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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Baez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Airt comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wolf Blood kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Cormac Mac Airt has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bryant Baez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Mac Airt!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac Airt misses with a looping right.
Baez throws a push kick but Mac Airt slaps the foot to one side.
Baez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mac Airt doesn't seem bothered though.
Mac Airt takes a kick to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Mac Airt misses the target.
Mac Airt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baez throws a lazy body kick
and Baez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Baez lands a front kick.
Mac Airt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Baez has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Baez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mac Airt misses with a wild body shot.
Mac Airt ducks right into an uppercut from Baez.
Mac Airt clobbers Baez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mac Airt throws a shot from downtown. Baez moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Baez throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little jabbing left from Mac Airt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Baez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mac Airt.
Mac Airt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Baez has time to react.
Baez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mac Airt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mac Airt misses with a hook. Baez ducked under it nicely.
Baez digs a good body shot into Mac Airt's ribs.
Mac Airt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mac Airt just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBaez.
Mac Airt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baez tries a head kick but it misses.
Baez scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mac Airt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baez lands a nice shot to the body.
Baez misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mac Airt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baez connects with a high kick.
Baez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mac Airt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Baez misses with an uppercut
and Mac Airt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mac Airt in his tracks.
Mac Airt swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Baez is looking to score with low kicks.
Baez tries to clinch but Mac Airt is having none of it.
A jab from Mac Airt misses.
Mac Airt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Baez. That one must have hurt.
Baez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Baez.
It looks like Cormac Mac Airt has been cut.
Baez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mac Airt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mac Airt backs up against the cage.
Mac Airt misses with a wild combination.
Mac Airt tries to keep at a distance but Baez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mac Airt tries to break free but Baez pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baez.
Baez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mac Airt wants to break free but Baez has control.
Baez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baez missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Baez.
Baez has a couple of punches blocked by Mac Airt.
A short left from Baez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baez gets through Mac Airt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mac Airt is trying to push Baez away but Baez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baez misses with some punches.
Baez stalling in the clinch but Mac Airt improves position.
Mac Airt wants to get back to striking at distance but Baez won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baez.
Mac Airt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mac Airt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Baez has him pressed against the cage.
Mac Airt working hard to break the clinch.
Baez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baez prevents Mac Airt from breaking the clinch.
Mac Airt working hard to break the clinch.
Baez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac Airt's efforts to push away.
Mac Airt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch but Baez keeps him there for the moment.
I was talking to Baez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mac Airt can't break the clinch.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short right from Baez on the inside.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch but Baez keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Baez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cormac Mac Airt's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Baez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mac Airt! But no joy.
Baez clinches with his opponent.
Bryant Baez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mac Airt tries to circle away but Baez has him pinned against the cage.
Mac Airt wants to break free but Baez has control.
Mac Airt is trying to push Baez away but Baez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baez prevents Mac Airt from breaking the clinch.
Baez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mac Airt tries to circle away but Baez has him pinned against the cage.
Mac Airt blocking some punches.
Mac Airt is trying to force a seperation but Baez has the dominant position.
Mac Airt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mac Airt lands a glancing blow to the side of Baez's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baez.
A combination from Baez does no damage.
Mac Airt circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mac Airt counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt misses with an uppercut
and Baez counters with a two punch combo.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the side of Baez's head but Baez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bryant Baez is winning the standup battle so far.
Baez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mac Airt.
Baez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baez lands with a slapping head kick.
Baez clinches up with Mac Airt and pushes him back against the cage.
Baez misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Baez.
Baez lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac Airt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baez scores with the left hand. Mac Airt knows he should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Mac Airt misses.
Bryant Baez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baez is looking to clinch but Mac Airt is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Mac Airt.
Baez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mac Airt's head.
Mac Airt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baez.
Baez forces Mac Airt back against the cage and clinches.
Baez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mac Airt is trying to force a seperation but Baez has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Mac Airt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mac Airt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Baez as he connects with a hook.
Mac Airt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baez doesn't seem bothered though.
Mac Airt misses the jab.
Baez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Mac Airt.
Baez throws out a powerful jab.
Baez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mac Airt is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baez and Mac Airt are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Baez throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Mac Airt into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Baez knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bryant Baez!
An intense looking Bryant Baez took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Who's next!? I am taking on anyone! I am a world champ who ain't afraid to scrap with anyone! How about a rematch Calvin King? I lve whooping that ass the first time!'.
The defeated Cormac Mac Airt had this to say: '"When I am gone I charge you that ye bury me not at Brugh of the Boyne where is the royal cemetery of the Kings of Erinn. For all these kings paid adoration to gods of wood or stone, or to the Sun and the Elements, whose signs are carved on the walls of their tombs, but I have learned to know the On'.
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hype
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