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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bertil Bengtsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bengtsson comes to the cage accompanied by Easy Does It - WILDSTREET . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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26
171 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bertil Bengtsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Donald Baroni!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bengtsson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baroni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bengtsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Baroni fails with a takedown attempt.
Baroni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It looked like Bengtsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bengtsson drops Baroni with a beautiful combination! Baroni stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Bengtsson is looking for the KO!
Baroni is rocked!
It looks like Donald Baroni has been cut.
Baroni works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Baroni is still on wobbly legs! Can Bengtsson finish him?
Baroni has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bengtsson throws a hook but Baroni avoids it easily.
Baroni fails with a takedown attempt.
Bengtsson moves away from the strike by Baroni.
Bengtsson is looking for a counter combo.
Baroni seems to have recovered his senses.
Bengtsson lands a big uppercut and Baroni crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Baroni looks OK. Bengtsson waves Baroni back to his feet!
A swing and a miss from Baroni.
Bengtsson drops his hands momentarily and Baroni takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bengtsson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tayne's 4d3d3d3 Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Bertil Bengtsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a series of wild punches.
Bengtsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baroni.
Bengtsson is looking for a counter combo.
Baroni throws a right and a left that Bengtsson avoids nicely.
No luck for Baroni with that takedown attempt.
Bertil Bengtsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donald Baroni.
Bengtsson lands a big right hand that sends Baroni crashing to the mat! Bengtsson stays standing though and waves Baroni back to his feet!
Bengtsson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baroni counters with a shoot takedown. Bengtsson fights it but they end up in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bengtsson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Baroni's guard.
Baroni is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bengtsson defends well.
Bengtsson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bengtsson is one step ahead there.
Bengtsson postures up and lands a big shot to Baroni's brow.
Bengtsson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Baroni controlling the position.
Bengtsson distracts Baroni with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Baroni working a defensive guard but Bengtsson passes into half guard.
Bengtsson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Baroni keeping control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bengtsson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Baroni controls Bengtsson momentarily but Bengtsson frees himself.
Bengtsson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Baroni pushes Bengtsson off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bengtsson misses with a body shot.
Bengtsson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Baroni throws an off balance right hand
enabling Bengtsson to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Baroni misses.
Bengtsson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Baroni gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bengtsson.
Baroni lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bengtsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baroni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bengtsson throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Baroni's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Bengtsson dives in looking to finish as Baroni flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Bengtsson's strikes! Bengtsson is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Baroni's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Baroni was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bertil Bengtsson!
Bertil Bengtsson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sin City Allstars, into his post fight interview.
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hype
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