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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Baumgardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanye West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baumgardner comes to the cage accompanied by COWBOYS FROM HELL. West has chosen Jesus Walks as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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172 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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184 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brian Baumgardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kanye West!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baumgardner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Baumgardner slips a jab and a cross from West.
Baumgardner thows a body shot but no joy.
West circles away from the clinch attempt.
West takes a swing at Baumgardner's ribcage but misses.
West lands with a cross.
Baumgardner tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
West keeps the fight on the outside.
West looks to land a left hand but Baumgardner moved out of range nicely.
Baumgardner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
Baumgardner is looking to clinch but West is avoiding it.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baumgardner manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baumgardner doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
Baumgardner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in West's guard.
Baumgardner looking to pass the guard.
West is looking to stand up but Baumgardner isn't so interested in that idea.
Baumgardner looking to pass the guard.
Baumgardner throws a big right hand that misses.
Baumgardner with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baumgardner looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baumgardner throws and elbow that misses. West uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Baumgardner's guard. Nice move by West!
West trying to control but Baumgardner is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Baumgardner slips a straight right by West.
West throws a hook to the side of Baumgardner's head but Baumgardner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
West avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baumgardner doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
West moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Brian Baumgardner has been cut.
Baumgardner blocks a jab.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Baumgardner.
Baumgardner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baumgardner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baumgardner tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baumgardner wants to clinch up but West keeps it at a distance.
West waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Baumgardner.
West misses with a hook.
Nice shot by West.
West fails to land with a series of punches.
Kanye West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Baumgardner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Baumgardner closes the distance and clinches.
West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baumgardner tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
Nice shot by West.
West swinging wilding here.
Baumgardner blocks a jab.
West throws the left hand but Baumgardner avoids the punch easily.
West throws out a powerful jab.
Baumgardner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Baumgardner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kanye West dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Baumgardner's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
West throws a looping overhand right but Baumgardner ducks down to avoid it.
West stuffs the takedown.
West avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baumgardner takes one to the chin there.
Baumgardner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from West finds it's way round the side to connect with Baumgardner's head.
Nice defenses there by Baumgardner.
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Baumgardner. That snapped West's head back.
It looks like Kanye West has been cut.
West misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a hook.
Kanye West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baumgardner fails in his attempt to clinch.
West swinging wilding here.
West takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
West swings for the body but Baumgardner moves out of range.
No joy there for Baumgardner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baumgardner doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
Kanye West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Baumgardner doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
Baumgardner tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baumgardner throws a big shot that misses.
West misses with a double jab.
West swinging wilding here.
Baumgardner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baumgardner takes a jab right on the kisser.
West misses with a looping left.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baumgardner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baumgardner closes the distance and clinches up with West, looking for a takedown. Baumgardner pushes West against the cage but West circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
West misses with a looping right.
Baumgardner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baumgardner moves into the clinch.
Baumgardner tries to score a body lock takedown but West shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Baumgardner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baumgardner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. West just stands there and leans against the cage.
Baumgardner tries to pull guard but West won't allow it.
Baumgardner tries to pull guard but West holds him up against the cage and eventually Baumgardner drops back down to his feet.
Baumgardner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West breaks the clinch.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baumgardner ducks under a wild hook from West.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baumgardner fails in his attempt to clinch.
West throws out a loose jab but Baumgardner uses good head movement to avoid it.
West tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baumgardner was well out of range. Poor timing from West.
West missing with a left hand there. Baumgardner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West misses with a straight left.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Baumgardner.
Baumgardner tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Baumgardner tries to clinch up but West circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kanye West showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab from West misses.
Baumgardner pushes West up against the cage in a clinch.
Baumgardner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. West just stands there and leans against the cage.
West blocks the elbow strike.
Baumgardner fails to pull guard.
West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baumgardner is looking to clinch but West is avoiding it.
Baumgardner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Baumgardner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
West moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baumgardner walks into a left hand.
West misses with a hook. Baumgardner ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baumgardner tries to move into range but West moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
West getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Baumgardner tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
Baumgardner fails with the takedown.
A big left from Baumgardner misses.
West lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Baumgardner can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from West and Baumgardner drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by West.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kanye West!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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