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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Holland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinbad Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baba is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by King of Seven Seas. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Holland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinbad Baba!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baba moves away from the strike by Holland.
Baba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Holland. That did some damage!
Holland digs a good hook to Baba's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holland. Baba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holland.
Baba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baba connects with a leg kick. Holland looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A telegraphed right hand from Holland misses the target.
Baba misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baba lands a jab.
Holland has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Baba throws a low kick, looking for Holland's leg but Holland calmly moves out of range.
Baba scores with a spinning back kick!
Holland pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holland misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Holland has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holland throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holland stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Baba.
Holland ducks under a wild hook from Baba.
Baba misses with the combination.
Baba takes a swing at Holland's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Holland wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Holland scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Holland looks to score with a jab to the body but Baba is just out of range.
Holland throws the left hand but Baba avoids the punch easily.
Despite the aggression on Baba's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Baba throws a series of punches but Holland avoids them all with ease.
Baba scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some wild striking there from Baba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holland throws a shot from downtown. Baba moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Baba was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Holland closes the distance and clinches.
Holland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holland is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holland.
A short right from Baba.
Baba taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Baba.
Baba manages to break the clinch.
Holland lands the left hand.
Baba scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Holland misses with a hook.
Baba punishes Holland's body with a nice straight punch.
Holland slips a jab and a cross from Baba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Holland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holland 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.
Holland swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
Baba lands a nice hook to Holland's body. Holland takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circling - Holland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baba appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Baba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holland.
Baba loads up on a big right hand but Holland slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Holland on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holland.
A slapping leg kick lands for Baba.
Baba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice combination there by Baba.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holland misses with a hook.
Baba connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holland misses with a hook
and Baba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holland is rocked!
Baba throws a leg kick which misses Holland's front leg but catches the back leg as Holland tries to avoid it.
Oh Holland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A decent looking cross lands there for Baba.
Holland get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Holland stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Baba runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sinbad Baba!
Sinbad Baba decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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