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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between He Jin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jesse baired (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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185 cm
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205 lbs
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224 cm
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201 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, He Jin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, jesse baired! The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jin moves in looking to clinch but baired pushes him off. baired shoots in looking for a takedown. Jin tries to sprawl out of it but baired keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Jin doesn't manage to clinch there - baired circles away.
Jin is looking to clinch. Jin wants to clinch. The fight stays on the outside here - Jin looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Jin has his takedown stuffed
and baired counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jin won't be happy with that. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Jin is looking to reverse the position. Jin gets back to half guard.
Jin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Still in half guard, baired seems content to control.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jin won't allow baired to pass to mount. Jin wants to improve his position but baired is controlling well.
Jin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. baired wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jin keeps working. baired is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Jin is trying to get back to full guard. Jin is working hard here to advance position.
 The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Jin misses with a wild body shot.
Jin has closed the distance and engaged baired in a clinch.
baired is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. baired takes a shot to the head. baired jumps guard but Jin stands there with baired around his waist. baired gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
He Jin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jesse baired.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Jin misses with a knee strike.
baired is working for takedown but Jin is calmly controlling the position for now. Jin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jin misses with a knee to the head. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jin. Jin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but baired blocks it with crossed arms. Jin lands a nice knee to the body. Jin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jin misses with a knee strike.
Jin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but baired blocks it with crossed arms. baired drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
baired is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. baired is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jin wants to clinch
and baired counters with a shoot takedown. Jin fights it but they end up in guard. baired looks gassed!
Jin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
 That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but baired can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. baired wants to control from the top but Jin keeps moving. baired must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. baired pushes down on Jin's leg and manages to get into half guard. Jin wants to get back to full guard. baired thows a huge punch but Jin dodges it nicely.
Jin tries to roll over but baired keeps him under control.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jin with the active half guard here but baired passes nicely into side control. Jin is letting baired control him for a moment. Jin manages to get back to half guard. Jin tries to get to full guard but baired has control of the leg. Jin gets full guard.
Jin throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! baired escapes and throws Jin's legs to the side, diving into side control! baired trying to control the action but Jin is working from the bottom. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jesse baired dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jin wants to clinch. Jin tries to clinch
and baired counters into the clinch. Nicely done. A short right from Jin on the inside. Jin trying to stall but baired improves his position.
Jin looking to throw knees to the head but baired is blocking nicely.
baired is looking to break free of the clinch but Jin has double underhooks. Jin connects with a knee to the head.
baired is trying to stall.
Jin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jin tries for a takedown but baired manages to get underhooks.
Jin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
baired wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jin stalling in the clinch but baired improves position. Jin tries a knee to the head but baired blocks it.
baired tries to break the clinch but Jin is controlling the position. baired with an attempt at a knee that misses.
baired fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jin looking to slow down the pace here. baired tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jin smiles and moves away.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and baired counters with a shoot takedown. Jin fights it but they end up in guard. Jin wants to improve his position but instead baired has moved into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Jin trying to control from the bottom.
baired is keen to just control but Jin is a slippery customer. Jin tries to roll over but baired keeps him under control.
baired decides to stand up. Jin tries to clinch up
and baired counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by baired. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jin has his foot on baired's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. baired works his way back into a safe position though. baired passes into half guard.
baired decides to return to a standing position.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Jin cracks the inside of baired's front leg. baired misses with a body shot.
Jin throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Jin tries to clinch up and baired counters with a big head kick but Jin shrugs it off. Jin moves in looking to clinch but baired pushes him off. Jin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Jin with a lazy takedown attempt
and baired decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jin's guard. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for He Jin. That's going to take a lot out of him. Jin is looking to sweep but instead, baired has passed into half guard.
Jin trying to control but baired postures up.
Jin is looking to improve his position.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Jin is pressing down on baired's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. baired is looking to stand up but Jin won't let him.
Jin working for a triangle but baired defends it easily.
Jin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for baired! baired holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
 That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but baired is surviving well by controlling Jin's body position as best he can. Jin wants to control the pace but baired is squirming around nicely. Jin looking to finish with strikes here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. baired wants to control but Jin is having none of it. Jin tries to control but baired wriggling away. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jesse baired showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jin darts in trying to clinch
and baired counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jin looking for submissions off his back. Jin wants to get back to full guard.
baired wants to work for an arm triangle but Jin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jin wants to control but baired is keeping busy.
Jin throws a strike from the bottom but baired passes into side control!
baired takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jin manages to work his way to half guard, despite baired's best efforts. baired prevents Jin from improving his position. baired wants to take a breather but Jin is having none of it. Jin tries to get to full guard but baired has control of the leg. baired is keen to just control but Jin is a slippery customer. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jin wants to control the action here but instead baired manages to pass to full mount! Jin tries to reverse the position but baired maintains control.
 That's two 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. baired trying to control but Jin is having none of it. Jin is looking to get to half guard. Jin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
baired trying to control but he's not successful this time. baired controlling from the full mount. Jin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jin avoids a series of strikes thrown by baired.
baired stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Jin closes the distance looking to clinch
and baired moves into the clinch. Jin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jin misses with a knee strike.
Jin is trying to break free. Jin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for baired to work.
Jin stops a takedown attempt from baired.
Jin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but baired can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jin had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. baired is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Jin Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take baired's back instead.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Jin is trying to stick to baired's back but baired is turning into Jin. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jin's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by baired. baired wants to stand but Jin is controlling his posture from full guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jin is on top in guard.
baired trying to keep a closed guard but Jin is proving a slippery customer.
baired tries to land a sweep but no joy. baired pulls Jin in to control the position. He Jin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! baired is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to He Jin. I think baired 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29 Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29 Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jesse baired!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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