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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roque Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barretto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Last Man Standing - By 4ft Fingers. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roque Barretto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Lee!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barretto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barretto moves into the clinch.
Barretto misses with a punch on the inside.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the cage.
Lee drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Barretto is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lee jumps guard but Barretto stands there with Lee around his waist. Lee gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Roque Barretto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Lee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barretto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barretto keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the cage.
Lee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barretto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Barretto is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Barretto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Barretto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barretto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barretto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Barretto connects with a body shot that sends Lee's belly button to the back.
Barretto checks a leg kick.
Barretto walks into a stiff left hand from Lee.
Barretto connects with a solid leg kick.
Barretto moves out of range of the body kick.
Barretto's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barretto duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barretto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee swings for the body but Barretto moves out of range.
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Barretto manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lee trying to control but Barretto is working from the bottom.
Barretto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lee sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barretto's guard.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barretto wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barretto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lee is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lee wants to take a breather but Barretto is having none of it.
Barretto trying to control but Lee postures up.
Lee looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lee trying to advance position but Barretto counters by regaining guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Barretto dives on top into guard.
Lee trying to keep a closed guard but Barretto is proving a slippery customer.
Barretto stands up and waves to Lee to follow him.
Barretto connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Decent striking displayed by Lee there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eric Lee will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Barretto misses with a body kick.
Barretto looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barretto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Barretto misses with a combination
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barretto scores with a nice body kick.
Barretto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barretto misses with a low kick.
Lee jabs Barretto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee misses with a combination
and Barretto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee wants to break free but Barretto has control.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barretto lands with a left to the head.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Barretto misses with a punch to the body.
Lee tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barretto smiles and moves away.
Roque Barretto is winning the standup battle so far.
Barretto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Barretto misses with a head kick.
Barretto misses with the body kick
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee throws a sloppy body shot
and Barretto counters with a low kick, right behind Lee 's knee.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barretto slips under a jab.
Barretto moves into range and clinches up with Lee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barretto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barretto pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Barretto has double underhooks.
Barretto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Barretto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Barretto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Barretto controls his hands.
Barretto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barretto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick.
Barretto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee throws a series of punches but Barretto avoids them all with ease.
A lazy left from Barretto finds it's target.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lee has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barretto.
Lee blocks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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!
Lee blocks a head kick by Barretto.
Barretto fails to land with a series of punches.
Barretto misses with a head kick.
Barretto is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lee.
Lee thuds his right hand into Barretto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barretto is looking to wear down Lee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barretto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee defending well as Barretto loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roque Barretto dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lee misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Lee.
A jab from Lee misses.
Barretto defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Eric Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lee takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lee throws a jab when Barretto was well out of range.
Barretto with a jab.
Barretto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barretto's waist but Barretto gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lee off to one side.
Barretto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto doesn't manage to clinch there - Lee circles away.
Lee lands with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Barretto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barretto is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lee.
Lee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barretto.
Barretto with a hook.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee gets the takedown into side control.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barretto tries to buck Lee off but Lee is having none of it.
Lee postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barretto sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barretto taking some punishment here, with Lee in his half guard.
Barretto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barretto tries to get out of the position.
Lee throwing shots but Barretto is blocking nicely.
Barretto controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Barretto works his way to full guard. Good work.
Barretto trying to control the position here.
Barretto lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lee!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking to improve his position but Barretto isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Barretto content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barretto controlling the pace for now.
Lee regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Roque Barretto did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Barretto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but Barretto shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
Barretto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Barretto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barretto.
Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Barretto slips the punch.
Barretto lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lee is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Barretto throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Barretto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lee's calf.
Lee cracks Barretto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Barretto slips a jab from Lee.
Lee misses with a double jab
and Barretto counters with a solid body kick.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee throws a body punch but Barretto moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Barretto as Lee shoots in.
Barretto blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Barretto. Beautiful body shot.
Lee gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Barretto counters with a head kick. That will keep Lee thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
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!
Barretto connects with a leg kick. Lee looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barretto misses with a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Barretto. Beautiful body shot.
Barretto thumps Lee with a low kick.
Barretto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roque Barretto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barretto throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Nice shot by Barretto.
Lee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barretto changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barretto lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lee will feel that in the morning.
Lee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lee throws a combination that misses
and Barretto counters with a body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barretto!
Barretto connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Barretto.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Barretto.
Lee has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barretto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee avoids the head kick by Barretto.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Barretto slips the punch.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barretto.
Barretto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barretto misses with a leg kick.
Barretto slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barretto lands a leg kick that knocks Lee off balance momentarily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barretto. Lee shrugs it off though.
Barretto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roque Barretto had his way with Eric Lee in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee shoots in for a double leg but Barretto sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Barretto connects with a looping right hand.
A good leg kick by Barretto.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barretto.
Lee has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Barretto.
A combination from Barretto does no damage.
Barretto keeps Lee at a distance using the push kick.
Barretto tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barretto ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Barretto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Barretto is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barretto connects with a jab.
Lee misses with a jab to the body
and Barretto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barretto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barrettos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lee checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Barretto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Barretto!
Barretto is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Eric Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lee avoids the attempt from Barretto to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barretto is trying to escape the mount.
Lee has control of Barretto's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Barretto regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lee throws some wild stikes that Barretto manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee looking for a guillotine from mount but Barretto is having none of it.
Lee controlling his opponent.
Roque Barretto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Barretto is on top in guard.
Lee is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barretto defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
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 Roque Barretto.
I think Barretto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roque Barretto!
Roque Barretto retains his welterweight title!
After the big win, Roque Barretto made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Milwaukee's Best 159's - $69 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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