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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinbad Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Castor Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baba comes into the arena with King of Seven Seas blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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185 lbs
26 - 16 - 0 |
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188 cm
30
184 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinbad Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Castor Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baba chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rollins can pounce on him.
Baba lands a nice hook to Rollins's body. Rollins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rollins looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Baba half committed to a counter leg kick.
Rollins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Baba misses with a hook.
Baba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rollins.
A low kick from Rollins misses
and Baba counters with a left and a right that stings Rollins.
Rollins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Baba lunges at Rollins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rollins's hand.
Baba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollins thumps Baba with a low kick.
Rollins throws a looping overhand right but Baba ducks down to avoid it.
Baba blocks a low kick nicely.
Rollins checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rollins is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Baba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Baba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baba tries a low kick but Rollins avoids it.
Baba lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins throws a leg kick but Baba sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rollins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baba throws a nice looking combination but Rollins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rollins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rollins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Baba wants to get back to his feet but Rollins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Baba has momentary wrist control but Rollins slips an elbow through the middle.
Rollins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rollins trying to control the position from guard on top but Baba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rollins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins stands up over Baba, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rollins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baba is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
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!
Rollins breaks the clinch.
Baba feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rollins's calf.
Sinbad Baba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baba feints a jab promting Rollins to slip. Baba then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rollins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Baba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rollins throws a chopping leg kick but Baba manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rollins is looking to slow Baba down with leg kicks.
Rollins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rollins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Baba finds it's way round the side to connect with Rollins's head.
Rollins slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baba. Rollins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rollins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rollins throws an overhand right that lands on Baba's shoulder, as Baba tries to avoid the shot.
Sinbad Baba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baba misses the shot to the body.
Baba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baba throws a right and a left that Rollins avoids nicely.
Baba fails to land with a series of punches.
Rollins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baba fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rollins is out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rollins.
Rollins scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a lunging right hand
and Baba counters with a left to the body.
Rollins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Baba.
Baba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rollins in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Rollins misses.
An inside leg kick from Baba misses.
Baba blocks a low kick nicely.
Baba on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Baba scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baba blocks a head kick by Rollins.
Rollins fakes the leg kick and cracks Baba in the body.
Rollins is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rollins throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baba misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rollins with the counter takedown but Baba avoids it easily.
Baba takes a swing at Rollins's ribcage but misses.
Baba on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sinbad Baba will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Baba fails to land with a series of punches.
Baba lands with a cross.
No joy there for Baba, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rollins changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Rollins lands a big head kick that sends Baba tumbling to the mat! Rollins takes a step backwards and waves Baba back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Baba is rocked!
Rollins checks a low kick from Baba.
Oh Baba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baba looks to throw the jab but Rollins is out of range.
Sinbad Baba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rollins walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Baba drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Rollins swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Baba's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Castor Rollins!
After the fight, Castor Rollins was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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