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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendo Yanar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ryan Baxter has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Baxter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kendo Yanar!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baxter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yanar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baxter.
Baxter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slow jab from Yanar misses its intended target.
Baxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yanar.
Baxter connects with a leg kick. Yanar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Baxter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yanar counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Baxter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanar misses with the ground and pound.
Baxter is being controlled here.
Yanar tries to score with some ground and pound. Baxter controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Yanar is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Baxter will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Yanar wants to control but Baxter is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Baxter sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Baxter tries to improve position but can't.
Baxter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yanar on the ground.
Yanar fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yanar throwing shots but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on Baxter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Baxter is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Yanar grinds an elbow into Baxter's temple.
Baxter is not content to let Yanar control the position.
Yanar working the ground and pound from side control.
Yanar working away.
Yanar lands a few punches from side control.
Yanar working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yanar.
Yanar lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
An elbow from Yanar crashes against the mat.
Baxter is looking to regain half guard here but Yanar keeps moving and retains side control.
Yanar 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.
Yanar tries to score with some ground and pound. Baxter controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Baxter struggling a bit here.
Yanar lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Yanar working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Baxter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baxter trying to remain calm as Yanar controls from the top position.
Baxter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Baxter is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yanar connects with a decent elbow.
Yanar lands a few punches from side control.
Baxter is looking for a sweep.
Yanar lands a few punches from side control.
Baxter defending against the ground and pound.
Yanar is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Baxter will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Yanar misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanar is working Baxter over with some ground and pound from side control.
Baxter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yanar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Baxter wants to control but Yanar postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar lands a nice forearm strike.
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.
Yanar trying to control the position but Baxter is working away.
Baxter dodges the ground and pound from Yanar.
Baxter is trying to control Yanar's posture but Yanar avoids it.
Yanar trying to control the action but Baxter is working from the bottom.
Yanar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Baxter sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yanar lands a few punches from side control.
Baxter taking a bit of punishment here - Yanar scoring with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baxter is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Baxter is trying to control but can't.
Yanar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Baxter is trying is best to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendo Yanar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Baxter throws a lazy right hand but Yanar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yanar misses with a hook.
Baxter tries to sprawl but Yanar drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Yanar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Baxter wants to control but Yanar is having none of it.
Yanar trying to control but Baxter is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baxter is looking to improve his position but Yanar isn't that keen on the idea.
Baxter is working hard here to advance position.
Yanar landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter is in a horrible position here. Yanar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Baxter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Baxter gets back to half guard.
Baxter is trying to maintain the position but Yanar is very close to passing his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yanar connects with a nice short shot to Baxter's temple.
Yanar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Yanar there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanar is keen to just control but Baxter is a slippery customer.
Yanar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baxter defending well though.
Baxter desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Yanar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Baxter missing with punches from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baxter's head.
Baxter trying to control here.
Yanar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yanar throwing shots but Baxter is blocking nicely.
Baxter is trying is best to control the position here.
Yanar throwing shots but Baxter is blocking nicely.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yanar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yanar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yanar slips a nice elbow through Baxter's hands, connecting with Baxter's forehead.
Baxter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yanar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yanar tries to pass to full mount but Baxter defends it.
Baxter trying to control but Yanar postures up.
Yanar trying to control the action but Baxter is working from the bottom.
Kendo Yanar has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar looks to land a strike but Baxter avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Yanar preventing the sweep.
Baxter working a defensive guard but Yanar manages to pass into side control anyway.
Yanar trying to control the action but Baxter is working from the bottom.
Yanar working away.
Yanar looks up at the clock and then as Baxter takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yanar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yanar is putting a hurting on Baxter here, landing some big shots from side control.
Yanar working the ground and pound.
Baxter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baxter tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yanar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar lands an elbow.
Yanar working away.
Yanar tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Yanar working the body and head with strikes.
Yanar fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yanar in side control lands a decent elbow.
Yanar trying to control the position but Baxter is working away.
You can see the frustration on Baxter's face as Yanar controls the position.
Yanar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baxter keeps working.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baxter struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendo Yanar 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!
Baxter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Baxter wants it to stay on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Baxter.
Yanar shoots in for a takedown but Baxter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baxter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baxter. Yanar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baxter lands a jab-cross combination.
Yanar shoots in looking for a takedown but Baxter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Yanar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ryan Baxter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendo Yanar.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baxter, right into the meat.
Baxter scores with a jab to the head.
Baxter misses with a low kick as Yanar jumps back.
Yanar misses with a takedown attempt
and Baxter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanar moves in looking to clinch but Baxter pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanar avoids the body shot from Baxter.
A big right from Yanar misses.
Yanar lands a nice shot that snaps Baxter's head back.
Yanar throws a lazy uppercut
and Baxter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baxter.
Yanar shoots for a double leg takedown but Baxter sprawls well. He's pushed Yanar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yanar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Baxter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yanar's head.
It looks like Kendo Yanar has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baxter scores with a nice head shot.
Baxter slips under a jab from Yanar.
Baxter thuds his right hand into Yanar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baxter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yanar. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter lands a nice shot that snaps Yanar's head back.
Yanar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yanar throws a hook but Baxter avoids it easily.
Baxter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yanar looks to land a right hand but Baxter moved out of range.
Ryan Baxter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Baxter enables Yanar to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Baxter manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Yanar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Baxter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Baxter is trying to control the position but Yanar postures up.
Yanar stops Baxter from standing up.
Yanar trying to control the position from guard on top but Baxter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yanar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yanar trying to control but Baxter is working from the bottom.
Baxter is trying to keep Yanar in close.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Baxter wants to stand but Yanar is controlling the position.
Baxter is adopting a defensive guard.
Yanar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yanar tries to free his leg and advance position but Baxter is retaining full guard.
Yanar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baxter wants to sweep but no luck.
Yanar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Yanar is working Baxter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yanar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yanar works over Baxter with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yanar scoring with some ground and pound.
Yanar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Baxter's head.
Yanar being controlled here momentarily.
Baxter looking for a sweep. Not yet Baxter, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yanar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baxter keeping moving, preventing Yanar from controlling successfully.
Baxter trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Baxter clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Kendo Yanar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yanar throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Baxter tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Yanar is in Baxter's guard.
Baxter is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Yanar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yanar throws a big elbow that misses.
Yanar looking to pass the guard.
Yanar passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Baxter manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Baxter tries to get to full guard but Yanar has control of the leg.
Yanar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Yanar trying to mount his opponent but Baxter defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter is controlling Yanar's trapped leg to prevent Yanar from advancing to side control.
Baxter trying to control but Yanar postures up.
Yanar content to control rather than advance.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yanar avoids a kick to the body.
Baxter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baxter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ryan Baxter is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanar tries to clinch there but Baxter circles away.
Yanar clinches with his opponent.
Yanar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yanar swings wildly with an uppercut but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yanar scores with a shoulder strike.
Yanar blocks a body shot from Baxter.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yanar.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yanar.
Baxter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baxter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baxter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yanar avoids it.
Yanar looking for a takedown.
Baxter gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yanar.
Yanar has Baxter pressed against the cage, preventing Baxter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baxter throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Baxter breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Baxter.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yanar.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Baxter. Yanar shrugs it off though.
Yanar gets a clinch.
Baxter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baxter.
Yanar misses with some punches.
Yanar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yanar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baxter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yanar's sensitive parts.
Baxter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yanar is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baxter lands with an uppercut that bounces Yanar off the cage and back into range.
Baxter ducks under a wild hook from Yanar.
Yanar looks to throw the jab but Baxter is out of range.
Baxter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yanar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Baxter avoids it really well and circles away.
Ryan Baxter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendo Yanar.
Baxter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yanar.
Baxter is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanar throws a poor cross that misses
letting Baxter counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Yanar misses its intended target.
Baxter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ryan Baxter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kendo Yanar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Baxter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baxter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yanar.
Yanar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Baxter throws a good cross that connects.
Baxter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Baxter throws a wild body kick that Yanar sees coming a mile off.
Baxter tries a head kick but it misses.
Baxter lands a right hook to the body.
Yanar lands the left hand.
Baxter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yanar shoots in for a takedown but Baxter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Yanar misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baxter gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Yanar is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Baxter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yanar throwing strikes but missing.
Yanar stands up over Baxter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yanar drops back looking for a leg! Baxter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Baxter manages to kick Yanar off! Yanar jumps back into Baxter's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baxter has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Yanar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baxter has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Yanar throws a big right hand that misses.
Baxter is looking to sweep but instead, Yanar has passed into half guard.
Baxter wants to improve his position but Yanar is controlling well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baxter wants to control but Yanar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yanar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yanar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baxter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yanar wants to pass the guard but Baxter is defending well.
Baxter trying to control but Yanar postures up.
Yanar trying to pass the guard but Baxter defending well.
Baxter is trying to get back to full guard.
Baxter wants to control but Yanar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Baxter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yanar scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yanar trying to control from half guard but Baxter is working away.
Baxter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baxter.
Yanar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yanar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yanar with a flurry of punches that miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yanar stopping the sweep attempt from Baxter.
Baxter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Baxter keeps moving.
Baxter will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yanar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kendo Yanar.
I think Yanar 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 47:48
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 47:48
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kendo Yanar!
Kendo Yanar is the new middleweight champion!
Kendo Yanar bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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