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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Schwager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Baginski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Baginski's choice of entrance music: WALECZNE SERCE. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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173 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
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175 cm
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170 lbs
21 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Norbert Schwager!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Piotr Baginski!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwager misses the shot to the body.
Baginski has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Schwager is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Baginski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schwager throws a combination that misses
and Baginski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slow jab from Schwager misses its intended target.
Baginski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwager has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jaennersdorfer Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Schwager throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baginski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Schwager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwager stuns Baginski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Schwager falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baginski counters with a low kick, right behind Schwager 's knee.
Norbert Schwager seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Baginski.
Schwager swings for the body but Baginski moves out of range.
Schwager is looking to wear down Baginski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A solid leg kick lands there for Baginski.
Norbert Schwager is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baginski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Schwager fails to land with a series of punches.
Baginski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schwager.
Schwager walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Baginski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Baginski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Schwager will feel that in the morning.
Schwager loads up on a big right hand but Baginski slips the punch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baginski - that will leave a mark!
Schwager misses with a two punch combination.
Baginski throws a right and a left that Schwager avoids nicely.
Baginski cracks Schwager with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baginski looks to land a right hand but Schwager moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baginski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Schwager misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schwager throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baginski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the body from Schwager misses
letting Baginski counter with a right hand.
Baginski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baginski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Schwager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Schwager lands a lovely overhand right.
Baginski throws a head kick that Schwager semi-blocks.
Baginski scoring well with a low kick there.
Schwager lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Schwager misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Baginski back to the cage. Schwager follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Baginski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Schwager looks to land a combination but Baginski avoids it well.
Baginski ducks under a wild hook from Schwager.
Baginski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baginski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baginski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baginski scores with a push kick.
Schwager defending well as Baginski loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Baginski.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Schwager crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Baginski - the referee stops the clock and Schwager gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Baginski. Schwager manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Schwager catches Baginski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwager just misses with a punch to the body.
Schwager throws a right hand that Baginski ducks under and follows up with a left that Baginski also avoids with ease.
Schwager misses with a wild combination.
Schwager misses with a hook. Baginski ducked under it nicely.
Baginski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Schwager pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Baginski.
Baginski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwager throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baginski moves out of range of the strikes.
Baginski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Schwager takes a step back to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Baginski dominated that round.
That's time! Schwager's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Baginski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schwager.
Schwager waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baginski.
Schwager throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baginski.
Baginski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Schwager throws a right and a left that Baginski avoids nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Schwager.
Schwager swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baginski throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Schwager throws a right and a left that both miss.
Piotr Baginski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Schwager misses.
Schwager misses with a double jab.
Baginski lands with a straight right. Schwager didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwager misses the body punch
and Baginski counters with a straight right hand.
Baginski scores with a decent looking hook.
Schwager just misses with a punch to the body.
Baginski lands a nice looking body shot.
Schwager closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Baginski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baginski scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Schwager darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Baginski's corner calls for a 1-2. Baginski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Baginski shoots in for a takedown but Schwager shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Schwager misses with a series of wild punches.
Norbert Schwager is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwager uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baginski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baginski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baginski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Baginski ducks under a wild hook from Schwager.
Schwager throws a poor cross that misses
and Baginski counters with an outside leg kick.
Schwager misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Schwager misses.
Schwager takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Schwager swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baginski tries to move into range but Schwager moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baginski lands a leg kick that knocks Schwager off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwager throws a body punch but Baginski moves out of range.
Baginski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Baginski avoids the body shot from Schwager.
Schwager looks to throw the jab but Baginski is out of range.
Baginski's corner calls for a 1-2. Baginski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Schwager misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schwager avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schwager. Baginski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schwager is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schwager misses with a shot to the body
and Baginski counters with a body kick that stops Schwager in his tracks momentarily.
Baginski lands a really nice looking cross but Schwager seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwager takes a kick to the side of the head.
Baginski slips a straight right by Schwager.
Schwager jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Baginski.
Schwager throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwager lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baginski circles away quickly and effectively.
Baginski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schwager.
Schwager misses with the combination.
Baginski throws the left hand but Schwager avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Baginski!
Schwager swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Piotr Baginski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Schwager throws a left and a right that both miss
and Schwager takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Schwager will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Schwager misses the shot to the body.
Baginski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schwager throws out the jab.
Schwager takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Schwager misses with a hook. Baginski ducked under it nicely.
Schwager swinging wildly here.
Baginski lands with a nice body punch.
Baginski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baginski lands a front kick.
Schwager on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick lands from Baginski that sends Schwager to the canvas. Schwager tries to scramble back to his feet but Baginski brings him back down into side control.
Schwager is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baginski scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oh Schwager is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baginski scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Schwager is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Baginski can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Baginski!
Piotr Baginski is the new welterweight champion!
Piotr Baginski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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