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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Arroyo (ranked 4179 p4p, 418 weight class) and Jonny Baker (ranked 3102 p4p, 333 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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172 cm
25
158 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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174 cm
25
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Arroyo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Baker! The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Arroyo misses with a series of wild punches.
Alex Arroyo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Baker pushes Arroyo up against the cage in a clinch. Baker has Arroyo pressed against the cage.
Arroyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Arroyo's face as he tries to break the clinch. Baker tries for a takedown. No joy.
Arroyo prevents the takedown attempt.
Arroyo can't break the clinch.
Baker has clasped his hands together around Arroyo's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Baker trying to control the action but Arroyo is working from the bottom. Arroyo is looking to reverse the position. Baker in the domination position with Arroyo hanging on.
That's one minute gone in the round. Arroyo is looking for a sweep. Baker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Arroyo is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Baker is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Arroyo wants to hold on but Baker pushes him away. A nice elbow there by Baker. Baker landing strikes, looking to finish! Baker lands a big shot there that rocks Arroyo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Baker landing punches. Baker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Arroyo?
Arroyo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Baker fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arroyo is rocked! Baker postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Arroyo bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Baker and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Baker! After the fight, Jonny Baker 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
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
46% |
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