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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Boreste Bardanos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Larusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bardanos comes to the cage accompanied by My Kingdom Will Come. Larusso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Glory of love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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144 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boreste Bardanos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Larusso!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bardanos checks the leg kick.
Bardanos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larusso.
Bardanos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Larusso throws a nice outside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Larusso.
Larusso walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bardanos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Larusso slips under a jab.
Larusso misses with a low kick as Bardanos jumps back.
Larusso misses with an uppercut
and Bardanos counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Larusso misses.
Bardanos scores with a takedown into Larusso's guard.
Larusso wants to get back to his feet but Bardanos passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larusso is looking to improve his position.
Larusso is looking to control Bardanos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Larusso avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso tries to get to full guard but Bardanos has control of the leg.
Bardanos moves into full mount! Larusso won't be happy about that!
Bardanos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bardanos landing strikes from the mount and Larusso is in trouble!
Bardanos content just to control the position here.
Bardanos landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Bardanos.
Bardanos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Larusso because Bardanos loaded up on that one.
Bardanos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Larusso is in all sorts of trouble here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bardanos throws a sloppy strike and Larusso uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Larusso has ended up in Bardanos's guard.
Larusso preventing the sweep.
Larusso gets to his feet. Bardanos looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larusso getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Larusso throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Larusso takes a swing at Bardanos's ribcage but misses.
Bardanos scores with a jab to the head.
Larusso throws a body kick that misses.
Larusso loads up on a big right hand but Bardanos slips the punch.
Bardanos punishes Larusso's body with a nice straight punch.
Larusso looks for the body kick but Bardanos saw that one coming.
Bardanos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Larusso attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bardanos works the jab nicely.
Larusso connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bardanos momentarily.
Larusso fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bardanos checks it well.
Bardanos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Larusso's head.
Bardanos's corner calls for a 1-2. Bardanos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larusso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bardanos. Larusso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Larusso.
Bardanos misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso misses with an uppercut.
Bardanos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Larusso takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bardanos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Larusso but Larusso pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Larusso waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bardanos.
Bardanos half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Larusso looks to land a right hand but Bardanos moved out of range.
A clash of legs there as Bardanos blocks the low kick.
Larusso connects with the punch.
Daniel Larusso is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Larusso misses with a head kick.
It looked like Bardanos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Larusso is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bardanos.
Larusso throws a big shot that misses.
Larusso with a hook.
Larusso tries to move into range but Bardanos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Larusso throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bardanos misses the shot to the body.
Larusso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bardanos.
It looked like Bardanos was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Larusso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Boreste Bardanos will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Larusso misses with a hook. Bardanos ducked under it nicely.
Larusso throws a wild body kick that Bardanos sees coming a mile off.
Larusso misses with a head kick.
Bardanos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larusso was well out of range. Poor timing from Bardanos.
Larusso moves out of range of the strikes.
Larusso throws a lazy right hand but Bardanos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Larusso misses with an uppercut. Bardanos saw that one coming.
Bardanos half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Larusso moves out of range of the strikes.
Bardanos looks to score with a jab to the body but Larusso is just out of range.
It looks like Bardanos has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Larusso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larusso misses with a leg kick.
Bardanos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bardanos lands in his opponent's guard.
Larusso manages to escape and get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larusso takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardanos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Larusso counters with a low kick, right behind Bardanos 's knee.
Bardanos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Larusso. Larusso circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bardanos walks into a left hand.
Bardanos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Larusso connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Larusso throws a leg kick
so Bardanos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Larusso is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Bardanos presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larusso tries to circle away but Bardanos has him pinned against the cage.
Larusso manages to break the clinch.
Larusso throws the kick towards the body but Bardanos avoids it.
Larusso thows a leg kick but Bardanos checks it
and Bardanos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bardanos just misses with a punch to the body.
Larusso looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch combination from Bardanos misses.
Larusso swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bardanos misses with a hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Larusso lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bardanos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bardanos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bardanos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Larusso stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bardanos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Larusso missing with a left hand there. Bardanos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bardanos checks a leg kick.
Bardanos misses with a jab to the body
and Larusso counters with an outside leg kick.
Larusso attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice defenses there by Bardanos.
Larusso throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bardanos.
An inside leg kick from Larusso misses.
Larusso looks to throw the jab but Bardanos is out of range.
Larusso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bardanos.
Bardanos shoots in but Larusso avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Larusso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bardanos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bardanos looks to land a right hand but Larusso moved out of range.
Bardanos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bardanos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Larusso tries to work over Bardanos's front leg with a kick but Bardanos checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos sizes up Larusso with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bardanos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Larusso.
Larusso throws an overhand right that lands on Bardanos's shoulder, as Bardanos tries to avoid the shot.
Bardanos drops down looking for a counter takedown but Larusso sprawls and moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Bardanos there.
Larusso misses the jab.
Bardanos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Larusso closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Larusso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Larusso tries to move into range but Bardanos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bardanos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bardanos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Larusso swings for the body but Bardanos moves out of range.
Bardanos throws a combination that misses
enabling Larusso to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bardanos ducks under a wild hook from Larusso.
Bardanos blocks a low kick nicely.
Daniel Larusso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Larusso throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos moves away from the strike by Larusso.
Larusso chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larusso moves out of range as Bardanos strikes.
A big right from Bardanos misses.
A jab from Larusso finds it's way through Bardanos's defenses.
Bardanos throws a shot from downtown. Larusso moves away and avoids it.
Larusso throws a leg kick but Bardanos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Larusso wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Larusso throws a low kick but Bardanos moves out of range easily.
Bardanos misses with a hook. Larusso ducked under it nicely.
Bardanos backing away here, and Larusso unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Larusso scores with a kick to the body.
Larusso stuffs the takedown attempt from Bardanos. Bardanos gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larusso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bardanos.
Bardanos blocks a jab.
Bardanos lands an overhand right.
Bardanos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Larusso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Bardanos wants to clinch.
Larusso tries to work over Bardanos's front leg with a kick but Bardanos checks it.
Jab from Bardanos.
Bardanos misses the shot to the body.
Larusso misses the jab.
Bardanos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larusso was well out of range. Poor timing from Bardanos.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bardanos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larusso appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bardanos misses with a shot to the body
and Larusso counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Larusso misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larusso tried to score with a low kick but Bardanos checks it.
Larusso just misses with a punch to the body.
Bardanos looks to land a right hand but Larusso moved out of range.
Bardanos looks to throw the jab but Larusso is out of range.
Larusso swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Larusso cracks Bardanos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardanos takes a swing at Larusso's ribcage but misses.
Larusso replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bardanos blocks it well.
Bardanos takes one to the side of the head.
Bardanos misses with a wild body shot.
Bardanos throws a jab when Larusso was well out of range.
Larusso scores with a shot to the body.
Larusso throws a jab when Bardanos was well out of range.
Bardanos throws a body punch but Larusso moves out of range.
Larusso pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bardanos is out of range and Larusso settles back down.
Larusso lunges at Bardanos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bardanos's hand.
Larusso looks to land a right hand but Bardanos moved out of range.
Larusso throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bardanos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Larusso misses with a low kick.
Larusso takes one on the button.
Larusso connects with a leg kick. Bardanos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bardanos takes a swing at Larusso's ribcage but misses.
Larusso connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bardanos cracks Larusso with a good jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larusso walks into a stiff left hand from Bardanos.
Bardanos misses the jab.
Larusso was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bardanos lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Larusso darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bardanos misses with an uppercut.
Larusso thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bardanos avoids the body shot from Larusso.
Larusso misses with a low kick.
Larusso with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bardanos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Larusso at a distance.
Larusso jabs at Bardanos's body.
Bardanos scores with the left hand. Larusso knows he should have avoided that one.
Bardanos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bardanos misses the shot to the body.
Bardanos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larusso walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bardanos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larusso throws a shot to the body.
Larusso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bardanos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bardanos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larusso.
Larusso lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bardanos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bardanos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Larusso throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bardanos scores with a jab to the body.
Larusso scores with a jab. Bardanos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Larusso looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Donk. Bardanos catches Larusso right on the button with a cross.
A swing and a miss from Bardanos.
Larusso darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Bardanos.
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!
Bardanos throws a big shot that misses.
Bardanos scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larusso uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bardanos.
Larusso only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Larusso takes a swing at Bardanos's ribcage but misses.
Bardanos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Larusso throws a poor cross that misses
letting Bardanos counter with a right hand.
Larusso slaps away a takedown attempt from Bardanos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bardanos throws a jab but it's blocked by Larusso.
Bardanos misses with a straight right.
Good work by Bardanos as he checks the leg kick.
Bardanos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larusso manages to avoid it.
Bardanos moves out of range as Larusso strikes.
Bardanos appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Larusso takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Larusso missing with a left hand there. Bardanos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larusso throws a right hand that misses
and Bardanos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Larusso throws a lazy right hand but Bardanos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bardanos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Larusso throws a hook but Bardanos avoids it easily.
Larusso scores with a jab. Bardanos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daniel Larusso.
I think Larusso has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Daniel Larusso!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Daniel Larusso waved his t-shirt featuring Hellbent 's logo in front of the cameras.
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