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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Baker (ranked 2403 p4p, 340 weight class) and Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 4111 p4p, 498 weight class). Dowiyogo has chosen another life - kano as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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220 lbs
4 - 7 - 0 |
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178 cm
47
212 lbs
47 - 35 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
47 - 35 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grover Dowiyogo!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baker works Dowiyogo's body with a nice hook.
Baker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Baker keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dowiyogo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baker appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baker pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dowiyogo back to the cage. Baker follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Baker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dowiyogo throws a shot to the body.
Dowiyogo walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dowiyogo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dowiyogo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baker.
Dowiyogo throws a big counter head kick but Baker avoids it with no problem.
Baker throws a body shot but no joy.
Baker misses with a looping left.
Baker takes the fight into the clinch.
Baker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dowiyogo's defenses.
It looks like Grover Dowiyogo has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo taking a breather.
Baker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dowiyogo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dowiyogo tries to clinch there but Baker circles away.
Dowiyogo doesn't manage to clinch there - Baker circles away.
Baker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A bit of stalling here from Baker.
Baker blocks the elbow strike.
Baker tries to work over Dowiyogo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Baker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dowiyogo up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baker as Dowiyogo tries to tie him up.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baker avoids it.
Baker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Baker on the inside.
Good body shot from Baker.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Baker avoids the damage to the body.
Baker avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Baker throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baker.
Baker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Baker throws knees to the body.
Baker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Baker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dowiyogo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dowiyogo looks winded!
Dowiyogo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Baker lands with a good body shot.
Baker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dowiyogo slips a jab and a cross from Baker.
Dowiyogo throws a body shot but no joy.
Baker lands a big head kick that sends Dowiyogo tumbling to the mat! Baker takes a step backwards and waves Dowiyogo back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Dowiyogo is rocked!
Baker drops Dowiyogo with a naaaaasty hook - Dowiyogo is in real trouble here! Baker dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Baker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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