Timebmb lands with a cross.
Timebmb scores with a nice strike.
Timebmb defending well as Baxter loads up on a big left hand.
Timebmb gets a clinch.
A knee to the head by Baxter.
It looks like Jukebox Timebmb has been cut.
Timebmb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Timebmb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baxter backwards.
Baxter lands an uppercut.
Baxter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baxter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Timebmb in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Timebmb working aggressively here.
Baxter is working Timebmb over against the cage.
Baxter lands with a right to the head.
Timebmb lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Timebmb blocking some punches.
Baxter takes a shot to the head.
Baxter trying to land knees to the body.
Timebmb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Timebmb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timebmb has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Baxter clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Baxter covering up well under a series of strikes from Timebmb.
Timebmb working for a choke but Baxter is defending well.
Timebmb doesn't have the hooks in and Baxter manages to turn into his guard.
Timebmb pulls Baxter in close to his closed guard and prevents Baxter from doing any damage or advancing position.
Baxter avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter stands and throws Timebmb's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Baxter landing a few strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Timebmb trying to remain calm as Baxter controls from the top position.
Baxter trying to control the action but Timebmb is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Baxter gets to mount! Timebmb was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Timebmb is squirming around, avoiding Baxter's attempts to control the action.
Timebmb manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timebmb is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Baxter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Baxter's back!
Baxter fending off the submission attempt from Timebmb.
Baxter just trying to survive but Timebmb is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Baxter is covering up but some of the strikes from Timebmb are getting through and doing damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Timebmb is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Baxter knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Baxter for a finish.
Timebmb scores with punches to the body.
Timebmb is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jukebox Timebmb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jukebox Timebmb's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Timebmb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baxter, pushing him back against the cage.
Timebmb throws a punch but it's blocked by Baxter.
Baxter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baxter misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Timebmb as Baxter tries to tie him up.
Baxter misses with some punches.
Baxter missing with knees to the body.
Timebmb has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Baxter avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Timebmb fails to pull guard.
Timebmb misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Timebmb.
Timebmb tries to pull guard but Baxter holds him up against the cage and eventually Timebmb drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukebox Timebmb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baxter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baxter landing knees to the body.
Timebmb tries to pull guard but Baxter won't allow it.
Timebmb managing to block the knees to the body from Baxter.
Timebmb jumps guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baxter slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timebmb wants to improve his position but instead Baxter has moved into half guard.
Timebmb trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Baxter manages to pass to mount!
Baxter tries to control but Timebmb wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timebmb tries to hold on but Baxter postures up.
Timebmb really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Timebmb is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Timebmb is squirming around, avoiding Baxter's attempts to control the action.
Timebmb tries to reverse the position but Baxter maintains control.
Baxter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Timebmb is looking to escape.
Timebmb is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter looking to control and managing it successfully.
Timebmb tries to hold on but Baxter postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Baxter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jukebox Timebmb's cut.
That's time! Timebmb's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Baxter leaves Timebmb with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Timebmb misses with a two punch combination.
Timebmb tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baxter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Timebmb shoots for a takedown but Baxter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jab, jab by Baxter - just one landing.
Baxter misses with a looping left.
Timebmb shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Baxter sprawls well. Baxter wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Timebmb gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukebox Timebmb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baxter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Timebmb works the jab nicely.
Timebmb tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baxter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxter lands a big right hand that sends Timebmb crashing to the mat! Baxter stays standing though and waves Timebmb back to his feet!
Timebmb is rocked!
Jukebox Timebmb's cut is getting worse.
Timebmb dives in and scores a takedown into Baxter's guard.
Oh Timebmb is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baxter 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timebmb working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Timebmb seems to have got his legs back now.
Timebmb wants to pass the guard but Baxter is keeping the position.
Baxter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Timebmb is looking to work some ground and pound but Baxter has wrist control.
Baxter is trying to keep Timebmb in close.
Timebmb trying to control but Baxter is working from the bottom.
Baxter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Timebmb. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Baxter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Timebmb shoots in looking for a takedown. Baxter tries to sprawl out of it but Timebmb keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Baxter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Timebmb.
Timebmb blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timebmb slips under a jab.
Timebmb shoots in but Baxter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Baxter defending well as Timebmb loads up on a big left hand.
Baxter throws a hook but Timebmb avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Baxter. No joy for Timebmb on that attempt.
Timebmb gets a double leg takedown into Baxter's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baxter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Timebmb is controlling him.
Baxter is pulling down on Timebmb's head. It's preventing any offense from Timebmb, at least for the moment.
Baxter wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Baxter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan Baxter.
Baxter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baxter throws a looping overhand right but Timebmb ducks down to avoid it.
Timebmb ducks under a wild hook from Baxter.
Timebmb fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jukebox Timebmb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Timebmb.
Timebmb gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Timebmb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baxter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Timebmb wants a takedown.
Baxter wants to stall.
Timebmb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baxter pushes off an throws an elbow but Timebmb leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baxter prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Timebmb as Baxter tries to tie him up.
Timebmb fails to pull guard.
Timebmb swings wildly with an uppercut but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baxter lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baxter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Baxter is pushing Timebmb up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Timebmb has Baxter pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Timebmb pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Baxter tumbling to the mat - Timebmb dives into Baxter's guard.
Timebmb might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Baxter is trying to keep Timebmb in close.
Jukebox Timebmb overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Timebmb stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Baxter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Timebmb is looking to work some ground and pound but Baxter has wrist control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Baxter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Baxter 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Baxter!
Ryan Baxter took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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