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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Youssef El Basmati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Barrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Youssef El Basmati!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Basmati takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barrera avoids a kick to the body.
Barrera tries to counter by moving into the clinch but El Basmati manages to circle out of the way.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barrera.
Barrera connects with a high kick.
Barrera sizes up El Basmati with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
El Basmati on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Youssef El Basmati has been cut.
El Basmati misses with an uppercut
and Barrera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
El Basmati throws a sloppy head kick and Barrera moves out of range easily.
Barrera connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between El Basmati's hands.
Barrera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barrera bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps El Basmati's head backwards.
Barrera throws a combination that misses
and El Basmati connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barrera lands a jab.
Barrera connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between El Basmati's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrera scores with a one two! El Basmati had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barrera takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barrera with a nice cross.
Barrera scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Barrera.
El Basmati misses with a hook. Barrera ducked under it nicely.
Barrera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
El Basmati ducks under a wild hook from Barrera.
Barrera loads up on a big right hand but El Basmati slips the punch.
Barrera moves out of range of the strikes.
El Basmati has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Basmati takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barrera goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
El Basmati steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Barrera.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barrera swinging wildly here.
El Basmati was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barrera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
El Basmati wants to slow Barrera down by chopping away at his legs.
Barrera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Barrera thumps El Basmati with a low kick.
El Basmati throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Barrera.
Barrera lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barrera throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera cracks El Basmati with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
El Basmati slips under a jab from Barrera.
El Basmati appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Barrera misses with a wild body shot.
Barrera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by El Basmati.
Barrera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Basmati. That did some damage!
El Basmati's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barrera cracks El Basmati with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barrera throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Barrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
El Basmati slips under a jab.
Barrera moves out of range of the body kick.
Barrera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera misses with a left hand
and El Basmati counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Barrera coming out on top.
Barrera misses with the combination.
El Basmati throws a fast counter high kick but Barrera manages to duck under it in time.
Barrera moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
El Basmati throws a leg kick
and Barrera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barrera connects with a leg kick. El Basmati looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barrera thows a leg kick but El Basmati checks it
and El Basmati counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barrera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Basmati.
As El Basmati backs away, Barrera returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Barrera fakes a jab and throws a low kick but El Basmati checks it well.
Barrera scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Barrera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Youssef El Basmati's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
El Basmati throws an overhand right that lands on Barrera's shoulder, as Barrera tries to avoid the shot.
Barrera lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
El Basmati throws a poor cross that misses
and Barrera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
El Basmati blocks a jab.
El Basmati looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barrera. El Basmati does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barrera lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That has opened up Youssef El Basmati's cut even more.
Barrera scores with a body shot.
Barrera throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
El Basmati's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barrera connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! El Basmati scrambles back to his feet.
Mario Barrera is winning the standup battle so far.
Barrera looks to throw the jab but El Basmati is out of range.
Barrera misses with a right hand
and El Basmati counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barrera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Basmati. That did some damage!
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!
El Basmati moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Basmati missing with a left hand there. Barrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barrera throws a sloppy head kick and El Basmati moves out of range easily.
Barrera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
El Basmati let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
El Basmati blocks a leg kick.
El Basmati looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick lands from Barrera.
Barrera is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Some bone on bone action there as Barrera checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barrera throws a solid leg kick but El Basmati takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barrera.
Barrera thumps El Basmati with a low kick.
El Basmati throws a sloppy head kick and Barrera moves out of range easily.
El Basmati throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Barrera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that El Basmati can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Basmati jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That kick from Barrera tenderised El Basmati's leg. El Basmati is trying to keep his angry face on.
El Basmati misses with a leg kick.
Barrera has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from El Basmati finds it's way round the side to connect with Barrera's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barrera bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
El Basmati moves out of range as Barrera strikes.
Barrera staying out of range there.
Barrera feints and then cracks El Basmati's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow El Basmati down.
Barrera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but El Basmati moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
El Basmati connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barrera lands with a nice body kick.
Barrera lands a lovely overhand right.
You can see that El Basmati has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Barrera finds it's target.
Good exchange - Barrera coming out on top.
Barrera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barrera throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck El Basmati on the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barrera.
Nice defenses there by Barrera.
El Basmati throws a sloppy head kick
and Barrera counters with a stiff right hand.
The cut above Youssef El Basmati's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Barrera connects with the punch.
El Basmati walks into a left hand.
El Basmati tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barrera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barrera tries to land a front kick but El Basmati steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
El Basmati swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barrera moves into range and connects with a jab.
Barrera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
El Basmati staying out of range there.
El Basmati tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barrera misses with a hook.
El Basmati is looking for the big counter here.
El Basmati has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
El Basmati misses the jab.
El Basmati takes a kick to the side of the head.
El Basmati misses with a straight left.
El Basmati uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barrera.
El Basmati replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Barrera blocks it well.
Barrera blocks a low kick nicely.
Barrera is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from El Basmati.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Barrera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Youssef El Basmati's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Jab by Barrera.
El Basmati lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barrera's jab looks to have found its range, popping El Basmati under the eye.
Barrera digs a good body shot into El Basmati's ribs.
El Basmati ducks under a wild hook from Barrera.
Barrera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Barrera. Beautiful body shot.
Barrera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A good leg kick by Barrera.
Mario Barrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barrera missing with a left hand there. El Basmati was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Basmati tries to counter by closing the distance.
A cross from El Basmati lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Basmati swings widly with a right hand
and Barrera counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Barrera blocks the low kick.
Barrera seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Barrera cracks El Basmati with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Youssef El Basmati's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Barrera tests El Basmati's chin there with a solid looking shot.
El Basmati tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barrera was well out of range. Poor timing from El Basmati.
Barrera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to El Basmati's calf.
Barrera works El Basmati's body with a nice hook.
Barrera lands with a cross.
El Basmati takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barrera sizes up El Basmati with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Youssef El Basmati's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mario Barrera!
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