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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laurent Gardan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardan has chosen AC/DC -Problem Child as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Laurent Gardan enters the cage!
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216 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
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225 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romulo Barral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laurent Gardan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gardan misses with some punches.
Barral blocks an elbow strike from Gardan.
Gardan missing with knees to the body.
Gardan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barral's elbow.
Gardan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gardan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barral's elbow.
Gardan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gardan misses with the head strike.
Barral avoids a wild elbow strike from Gardan.
Gardan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gardan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barral up against the cage.
Gardan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barral blocks an elbow strike from Gardan.
Gardan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barral is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gardan is defending well.
Barral pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barral swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barral looks to throw a body kick
and Gardan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gardan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barral is out of range.
Barral bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gardan misses with a low kick.
Gardan slips under a jab from Barral.
Barral throws a jab when Gardan was well out of range.
Gardan misses with a low kick.
Gardan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barral.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barral jabs Gardan right on the nose. Gardan blinks but takes it well.
Gardan rushes Barral and presses him up against the cage.
Barral is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barral prevents a body shot from Gardan.
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!
Gardan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gardan prevents Barral from breaking the clinch.
Gardan lands a nice uppercut.
Barral managing to block the knees to the body from Gardan.
Barral tries to break the clinch but Gardan is controlling the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gardan.
Gardan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barral breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good standup being displayed there by Gardan as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral just misses with a punch to the body.
Barral 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.
Barral throws a body kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gardan.
Barral misses with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Barral.
Barral has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gardan.
Gardan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barral scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gardan tries to clinch but Barral moves out of range.
Gardan misses with a head kick.
Gardan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gardan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barral is breathing heavily.
Gardan connects with a body shot.
Laurent Gardan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barral 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.
Gardan connects with an inside leg kick.
Barral takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Laurent Gardan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gardan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barral tries to keep at a distance but Gardan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gardan lands a nice elbow.
Gardan tries to throw a body punch but Barral avoids it by throwing Gardan back against the cage.
Gardan misses with a punch to the body.
Gardan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barral wants a takedown but no success here.
Gardan working Barral over with knees to the body.
Gardan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gardan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gardan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardan throws the kick towards the body but Barral avoids it.
Gardan misses with a series of wild punches.
Barral tries to land a front kick but Gardan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gardan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gardan lands a nice looking body shot.
Barral 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.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gardan connects with a body shot that sends Barral's belly button to the back.
Barral is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gardan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gardan throws a low kick but Barral avoids it.
Gardan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gardan tries a low kick but Barral avoids it.
Gardan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barral uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gardan.
Gardan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barral throws a hook but Gardan avoids it easily.
Barral darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gardan tries to roll over but Barral keeps him under control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gardan won't allow Barral to pass to mount.
Gardan moves into full guard.
Gardan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barral wants to pass the guard but Gardan is keeping the position.
Barral has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gardan is proving hard to escape from.
Barral preventing the sweep.
Barral slips nicely into half guard.
Gardan wants to control but Barral is keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barral is pressing down on Gardan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gardan is holding on for now.
Gardan is in trouble now - Barral has advanced to mount!
Barral landing punches.
Barral landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gardan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barral thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gardan is trying to escape the mount.
Barral landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barral working Gardan over with strikes here.
Gardan is in a horrible position here. Barral smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barral throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Gardan because Barral loaded up on that one.
Gardan reaches up and holds on to Barral to control the position.
Barral in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barral controlling the position easily from mount.
Gardan is looking to improve his position but Barral isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barral is landing with some decent strikes but Gardan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Laurent Gardan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gardan.
Gardan scores with a head kick.
Barral tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barral throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gardan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gardan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barral rather than just go for the knockout.
Barral throws the kick towards the body but Gardan avoids it.
Gardan misses with a body kick.
Barral connects with a body shot that sends Gardan's belly button to the back.
Gardan throws a leg kick
and Barral makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gardan really felt that one!
Barral misses with an uppercut. Gardan saw that one coming.
Gardan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barral throws a hook but Gardan blocks it.
Gardan is breathing heavily.
Gardan fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barral waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gardan.
Barral scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gardan is refusing to be controlled, as Barral sits in half guard.
Barral has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Gardan defend it? Barral steps over the head and cranks it - Gardan is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Barral!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Romulo Barral!
Romulo Barral 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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hype
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