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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alex Barnes (ranked 2958 p4p, 3226 weight class) and Junk Yard Dog (ranked 178 p4p, 197 weight class). Junk Yard Dog will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Junk Yard Dog!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dog.
Jab from Barnes.
Dog moves into the clinch successfully.
Dog gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barnes.
Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dog on the side of the head.
Alex Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dog is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Barnes tries to counter with a takedown but Dog is quick to defend against it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dog slips under a jab.
Barnes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mentor Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Dog throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Dog looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Dog misses.
Dog throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A punch combination from Barnes misses.
Barnes connects with a body shot that sends Dog's belly button to the back.
Barnes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Dog.
Dog avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
A head kick misses from Barnes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a nice shot that snaps Dog's head back.
Barnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dog closes the distance and pushes Barnes back into the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dog pushes Barnes back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dog cracks Barnes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barnes slips a straight right by Dog.
A counter left hand to the body from Barnes misses its target.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dog.
Barnes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Barnes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes slips a jab from Dog.
Dog slips a jab from Barnes.
Barnes misses with a straight right.
Dog looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dog misses the jab.
Barnes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dog counters by moving into the clinch.
Dog breaks from the clinch.
Barnes misses with a double jab
and Dog counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barnes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Dog avoids nicely.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dog wants to clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dog bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dog drives through and clinches with Barnes against the ropes.
Dog is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dog breaks the clinch.
Dog is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barnes 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 Dog has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dog and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barnes throws a shot to the body.
Dog bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barnes's head.
Dog moves into the clinch.
Dog is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Barnes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dog is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dog breaks from the clinch.
Barnes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dog throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Dog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnes.
It seemed like Dog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barnes cracks Dog with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Barnes throws a leg kick but Dog moved away.
Dog misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Dog throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dog keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barnes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dog is out of range.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dog was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Dog cracks Barnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barnes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Dog misses with a straight left.
Dog tries to move into range but Barnes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
No joy there for Barnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dog takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barnes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes needs to keep his hands up - Dog had a free shot at his head there.
Dog closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dog has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barnes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dog can turn it around.
Dog stalling against the ropes.
Barnes has hold of one of Dog's legs. Dog is fighting the takedown attempt but Barnes gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dog has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Barnes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barnes trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.
Dog pulls Barnes in close to prevent any damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barnes preventing the sweep.
Barnes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barnes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dog looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Barnes wants to pass the guard but Dog is keeping the position.
Barnes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dog pulls Barnes in to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alex Barnes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nice shot by Barnes.
A left and a right from Barnes both land. Nice combination.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dog.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Barnes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dog throws out a counter right but Barnes avoids it with no problem.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dog.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes misses with an uppercut
and Dog counters with a straight right hand.
Dog misses with a hook
and Barnes counters with a left to the body.
Alex Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Dog connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes takes a swing at Dog's ribcage but misses.
Dog uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
A clash of legs there as Dog blocks the low kick.
Dog punishes Barnes's body with a nice straight punch.
Barnes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
Barnes scores with a three punch combo!
Barnes tried to score with a low kick but Dog checks it.
Barnes throws a low kick but Dog avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Barnes tests Dog's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dog tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1-2. Barnes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes moves out of range as Dog strikes.
Dog misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Dog missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Dog is just out of range.
Alex Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice straight punches there by Barnes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barnes.
Barnes slips under a jab from Dog.
Barnes throws a shot to the body.
Barnes scores with a hook.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes lands a lovely overhand right.
A left and a right from Barnes both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dog moves out of range as Barnes strikes.
Dog throws out a counter right but Barnes avoids it with no problem.
Barnes throws a hook but Dog blocks it.
Dog swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dog misses with a straight left.
It looked like Barnes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dog.
Dog blocks a leg kick.
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!
Dog tries to clinch up but Barnes circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A leg kick checked by Dog.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dog! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Dog misses the target.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a few strikes there.
Dog looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dog tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Dog.
Barnes tried to counter with a leg kick but Dog avoided it.
Barnes throws an overhand right that lands on Dog's shoulder, as Dog tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Dog on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dog might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Dog throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes tries a low kick but Dog avoids it.
Barnes slips a jab from Dog.
Barnes throws a big counter combination but Dog scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dog.
Barnes throws a jab when Dog was well out of range.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Dog misses the jab.
Barnes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dog in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dog throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes misses with a lunging right hand
and Dog counters with a straight right hand.
Barnes thuds his right hand into Dog's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Junk Yard Dog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dog misses with a straight left.
As Dog looks to move away, Barnes throws a big counter combo but Dog just gets out of the way.
Dog lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barnes lands with a hook. Dog tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dog doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Barnes scores with a body shot.
Dog slips a jab and a cross from Barnes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dog connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dog dodges the punch combination from Barnes.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Dog on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Dog.
Dog throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a series of strikes. Dog will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dog can do to turn this around?
Barnes avoids the body shot from Dog.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dog moves into the clinch.
Barnes is looking to take this one to the mat.
Barnes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dog softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dog lands with a right to the head.
Barnes tries to pull guard but Dog holds him up against the ropes and eventually Barnes drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Barnes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dog presses Barnes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dog lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Barnes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dog is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Barnes can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dog lands with a right to the head.
Dog lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dog breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barnes swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Dog counter with a right hand.
Barnes is rocked!
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 Alex Barnes.
I think Barnes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Alex Barnes!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Alex Barnes!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Alex Barnes!
Alex Barnes wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Alex Barnes 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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hype
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