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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hector Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meat Beater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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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
23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hector Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meat Beater!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beater swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Barbosa misses the target.
Beater moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Barbosa looks to throw a body kick
and Beater counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barbosa tries to land a front kick but Beater steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A countering left hand to the body from Beater misses.
Beater missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa tries to land a leg kick but Beater saw it coming and moves away.
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Beater throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbosa slips under a jab from Beater.
Barbosa attempts a counter takedown but Beater avoids it well and moves away.
Beater throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barbosa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beater's sensitive parts.
A punch lands to the side of Barbosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barbosa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beater throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beater throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab from Beater.
Barbosa lands a glancing blow to the side of Beater's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater tries to clinch there but Barbosa circles away.
Barbosa moves away from the strike by Beater.
Barbosa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Beater lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barbosa backs up against the cage.
Barbosa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beater has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Beater takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses
and Beater cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barbosa scores with a nice right hand.
Beater throws a lazy right hand but Barbosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barbosa appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Barbosa throws a combination that misses
and Beater counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beater throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barbosa wants to land a leg kick but Beater is out of range.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beater now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Beater takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beater misses with a hook.
Beater just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa shoots for a double leg takedown but Beater sprawls well. He's pushed Barbosa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Beater throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Beater scores with a four punch combination!
Beater looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barbosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Meat Beater is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barbosa tries to score with a low kick but Beater moves his leg out of the way.
Beater swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beater connects with an inside leg kick.
Beater misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beater avoids the head kick by Barbosa.
Barbosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beater throws a lazy head kick
and Barbosa counters with a single leg into guard. Beater didn't expect that.
We've been hearing that Barbosa has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Barbosa trying to control but Beater is working from the bottom.
Barbosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beater works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa postures up in Beater's guard and throws a big left but Beater blocks it.
Beater is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beater wants to get back to his feet but Barbosa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbosa throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Barbosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beater is keeping the position for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Barbosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Barbosa thuds a left hand into Beater's body.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beater was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.
Barbosa scoring well with a low kick there.
Beater misses with a low kick.
Beater fails to land with a series of punches.
Beater darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
Beater has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barbosa.
Beater checks a low kick from Barbosa.
Beater unleashes a big counter combination but Barbosa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Beater lands with a good body shot.
Barbosa throws a chopping leg kick but Beater manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barbosa jabs Beater to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Beater throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Meat Beater will probably get the nod.
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.
Barbosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Barbosa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Barbosa with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Beater to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barbosa seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Barbosa keeps Beater at a distance using the push kick.
Beater swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa is looking to wear down Beater with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barbosa fails with a takedown attempt.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the body
and Beater counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beater misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beater throws a right hand that Barbosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Barbosa also avoids with ease.
Barbosa checks a leg kick.
Barbosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beater misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barbosa. Barbosa obviously looking to wear him down.
Barbosa tries to clinch up.
Beater misses with a few strikes there.
Barbosa tries to work over Beater's front leg with a kick but Beater checks it.
Beater throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beater.
Beater scores with a hook to the body. Barbosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barbosa throws a leg kick but Beater moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. Beater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beater looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses.
Beater was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barbosa is looking to slow Beater down with leg kicks.
Beater throws a head kick that misses.
Beater throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beater lands a really nice looking cross but Barbosa seems unphased.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beater.
Barbosa feinted with a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beater connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Beater has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barbosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa is looking to clinch.
Barbosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beater.
Barbosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beater lands a jab to the head.
Beater closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Beater blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
Beater is trying to maintain a safe position but Barbosa gets an underhook and turns Beater into the cage.
Beater looking to stall.
Barbosa misses with a knee to the head.
Beater throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beater lands a shoulder strike.
Barbosa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barbosa looking to throw knees to the head but Beater is blocking nicely.
Barbosa looking to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Beater pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beater throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a head kick.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut there from Beater.
Barbosa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Barbosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the body.
Beater's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barbosa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beater feints a counter leg kick.
Barbosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barbosa throws a leg kick but Beater sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beater throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beater.
Barbosa throws a sloppy head kick and Beater moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beater throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
Beater looks to land a right hand but Barbosa moved out of range.
Barbosa tries to counter with a takedown but Beater is quick to defend against it.
Beater throws a low kick, looking for Barbosa's leg but Barbosa calmly moves out of range.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beater looks to land a combination. Barbosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Meat Beater seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barbosa tries a head kick but it misses.
It seemed like Beater was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Beater staying out of range there.
Meat Beater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beater lands a lovely overhand right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Beater 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 Barbosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barbosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meat Beater showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Beater tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beater misses with a hook.
Barbosa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Beater tries to improve position but can't.
Barbosa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Beater sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Barbosa is looking to take a break and control but Beater is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Beater is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Barbosa is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa wants to control for a moment but Beater uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Barbosa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barbosa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Beater is not content to let Barbosa control the position.
Beater blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barbosa.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Barbosa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Beater gets caught flat footed, as Barbosa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Barbosa tries to free his leg and advance position but Beater is retaining full guard.
Barbosa looking to sit in guard and control but Beater gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Barbosa looking to control.
Beater won't allow Barbosa to sweep him here.
Barbosa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beater wants to get back to his feet.
Barbosa throwing shots but Beater is blocking nicely.
Beater gets back to full guard.
Barbosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beater works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barbosa stops Beater from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Barbosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beater works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Beater looking for a sweep. Not yet Beater, not yet.
Beater working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barbosa.
Barbosa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Beater lands with an overhand left.
Barbosa tries a low kick but Beater avoids it.
Hector Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good work by Beater as he checks the leg kick.
Beater misses with a hook. Barbosa ducked under it nicely.
Beater blocks a head kick by Barbosa.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beater takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beater swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Meat Beater is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beater throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barbosa throws a combination that misses
and Beater counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Barbosa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beater 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meat Beater!
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energy
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