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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Barnett (ranked 2433 p4p, 4099 weight class) and Billy Klanja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Klanja!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett closes the distance and clinches.
Barnett has a couple of punches blocked by Klanja.
Barnett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Klanja jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barnett walks away with a smile on his face. Klanja gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barnett moves into range and clinches up with Klanja.
Klanja tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Barnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Barnett.
Klanja blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnett misses with some punches.
Barnett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Klanjas head.
Klanja looking for a takedown.
Darius Barnett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Klanja.
Klanja tries to score a body lock takedown but Barnett shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Barnett swings wildly with an uppercut but Klanja uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barnett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnett misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klanja wants to break free but Barnett has control.
Barnett has Klanja pressed against the cage, preventing Klanja from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Klanja wants a takedown but no success here.
Klanja takes a shot to the head.
Klanja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Barnett.
Barnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Klanja misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Klanja is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Barnett to keep the fight standing.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Barnett fails to land.
Barnett swings wildly with an uppercut but Klanja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnett swings wildly with an uppercut but Klanja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnett lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klanja blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Barnett.
Barnett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnett lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Klanja.
Klanja is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnett prevents a takedown attempt there.
Klanja wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnett won't allow it.
Barnett scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klanja jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barnett walks away with a smile on his face. Klanja gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barnett moves into the clinch.
Klanja tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
Barnett lands a right hand.
Klanja jumps guard but Barnett stands there with Klanja around his waist. Klanja gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barnett.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnett.
Barnett pushes Klanja back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnett lands a hook that snaps the head of Klanja backwards.
Barnett lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barnett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barnett lands a nice uppercut.
Barnett definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barnett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Klanja is trying to break free.
Barnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barnett lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klanja blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klanja jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barnett walks away with a smile on his face. Klanja gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barnett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klanja wants a takedown but no success here.
Klanja looks winded!
Klanja jumps guard and drags Barnett to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Barnett won't allow Klanja to sweep him here.
Barnett sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Klanja is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barnett slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Klanja wants to get back to his feet but Barnett is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Barnett dominated that round.
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.
Klanja shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Barnett sprawls well. Barnett wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Klanja gets slowly back to his feet.
Barnett gets a clinch.
Barnett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barnett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barnett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darius Barnett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barnett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Klanjas head.
Barnett lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klanja blocking some punches.
Barnett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Klanja wants to break free but Barnett has control.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barnett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barnett lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Klanja backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnett.
Barnett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klanja can do to turn this around?
Barnett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Klanja is rocked!
Barnett throws a punch but it's blocked by Klanja.
Klanja is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnett finish him?
Barnett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnett swings wildly with an uppercut but Klanja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Klanja tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barnett smiles and moves away.
Barnett closes the distance and clinches.
Klanja seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch on the inside from Barnett fails to land.
Klanja is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Barnett pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Darius Barnett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Klanja.
Barnett lands a left hand.
Barnett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barnett misses with some punches.
Barnett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barnett.
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!
Barnett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Klanjas head.
Klanja blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klanja takes a shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barnett misses with some punches.
Barnett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Klanja backwards.
Barnett pushes Klanja back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Klanja backwards.
Barnett pushes Klanja against the cage. Barnett is working some dirty boxing. Barnett pushes off with a quick right hook! Klanja goes down! Klanja tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Barnett moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Barnett!
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