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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sala Barbo (ranked 94 p4p, 228 weight class) and Ruslan Temirov (ranked 12 p4p, 31 weight class). Barbo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Nissim. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ruslan Temirov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Sala Barbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruslan Temirov!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Good work by Barbo as he checks the leg kick.
Barbo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Temirov's head.
It looks like Ruslan Temirov has been cut.
Temirov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Temirov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barbo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Temirov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Temirov misses with a few strikes there.
Temirov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Temirov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barbo is looking to counter punch.
Barbo moves out of range of the strikes.
Temirov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Temirov there.
Barbo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Temirov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barbo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barbo.
Barbo struggles to land a body shot inside as Temirov controls his hands.
Barbo misses with a punch on the inside.
Temirov can't find room to land a body shot as Barbo controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Temirov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Barbo there.
Temirov looks to land a right hand but Barbo moved out of range.
Temirov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbo manages to avoid it.
Temirov misses with a body shot.
Barbo motions for Temirov to come forward. Barbo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barbo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Temirov manages to avoid it.
Barbo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Temirov.
Temirov throws a jab when Barbo was well out of range.
Barbo clinches.
Barbo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Temirov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good body shot from Barbo.
Temirov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barbo takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Temirov.
Barbo breaks from the clinch.
Barbo throws a front kick aimed at Temirov's knee but Temirov avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Temirov throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbo.
Barbo throws a leg kick but Temirov moved away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Temirov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbo.
Barbo throws a right hand that misses
and Temirov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed right hand from Temirov misses the target.
Temirov lands a slapping body shot.
Barbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barbo.
Barbo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Temirov can pounce on him.
Temirov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barbo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Temirov throws a jab when Barbo was well out of range.
Barbo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Temirov misses with a wild body shot.
Temirov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Temirov throws a low kick, looking for Barbo's leg but Barbo calmly moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barbo misses with a leg kick
and Temirov counters with a stiff right hand.
Temirov throws a hook but Barbo avoids it easily.
Temirov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barbo.
Barbo scores with a kick to the body.
Barbo avoids the body shot from Temirov.
Temirov swings for the body but Barbo moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Barbo scores with a four punch combination!
Barbo walks into a jab.
Barbo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Barbo misses with a right hand
letting Temirov counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Temirov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Barbo.
Barbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbo swings for the body but Temirov moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbo scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheers as Barbo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Temirov doesn't seem phased though.
Temirov throws a series of punches but Barbo avoids them all with ease.
Barbo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Temirov.
Barbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Temirov looks to land a left hand but Barbo moved out of range nicely.
Temirov throws a hook to the side of Barbo's head but Barbo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barbo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Temirov was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbo.
Temirov throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbo.
The crowd cheers as Barbo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Temirov doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Temirov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Temirov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbo was well out of range. Poor timing from Temirov.
Barbo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ruslan Temirov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Temirov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barbo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Temirov at a distance.
Temirov lands with a nice body punch.
Barbo stuns Temirov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab by Barbo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barbo, as that shot connected.
Barbo throws a poor cross that misses
and Temirov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Temirov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barbo misses with a body kick.
Temirov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barbo to score with a decent uppercut.
Barbo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barbo looks to land a right hand but Temirov moved out of range.
Barbo swings for the body but Temirov moves out of range.
Temirov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barbo.
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!
Barbo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Temirov.
Temirov looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbo is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbo scores with a leg kick.
Barbo lands a nice hook to Temirov's body. Temirov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barbo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barbo throws a wild body kick that Temirov sees coming a mile off.
Temirov looks to throw the jab but Barbo is out of range.
Barbo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Temirov.
Temirov throws a sloppy body shot
and Barbo counters with a left to the body.
Good work by Barbo as he checks the leg kick.
Barbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Temirov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barbo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Temirov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Temirov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbo.
Barbo tried to counter with a leg kick but Temirov avoided it.
Barbo misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Temirov tries a low kick but Barbo avoids it.
Temirov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barbo circles away quickly and effectively.
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!
Temirov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbo checks a low kick from Temirov.
Barbo tests Temirov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Temirov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barbo counters with a good, hard body kick but Temirov shrugs it off.
Temirov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barbo lands the left hand.
Temirov misses with a low kick.
Sala Barbo is winning the standup battle so far.
Temirov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Temirov misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Barbo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barbo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barbo thuds his right hand into Temirov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Temirov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice defenses there by Temirov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbo throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbo moves away from the strike by Temirov.
Temirov scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbo should have avoided that one.
Barbo misses the shot to the body.
Temirov throws a hook but Barbo avoids it easily.
Temirov throws an off balance right hand
and Barbo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Temirov scores with a jab to the body.
Barbo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab lands there for Barbo.
Temirov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbo. Temirov does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Temirov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Temirov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Temirov looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbo is just out of range.
Temirov misses with an uppercut
and Barbo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Temirov's knee momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Temirov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barbo counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Temirov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barbo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbo tries to land a front kick but Temirov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barbo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Temirov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Temirov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Temirov. Beautiful body shot.
Temirov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Barbo appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Temirov.
Barbo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barbo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Temirov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbo throws out the jab.
Barbo tries to land a leg kick but Temirov saw it coming and moves away.
A nice side step and Temirov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Barbo misses with a hook. Temirov ducked under it nicely.
Temirov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbo moves away.
Temirov misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sala Barbo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Temirov's cut.
That's time! Barbo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Barbo misses the target.
Temirov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbo.
Temirov unleashes a big counter combination but Barbo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barbo avoids the body shot from Temirov.
Barbo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Temirov throws a right hand that Barbo ducks under and follows up with a left that Barbo also avoids with ease.
Temirov connects with a body shot that sends Barbo's belly button to the back.
Barbo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barbo misses with a lunging right hand
and Temirov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Temirov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barbo rushes Temirov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barbo prevents Temirov from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbo presses Temirov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Temirov.
Barbo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barbo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Temirov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barbo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Barbo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Temirov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Temirov throws a big shot that misses.
Temirov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Temirov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbo avoids the body shot from Temirov.
Barbo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barbo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Temirov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barbo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Temirov.
A jab from Barbo misses.
Barbo lands a front kick.
Barbo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Temirov throws the left hand but Barbo avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Temirov.
Temirov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Temirov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbo connects with a nice looking jab.
Temirov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Temirov swings widly with a right hand
and Barbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Temirov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barbo throws the kick towards the body but Temirov avoids it.
Temirov lands a jab to Barbo's midsection.
Temirov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbo avoids the body shot from Temirov.
Barbo throwing a counter right hand but Temirov manages to avoid it.
Temirov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbo lands a glancing blow to the side of Temirov's head.
Temirov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbo. Temirov does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barbo. That's going to slow Temirov down.
Barbo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barbo throws a chopping leg kick but Temirov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Temirov cracks a nice hook into Barbo's ribs.
Temirov swings for the body but Barbo moves out of range.
Barbo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Temirov finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbo's head.
Nice defenses there by Temirov.
Temirov flicks out a counter leg kick but Barbo steps away.
Temirov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Temirov lands a right hook to the body.
Barbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Temirov.
Temirov throws a leg kick but Barbo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Temirov takes a swing at Barbo's ribcage but misses.
Barbo avoids the body shot from Temirov.
Temirov checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Barbo does it's job there.
Temirov cracks Barbo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbo slips a jab from Temirov.
Temirov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barbo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Temirov is looking to score with low kicks.
Temirov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Temirov blocks a jab.
Temirov misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbo counters with an inside leg kick.
Barbo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barbo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Temirov moves away.
Nice body kick there by Barbo.
Temirov scores with a nice strike.
Barbo slips a jab from Temirov.
Temirov throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Barbo.
Temirov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sala Barbo.
Well Barbo 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sala Barbo!
An out of breath Sala Barbo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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