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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bai Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Now I Lay Thee Down. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bai Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
54 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrik Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Larsson blocks the low kick.
Bai Yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yu.
Yu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Larsson. That did some damage!
Yu throws a leg kick
and Larsson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yu misses with a low kick.
Yu throws a lazy head kick
and Larsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Bai Yu has been cut.
Larsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yu misses with a low kick as Larsson jumps back.
Larsson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Yu as he connects with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Larsson.
Yu is looking to chop away at Larsson's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Henrik Larsson has been cut.
A head kick misses from Larsson.
Yu lands a big head kick that sends Larsson tumbling to the mat! Yu takes a step backwards and waves Larsson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Larsson is rocked!
Yu keeps Larsson at a distance using the push kick.
Larsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Yu finish him?
Yu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larsson seems to have recovered his senses.
Larsson moves in looking to clinch but Yu pushes him off.
Larsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yu tries to land a front kick but Larsson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Larsson scores with a hook.
Yu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson throws a right and a left that Yu avoids nicely.
Larsson misses with a kick to the body.
Jab by Larsson.
Larsson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yu.
Yu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Larsson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Larsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Larsson counters with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Yu. Those never looked like landing.
Yu lands a big head kick that sends Larsson tumbling to the mat! Yu takes a step backwards and waves Larsson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Yu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Larsson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Yu blocks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson checks a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Yu - just one landing.
Larsson checks a low kick from Yu.
Yu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Larsson feints a counter leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Larsson.
Yu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsson moves away.
Larsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Yu sizes up Larsson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That has opened up Henrik Larsson's cut even more.
Yu is looking to slow Larsson down with leg kicks.
Yu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yu connects with a leg kick. Larsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yu connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Larsson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from Larsson misses.
Yu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Larsson checks it well.
Yu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Larsson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yu wants to slow Larsson down by chopping away at his legs.
It seemed like Larsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Larsson wants to clinch up but Yu keeps it at a distance.
Larsson misses the jab.
Yu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Larsson in his tracks.
Yu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Larsson's calf.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larsson slips a jab and a cross from Yu.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bai Yu dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yu. That's going to slow Larsson down.
Yu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Larsson can do to turn this around?
Yu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Larsson. That did some damage!
Bai Yu is winning the standup battle so far.
Yu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yu tries a low kick but Larsson avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Larsson! But no joy.
An inside leg kick from Yu misses.
Yu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Larsson checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Larsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yu's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Yu misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Larsson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yu looks to land a body kick but Larsson moved away.
Larsson moves out of range as Yu throws a body kick.
Larsson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Yu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson slips under a jab from Yu.
Yu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Larsson checks a leg kick nicely.
A little jabbing left from Larsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Larsson throws out a powerful jab.
Larsson throws a sloppy head kick and Yu moves out of range easily.
Yu half committed to a counter leg kick.
Yu connects with a leg kick. Larsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
You can see that Larsson has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Yu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Larsson is out of range.
Larsson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Despite the aggression on Larsson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Yu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Larsson.
Yu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Yu misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu misses with a low kick.
Larsson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Larsson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yu with a body shot.
Larsson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Larsson misses with a straight left.
Yu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larsson defending well as Yu loads up on a big left hand.
Yu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Larsson.
Larsson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yu is out of range.
Larsson avoids the head kick by Yu.
A nice side step and Larsson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Larsson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yu throws a leg kick but Larsson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It seemed like Larsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yu.
Yu throws a leg kick but Larsson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yu feints and then cracks Larsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Larsson down.
Yu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Larsson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Yu has got the better of the exchanges.
Yu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Larsson looks to clinch
and Yu counters with a left to the body.
Yu is looking to score with low kicks.
Yu moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yu throws a hook but Larsson blocks it.
Larsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larsson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yu can pounce on him.
Yu lands a big head kick that sends Larsson tumbling to the mat! Yu takes a step backwards and waves Larsson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yu misses with a low kick.
Larsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Larsson throws a lazy right hand but Yu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yu is looking to chop away at Larsson's legs.
Larsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yu tries a low kick but Larsson avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bai Yu dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Yu keeps the fight on the outside.
Larsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsson misses with a body kick.
Yu is looking to counter punch.
Yu cracks the inside of Larsson's front leg.
Larsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Larsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yu. Yu obviously looking to wear him down.
Yu tries to score with a low kick but Larsson moves his leg out of the way.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsson looks to throw a body kick
and Yu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu throws a lazy head kick
and Larsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Yu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Larsson.
Yu throws a low kick but Larsson moves out of range easily.
Larsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Crunch! Yu slams his shin into Larsson's torso.
Nice defenses there by Larsson.
Yu throws a front kick aimed at Larsson's knee but Larsson avoids it well.
Yu throws a sloppy head kick
and Larsson counters with a nice uppercut.
A good leg kick by Yu.
Yu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yu tries a low kick but Larsson avoids it.
Yu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu moves out of range of the body kick.
Yu looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Yu swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsson.
Yu 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.
Larsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henrik Larsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yu misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Larsson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Larsson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yu misses with a low kick as Larsson jumps back.
Larsson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Larsson checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Larsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Yu scores with a jab. Larsson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Larsson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Larsson is looking for the big counter here.
Yu lands with a kick to the temple. Larsson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yu misses with a low kick.
Yu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Larsson's sensitive parts.
Yu looks to land a right hand but Larsson moved out of range.
Bai Yu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larsson throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu throws a body punch but Larsson moves out of range.
Yu connects with an inside leg kick.
Yu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Larsson checks a low kick from Yu.
Good exchange - Yu coming out on top.
Yu throws a lazy head kick
and Larsson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Yu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Larsson checks it well.
Larsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yu misses with a leg kick
and Larsson counters with a straight right hand.
Yu lands a lovely overhand right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bai Yu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bai Yu!
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