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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Barboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thane Krios could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jose Barboza's chin.
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176 lbs
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177 lbs
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Lethal high kicks
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thane Krios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboza darts in and clinches Krios up against the cage.
Barboza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Barboza.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barboza.
A short left from Barboza.
Barboza scores a nice knee to the body.
Barboza missing with knees to the body.
Barboza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barboza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Krios fails to land.
Krios takes a shot to the head.
Barboza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Barboza controls the action.
Krios wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barboza throws an elbow but misses.
Barboza lands a nice elbow.
Barboza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krios goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barboza as Krios tries to tie him up.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krios tries to break free but Barboza pushes him back against the cage.
Barboza misses with a punch on the inside.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Barboza crunches a lovely knee into Krios's ribcage.
Barboza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krios's defenses.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barboza lands with a left to the head.
A body shot lands from Barboza.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
Barboza prevents a body shot from Krios.
Krios is trying to force a seperation but Barboza has the dominant position.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krios working aggressively here.
Barboza prevents a body shot from Krios.
Krios working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza lands a body punch.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza misses with an elbow over the top.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
Barboza lands an elbow that stopped Krios in his tracks for a moment.
Krios is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barboza is keeping busy.
Krios misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krios blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Barboza - that landed with a thud.
Knees to the body from Barboza.
Krios is breathing heavily.
Krios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Krios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barboza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Krios shrugs off.
Barboza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Krios avoiding damage as Barboza throws knees to the body.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios is trying to break the clinch but Barboza has him pressed against the cage.
Krios takes a shot to the head.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
Barboza misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Barboza.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Barboza has a couple of punches blocked by Krios.
Barboza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krios is trying to break the clinch but Barboza has him pressed against the cage.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Barboza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Barboza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Barboza prevents Krios from breaking the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Barboza.
Krios wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barboza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krios's defenses.
Barboza misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza pushes Krios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza lands a nice elbow.
Krios working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza lands a nice uppercut.
Krios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
Barboza lands a damaging elbow.
Krios struggles to land a body shot inside as Barboza controls his hands.
Barboza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza lands a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Barboza.
A right handed body shot lands from Barboza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barboza lands with a light punch inside.
Barboza scores with a shot to the side of Krios's head.
Krios takes an elbow to the temple.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Barboza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barboza wants to clinch.
Barboza tries to clinch but Krios moves out of range.
Barboza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barboza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krios manages to avoid it.
Krios with a jab.
Barboza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barboza misses with a kick to the body.
Jose Barboza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Barboza moved out of range nicely.
Krios drops his hands momentarily and Barboza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab from Krios misses.
Barboza connects with a body shot.
Barboza forces Krios back against the cage and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Barboza.
Barboza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barboza lands a nice uppercut.
Krios blocks an elbow strike from Barboza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza misses with an elbow strike.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
Krios is working Barboza over against the cage.
Krios managing to block the knees to the body from Barboza.
Krios breaks the clinch.
Barboza slips under a jab from Krios.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krios. Barboza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krios connects with a looping right hand.
Krios closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Krios shrugs off.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Barboza.
Krios looking to stall.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Krios controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Barboza.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barboza.
Krios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbozas head.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Barboza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch on the inside from Krios fails to land.
Krios managing to block the knees to the body from Barboza.
Barboza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barboza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barboza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barboza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krios's efforts to push away.
Barboza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barboza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barboza up against the cage.
Barboza scores with a shoulder strike.
Krios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krios escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krios tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barboza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krios throws a shot from downtown. Barboza moves away and avoids it.
Barboza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krios manages to avoid it.
Barboza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krios manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krios avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krios sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Barboza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krios thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barboza drives through and clinches with Krios against the cage.
Barboza misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Barboza.
Barboza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from Krios as the two fighters clinch.
Krios avoids the elbow strike from Barboza, against the cage.
Krios managing to block the knees to the body from Barboza.
Barboza misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barboza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barboza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krios looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krios blocks a body shot from Barboza.
Krios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barboza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krios's brow.
A shot in the inside from Krios.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
Barboza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barboza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krios.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Krios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Barboza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Barboza misses with a body kick.
Jose Barboza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krios rushes Barboza and presses him up against the cage.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Krios manages to break the clinch.
Barboza clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barboza.
Barboza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barboza lands a nice elbow.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Barboza scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Barboza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
Nice elbow from Barboza.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barboza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barboza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barboza lands a right hand.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barboza misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barboza pushes Krios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barboza tries a body shot but Krios blocks it.
Krios avoiding damage as Barboza throws knees to the body.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Barboza.
Krios misses with a punch to the body.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Barboza controls the action.
Krios blocks an uppercut.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barboza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
Barboza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
Jose Barboza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Krios blocks an elbow strike from Barboza.
Krios working aggressively here.
Krios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barboza throws an elbow but it misses.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krios misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Barboza.
Barboza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barboza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krios lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barboza digs a right hand underneath Krios's ribcage. Krios let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barboza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barboza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hand to the body from Barboza.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barboza.
Barboza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krios throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Barboza.
Barboza lands with a right to the head.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
Barboza digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Krios shrugs off.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barboza digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
Barboza tries to throw a body punch but Krios avoids it by throwing Barboza back against the cage.
Barboza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Barboza.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Nice body punch from Barboza - that landed with a thud.
Barboza lands a shoulder strike.
Krios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barboza lands a body shot.
Barboza lands with a left to the head.
Barboza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krios takes an elbow to the temple.
Krios takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Krios takes an elbow to the temple.
Barboza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barboza blocking some punches.
Barboza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
Krios lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thane Krios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Barboza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barboza 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Barboza!
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