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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Baltasar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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179 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin Hurley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fernando Baltasar!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Hurley misses.
Hurley misses with a double jab.
Hurley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hurley stuns Baltasar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baltasar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baltasar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hurley tries to move into range but Baltasar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hurley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baltasar.
Hurley misses with a double jab
and Baltasar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hurley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hurley sizes up Baltasar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Fernando Baltasar has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hurley scores with a hook to the body. Baltasar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Baltasar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hurley manages to avoid it.
Hurley just misses with a punch to the body.
Hurley blocks a jab.
Baltasar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baltasar misses with a double jab
and Hurley counters with a two punch combo.
Baltasar rushes Hurley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baltasar is trying to break free.
Baltasar swings wildly with an uppercut but Hurley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baltasar has had enough of the clinch but Hurley keeps him there for the moment.
Hurley has Baltasar pressed against the cage, preventing Baltasar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baltasar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baltasar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Baltasar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Hurley on the inside.
Hurley struggles to land a body shot inside as Baltasar controls his hands.
Hurley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hurley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baltasar throws a sloppy body shot
and Hurley counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baltasar scoring well with a low kick there.
Baltasar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hurley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hurley clobbers Baltasar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hurley lands a body shot.
Hurley lands a body shot.
Baltasar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baltasar.
Baltasar has Hurley pressed against the cage.
A short right from Baltasar on the inside.
Baltasar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baltasar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baltasar scores with a hook to the body.
Hurley blocks an uppercut.
Baltasar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hurley seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Baltasar can turn it around.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baltasar trying to control the position but instead, Hurley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Baltasar into the cage.
Nice body punch from Baltasar.
Baltasar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baltasar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hurley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Hurley.
Hurley lands a nice uppercut.
Baltasar misses with some punches.
Hurley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baltasar throws a punch but it's blocked by Hurley.
Baltasar taking a breather.
Hurley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hurley is looking to wear down Baltasar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baltasar scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Hurley finds it's way through Baltasar's defenses.
Baltasar throws a jab but it's blocked by Hurley.
Baltasar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hurley throws a body punch but Baltasar moves out of range.
Baltasar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurley throws out the jab.
Hurley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Baltasar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Baltasar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Baltasar lands with a kick to the temple. Hurley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hurley misses with an uppercut.
Baltasar throws a combination that misses
and Hurley counters with a right hand to the body.
Baltasar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Hurley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Baltasar's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Oooooh!!! Hurley has knocked Baltasar down with a huge combo! Hurley steps away and waves a wobbly Baltasar back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Baltasar is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Baltasar throws a lazy uppercut
and Hurley counters with a huge left! Baltasar is in big trouble! He's backing up but Hurley isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Baltasar from any more damage. A dominating finish by Hurley!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Hurley!
Justin Hurley retains his welterweight title!
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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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