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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between VC Barre (ranked 2315 p4p, 1816 weight class) and Dean Gaines (ranked 304 p4p, 244 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, VC Barre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Gaines!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barre throws a head kick that misses.
Gaines let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barre misses with the combination.
Gaines lands with a hook. Barre tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barre attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gaines lands a jab to Barre's midsection.
Barre ducks under a wild hook from Gaines.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gaines.
Barre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gaines.
Gaines looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gaines defending well as Barre loads up on a big left hand.
Gaines swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barre.
Barre misses with an uppercut
and Gaines counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaines uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barre.
Barre throws a lazy head kick
and Gaines counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barre takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines throws a body punch but Barre moves out of range.
Barre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaines throws a series of punches but Barre avoids them all with ease.
Barre lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Barre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
VC Barre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaines throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gaines sizes up Barre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gaines throws a lazy right hand but Barre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gaines counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barre gets tackled into the cage by Gaines. Gaines maintains the clinch.
Barre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gaines tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barre throws a head punch that misses.
Barre taking a breather.
Gaines lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barre backwards.
Gaines prevents a body shot from Barre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from Barre.
Barre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barre pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barre tries to throw a body punch but Gaines avoids it by throwing Barre back against the cage.
Barre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barre breaks from the clinch.
Barre scores with the left hand. Gaines knows he should have avoided that one.
Gaines stuns Barre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gaines loads up on a big right hand but Barre slips the punch.
Gaines dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Barre.
A jab from Gaines misses.
Barre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gaines has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Barre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gaines's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Barre is predictable there
and Gaines counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barre scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gaines throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gaines is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barre had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Gaines throws a hook to the side of Barre's head but Barre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab by Gaines.
Gaines throws a nice looking combination but Barre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barre misses with a leg kick.
Gaines throws a counter combo.
Barre lands a body shot.
A nice combination there by Gaines.
Nice straight punches there by Gaines. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gaines.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaines throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barre tries to close the distance and clinch but Gaines swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gaines swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gaines throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barre throws a sloppy head kick and Gaines moves out of range easily.
Gaines doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Barre ducks under a wild hook from Gaines.
Barre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Gaines blocks the low kick.
Gaines walks forward, straight into a front kick from Barre.
Barre cracks Gaines with an open hand slap.
Gaines connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gaines misses with a few strikes there.
Barre is looking for a counter combo.
Gaines throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barre on the side of the head.
Gaines ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gaines scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gaines bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barre's head backwards.
Barre lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've been told by Barre's head coaches at BKC Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barre.
Barre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gaines stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barre.
Gaines cracks Barre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gaines dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A shot to the liver by Gaines. Beautiful body shot.
Barre has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gaines slips under a jab.
Gaines swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Gaines misses its intended target.
Gaines throws a big shot that misses.
Gaines uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barre.
Gaines looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A clash of legs there as Gaines blocks the low kick.
A low kick from Barre is predictable there
enabling Gaines to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaines throws a body shot but no joy.
Gaines throws a right hand that Barre ducks under and follows up with a left that Barre also avoids with ease.
Barre thinks about countering with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Gaines throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gaines has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaines displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barre throws out the jab.
Dean Gaines seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gaines throws a looping overhand right but Barre ducks down to avoid it.
Gaines misses the shot to the body.
Gaines moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barre throws a right hand that Gaines ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaines also avoids with ease.
Gaines throws a body shot but no joy.
Barre throws a leg kick which misses Gaines's front leg but catches the back leg as Gaines tries to avoid it.
Gaines misses with a straight left.
Gaines thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Barre was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Barre thumps Gaines with a low kick.
Barre looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barre throws a head kick that misses.
Gaines ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barre moves away.
Gaines throws a poor cross that misses
and Barre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gaines scores with a shot to the body.
Gaines jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaines lands a jab to Barre's midsection.
Gaines connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gaines's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Barre defending well as Gaines loads up on a big left hand.
Barre defending well as Gaines loads up on a big left hand.
Gaines connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barre momentarily.
Barre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot lands for Gaines.
Barre misses with a wild body shot.
Gaines appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Gaines - just one landing.
Barre throws a leg kick but Gaines moved away.
Barre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaines circles away quickly and effectively.
Gaines lands a jab to Barre's midsection.
Gaines throws a body shot but no joy.
Gaines misses with a hook.
Barre walks into a jab.
Gaines misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barre throws a head kick that misses.
Barre looks to land a combination. Gaines sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gaines looks to clinch
and Barre counters with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Barre.
Barre lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Barre misses the target.
Barre finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gaines looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barre throws a lazy uppercut
and Gaines connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barre lands with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaines scores with a body shot.
Gaines connects with the punch.
Barre lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barre looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gaines scores with the left hand. Barre knows he should have avoided that one.
Barre throws a body kick that misses
and Gaines cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barre moves away.
Gaines moves away from the strike by Barre.
Gaines throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barre misses with the body kick
and Gaines counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaines looks to score with a jab to the body but Barre is just out of range.
Barre throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gaines connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barre momentarily.
Barre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barre swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gaines counters with a nice uppercut.
Gaines takes a swing at Barre's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Barre wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab by Gaines.
Gaines connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barre ducks under a wild hook from Gaines.
Barre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gaines showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Barre turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barre throws a hook but Gaines avoids it easily.
Barre throws a leg kick
and Gaines counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gaines throws a hook to the side of Barre's head but Barre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaines throws a big shot that misses.
Barre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barre walks into a left hand.
Gaines is looking to clinch.
Gaines throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barre avoids the body shot from Gaines.
Barre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaines lands with a nice combination. Barre backs away looking to recover.
Gaines lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaines throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaines misses with a body shot.
Gaines fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines checks a low kick from Barre.
Gaines throws a combination. Barre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gaines jabs Barre to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gaines jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barre works Gaines's body with a nice hook.
Gaines takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barre's corner calls for a 1-2. Barre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gaines is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barre.
Barre throws a big counter combination but Gaines scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Gaines misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barre.
Gaines ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gaines.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Barre.
Gaines jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaines misses with a wild body shot.
Barre appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A big right from Gaines misses.
Barre tries a head kick but it misses.
Gaines looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gaines feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barre wants to land a leg kick but Gaines is out of range.
Barre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gaines has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barre throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gaines lands with a straight right. Barre didn't see that one coming.
A jab lands there for Barre.
Barre on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gaines missing with a left hand there. Barre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaines lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
VC Barre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gaines takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Barre.
Barre feints and then cracks Gaines's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gaines down.
Gaines lands with a straight right. Barre didn't see that one coming.
Gaines avoids the body shot from Barre.
Gaines lands with a shot to the body.
Dean Gaines is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Barre misses with a hook
and Barre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gaines throws a body punch but Barre moves out of range.
Barre lands a high kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Barre walks into a left hand.
Gaines checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barre throws a leg kick but Gaines checks it.
Gaines lands a right hook to the body.
Barre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gaines bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barre's head.
Barre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaines.
Barre walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gaines checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A head kick by Barre misses
and Gaines counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gaines circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gaines clinches with his opponent.
Barre is looking to control Gaines's arms but Gaines gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barre has his back to the cage.
Gaines goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barre can't find room to land a body shot as Gaines controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Gaines comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gaines has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Gaines!
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