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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guljigit Asanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deion Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asanov comes to the cage accompanied by I Have a Dream. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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12 - 8 - 0 |
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250 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Guljigit Asanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deion Barnes !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Asanov.
Asanov misses with a wild combination.
Asanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Asanov.
Asanov sets himself, and Barnes steps forward looking for the clinch! Asanov avoids it this time.
Nice cross by Asanov.
A nice combination there by Barnes .
It looks like Guljigit Asanov has been cut.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asanov takes a swing at Barnes 's ribcage but misses.
Asanov walks into a stiff left hand from Barnes .
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes lands a head shot.
Asanov swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Asanov misses with a combination
and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barnes s head.
Barnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Asanov's efforts to push away.
Asanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Asanov tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Asanov misses with the head strike.
We've been hearing reports that Asanov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Barnes .
Barnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guljigit Asanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asanov misses with a series of wild punches.
Asanov throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.
Barnes wants to counter with a clinch but Asanov pushes him away.
Asanov lands with a nice body punch.
Asanov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Asanov was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Barnes .
Asanov throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.
Asanov misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asanov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barnes cracks Asanov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asanov.
Barnes throws a poor cross that misses
and Asanov counters with a right hand to the body.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asanov misses with a wild combination.
Asanov misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asanov. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Asanov moved out of range nicely.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Asanov saw that one coming.
A right-left combo lands from Barnes .
Asanov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Asanov looks for the body kick but Barnes saw that one coming.
Asanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes .
Asanov is looking to wear down Barnes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a swing at Asanov's ribcage but misses.
Asanov swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Asanov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Asanov ducks down to avoid it.
Asanov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Asanov ducks under a wild hook from Barnes .
Barnes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Asanov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes .
Barnes clinches with his opponent.
Asanov is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Barnes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Asanov blocking some punches.
Asanov working hard to break the clinch.
Asanov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Asanov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Asanov takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Asanov is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Barnes lands a shot to the body.
Asanov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Asanov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Asanov misses with a wild combination.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Asanov.
Barnes with a jab.
Asanov throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Asanov sets himself, and Barnes steps forward looking for the clinch! Asanov avoids it this time.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Asanov.
Barnes moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deion Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guljigit Asanov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Decent striking displayed by Barnes there.
Asanov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Guljigit Asanov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes lands with a cross.
Asanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Asanov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asanov. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Asanov misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Asanov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Barnes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Asanov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barnes gets a clinch.
Asanov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Asanov controls his hands.
Asanov can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asanov is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Asanov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes gets through Asanov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Asanov tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Asanov is trying to break free.
Asanov is leaning against Barnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asanov is trying to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling him.
Asanov tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
Asanov has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes .
Asanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Asanov tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Barnes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Asanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Asanov.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Asanov.
Asanov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Asanov misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a jab.
Barnes lands a nice shot that snaps Asanov's head back.
Asanov throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asanov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asanov.
Asanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Asanov misses with a body kick.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Asanov.
Some wild striking there from Barnes .
Guljigit Asanov is winning the standup battle so far.
Asanov moves away from the strike by Barnes .
Asanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes .
Barnes stuns Asanov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asanov misses with a few strikes there.
Asanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Asanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asanov throws a big counter combination but Barnes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Asanov swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Asanov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Some wild striking there from Asanov.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Asanov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Asanov doesn't seem bothered though.
Asanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barnes .
Barnes lands with a shot to the body.
Asanov takes a swing at Barnes 's ribcage but misses.
Asanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to clinch but Asanov moves out of range.
Asanov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnes tries to counter with a clinch but Asanov shakes him off and moves away.
Asanov digs a good hook to Barnes 's body.
Barnes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Asanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Asanov.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Asanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Asanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes .
Asanov misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asanov moves away.
Asanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes .
Asanov misses with a wild combination.
Asanov throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Asanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes .
Asanov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barnes counters by clinching up.
Asanov tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guljigit Asanov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Guljigit Asanov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes misses with a hook.
Barnes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Asanov on the side of the head.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Asanov moved out of range nicely.
Asanov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Asanov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asanov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Asanov lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asanov throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes lands with an uppercut that bounces Asanov off the cage and back into range.
A jab lands there for Barnes .
Some wild striking there from Asanov.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barnes moves forwards but Asanov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barnes pushes Asanov up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asanov.
Asanov is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Barnes .
Asanov is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes pushes Asanov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Asanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Asanov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asanov blocks an uppercut.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Asanov controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Asanov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Asanov just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes connects with a right hand. Asanov shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asanov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Asanov misses.
Barnes steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Asanov.
Asanov just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Asanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes takes the fight into the clinch.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Asanov backwards.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Asanov backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asanov tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Asanov misses with a punch to the body.
Asanov tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Asanov is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes keeps control of Asanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Barnes .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asanov.
Asanov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asanov backwards.
Guljigit Asanov's cut is getting worse.
A left hand lands to the body for Barnes .
Asanov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike.
Asanov is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Asanov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Asanov is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Asanov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Asanov backwards.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Asanov blocking some punches.
Barnes keeps control of Asanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Asanov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Asanov is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Asanov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Asanov wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Asanov wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Asanov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Asanov is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Asanov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Deion Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barnes 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deion Barnes !
A victorious Deion Barnes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Guljigit Asanov stepped up to the mic, saying 'best 2 of 3?'.
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