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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willabee Raggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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255 lbs
15 - 13 - 0 |
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191 cm
35
256 lbs
13 - 13 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willabee Raggs !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Raggs . Barnett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raggs fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Josh Barnett has been cut.
Raggs falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barnett counters with a big head kick but Raggs shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raggs looks for a takedown but Barnett sprawls well.
Barnett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Raggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnett.
Barnett fails with a takedown attempt.
Raggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barnett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barnett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Raggs shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Barnett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Raggs trying to control but Barnett is working from the bottom.
Raggs trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Raggs accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Raggs lands a couple of digs.
Raggs throwing strikes but missing.
Raggs slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Raggs forces his way into half guard.
Raggs thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barnett's head.
Barnett is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raggs works his way into side control.
Raggs 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.
Barnett taking a bit of punishment here - Raggs scoring with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raggs landing a few strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnett is trying to control Raggs 's posture but Raggs avoids it.
Raggs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barnett keeps working.
The referee asks Raggs politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Raggs prefers to stall for the moment though.
You can see the frustration on Barnett's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Raggs creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Raggs in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Barnett can't do much from the bottom here.
Raggs landing a few strikes.
Barnett is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Raggs ! That's hurt Barnett! Will he recover? Raggs fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Willabee Raggs !
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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
64% |
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