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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baek Do San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and craig powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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198 lbs
5 - 9 - 0 |
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185 cm
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198 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Baek Do San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, craig powers!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do San clinches.
powers can't break the clinch.
Do San landing knees to the head.
Do San lands a nice knee to the body.
Do San lands a knee to the head.
powers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
powers wants to break free but Do San has control.
powers goes for a takedown attempt but Do San pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Do San is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Do San closes the distance and clinches.
Do San drops down looking for an ankle pick but powers pulls his leg out and moves away.
powers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Do San manages to avoid it.
Do San moves out of range as powers throws a body kick.
powers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
powers needs to keep his hands up - Do San had a free shot at his head there.
powers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Do San shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts powers as he jumps to the side.
Do San tries to close the distance and clinch but powers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
powers closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
powers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Do San keeps working.
Do San knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for powers on the ground.
Do San is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
powers thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Do San to regain full guard.
Do San trying to control the position.
Do San is pulling down on powers's head. It's preventing any offense from powers, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
powers trying to control but Do San is working from the bottom.
Do San is looking to stand up but powers isn't so interested in that idea.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Do San tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts powers as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Baek Do San. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do San tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
powers misses with a takedown attempt - Do San sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
powers looks gassed!
powers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Do San's waist but Do San gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing powers off to one side.
Do San clinches.
Do San using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Do San lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Do San works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
powers looking for a sweep. Not yet powers, not yet.
powers has Do San pulled in close to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
powers doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
powers looking for a sweep. Not yet powers, not yet.
powers controlling Do San's posture.
Do San wants to get up but he can't break powers's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
powers throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
powers shoots for a takedown but Do San saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Do San avoids a kick to the body.
Do San moves in looking to clinch but powers pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baek Do San dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
powers thuds his shin into the meat of Do San's side.
Do San throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Do San.
powers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Do San wants to clinch.
Do San misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
powers closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Do San to the mat! Do San manages to get full guard.
powers wants to control from the top but Do San keeps moving.
powers stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Baek Do San seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
powers is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
powers swats away the attempt to clinch by Do San.
powers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Do San scores with a spinning back kick!
Do San shoots in and drives through. powers sprawls well.
Do San fails in his attempt to clinch.
Do San has closed the distance and engaged powers in a clinch.
Do San breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Do San tries to close the distance and clinch but powers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Do San has taken the fight to the clinch.
Do San scores with a knee to the head.
powers is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
powers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Do San smiles and moves away.
Do San wants to clinch up but powers keeps it at a distance.
Do San misses with a takedown attempt
and powers counters by clinching up.
Do San with a knee to the head.
Do San makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
powers holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Do San gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from powers.
powers takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San goes for a takedown attempt but powers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Baek Do San. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do San fails in his attempt to clinch.
Do San tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but powers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Do San shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has powers pinned against the cage. powers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Do San tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
powers tries to clinch but Do San moves out of range.
Do San throws out a loose jab but powers uses good head movement to avoid it.
powers wants to clinch.
powers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
powers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Do San has him pressed against the cage.
That's four 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.
powers avoiding damage.
Do San prevents powers from breaking the clinch.
powers goes for a takedown in the clinch but Do San prevents it.
Do San keeps control of powers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
powers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Do San gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
powers is working for takedown but Do San is calmly controlling the position for now.
powers tries to break the clinch but Do San is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from powers fails to land.
powers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
powers can't break the clinch.
powers wants to break free but Do San has control.
Do San jumps guard and drags powers to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baek Do San dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Do San has taken the fight to the clinch.
powers is trying to break the clinch but Do San has him pressed against the cage.
powers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Do San gets underhooks to prevent powers's takedown attempt.
Do San prevents the takedown attempt.
Do San connects with a nasty looking knee right to powers's face.
Do San tries to score a body lock takedown but powers shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Do San working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
powers tries to pull guard but Do San won't allow it.
Baek Do San has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of craig powers.
Do San is looking for a takedown up against the cage. powers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
powers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Do San has him pressed against the cage.
powers is looking to control Do San's arms but Do San gets an underhook and turns him. Now powers has his back to the cage.
powers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Do San lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
powers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Do San comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do San escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Do San tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and powers counters with a nice double leg into side control. Do San won't be happy with that.
A lull in the action here.
powers trying to control the position but Do San is working away.
powers lands a few punches from side control.
powers cracks Do San with a big right hand but Do San just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
powers creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Do San sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Do San is trying to escape the position but powers is controlling the position.
powers throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Do San struggling a bit here.
powers wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Do San, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
powers stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San clinches but powers breaks the clinch
and powers decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Do San's guard.
powers wants to stand but Do San has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Do San is looking to stand up but powers isn't so interested in that idea.
Do San is trying to keep powers in close.
Do San wants to control but powers passes easily into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
powers is looking for a kimura but Do San is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for powers to get the leverage.
Do San is not content to let powers control the position.
powers works his way into side control.
craig powers has got the better of the ground game so far.
powers tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
powers working the ground and pound.
Do San is not content to let powers control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
craig powers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Do San has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baek Do San!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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