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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Barreda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barreda has chosen Rockstar as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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185 lbs
30 - 13 - 0 |
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178 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Mirko Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Barreda!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barreda looks to throw the jab but Emelianenko is out of range.
Barreda misses with a double jab
and Emelianenko counters by moving into the clinch.
Emelianenko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Emelianenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barreda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barreda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barreda stalling against the cage.
Barreda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barreda. That did some damage!
Emelianenko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barreda drops his hands momentarily and Emelianenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Barreda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Barreda swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barreda jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Emelianenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Barreda moves out of range.
Emelianenko closes the distance but Barreda moves to the side
and Barreda counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Barreda thows a body shot but no joy.
Emelianenko walks into a straight right hand from Barreda.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Barreda is having none of it.
Emelianenko 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.
Barreda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelianenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Barreda.
Emelianenko tried to score with a low kick but Barreda checks it.
Emelianenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barreda.
Barreda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emelianenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Emelianenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barreda misses with a lunging right hand
and Emelianenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Barreda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emelianenko lands a big head kick that sends Barreda tumbling to the mat! Emelianenko takes a step backwards and waves Barreda back to his feet - he wants the finish!
A head kick misses from Emelianenko.
Barreda takes a swing at Emelianenko's ribcage but misses.
Barreda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barreda.
Barreda takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barreda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emelianenko moves away.
Emelianenko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barreda throws a series of punches but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Jesus Barreda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barreda displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Mirko Emelianenko has been cut.
Emelianenko blocks a jab.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barreda scores with a sloppy right hand. Emelianenko should have avoided that one.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko darts in trying to clinch
enabling Barreda to counter with a crisp jab.
Emelianenko is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barreda throws a lazy right hand but Emelianenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barreda ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Emelianenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barreda.
Barreda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Barreda throws out a loose jab but Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barreda throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barreda takes a swing at Emelianenko's ribcage but misses.
Emelianenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barreda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barreda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emelianenko looks to land a combination but Barreda avoids it well.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Barreda looks to score with a jab to the body but Emelianenko is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barreda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barreda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emelianenko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Emelianenko.
Barreda has had enough of the clinch but Emelianenko keeps him there for the moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emelianenko.
Barreda misses with some punches.
Emelianenko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barreda's efforts to push away.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emelianenko is trying to maintain a safe position but Barreda gets an underhook and turns Emelianenko into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Emelianenko fails to land.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barreda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emelianenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirko Emelianenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mirko Emelianenko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Emelianenko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot that sends Barreda's belly button to the back.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barreda checks a leg kick.
Emelianenko clinches with his opponent.
Barreda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Emelianenko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barreda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barreda throws a sloppy body shot
and Emelianenko makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Barreda really felt that one!
Emelianenko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barreda is able to avoid easily.
Barreda jabs Emelianenko right on the nose. Emelianenko blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barreda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emelianenko moves away.
Emelianenko misses the shot to the body.
Emelianenko ducks under a wild hook from Barreda.
A head kick from Emelianenko lands but Barreda takes it in his stride.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up but Barreda circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Emelianenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Emelianenko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mirko Emelianenko is winning the standup battle so far.
Emelianenko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Barreda throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Emelianenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Barreda scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barreda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emelianenko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barreda works the jab nicely.
Barreda throws a right and a left that Emelianenko avoids nicely.
Emelianenko closes the distance and pushes Barreda back into the cage.
Barreda scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barreda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barreda lands with a nice body punch.
Barreda misses with a straight right.
Barreda throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Emelianenko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barreda lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot.
Barreda takes a jab right on the kisser.
Barreda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emelianenko throws a head kick that misses.
Emelianenko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barreda misses with a jab, cross combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Barreda blocks the leg kick.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barreda.
Emelianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body punch from Barreda.
Emelianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Barreda circles away.
It looks like Emelianenko has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Emelianenko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barreda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emelianenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mirko Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barreda misses with a looping right.
Barreda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Emelianenko counters with a good, hard body kick but Barreda shrugs it off.
Emelianenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barreda.
Emelianenko has managed to clinch.
Barreda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Barreda misses.
Barreda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barreda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko feints a jab promting Barreda to slip. Emelianenko then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barreda slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Barreda scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko cracks the inside of Barreda's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Emelianenko.
Barreda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice uppercut there from Barreda.
A shot to the liver by Emelianenko. Beautiful body shot.
Emelianenko is looking to slow Barreda down with leg kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Emelianenko there.
Jab from Barreda.
A telegraphed right hand from Barreda misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up
and Barreda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barreda.
Barreda misses with a lunging right hand
and Emelianenko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barreda is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Emelianenko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirko Emelianenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mirko Emelianenko's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Barreda throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko slips under a jab from Barreda.
Emelianenko lands a left and a right that send Barreda crashing to the mat, dazed. Emelianenko thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Barreda is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barreda throws a sloppy body shot
and Emelianenko counters with a nice leg kick.
Barreda is still on wobbly legs! Can Emelianenko finish him?
Barreda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Emelianenko counters with a monster head kick that knocks Barreda out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mirko Emelianenko!
A very excited looking Mirko Emelianenko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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