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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dragomir Barbu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Scott Hall was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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181 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragomir Barbu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott Hall!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall throws a body punch but Barbu moves out of range.
Barbu takes the fight into the clinch.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
Barbu is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Barbu.
Donk. Hall catches Barbu right on the button with a cross.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hall.
Barbu really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hall misses with a looping right.
Barbu throws a low kick but Hall moves out of range easily.
Barbu thuds his shin into the meat of Hall's side.
Barbu moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbu throws a leg kick but Hall moved away.
Barbu tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Barbu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barbu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbu thuds his shin into the meat of Hall's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall throws a push kick but Barbu slaps the foot to one side.
Good exchange - Hall coming out on top.
Hall throws a leg kick but Barbu moved away.
Hall misses with a hook. Barbu ducked under it nicely.
Barbu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barbu looks to land a body kick but Hall moved away.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barbu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hall throws out the jab.
That kick from Barbu tenderised Hall's leg. Hall is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barbu throws a front kick aimed at Hall's knee but Hall avoids it well.
Barbu ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Barbu slips under a jab from Hall.
Barbu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Barbu just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hall throws a hook to the side of Barbu's head but Barbu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barbu's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hall closes the distance and pushes Barbu back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall digs a right hand into Barbu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barbu's gas tank.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barbu tries to land a knee to the head but Hall blocks with his arms.
Barbu lands a knee to the body.
Barbu missing with knees to the body.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Barbu's head.
Our sources have told us that Barbu has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Barbu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbu missing with knees to the body.
Barbu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hall throws a big shot that misses.
Hall fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall connects with a solid leg kick.
Hall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hall misses with a jab to the body
and Barbu counters by clinching up.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Barbu.
Hall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Barbu.
Hall misses with some punches.
Hall working aggressively here.
Barbu trying to land knees to the body.
Barbu looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
Barbu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hall works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hall lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Barbu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
Hall lands with a left to the head.
Barbu throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Barbu tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Barbu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hall avoiding damage as Barbu throws knees to the body.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Barbu.
Hall takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbu backwards.
Hall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Hall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbu.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Barbu.
Barbu tries to land a knee to the head but Hall blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Hall dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Barbu blocks a head kick by Hall.
Barbu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
As Hall tries to get set, Barbu tries to push him back and clinch up but Hall manages to avoid the attempt.
Barbu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barbu avoids the body shot from Hall.
Scott Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hall throws a low kick, looking for Barbu's leg but Barbu calmly moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Hall.
Hall keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hall blocks a head kick by Barbu.
Hall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbu.
Barbu is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barbu appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Barbu misses with a low kick.
Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbu.
Nice shot lands for Hall.
Barbu tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbu misses with a body shot.
Hall throws a hook but Barbu blocks it.
Hall misses the shot to the body.
Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barbu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barbu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hall.
Barbu moves in looking to clinch but Hall pushes him off.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Hall throws the left hand but Barbu avoids the punch easily.
Barbu has closed the distance and engaged Hall in a clinch.
Barbu missing with knees to the body.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Barbu's head.
Hall scores with a shoulder strike.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall avoiding damage as Barbu throws knees to the body.
Barbu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barbu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbu missing with knees to the body.
Hall takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Scott Hall has been cut.
Hall scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbu blocks an uppercut.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Barbu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Barbu misses with a knee strike.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
Barbu tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barbu takes a shot to the head.
Scott Hall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A hook to the body from Hall.
Hall works on Barbu's body with a couple of short punches.
Barbu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Barbu trying to land knees to the body.
Hall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hall misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barbu is rocked!
Hall gets through Barbu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Barbu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbu.
Hall pushes Barbu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Barbu with a big uppercut! Barbu tries to clinch up but Hall pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Barbu to the mat! Barbu covers up and Hall unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Scott Hall!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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