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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Barbarino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbarino comes to the ring accompanied by The Barbarino song. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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275 lbs
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255 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinnie Barbarino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbarino tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbarino misses with an uppercut.
Wilson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wilson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Barbarino keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wilson tries to control but Barbarino wriggling away.
Barbarino throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wilson. What's that going to do exactly?
Wilson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wilson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Barbarino can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Barbarino is trying to escape the mount.
Barbarino is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Wilson.
Barbarino manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Barbarino misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Barbarino is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Wilson there.
Barbarino wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wilson connects with a nice short shot to Barbarino's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wilson lands a nice short elbow.
Barbarino wants to get back to full guard but Wilson has passed into side control.
Barbarino keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wilson lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barbarino flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Wilson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a nice shot to the head.
Wilson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barbarino slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wilson working Barbarino over with strikes.
Wilson is keen to just control but Barbarino is a slippery customer.
Barbarino has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barbarino has a hand on Wilson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Wilson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Barbarino tries to reverse the position but Wilson maintains control.
Barbarino sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wilson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wilson is keen to just control but Barbarino is a slippery customer.
Barbarino slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbarino is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wilson tries to roll over but Barbarino keeps him under control.
Barbarino is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wilson is trying to get back to full guard.
Barbarino not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Barbarino lands with a punch from half guard.
Barbarino working the head and body with strikes.
Barbarino missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wilson gets back to full guard.
Wilson is looking for a triangle but Barbarino pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbarino throwing strikes from guard but Wilson blocks nicely.
Barbarino working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barbarino scoring with punches to the head and body.
Barbarino postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Barbarino lands a couple of digs.
Wilson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barbarino's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wilson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wilson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barbarino postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbarino lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barbarino drops back, looking for a kneebar! Wilson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Wilson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Wilson!
Barbarino is breathing heavily.
Barbarino is looking to regain half guard here but Wilson keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but David Wilson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Barbarino throws a shot from downtown. Wilson moves away and avoids it.
Barbarino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson shoots in and bounces Barbarino off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Barbarino wants to sweep but no luck.
Wilson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wilson takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Wilson won't allow Barbarino to sweep him here.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Barbarino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wilson preventing the sweep.
Wilson is working Barbarino over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wilson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wilson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Barbarino knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Barbarino tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Barbarino is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Barbarino is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wilson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wilson's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Wilson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Barbarino!
Wilson trying to control the position but Barbarino manages to sink in the hooks.
Wilson manages to reverse the position and now he's in Barbarino's guard. Nice work there by Wilson.
David Wilson has got the better of the ground game so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barbarino is on top in guard.
Barbarino lands a couple of elbows.
Barbarino throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbarino lands a couple of elbows.
Wilson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Barbarino gets full guard.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Barbarino keeps moving.
Barbarino looking for a sweep. Not yet Barbarino, not yet.
Barbarino bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wilson's guard.
Barbarino cracks Wilson with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wilson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Barbarino is working Wilson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Barbarino loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wilson looking to control.
Barbarino landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Wilson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barbarino's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throwing strikes from guard but Barbarino blocks nicely.
Wilson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Barbarino looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wilson is one step ahead there.
Wilson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wilson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barbarino manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wilson manages to get himself to full guard.
Wilson wants to sweep here but Barbarino controlling him for the moment.
Wilson trying to strike off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barbarino passes Wilson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barbarino connects with a nice short shot to Wilson's temple.
Barbarino is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wilson defends it well.
Wilson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wilson taking some punishment here, with Barbarino in his half guard.
Wilson has hold of Barbarino's hands but Barbarino slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wilson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wilson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wilson is rocked!
Barbarino landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wilson is still in real trouble! Can Barbarino finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbarino is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wilson trying to control but Barbarino postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinnie Barbarino dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Barbarino has his takedown stuffed
and Wilson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Barbarino's guard now.
Wilson seems to have recovered his senses.
Wilson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Barbarino keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Barbarino is looking to sweep but instead, Wilson has passed into half guard.
Wilson tries to pass to full mount but Barbarino defends it.
Barbarino manages to get to full guard.
Barbarino 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.
Wilson postures up and lands a big shot to Barbarino's brow.
Barbarino lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Wilson preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson wants to pass the guard but Barbarino is keeping the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barbarino is on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barbarino content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wilson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barbarino is one step ahead there.
Barbarino distracts Wilson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wilson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barbarino is pushing down on Wilson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Wilson is fighting to maintain full guard but Barbarino has managed to sneak the leg through.
Barbarino lands strikes from half guard.
Wilson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barbarino is working away from the top position though.
Barbarino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wilson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Barbarino is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wilson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wilson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barbarino wants to pass the guard but Wilson is keeping the position.
Wilson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Barbarino punching from the bottom.
Barbarino gets full guard.
Barbarino wants to sweep but no luck.
Barbarino being controlled here, momentarily.
Barbarino will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barbarino is on top in guard.
Barbarino connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barbarino.
Barbarino working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barbarino preventing the sweep.
Barbarino makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barbarino tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilson is retaining full guard.
Barbarino lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wilson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wilson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbarino misses with a takedown
and Wilson counters with a shoot takedown. Barbarino fights it but they end up in guard.
Barbarino looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Barbarino keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbarino trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Barbarino wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
Wilson advances to half guard.
Wilson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Barbarino won't allow Wilson to pass to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Barbarino manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Barbarino trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Wilson won't allow Barbarino to sweep him here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Wilson.
I think Wilson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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hype
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