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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luu Viulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
18 - 7 - 1 |
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208 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Luu Viulu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viulu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Viulu misses.
Viulu moves to clinch but Barnes breaks away
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good leg kick by Barnes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Viulu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnes.
Barnes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like John Barnes has been cut.
Viulu misses the jab.
Barnes punishes Viulu's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viulu lands with an overhand left.
Viulu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes blocking some punches.
A short right from Viulu.
Viulu is leaning against Barnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Viulu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnes is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Viulu.
Viulu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Viulu.
Viulu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Viulu.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
A short right from Viulu on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Viulu as the two fighters clinch.
Viulu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Viulu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Viulu tries to work over Barnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Viulu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Barnes.
Viulu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viulu scores with a hook to the body.
I was talking to Viulu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Viulu prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viulu swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Viulu.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Viulu is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Viulu.
Barnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Viulu stalls.
Viulu lands a right hand.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Viulu throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes landing knees to the head.
Barnes lands with a short shot to the head.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Viulu into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Viulu.
Viulu swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Viulu blocks it with crossed arms.
Viulu can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Viulu.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Viulu's elbow.
Viulu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Viulu can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Viulu lands an uppercut.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Viulu working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Viulu.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viulu scores with a shot to the side of Barnes's head.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.
Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Viulu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Viulu scores with a decent looking hook.
Viulu feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Barnes sprawling to the canvas! Barnes rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Viulu finish him?!
Barnes is rocked!
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Barnes is still on wobbly legs! Can Viulu finish him?
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Viulu.
The fighters circling - Barnes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Viulu throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Viulu fakes the body blow, causing Barnes to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Barnes goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luu Viulu!
Luu Viulu retains his light heavyweight title!
Luu Viulu really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
John Barnes spoke after the fight, saying 'Sorry to all my fans and everyone that I disappointed. I'll come back stronger than ever next time.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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