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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommaso Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommaso Baroni has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommaso Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroni closes the distance and clinches.
Musashi blocking some punches.
Musashi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Baroni throws an elbow but misses.
Baroni stalling.
Baroni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baroni throws a quick inside leg kick.
Musashi misses with a straight right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Musashi.
Musashi misses with a looping right.
Baroni swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Baroni.
Musashi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Baroni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Musashi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baroni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Musashi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Musashi throws a hook to the side of Baroni's head but Baroni sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A bone on bone clash there as Musashi blocks the leg kick.
Baroni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi defending well as Baroni loads up on a big left hand.
Baroni has closed the distance and engaged Musashi in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Baroni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Musashi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baroni backwards.
Baroni throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Baroni.
Musashi blocks a body shot from Baroni.
Musashi is trying to drag Baroni to the mat but Baroni just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Baroni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baroni stalling the fight.
Musashi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Musashi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Musashi is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Baroni can't fight it off and eventually Musashi manages to take the fight to the floor. Baroni looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Musashi looking to sit in guard and control but Baroni gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Baroni has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Musashi keeping full guard, as Baroni tries to pass.
Musashi wants to sweep but no luck.
Baroni will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi has his hands on Baroni's head, controlling the position.
Baroni won't allow Musashi to sweep him here.
Musashi has Baroni pulled in close to control his posture.
Baroni looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Baroni is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Baroni preventing the sweep.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Musashi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baroni.
Musashi misses with a body kick.
Baroni misses with a straight left.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Baroni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Musashi.
Baroni goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baroni misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Musashi! But no joy.
The crowd cheers as Baroni lands an impressive looking overhand right. Musashi doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommaso Baroni dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Baroni slips a straight right by Musashi.
Baroni on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Tommaso Baroni has been cut.
Baroni takes a swing at Musashi's ribcage but misses.
Tommaso Baroni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musashi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Baroni pushes Musashi off and gets back to his feet.
Baroni circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baroni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Musashi throws a right hand that Baroni ducks under and follows up with a left that Baroni also avoids with ease.
Musashi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baroni.
Baroni takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Baroni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Musashi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Baroni slams his shin into Musashi's torso.
Baroni slips a straight right by Musashi.
Musashi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni connects with a single shot there.
Baroni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Musashi can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Baroni.
Baroni wants to land a leg kick but Musashi is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Musashi misses.
Musashi moves forwards but Baroni connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Musashi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baroni has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Musashi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Musashi tries to clinch but Baroni is having none of it.
Musashi throws a low kick but Baroni moves out of range easily.
Tommaso Baroni is winning the standup battle so far.
Baroni checks a low kick from Musashi.
Musashi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baroni walks into a jab.
Baroni pivots, looking for a leg kick but Musashi is out of range and Baroni settles back down.
Baroni moves into the clinch.
Baroni misses with the head strike.
Musashi is trying to force a seperation but Baroni has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni is leaning against Musashi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Musashi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Musashi tries to pull guard but Baroni won't allow it.
Musashi wants to take the fight to the mat but Baroni manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Baroni has a couple of punches blocked by Musashi.
Baroni lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Baroni pushes Musashi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Musashi breaks the clinch.
Baroni scores with a jab to the body.
Baroni shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Musashi eats them both and turns towards Baroni to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Miyamoto Musashi has been cut.
Baroni lands with a nice body punch.
Musashi avoids the body shot from Baroni.
Baroni lands a nice hook to Musashi's body. Musashi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Musashi shoots in but no luck this time.
Tommaso Baroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miyamoto Musashi.
Baroni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni throws a head kick that misses.
Musashi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baroni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Musashi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baroni scores with a jab to the jaw.
Musashi slips a straight right by Baroni.
Musashi scores with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Musashi blocks the leg kick.
Baroni clinches with his opponent.
Baroni pushes off an throws an elbow but Musashi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baroni throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Musashi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Baroni throws a head punch that misses.
Baroni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baroni throws a body punch but Musashi moves out of range.
Baroni lands a nice shot to the body.
Tommaso Baroni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Musashi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baroni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Baroni connects with a crisp jab.
Musashi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Baroni moves out of range of the body kick.
Baroni was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Musashi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Baroni is able to avoid easily.
Musashi lands a jab.
Baroni lands a leg kick that knocks Musashi off balance momentarily.
Baroni misses with a few strikes there.
Musashi tries to land a front kick but Baroni steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baroni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baroni swings widly with a right hand
and Musashi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baroni thinking.
Baroni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommaso Baroni dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Baroni swats away the attempt to clinch by Musashi.
Baroni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Musashi. Baroni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baroni lands with a straight right. Musashi didn't see that one coming.
Baroni lands with a thumping leg kick.
Musashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Baroni.
Baroni feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Musashi's calf.
Baroni tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Baroni is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baroni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Musashi was well out of range. Poor timing from Baroni.
Musashi throws a big shot that misses.
Baroni thumps Musashi with a low kick.
Musashi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baroni closes the distance and pushes Musashi back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Musashi backwards.
Baroni lands an elbow that stopped Musashi in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baroni.
Musashi avoids the elbow strike from Baroni, against the cage.
Baroni tries to stall but Musashi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Baroni misses with an elbow strike.
Musashi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baroni stalling in the clinch but Musashi improves position.
Baroni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Musashi's elbow.
Musashi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Musashi.
Musashi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Musashi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tommaso Baroni overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Musashi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Baroni's guard.
Musashi throws a big right hand that misses.
Musashi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni is looking to stand up but Musashi isn't so interested in that idea.
Baroni controlling the position.
Musashi trying to control but Baroni is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Baroni is on top in guard.
Musashi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Baroni puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tommaso Baroni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baroni trying to control the pace.
Baroni prevents Musashi from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi won't allow Baroni to pass to mount.
Baroni controlling the action here.
Musashi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Musashi trying to keep a closed guard but Baroni is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Baroni's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Musashi trying to control the position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Musashi keeping full guard, as Baroni tries to pass.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommaso Baroni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baroni 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommaso Baroni!
Our winner, Tommaso Baroni, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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