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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ac Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Utah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Jonny Utah enters the cage!
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197 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Decent wrestler
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ac Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Utah!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Utah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ac Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Utah moves away.
Barca throws a lazy right hand but Utah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barca misses with the combination.
Utah moves away from the strike by Barca.
Utah gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barca.
Barca fails to land with a series of punches.
Barca scores with a three punch combo!
Barca throws a right and a left that both miss.
Utah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Barca.
Barca has Utah up against the cage in a clinch.
Utah tightens his grip and picks Barca up, before dumping him to the ground. Barca manages to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Barca is controlling Utah's posture.
Utah throws a strike but Barca rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Utah is pulling down on Barca's head. It's preventing any offense from Barca, at least for the moment.
Barca stands up from Utah's guard - Barca perhaps looking for a knockout.
Barca thows a body shot but no joy.
Utah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barca connects with a body shot.
Barca misses with a looping right.
Utah is looking to clinch but Barca is avoiding it.
A punch lands to the side of Utah 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barca rushes Utah and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca missing with knees to the body.
Utah jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barca walks away with a smile on his face. Utah gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barca misses with a hook. Utah ducked under it nicely.
Utah looks for a takedown but Barca sprawls well.
A big right from Barca misses.
Barca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Utah walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barca scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barca lands with a cross.
Barca throws out a loose jab but Utah uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Barca misses.
Barca drives through and clinches with Utah against the cage.
Barca throws an elbow but it misses.
Barca gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Utah is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Barca to keep the fight standing.
Ac Barca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Utah.
Utah dodges an elbow strike from Barca.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barca throws an elbow but misses.
Barca tries to land a knee to the head but Utah blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barca using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Utah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barca tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barca misses with an elbow over the top.
Barca misses with a knee strike.
Barca throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barca scores with a knee to the head.
Utah drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Barca gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Utah blocks an elbow strike from Barca.
Barca missing with knees to the body.
Utah blocks the elbow strike.
Barca misses with a knee strike.
Barca missing with knees to the body.
Barca looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barca is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Utah is defending well for now.
Barca misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Utah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barca misses with a left hand
and Utah counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ac Barca dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Barca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Utah forces Barca back against the cage and clinches.
Barca misses with an elbow over the top.
Utah is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barca tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Utah avoids it.
Barca lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jonny Utah has been cut.
Barca crunches a lovely knee into Utah's ribcage.
Utah works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Barca is trying to control the position but Utah postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barca looking to hit a scissor sweep but Utah is one step ahead there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Utah trying to control the position from guard on top but Barca is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Utah shoots in for a double leg but Barca sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Barca throws a hook but Utah blocks it.
Barca uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barca misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Barca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barca connects with a right hand. Utah shakes it off.
Ac Barca is winning the standup battle so far.
Utah takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Utah will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ac Barca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Utah.
Barca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barca.
Barca shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Utah eats them both and turns towards Barca to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Barca jabs at Utah's body.
Nice jab there from Utah.
Barca throws out a powerful jab.
Barca scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Utah throws a hook but Barca blocks it.
Utah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barca thows a body shot but no joy.
Barca scores with a punch to the head.
Barca scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Utah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ac Barca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Utah takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca lands with an uppercut that bounces Utah off the cage and back into range.
Barca lands a slapping body shot.
Barca connects with a nice looking jab.
Utah shoots in looking for a takedown. Barca tries to sprawl out of it but Utah keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Barca manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Utah shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Utah is breathing heavily.
Utah tries to score a power double leg takedown but Barca sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Utah somewhat.
Utah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barca lands a two punch combo.
Utah looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Barca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Utah with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barca to score with a decent uppercut.
Utah takes a jab right on the kisser.
Barca is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
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!
Barca stuffs the takedown attempt from Utah. Utah gets slowly back to his feet.
Barca misses with a hook. Utah ducked under it nicely.
Barca misses with a double jab.
Barca lands a glancing blow to the side of Utah's head.
Utah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barca.
Utah uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barca.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barca.
Utah is trying to pull guard but Barca has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ac Barca dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Utah's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Barca.
Barca scores with a three punch combo!
Barca darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Utah.
Barca swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Utah counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Barca!
Barca manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Utah with the ground and pound but Barca uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Utah stopping the sweep attempt from Barca.
Barca keeping moving, preventing Utah from controlling successfully.
Barca looking for a sweep. Not yet Barca, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Barca 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.
Utah looking to sit in guard and control but Barca gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Barca stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Utah avoids the body shot from Barca.
Barca lands a body shot.
Barca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Barca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barca just misses with a punch to the body.
Barca scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fighters circling - Barca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Utah shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Utah was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jonny Utah has got the better of the ground game so far.
Utah unloads with some shots from mount but Barca bucks and avoids them well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Utah throws some wild stikes that Barca manages to avoid easily.
Barca tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Barca tries to lock up and control but Utah gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Barca is looking to improve his position but Utah isn't that keen on the idea.
Utah looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Utah with the ground and pound from mount.
Barca tries to hold on but Utah pushes him away.
Utah punching from mount but Barca doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barca doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Barca regains half guard.
Jonny Utah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Utah is keen to just control but Barca is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca is positioning himself well to prevent Utah advancing to mount.
Utah is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Utah content to control rather than advance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barca regains full guard. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Utah trying to control but Barca is working from the bottom.
Utah postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ac Barca.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Barca, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ac Barca!
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