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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doctor Tennant (ranked 7157 p4p, 470 weight class) and Skender Baruti (ranked 2553 p4p, 274 weight class). Skender Baruti will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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240 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doctor Tennant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Skender Baruti!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baruti staying out of range there.
Baruti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tennant throws out the jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baruti, right into the meat.
Tennant blocks the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baruti, right into the meat.
Baruti lands with a kick to the temple. Tennant shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Doctor Tennant has been cut.
A head kick misses from Baruti.
Baruti dodges the punch combination from Tennant.
Baruti throws a counter combo.
Baruti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tennant.
Tennant throws a sloppy body shot
and Baruti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tennant swings for the body but Baruti moves out of range.
Tennant looks to land a left hand but Baruti moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Tennant.
Baruti is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Baruti tries to clinch
letting Tennant counter with a right hand.
Baruti swats away the attempt to clinch by Tennant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Baruti finds it's way round the side to connect with Tennant's head.
Tennant blocks a head kick by Baruti.
Some wild striking there from Baruti.
Baruti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tennant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Skender Baruti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tennant takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A jab from Tennant misses.
Baruti lands with a slapping head kick.
Tennant on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Baruti slips under a jab.
Baruti pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Baruti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tennant tries to close the distance and clinch but Baruti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tennant takes a swing at Baruti's ribcage but misses.
Baruti lands a two punch combo.
Baruti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baruti looks to land a body kick but Tennant moved away.
Tennant swings for the body but Baruti moves out of range.
Tennant lands a jab to the head.
Baruti scores with a nice head shot.
Tennant loads up on a big right hand but Baruti slips the punch.
Baruti keeps the fight on the outside.
Tennant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Tennant misses the target.
Tennant throws a hook but Baruti avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Tennant misses the target.
Baruti flicks out a counter leg kick but Tennant steps away.
Baruti avoids the body shot from Tennant.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baruti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tennant thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab, jab by Baruti - just one landing.
Tennant takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Baruti connects with a leg kick. Tennant looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Baruti clinches.
Tennant misses with a punch on the inside.
Tennant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baruti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tennant.
Baruti scores with a shot to the side of Tennant's head.
Baruti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tennant stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tennant is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Baruti's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Baruti lands with a light punch inside.
Tennant tries to throw a body punch but Baruti avoids it by throwing Tennant back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Baruti as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baruti lands an uppercut.
Baruti misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tennant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baruti misses with some punches.
Baruti throws a punch but it's blocked by Tennant.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tennant.
Tennant tries to work over Baruti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tennant tries to work over Baruti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baruti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tennant misses with some punches.
Baruti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baruti is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tennant misses with a wild body shot.
Baruti takes one to the side of the head.
Baruti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baruti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Baruti slips a jab from Tennant.
Baruti throws a hook but Tennant blocks it.
Tennant's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baruti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tennant scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Baruti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skender Baruti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Doctor Tennant's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tennant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baruti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tennant.
Baruti has closed the distance and engaged Tennant in a clinch.
Baruti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tennant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baruti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Baruti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tennant's calf.
Tennant blocks a head kick by Baruti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Baruti.
Baruti misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tennant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Skender Baruti has been cut.
Baruti lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tennant will feel that in the morning.
Tennant pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baruti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant misses with an uppercut. Baruti saw that one coming.
Baruti slips under a jab from Tennant.
Tennant throws a right hand that misses
and Baruti counters with a left to the body.
Tennant tries to clinch but Baruti moves out of range.
Baruti falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tennant counters with a left and a right that stings Baruti.
Tennant misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Baruti counters with a straight right hand.
Baruti goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Baruti lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tennant just misses with a punch to the body.
Baruti sizes up Tennant with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baruti ducks under a wild hook from Tennant.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baruti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baruti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baruti throws a body punch but Tennant moves out of range.
Tennant takes a kick to the side of the head.
Baruti swats away the attempt to clinch by Tennant.
Baruti closes the distance but Tennant moves to the side
and Tennant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tennant takes one to the side of the head.
Tennant throws a jab when Baruti was well out of range.
Tennant throws a nice looking combination but Baruti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tennant takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tennant tries to clinch
and Baruti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good standup being displayed there by Baruti as he connects with a hook.
Tennant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baruti.
Baruti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baruti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tennant tries to work over Baruti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baruti has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tennant seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Baruti can turn it around.
Baruti blocks a body shot from Tennant.
Tennant throws a punch but it's blocked by Baruti.
Baruti has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head punch on the inside from Tennant fails to land.
Baruti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baruti scoring well with a low kick there.
Baruti lands a head shot.
Baruti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Baruti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tennant has Baruti up against the cage in a clinch.
Baruti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baruti lands with a slapping head kick.
Baruti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baruti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tennant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baruti defending well as Tennant loads up on a big left hand.
Skender Baruti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baruti punishes Tennant's body with a nice straight punch.
Tennant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baruti.
Baruti scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tennant swats away the attempt to clinch by Baruti.
Tennant throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tennant misses with a lunging right hand
and Baruti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tennant takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tennant is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tennant blocks a head kick by Baruti.
Tennant misses the jab.
A combination from Tennant does no damage.
Baruti ducks under a wild hook from Tennant.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baruti lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skender Baruti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tennant takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Baruti connects with a solid leg kick.
Baruti staying out of range there.
Tennant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tennant looks to score with a jab to the body but Baruti is just out of range.
Baruti misses with a double jab.
Baruti lands with a shot to the body.
A big left from Tennant misses.
Baruti throws an overhand right that lands on Tennant's shoulder, as Tennant tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Tennant.
Baruti throws a head kick that misses.
Baruti moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tennant misses with a hook. Baruti ducked under it nicely.
Baruti ducks under a wild hook from Tennant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baruti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tennant doesn't seem bothered though.
Baruti misses with a series of wild punches.
Tennant seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tennant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baruti moves away from the strike by Tennant.
Tennant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baruti has closed the distance and engaged Tennant in a clinch.
Tennant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tennant lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tennant.
Baruti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tennant. Baruti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tennant misses with a combination
and Baruti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Doctor Tennant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skender Baruti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baruti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tennant throwing a counter right hand but Baruti manages to avoid it.
Baruti scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baruti lands with an overhand left.
Tennant throws a jab when Baruti was well out of range.
Baruti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Baruti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tennant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tennant misses with a straight left.
Tennant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tennant misses with a body shot.
Baruti drives through and clinches with Tennant against the cage.
Skender Baruti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tennant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tennant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tennant looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tennant stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baruti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tennant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baruti backwards.
Tennant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tennant softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tennant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tennant lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baruti.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baruti avoids it.
Tennant misses with a punch to the body.
Tennant tries to throw a body punch but Baruti avoids it by throwing Tennant back against the cage.
Tennant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baruti throws a punch but it's blocked by Tennant.
Baruti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baruti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tennant has time to react.
Baruti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Tennant on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tennant thuds a left hand into Baruti's body.
Tennant takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tennant throws a predictable looking body shot
and Baruti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baruti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tennant tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tennant avoids the head kick by Baruti.
Tennant takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tennant looks to land a left hand but Baruti moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheers as Baruti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tennant doesn't seem phased though.
Tennant moves in looking to clinch but Baruti pushes him off.
Tennant throws a hook but Baruti blocks it.
Tennant connects with a looping right hand.
Tennant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baruti.
The fighters circling - Tennant throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tennant misses with an uppercut
and Tennant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tennant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Skender Baruti.
I've got Baruti winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skender Baruti!
After the big win, Skender Baruti made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Thomspon 90% and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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