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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Barlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Zanotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zanotto has chosen Ben Zanotto -by- Rancid as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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183 cm
26
195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Barlow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Zanotto!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zanotto gets the takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Barlow is trying to improve his position.
Barlow taking punishment in the form of punches.
Barlow tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Zanotto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Barlow on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Barlow is looking to reverse the position.
Barlow manages to work his way to half guard, despite Zanotto's best efforts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barlow has hold of Zanotto's hands but Zanotto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barlow wants to improve his position but Zanotto is controlling well.
Barlow is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zanotto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zanotto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Barlow is rocked!
Zanotto sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Oh Barlow is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barlow taking some punishment here, with Zanotto in his half guard.
Zanotto sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Zanotto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barlow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barlow wants to control but Zanotto is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zanotto lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Barlow quite badly. Barlow pulls Zanotto in close trying to recover. Zanotto postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Barlow on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Barlow doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Zanotto!
Ben Zanotto decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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