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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anti Half Assed (ranked 970 p4p, 126 weight class) and Mikhail Bakunin (ranked 873 p4p, 116 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
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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
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anti Half Assed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikhail Bakunin!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Half Assed misses the shot to the body.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Half Assed just misses with a punch to the body.
Half Assed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bakunin moves away.
Half Assed throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin slips a jab from Half Assed.
A little jabbing left from Bakunin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Half Assed's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bakunin under the eye.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bakunin, as that shot connected.
Half Assed slips a straight right by Bakunin.
It looked like Half Assed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bakunin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Bakunin slips under a jab from Half Assed.
Bakunin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Half Assed throws a jab when Bakunin was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Bakunin misses.
Bakunin fails to land with a series of punches.
Half Assed slips under a jab from Bakunin.
A counter left hand to the body from Half Assed misses its target.
Half Assed is looking to wear down Bakunin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Half Assed throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bakunin on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakunin takes a swing at Half Assed's ribcage but misses.
Bakunin lands with a nice body punch.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Half Assed moves away.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Half Assed moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Half Assed avoids the body shot from Bakunin.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Half Assed moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Bakunin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bakunin.
Half Assed lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bakunin misses the jab.
Bakunin's corner calls for a 1-2. Bakunin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bakunin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mikhail Bakunin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bakunin misses with a wild body shot.
Half Assed slips a straight right by Bakunin.
Half Assed swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Half Assed defending well as Bakunin loads up on a big left hand.
Half Assed scores with a jab to the body.
Half Assed swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bakunin.
Half Assed is looking to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Bakunin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bakunin ducks under a wild hook from Half Assed.
Half Assed throws a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin misses the jab.
Bakunin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Half Assed darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bakunin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Half Assed moves out of range.
Bakunin tests Half Assed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut there from Bakunin.
Half Assed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bakunin manages to avoid it.
Bakunin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A big right from Half Assed misses.
Bakunin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Half Assed moves away from the strike by Bakunin.
Half Assed dives in and grabs Bakunin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bakunin pushes down on Half Assed's head and hops out.
Half Assed takes a swing at Bakunin's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Bakunin.
Bakunin just misses with a punch to the body.
Half Assed throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bakunin on the side of the head.
Bakunin looks to land a right hand but Half Assed moved out of range.
Bakunin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Half Assed.
A little jabbing left from Bakunin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bakunin slips under a jab.
Bakunin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Half Assed looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakunin is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Half Assed throws a hook to the side of Bakunin's head but Bakunin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bakunin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Half Assed slips a jab from Bakunin.
Bakunin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Half Assed.
Half Assed is looking for a counter combo.
Half Assed works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Half Assed takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bakunin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bakunin misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Half Assed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Half Assed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bakunin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A swing and a miss from Bakunin.
Half Assed is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Half Assed takes a swing at Bakunin's ribcage but misses.
Bakunin throws a poor cross that misses
and Half Assed counters with a nice body shot.
Half Assed takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bakunin misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Half Assed misses with a looping left.
Half Assed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Half Assed moves away from the strike by Bakunin.
Half Assed swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bakunin throws a hook but Half Assed avoids it easily.
Bakunin ducks right into an uppercut from Half Assed.
Half Assed throws a looping overhand right but Bakunin ducks down to avoid it.
Bakunin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Half Assed slips under a jab.
Half Assed swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bakunin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Half Assed lands with an uppercut that bounces Bakunin off the cage and back into range.
Bakunin slips under a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Bakunin misses.
Bakunin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
Bakunin slips under a jab from Half Assed.
Nice uppercut there from Half Assed.
Half Assed has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Half Assed there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mikhail Bakunin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice jab there from Bakunin.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Bakunin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bakunin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Bakunin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bakunin swings widly with a right hand
and Half Assed counters with a nice uppercut.
Bakunin ducks under a wild hook from Half Assed.
Bakunin punishes Half Assed's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakunin. Half Assed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bakunin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bakunin lands with a nice body punch.
Bakunin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Half Assed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bakunin scores with a jab to the head.
Bakunin scores with a nice head shot.
Half Assed lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Half Assed throws out a loose jab but Bakunin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Half Assed takes a swing at Bakunin's ribcage but misses.
Bakunin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Half Assed was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakunin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Half Assed misses its intended target.
Half Assed looks to throw the jab but Bakunin is out of range.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Bakunin lands a glancing blow to the side of Half Assed's head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Half Assed might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Half Assed shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Half Assed lands a nice hook to Bakunin's body. Bakunin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bakunin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bakunin scores with a hook to the body. Half Assed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Half Assed looks for a takedown but Bakunin sprawls well.
Half Assed lands with a shot to the body.
Half Assed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bakunin, pushing him back against the cage.
Bakunin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Half Assed's elbow.
Half Assed misses with the head strike.
Bakunin misses with a body punch.
Half Assed throws a head punch that misses.
Bakunin tries a body shot but Half Assed blocks it.
Bakunin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Half Asseds head.
I was talking to Half Assed's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bakunin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bakunin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bakunin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Half Assed backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakunin lands a hook that snaps the head of Half Assed backwards.
Half Assed can't find room to land a body shot as Bakunin controls the action.
Bakunin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Half Assed misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Half Assed blocking some punches.
Bakunin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Half Assed successfully pulls guard.
Bakunin looking to pass the guard.
Half Assed has a closed guard, preventing Bakunin from standing up.
Bakunin gets to his feet - Half Assed follows without any prompting.
Half Assed looks to land a right hand but Bakunin moved out of range.
Bakunin works over Half Assed's head and body with a nice combination.
Half Assed looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Half Assed.
A little feinted left hand from Half Assed on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Half Assed takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bakunin scores with a sloppy right hand. Half Assed should have avoided that one.
Half Assed on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice takedown defense from Bakunin. No joy for Half Assed on that attempt.
A jab from Bakunin misses.
Half Assed takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters circling - Bakunin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin with a jab.
Bakunin throws a jab but it's blocked by Half Assed.
Bakunin throws a jab when Half Assed was well out of range.
Bakunin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Half Assed takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bakunin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Half Assed blocks a jab.
Bakunin scores with a decent looking hook.
Bakunin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Half Assed was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakunin.
Half Assed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakunin looks to score with a jab to the body but Half Assed is just out of range.
Bakunin throws a hook to the side of Half Assed's head but Half Assed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Half Assed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Half Assed staying out of range there.
Bakunin looks to score with a jab to the body but Half Assed is just out of range.
Bakunin throws a hook but Half Assed blocks it.
Bakunin looks to land a right hand but Half Assed moved out of range.
Half Assed throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bakunin counters with a nice uppercut.
Half Assed moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Half Assed avoids a punch combination nicely.
Half Assed takes a swing at Bakunin's ribcage but misses.
Half Assed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bakunin's hands.
Bakunin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Half Assed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bakunin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bakunin looks to land a combination. Half Assed sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bakunin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bakunin looks to land a combination but Half Assed avoids it well.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Bakunin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Half Assed.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Half Assed ducks under a wild hook from Bakunin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bakunin throws a hook but Half Assed avoids it easily.
Half Assed cracks a nice hook into Bakunin's ribs.
Half Assed misses with a straight left.
Half Assed takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Half Assed slips a jab from Bakunin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Bakunin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Half Assed thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Bakunin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Half Assed moves out of range as Bakunin strikes.
Half Assed scores with a shot to the body.
Half Assed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bakunin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bakunin slips under a jab from Half Assed.
Bakunin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Half Assed blocks a jab.
Bakunin looks to throw the jab but Half Assed is out of range.
Half Assed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Half Assed shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bakunin pinned against the cage. Bakunin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bakunin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Half Assed misses with a straight left.
Half Assed misses with an uppercut. Bakunin saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Bakunin misses its intended target.
Half Assed sizes up Bakunin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Half Assed ducks right into an uppercut from Bakunin.
Half Assed's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bakunin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Half Assed scrambles back to his feet.
Half Assed on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Half Assed moves out of range as Bakunin strikes.
Half Assed throws a big shot that misses.
Half Assed dives in and grabs Bakunin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bakunin pushes down on Half Assed's head and hops out.
Bakunin catches Half Assed with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bakunin digs a good body shot into Half Assed's ribs.
Half Assed takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bakunin misses with a hook. Half Assed ducked under it nicely.
Bakunin swings for the body but Half Assed moves out of range.
Bakunin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Half Assed was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakunin.
Half Assed was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bakunin throws a hook but Half Assed blocks it.
Bakunin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Half Assed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anti Half Assed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Half Assed tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bakunin swivels and escapes.
Bakunin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anti Half Assed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bakunin lands a nice shot that snaps Half Assed's head back.
Bakunin looks to land a left hand but Half Assed moved out of range nicely.
Half Assed throws a jab when Bakunin was well out of range.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Half Assed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bakunin.
A big right from Bakunin misses.
Bakunin jabs at Half Assed's body.
A jab from Bakunin does it's job there.
Half Assed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bakunin.
A jab from Half Assed misses.
Half Assed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Half Assed moves away from the strike by Bakunin.
Half Assed swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Half Assed moves away.
A swing and a miss from Half Assed.
Half Assed has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bakunin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Half Assed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Bakunin scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Half Assed is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bakunin to keep the fight standing.
Half Assed tries to pull guard but Bakunin holds him up against the cage and eventually Half Assed drops back down to his feet.
Mikhail Bakunin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Half Assed tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bakunin gets through Half Assed's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Bakunin.
A short right from Half Assed.
Half Assed jumps guard but Bakunin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mikhail Bakunin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Half Assed.
Bakunin misses with a punch to the body.
Bakunin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bakunin lands with a left to the head.
Half Assed lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bakunin or not.
A head punch on the inside from Bakunin fails to land.
Half Assed wants to get back to striking at distance but Bakunin won't allow it.
Bakunin pushes Half Assed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Half Assed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakunin scores with a shot to the side of Half Assed's head.
Bakunin misses with a body punch.
Half Assed tries to pull guard but Bakunin holds him up against the cage and eventually Half Assed drops back down to his feet.
Half Assed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Half Assed lands a nice shot to the body.
Half Assed lands a left hand.
Half Assed working aggressively here.
Half Assed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bakunin lands with a short shot to the head.
Half Assed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bakunin.
Half Assed is trying to break the clinch but Bakunin is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Bakunin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bakunin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Bakunin!
Mikhail Bakunin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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