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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Kenny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett has chosen Alaj volim kad je pomalena as his entrance music. Mirko Barnett has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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267 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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240 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Kenny!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mirko Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett thows a body shot but no joy.
Kenny looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kenny makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kenny accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kenny tries to free his leg and advance position but Barnett is retaining full guard.
Barnett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barnett is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Barnett keeping full guard, as Kenny tries to pass.
Kenny is working hard here to advance position.
Barnett is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kenny loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Barnett is looking to clinch but Kenny is avoiding it.
Barnett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kenny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kenny shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barnett as he avoids it easily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kenny.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kenny in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Kenny scores with punches from side control.
Kenny misses with the ground and pound.
Kenny working the head with strikes.
Barnett is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kenny connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnett parries the strikes from Kenny easily there. Kenny is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Barnett to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenny postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Kenny throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Barnett works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Kenny thows a huge punch but Barnett dodges it nicely.
Kenny wants to pass the guard but Barnett is defending well.
Barnett gets back to full guard.
Kenny throws a big right hand that misses.
Kenny has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kenny pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnett is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenny scoring with some ground and pound.
Kenny throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barnett works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kenny stops Barnett from standing up.
Kenny preventing the sweep.
Kenny wants to pass the guard but Barnett is keeping the position.
Kenny pushes down on Barnett's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnett on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenny lands strikes from half guard.
Barnett avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kenny.
Kenny is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kenny sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barnett defending well though.
Kenny thows a huge punch but Barnett dodges it nicely.
Kenny misses with a head shot. Barnett uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnett preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Kenny dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kenny staying out of range there.
Barnett wants to clinch up but Kenny keeps it at a distance.
Barnett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barnett wants to clinch up but Kenny keeps it at a distance.
Kenny fails with the takedown.
Kenny keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnett is looking to clinch.
Mirko Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenny shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kenny landing strikes from the mount and Barnett is in trouble!
It looks like Mirko Barnett has been cut.
Kenny is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kenny postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Barnett out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Kenny goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Steve Kenny!
Steve Kenny retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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