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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Baker (ranked 22999 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Nahtic (ranked 5027 p4p, 223 weight class). Nahtic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sleeping My Day Away. This should be a great matchup!
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2 - 1 - 0 |
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140 lbs
22 - 37 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 37 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lou Nahtic!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Nahtic.
Baker with a poor takedown
letting Nahtic counter with a right hand.
Nahtic cracks Baker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tom Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nahtic finds it's way round the side to connect with Baker's head.
Baker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Nahtic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nahtic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baker has his takedown stuffed
enabling Nahtic to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Baker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nahtic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Baker.
Nahtic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nahtic scores with a nice strike.
Baker takes one to the chin there.
Nahtic lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Nahtic as Baker shoots in.
Nahtic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Baker.
Baker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Baker misses with a takedown attempt
and Nahtic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nahtic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nahtic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nahtic shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Baker eats them both and turns towards Nahtic to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Baker tries for a takedown but Nahtic circles away easily
and Nahtic counters with a head kick. That will keep Baker thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Baker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nahtic pinned against the cage. Nahtic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A left lands for Nahtic.
Nahtic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baker had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nahtic delivers a nice body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Baker.
Nahtic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nahtic moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nahtic slaps away a takedown attempt from Baker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Baker on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nahtic is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic cracks Baker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Baker shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nahtic defends it nicely.
Baker 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.
Nahtic throws a right hand that Baker ducks under and follows up with a left that Baker also avoids with ease.
It looked like Baker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Baker tries to clinch up.
Baker shoots in looking for a takedown but Nahtic manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Baker's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Baker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nahtic bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Baker wants to control but Nahtic postures up.
Baker takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Baker might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Baker takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nahtic lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nahtic working the body and head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic lands a few punches from side control.
Nahtic lands some shots froms side control.
Nahtic landing a few strikes.
Nahtic working the ground and pound.
Nahtic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nahtic lands a nice forearm strike.
Nahtic cracks Baker with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nahtic taking a breather here.
Baker can't do much from the bottom here.
Nahtic looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Nahtic politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Nahtic prefers to stall for the moment though.
Nahtic scoring with punches from side control.
Nahtic lands a few punches from side control.
Nahtic connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Baker some visible discomfort.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nahtic lands an elbow.
Baker taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lou Nahtic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nahtic lands with an uppercut that bounces Baker off the cage and back into range.
Nahtic scores with a nice head shot.
Baker fails with a takedown attempt.
Baker shoots in for a takedown but Nahtic shows good takedown defense.
Nahtic scores with a jab to the head.
Nahtic throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Baker tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Nahtic is in Baker's guard.
Nahtic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nahtic wants to control from the top but Baker keeps moving.
Baker seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nahtic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lou Nahtic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nahtic is looking to stand up but Baker won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nahtic is working Baker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nahtic seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nahtic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nahtic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nahtic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nahtic advances to half guard.
Nahtic is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Nahtic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker trying to control but Nahtic postures up.
Nahtic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nahtic lands strikes from half guard.
Nahtic drops an elbow to the side of Baker's head.
Nahtic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Baker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nahtic on the ground.
Nahtic is working for a kimura but Baker is defending it quite comfortably.
Nahtic sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nahtic with good strikes from the mount here!
Nahtic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nahtic working the ground and pound effectively.
Nahtic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Baker to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Baker shrugs it off.
Nahtic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Baker defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Nahtic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nahtic lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nahtic lands with some strikes.
Nahtic looking to finish Baker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Baker!
Nahtic is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Baker is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Baker flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Nahtic anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Baker and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Nahtic slips an arm under Baker chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Nahtic has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Nahtic is squeezing on Baker like an anaconda would it's prey. Baker fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lou Nahtic!
Lou Nahtic seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Tom Baker was interviewed post fight and said 'Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as fantastic. It's a kind of madness, really.'.
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hype
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FIGHT
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