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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baas Baako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baako has chosen Acapella Soul - The Lion Sleeps Tonight as his entrance music. Baas Baako is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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254 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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188 cm
38
245 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baas Baako!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baako loads up on a big right hand but Wallace slips the punch.
Baako misses with a takedown
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
Wallace throws a low kick, looking for Baako's leg but Baako calmly moves out of range.
Baako has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wallace tries to work over Baako's front leg with a kick but Baako checks it.
Baako misses with a series of wild punches.
Baako works the jab nicely.
Baako misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baako on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wallace fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Baako tries to bum rush Wallace with a series of wild strikes but Wallace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace misses with a body shot.
Wallace looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wallace scores with a head kick.
Baako throws a right and a left that Wallace avoids nicely.
Wallace throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace slips a straight right by Baako.
Baako takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace pushes Baako away with a front kick.
Baako uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
Wallace connects with an inside leg kick.
Baako throws a low kick but Wallace moves out of range easily.
Baako forces Wallace back against the cage and clinches.
Baako can't find room to land a body shot as Wallace controls the action.
Baako prevents a body shot from Wallace.
Baako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baako avoids a kick to the body.
Wallace scores with the left hand. Baako knows he should have avoided that one.
Wallace takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wallace fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baako.
Baako misses with a looping left.
Wallace checks the leg kick.
Baako tries to clinch there but Wallace circles away.
Wallace looks to land a body kick but Baako moved away.
Baas Baako seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wallace takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallace needs to keep his hands up - Baako had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baako lands a right hook to the body.
Baako cracks a nice hook into Wallace's ribs.
Baako tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wallace swivels and escapes.
Wallace swings for the body but Baako moves out of range.
Baako throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
No joy there for Baako, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wallace scores with a nice head shot.
Wallace swinging wildly here.
Baako lands a nice hook to Wallace's body. Wallace takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wallace takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baako comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baako is looking to clinch.
Wallace lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baako throws a looping overhand right but Wallace ducks down to avoid it.
Wallace fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Baako is out of range.
Baako tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Baako 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 Wallace has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wallace and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wallace moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wallace throws a chopping leg kick but Baako manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A nice side step and Baako releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Baako swings for the body but Wallace moves out of range.
Baako throws a hook to the side of Wallace's head but Wallace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baako swinging wildly here.
Wallace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baako.
Baako tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wallace lands a big head kick that sends Baako tumbling to the mat! Wallace takes a step backwards and waves Baako back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wallace lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baako is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wallace steps in with a hook that catches Baako right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Wallace follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Baako looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Wallace!
A very excited looking Russell Wallace made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Baas Baako had this to say: 'That sucked!'.
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hype
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RATING
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