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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Afeef Isa Baba (ranked 111 p4p, 15 weight class) and Joy Rones (ranked 180 p4p, 28 weight class). Baba comes into the arena with Nation Arabic Orchestra blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Afeef Isa Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joy Rones!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rones blocks a jab.
Baba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rones throws a lazy uppercut
and Baba counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Baba takes one on the button.
It looks like Afeef Isa Baba has been cut.
Rones looks for the body kick but Baba saw that one coming.
Baba with a hook.
Rones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Baba.
Rones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baba looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rones scores with a sloppy right hand. Baba should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rones misses with a head kick.
Baba staying out of range there.
Rones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Baba works Rones's body with a nice hook.
Baba misses the shot to the body.
Rones moves out of range of the body kick.
Rones tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Baba is able to avoid easily.
Baba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Baba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baba moves away from the strike by Rones.
Rones lands a jab.
Rones throws a jab but it's blocked by Baba.
Rones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baba ducks under a wild hook from Rones.
Rones throws the left hand but Baba avoids the punch easily.
Baba throws a body kick that misses.
Baba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Joy Rones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baba throws a leg kick but Rones moved away.
Rones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Baba.
Baba throws a push kick but Rones slaps the foot to one side.
Baba tries to move into range but Rones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baba lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Rones misses.
Baba moves away from the strike by Rones.
Rones lands with a kick to the temple. Baba shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rones connects with a high kick.
Rones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rones.
Rones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Baba does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rones looks to score with a jab to the body but Baba is just out of range.
Rones takes a swing at Baba's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rones. Baba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baba misses with a body kick.
Rones on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rones slips a straight right by Baba.
Rones tries to counter by closing the distance.
Baba swings for the body but Rones moves out of range.
Rones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice jab there from Rones.
Rones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baba throws a good cross that connects.
Rones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baba counters with a nice uppercut.
Baba throws a body shot but no joy.
It looks like Baba has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rones 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 slips under a jab from Rones.
Rones avoids a kick to the body.
Rones lands a nice shot that snaps Baba's head back.
Baba lands with a good body shot.
Rones has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baba.
Rones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baba tries to work over Rones's front leg with a kick but Rones checks it.
Baba cracks the inside of Rones's front leg.
Baba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rones throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Baba stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Baba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rones throws out the jab.
Baba walks into a stiff left hand from Rones.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baba can pounce on him.
Rones misses with an uppercut.
Rones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Baba checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rones throws a looping overhand right but Baba ducks down to avoid it.
Rones blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baba looks for the body kick but Rones saw that one coming.
Rones missing with a left hand there. Baba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Baba throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rones avoids the head kick by Baba.
Baba lands a jab.
Baba lands a head shot.
Baba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rones. Rones obviously looking to wear him down.
Baba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rones.
Rones tries to work over Baba's front leg with a kick but Baba checks it.
Baba connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Baba walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baba looks for the body kick but Rones saw that one coming.
Rones throws a shot from downtown. Baba moves away and avoids it.
Baba moves out of range as Rones strikes.
Rones cracks Baba with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joy Rones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Afeef Isa Baba's cut.
That's time! Baba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Baba avoids the body shot from Rones.
Rones connects with the punch.
Rones looks to score with a jab to the body but Baba is just out of range.
Baba appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joy Rones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baba avoids the body shot from Rones.
Baba throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rones scores with a nice strike.
Rones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Baba checks a leg kick.
Rones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Baba lands a slapping body shot.
Rones looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Rones blocks a jab.
Baba goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rones bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baba's head.
Baba takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rones crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Baba - the referee stops the clock and Rones gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Baba. Rones manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rones tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baba throws a jab but it's blocked by Rones.
Baba scores with a jab to the body.
Rones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baba throws a good cross that connects.
Baba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baba fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rones.
Baba connects with a leg kick. Rones looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Baba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baba.
Rones looks to score with a jab to the body but Baba is just out of range.
A jab from Baba does it's job there.
That kick from Baba tenderised Rones's leg. Rones is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Baba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rones takes a swing at Baba's ribcage but misses.
Rones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rones tries to work over Baba's front leg with a kick but Baba checks it.
Rones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rones is able to avoid easily.
Baba lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baba manages to avoid it.
Baba was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Baba takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Baba blocks a jab.
Rones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Baba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rones takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rones tries to land a leg kick but Baba saw it coming and moves away.
Baba cracks the inside of Rones's front leg.
Baba lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rones pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Baba lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Rones misses.
Rones jabs Baba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice jab there from Rones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rones misses with a right hand
and Rones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baba tries to land a front kick but Rones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rones misses with a wild body shot.
Rones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baba takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Baba looks for the body kick but Rones saw that one coming.
Rones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Joy Rones has been cut.
Rones tries to score with a low kick but Baba moves his leg out of the way.
Rones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rones wants to counter the offense by Baba and move into the clinch position.
Baba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Baba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rones.
Rones avoids a kick to the body.
Baba misses with a straight left.
Rones tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rones staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rones throws the left hand but Baba avoids the punch easily.
Rones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rones is able to avoid easily.
Rones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rones lands with a hook. Baba tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Afeef Isa Baba's cut is getting worse.
Rones missing with a left hand there. Baba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rones misses with a wild body shot.
Baba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rones manages to avoid it.
Baba scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Baba connects with a looping right hand.
Baba shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Baba throws a low kick but Rones avoids it.
Baba with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rones to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rones takes a swing at Baba's ribcage but misses.
Baba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rones.
Baba misses with a low kick as Rones jumps back.
A slow jab from Rones misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Afeef Isa Baba will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Baba moves out of range of the strikes.
Rones misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Rones.
A head kick from Baba lands but Rones takes it in his stride.
Baba looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rones misses with a straight right.
Baba tries to land a front kick but Rones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Baba scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rones jabs Baba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Baba throws a leg kick which misses Rones's front leg but catches the back leg as Rones tries to avoid it.
Rones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rones misses with a low kick as Baba jumps back.
Rones throws a shot from downtown. Baba moves away and avoids it.
Rones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot by Baba.
Baba looks to land a combination but Rones avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baba was well out of range. Poor timing from Rones.
Rones slips a jab from Baba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rones cracks the inside of Baba's front leg.
The fighters circling - Rones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rones connects with the punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Baba checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Baba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rones.
Baba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rones misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Baba throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rones throws out a loose jab but Baba uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Rones looks to move away, Baba throws a big counter combo but Rones just gets out of the way.
Rones misses with a wild body shot.
Rones misses with an uppercut.
Rones throws a poor cross that misses
letting Baba counter with a right hand.
Rones takes a swing at Baba's ribcage but misses.
Baba fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rones.
Rones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Baba.
Left hook, right uppercut from Baba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Baba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rones lands a front kick.
Baba tried to score with a low kick but Rones checks it.
Baba ducks right into an uppercut from Rones.
Baba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baba throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Baba ducks under a wild hook from Rones.
Baba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Baba shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rones misses with a body shot.
Baba blocks a jab.
Rones throws a front kick aimed at Baba's knee but Baba avoids it well.
Baba looks to land a combination. Rones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rones throws a leg kick but Baba sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rones moves out of range of the body kick from Baba.
Baba looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rones lands a head shot.
Baba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rones was well out of range. Poor timing from Baba.
Rones throws a leg kick
and Baba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rones has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Baba.
Rones throws out a loose jab but Baba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baba doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rones tries to move into range but Baba moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baba takes a swing at Rones's ribcage but misses.
Rones misses with a kick to the body.
Baba is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rones.
Rones tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rones missing with a left hand there. Baba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rones throws a push kick but Baba slaps the foot to one side.
That kick from Baba tenderised Rones's leg. Rones is trying to keep his angry face on.
Baba throws a jab but it's blocked by Rones.
Baba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rones throws a hook but Baba blocks it.
Baba digs a good hook to Rones's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baba was well out of range. Poor timing from Rones.
Rones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rones throws a head kick that misses.
Rones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Baba fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rones is out of range.
Baba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baba lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rones tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Baba lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Baba.
Baba tries to land a leg kick but Rones saw it coming and moves away.
Rones moves out of range of the body kick.
Baba throws a head kick but Rones moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Afeef Isa Baba.
Well Baba 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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