In Ya Face MMA

Josh Baker vs. Justin King
135 lbs. Professional
CO-MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING

Round 1-King gets off first with an inside leg kick on Baker. Baker appears to be looking for counters early. Kind shoots in for a take down and Baker secures a nice front headlock. Baker kneeing from the headlock, backs king up to the fence and drops for a double leg. Baker is grinding on King for the take down and lightly secures it. King is on his butt with his back on the fence. Baker pulls the legs out of King and is looking to climb to mount. King smartly trying to stand up but Baker's pressure is too great. Baker's got his head under the chin of King. Baker landing lots of short punches. King's attempts at standing up are repeatedly thwarted by Baker. King returning some frustrated shots to the ribs. Both fighters trading blows in an awkward position. King's back on the fence and butt on the ground. Baker is pinning one of kings legs to the mat in a modified half guard position. Chip Snyder is watching closely for a lull in action. Baker has control of King's left arm and it's enough for Chip to let it go. King stands up and Baker lands another easy take down. King has full guard and is actively striking from his back. King is in optimal position to work from his back. His head is oriented to the middle of the cage. Baker is opening up with big punches from inside the guard of King. Baker looks to pass but to no avail. Ten seconds left. And there's the horn. Not a lot of action this round.
In Ya Face MMA scores the round 10-9 for Baker.

Round 2-King takes center cage as the round opens up. Baker is pawing for big power shots and lands a counter on a swinging King. Head kick by baker and King rushes in for the clinch. Baker again with the double leg take down and passes to half guard on King. Baker working to fully pass the guard and he's got it. Baker in full mount on King and now he has the back. Baker is looking to slide in a rear naked choke but King's defending nicely. Not anymore as Baker is securing the choke. Baker's got a tight body triangle with his legs and King is in desperation mode pulling the hands of Baker. King with the “baseball bat” defense and is out of the choke but not the position. Baker again secures his body triangle and is fighting the hands of King. King's defense has been relegated to hand fighting. King quickly turns out of the position and is back to his feet. Baker is holding Kings back and kneeing the s**t out of his thighs. King is doing a nice job of staying on his feet and is fighting another Baker take down. King pushing the head of Baker trying like hell to not have his feet pulled out yet again. Baker's got him down but not in full control. King rolls forward for a knee bar with a somersault but can't make it happen before the horn.
In Ya Face MMA scores the round 10-9 for Baker.

Round 3-King takes center cage immediately and throws a nice head kick but misses by a mile. Baker stalks in with kicks of his own. King Lands a nice body shot but slips on a sweat puddle and has to retreat. King lands a double leg take down of his own and is climbing the body of Baker. Baker starts working rubber guard and is working for mission control. Gogo polata attempt is stuffed by King and he is still on top. Baker's guard is active and King is living on the defense. King stuffs Baker's head into the corner of the fence and is working the body with short punches. King passes to half guard and is secure on top of Baker. Baker creates some space and again is working his way through the rubber guard progression. Baker turns it into an omo polata but Baker is defending nicely holding onto his shirts. Baker is landing strikes from the back of King in omo polata position. King bounces his way out and is back in the uard of Baker. Mission control from Baker and he's elbowing the crown of King's head from the bottom. King is more defensive than offensive from the top position. Ten seconds left and Baker's back in omo polata. The horn sounds and the fight is over. Dominant performance from Josh Baker.
In Ya Face MMA scores the round 10-9 for Josh Baker.
That makes it 30-27 by my account. I have a feeling the judges will agree.
WINNER-JOSH BAKER via UNANIMOUS DECISION