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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Custer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barker comes to the cage accompanied by The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch. Custer has chosen History´s Stranglers by The Bronx as his entrance music. William Barker could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jesse Custer's chin.
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182 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
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185 cm
29
182 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Custer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Custer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barker takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Custer connects with an inside leg kick.
Barker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick from Barker misses.
Custer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A swing and a miss from Barker.
Barker swinging wildly here.
Custer looks to land a body kick but Barker moved away.
Custer scores with a jab.
Custer misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Custer. Barker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barker lands a jab to the nose.
Custer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barker was well out of range. Poor timing from Custer.
Custer lands a leg kick that knocks Barker off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer moves out of range as Barker throws a body kick.
Custer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barker moves away.
Custer throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Barker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barker advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Barker jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Custer manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Barker grinds an elbow into Custer's temple.
Custer regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barker is thwarting Custer's attempts to control the position.
Custer moves into full guard.
Custer controls Barker momentarily but Barker frees himself.
Barker stopping the sweep attempt from Custer.
Barker postures up.
Custer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barker is one step ahead there.
Barker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barker's guard.
Custer won't allow Barker to sweep him here.
Custer content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Barker has locked up a guillotine! Barker's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Custer is holding on here and Barker must be using up a lot of energy. Custer has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Barker gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). William Barker!
William Barker spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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