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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Barbosa (ranked 566 p4p, 978 weight class) and Jermaine Camacho (ranked 79 p4p, 125 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Camacho's choice of entrance music: Hero Of War - Rise Against. Jermaine Camacho has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Daniel Barbosa's chin.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jermaine Camacho!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camacho scores with a punch to the head.
Barbosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barbosa with a jab.
Jermaine Camacho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick from Camacho lands but Barbosa takes it in his stride.
Barbosa gets caught napping as Camacho dives in and scores a takedown. Barbosa manages to retain guard.
Barbosa looking to control.
Camacho passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Barbosa struggling a bit here.
Camacho trying to control the position but Barbosa is working away.
Camacho controls the position.
My spies in Ludus Magnus inform me that Camacho has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Barbosa rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Camacho's guard! Nice work there by Barbosa!
Barbosa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camacho looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Camacho looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Barbosa passes into side control.
Barbosa wants to control but Camacho is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Barbosa is working for a kimura but Camacho is defending it quite comfortably.
Camacho moves into full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Camacho is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Camacho is keeping the position for now.
Barbosa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Camacho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barbosa defends it easily.
Camacho is looking for a triangle here but Barbosa uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Camacho is looking for a sweep.
Barbosa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Camacho knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Barbosa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Camacho has escaped the position, nice work there.
Barbosa wants to control but Camacho is keeping him busy.
Camacho is looking to regain half guard here but Barbosa keeps moving and retains side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barbosa just content to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camacho is trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jermaine Camacho will probably get the nod.
That's time! Barbosa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Camacho slips a jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camacho.
Camacho throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Barbosa misses the target.
A head kick misses from Camacho.
An attempted straight right counter from Barbosa misses the target.
Camacho shoots for a double leg takedown but Barbosa sprawls well. He's pushed Camacho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Camacho throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa swinging wildly here.
Decent striking displayed by Camacho there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho scores with a head kick.
Camacho throws a combination that misses
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Camacho connects with a looping right hand.
Barbosa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho tries to bum rush Barbosa with a series of wild strikes but Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jermaine Camacho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Camacho misses with a two punch combination.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Camacho falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barbosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Camacho is breathing heavily.
Camacho misses with a kick to the body
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Barbosa throws a hook but Camacho avoids it easily.
Camacho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Camacho.
Barbosa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Camacho takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa scores with a decent looking hook.
Barbosa lands a slapping body shot.
Camacho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barbosa cracks Camacho with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Camacho tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Barbosa pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Camacho is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Barbosa!
Our winner, Daniel Barbosa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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