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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Ba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Mashdein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinny Mashdein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Billy Ba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vinny Mashdein!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mashdein throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ba's waist but Ba gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mashdein off to one side.
Mashdein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mashdein tries to clinch but Ba is having none of it.
Mashdein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mashdein wants to clinch.
Ba moves into the clinch.
Mashdein changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ba fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ba moves into the clinch.
Ba with a knee to the head.
It looks like Vinny Mashdein has been cut.
Ba stops a takedown attempt from Mashdein.
Billy Ba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinny Mashdein.
Still in the clinch, Ba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mashdein tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ba counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mashdein shoots and misses
and Ba moves into the clinch.
Mashdein looks gassed!
Ba avoiding damage.
Ba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ba lands an elbow that stopped Mashdein in his tracks for a moment.
Mashdein can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ba lands a shoulder strike.
Ba throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mashdeins head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mashdein just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ba's brow.
Ba is working Mashdein over against the cage.
Mashdein drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ba gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mashdein takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Ba.
Ba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mashdein blocks it with crossed arms.
Ba tries to land a knee to the head but Mashdein blocks with his arms.
Mashdein looking for a takedown.
Ba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mashdein lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ba dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ba moves into the clinch successfully.
Ba manages to break the clinch.
Ba clinches with his opponent.
Mashdein takes an elbow to the temple.
Mashdein can't get the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ba lands with a right to the head.
Ba is pressed up against the cage. Mashdein has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ba down to the mat. Ba avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ba closes the distance and clinches.
Ba lands a left hand.
Ba creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ba gets through Mashdein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ba scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ba gets through Mashdein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ba lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ba crunches a lovely knee into Mashdein's ribcage.
Ba landing knees to the body.
Ba connects with a knee to the head.
Ba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ba connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mashdein's face.
Ba is working Mashdein over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ba.
A nice left hand lands by Ba.
Ba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ba lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ba effectively controlling the action here.
A right hand to the body from Ba.
Ba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mashdein.
Ba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mashdein misses with a takedown attempt
and Ba counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ba.
Ba tries a knee to the head but Mashdein blocks it.
Ba presses Mashdein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mashdein changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ba fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mashdein with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ba counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mashdein can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mashdein wants to get back to full guard.
Ba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mashdein punching from the bottom.
Mashdein throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ba decides to stand and escape the position.
Mashdein misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mashdein darts in trying to clinch
and Ba holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mashdein can't get the takedown.
Ba lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mashdein wants a takedown but no success here.
Ba gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mashdein.
Mashdein tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mashdein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mashdein is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ba pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mashdein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Ba on the inside.
Mashdein tries for a takedown. No joy.
A right hand to the body from Ba.
Mashdein letting Ba take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Ba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vinny Mashdein's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mashdein drives through and clinches with Ba against the cage.
Mashdein can't get the takedown.
Ba landing knees to the head.
Mashdein looking for a takedown.
Ba lands a shoulder strike.
Mashdein letting Ba take a breather here.
Ba gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mashdein.
Billy Ba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinny Mashdein.
Mashdein is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mashdein takes an elbow to the temple.
Billy Ba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mashdein is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ba pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mashdein blocks the elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ba.
Ba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mashdein backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mashdein is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ba gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short uppercut from Ba.
Ba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ba lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mashdein backwards.
Ba missing with knees to the body.
Mashdein has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ba is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ba scores with a takedown into Mashdein's guard.
Mashdein striking off his back but it's not causing Ba any problems.
Ba preventing the sweep.
Mashdein keeping moving, preventing Ba from controlling successfully.
Ba will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ba wanted to stand there but Mashdein had control of the position.
Mashdein looking for a sweep. Not yet Mashdein, not yet.
Ba wants to stand but Mashdein is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ba wants to pass the guard but Mashdein is keeping the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mashdein throws a series of punches but Ba moves out of range.
Ba doesn't manage to clinch there - Mashdein circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mashdein closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mashdein cracks Ba with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ba can't do much from the bottom here.
Ba wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Mashdein lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ba is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mashdein connects with a decent elbow.
Ba tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mashdein wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ba struggling a bit here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mashdein gets the takedown into side control.
Ba takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ba wants to control but Mashdein postures up.
Ba manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mashdein connects with a nice short shot to Ba's temple.
Mashdein lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mashdein slips a nice elbow through Ba's hands, connecting with Ba's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mashdein lands a nice short elbow.
Ba is trying to stand.
Mashdein lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ba has momentary wrist control but Mashdein slips an elbow through the middle.
Mashdein working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ba is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mashdein scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mashdein postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mashdein cracks Ba with a solid left hand.
Ba trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vinny Mashdein will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vinny Mashdein's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mashdein misses with a two punch combination.
Mashdein falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ba moves into the clinch.
Ba lands a shoulder strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mashdein shoots in but Ba avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ba has managed to clinch.
Ba throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ba.
Ba taking a breather.
Ba lands a nice elbow.
Ba lands a hook that snaps the head of Mashdein backwards.
Mashdein can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ba scores with a hook to the body.
Ba scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Ba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ba. Mashdein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mashdein with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ba counters by clinching up.
Billy Ba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinny Mashdein.
Ba taking a breather.
Ba is pressed up against the cage. Mashdein has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ba down to the mat. Ba avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mashdein fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mashdein throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ba's waist but Ba gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mashdein off to one side.
Nice sprawl there from Ba as Mashdein shoots in.
Mashdein throws a series of punches but Ba avoids them all with ease.
Mashdein throws a right hand that Ba ducks under and follows up with a left that Ba also avoids with ease.
Ba pushes Mashdein up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ba.
Ba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ba closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mashdein circles away.
Mashdein swinging wilding here.
Billy Ba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mashdein has his takedown stuffed
and Ba counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ba landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ba wants to stand but Mashdein has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Billy Ba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ba is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mashdein is just riding it out for now. Ba eventually gives up the hold.
Ba thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mashdein's head.
Mashdein manages to get to full guard.
Mashdein thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Mashdein tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mashdein manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ba manages to get himself to full guard.
Mashdein keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ba's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mashdein throwing strikes but missing.
Ba working for a triangle but Mashdein defends it easily.
Ba keeping full guard, as Mashdein tries to pass.
Mashdein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mashdein pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ba is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ba working a defensive guard here.
Mashdein must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ba wriggles free and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ba keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vinny Mashdein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ba takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mashdein.
Good body shot from Ba.
Mashdein is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ba gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mashdein has Ba pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ba manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ba lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mashdein backwards.
Ba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mashdein is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ba prevents the takedown attempt.
Ba scores a nice knee to the body.
Ba lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ba looking to stall.
Ba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Ba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ba 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Ba!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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