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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giannis Bakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Vapers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Vapers has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Giannis Bakos's chin.
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213 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giannis Bakos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Vapers!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vapers clinches with his opponent.
Bakos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vapers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vapers missing with knees to the body.
Bakos looking to slow down the pace here.
Vapers lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Giannis Bakos has been cut.
Vapers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bakos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vapers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bakos misses with an elbow strike.
Vapers pushes off an throws an elbow but Bakos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bakos blocks an elbow strike.
Bakos blocks an elbow strike.
Vapers trying to land knees to the body.
Bakos is pushing Vapers up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vapers blocks an elbow strike from Bakos.
Bakos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakos throws an elbow but it misses.
Vapers lands a nice elbow.
Vapers blocks an elbow strike.
Bakos throws an elbow but it misses.
Bakos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vapers lands a damaging elbow.
Bakos managing to block the knees to the body from Vapers.
Bakos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vapers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giannis Bakos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vapers lands a knee to the body.
Bakos is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakos avoiding damage as Vapers throws knees to the body.
Vapers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bakos is defending well for now.
Bakos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Vapers.
Bakos managing to block the knees to the body from Vapers.
Vapers landing knees to the body.
Vapers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vapers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bakos avoids it.
Vapers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakos's defenses.
Vapers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakos.
Vapers lands a damaging elbow.
Bakos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bakos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vapers after a bit of a struggle.
Bakos takes an elbow to the temple.
Vapers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bakos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Vapers can't fight it off and eventually Bakos manages to take the fight to the floor. Vapers looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Vapers is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bakos is aware though and is defending well.
Vapers controls Bakos momentarily but Bakos frees himself.
Vapers really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bakos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bakos advances position into side control!
Vapers trying to remain calm as Bakos controls from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vapers is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bakos connects with a decent elbow.
Vapers takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vapers taking a bit of punishment here - Bakos scoring with strikes.
Vapers wants to control but Bakos postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bakos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bakos advances nicely into full mount.
Bakos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bakos dominating with strikes here.
Vapers is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bakos looking to finish Vapers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Vapers!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vapers takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bakos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Vapers that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bakos avoids the attempt from Vapers to control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bakos punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vapers's face.
Bakos controlling the position easily from mount.
Bakos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Vapers looks a forlorn figure.
Bakos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vapers?
Bakos lands a big shot there that rocks Vapers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bakos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bakos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vapers's face.
Bakos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bakos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bakos looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bakos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Vapers can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bakos cracks Vapers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giannis Bakos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giannis Bakos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vapers on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vapers instigates a clinch.
Vapers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bakos avoids it.
Vapers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vapers is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Vapers misses with an elbow over the top.
Bakos avoids a wild elbow strike from Vapers.
Vapers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakos.
Bakos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vapers misses with an elbow over the top.
Vapers prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giannis Bakos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bakos throws an elbow but it misses.
Bakos blocks an elbow strike.
Bakos wants a takedown.
Vapers missing with knees to the body.
Bakos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vapers is breathing heavily.
Bakos blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vapers throws an elbow that misses.
Vapers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakos.
Bob Vapers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bakos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vapers lands an elbow just above Bakos 's eye.
Vapers blocks an elbow strike.
Vapers blocks an elbow strike from Bakos.
Bakos is trying to drag Vapers to the mat but Vapers just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Vapers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bakos tries to land knees in the clinch but Vapers avoids the damage to the body.
Bakos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bakos managing to block the knees to the body from Vapers.
Bakos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vapers after a bit of a struggle.
Vapers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bakos throws an elbow but misses.
Vapers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vapers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vapers.
Bakos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Vapers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bakos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Vapers is looking to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bakos drops an elbow to the side of Vapers's head.
Bakos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bakos working the head and body with strikes.
Bakos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bakos lands with a punch from 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. Bakos connects with a nice short shot to Vapers's temple.
Bakos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bakos working over Vapers with some ground and pound. Vapers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakos working the head and body with strikes.
Bakos is nestled in close to Vapers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bakos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Vapers!
Bakos working Vapers over with strikes here.
Bakos working Vapers over with strikes here.
Bakos landing punches.
Vapers really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bakos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
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!
A nice elbow there by Bakos.
Vapers is in a horrible position here. Bakos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bakos controlling his opponent.
Bakos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vapers taking shots to the head.
Bakos landing shots from mount.
Bakos lands a big elbow.
Bakos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Giannis Bakos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bakos is landing with some decent strikes but Vapers is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bakos landing punches.
It looks like Bob Vapers has been cut.
Bakos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bakos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Vapers is rocked!
BOOM! Bakos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Vapers is still in real trouble! Can Bakos finish him?
Bakos connects with a bit shot that sees Vapers covering up! More strikes from Bakos and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bakos is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giannis Bakos!
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energy
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hype
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