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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Espada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bartowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Espada's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Greedy Fly. Bartowski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Game kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Guillermo Espada had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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200 lbs
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193 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guillermo Espada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Bartowski!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espada tries to bum rush Bartowski with a series of wild strikes but Bartowski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice uppercut there from Bartowski.
Espada lands a head shot.
Espada misses the shot to the body.
Bartowski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A left and a right from Espada both land. Nice combination.
Bartowski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Espada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bartowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Espada circles away quickly and effectively.
Espada fails to land with a series of punches.
Bartowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bartowski throws a head kick that misses.
Espada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Espada misses with a few strikes there.
Espada throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Espada keeps the fight on the outside.
Bartowski tries to clinch but Espada is having none of it.
Bartowski closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bartowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espada takes a swing at Bartowski's ribcage but misses.
Espada swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bartowski counters by clinching up.
Bartowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bartowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bartowski throws a looping overhand right but Espada ducks down to avoid it.
Espada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Espada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Espada.
Espada with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Espada lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Espada.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Espada keeps the fight on the outside.
Espada uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bartowski has time to react.
Some wild striking there from Espada.
Espada listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bartowski is looking to clinch but Espada is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bartowski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bartowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Espada just misses with a punch to the body.
Bartowski closes the distance and clinches.
Espada lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bartowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bartowski scores with a one two! Espada had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bartowski looks to land a body kick but Espada moved away.
Espada throws a right hand that Bartowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Bartowski also avoids with ease.
Bartowski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Espada to score with a decent uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Espada. Those never looked like landing.
Bartowski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bartowski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Espada.
Espada misses with a double jab
and Bartowski counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bartowski takes the fight into the clinch.
Bartowski breaks from the clinch.
Bartowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab from Espada.
Espada misses with a two punch combination.
Espada cracks a nice hook into Bartowski's ribs.
Espada throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Espada connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bartowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Espada.
Bartowski dodges the punch combination from Espada.
Espada avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartowski dodges the punch combination from Espada.
Bartowski has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Espada takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Espada throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Espada scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bartowski takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bartowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bartowski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bartowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espada gets tackled into the ropes by Bartowski. Bartowski maintains the clinch.
Bartowski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Espada takes a knee right on the jaw!
Espada is rocked!
Espada takes an elbow to the temple.
Oh Espada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bartowski unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Espada! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Bartowski is unloading with more strikes now! Espada drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Bartowski!
After winning the bout, Charles Bartowski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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