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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Barrientos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kadeus Rex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shawn Barrientos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kadeus Rex!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barrientos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rex.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrientos connects with an inside leg kick.
Rex takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rex dodges the punch combination from Barrientos.
A little jabbing left from Rex on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barrientos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rex.
Barrientos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rex on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrientos throws a sloppy head kick and Rex moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barrientos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barrientos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rex keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrientos.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rex takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barrientos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Barrientos.
Barrientos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick from Barrientos misses.
Rex is looking for the big counter here.
Rex walks into a stiff left hand from Barrientos.
A punch combination from Barrientos misses.
Barrientos throws a hook to the side of Rex's head but Rex sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rex is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Barrientos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rex counters with a straight right hand.
Barrientos throws a lazy right hand but Rex sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barrientos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rex is looking for the big counter here.
Rex checks a low kick from Barrientos.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrientos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rex.
Rex looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barrientos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rex manages to avoid it.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrientos throws a big shot that misses.
As Barrientos backs off Rex throws a huge counter combo but Barrientos manages to avoid it all.
Barrientos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rex counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrientos takes a swing at Rex's ribcage but misses.
Rex lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've been informed that Rex has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Rex takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barrientos tries to bum rush Rex with a series of wild strikes but Rex uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barrientos throws a jab but it's blocked by Rex.
Rex lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Barrientos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barrientos throws a lazy right hand but Rex sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rex chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barrientos can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rex on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barrientos.
Barrientos misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Barrientos both land. Nice combination.
Barrientos scores with a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Barrientos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barrientos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barrientos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rex swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barrientos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rex circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrientos throws a combination that misses
and Rex connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barrientos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rex counters with a stiff right hand.
Barrientos throws a series of punches but Rex avoids them all with ease.
Barrientos fails to land with a series of punches.
Rex is looking for the big counter here.
Barrientos misses with an uppercut
and Rex counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rex takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barrientos misses with a wild combination.
Rex walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Barrientos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rex keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrientos.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rex takes a jab right on the kisser.
Barrientos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barrientos lands a jab to the head.
Rex moves out of range as Barrientos strikes.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barrientos throws a body shot but no joy.
Rex doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Barrientos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rex looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rex! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Barrientos misses.
Sloppy strikes from Barrientos. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrientos misses with an uppercut. Rex saw that one coming.
Shawn Barrientos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barrientos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rex ducks under a wild hook from Barrientos.
Barrientos swinging wildly here.
Rex takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barrientos cracks Rex with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barrientos misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Barrientos. Those never looked like landing.
Barrientos throws a jab when Rex was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrientos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rex can do to turn this around?
Barrientos connects with an inside leg kick.
Barrientos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rex takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shawn Barrientos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrientos misses with a shot to the body
and Rex counters with a straight right hand.
Barrientos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rex counters with a three punch combo that has Barrientos backing up. Barrientos nods at Rex to acknowledge the strikes.
Barrientos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barrientos scores with a hook.
Rex bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrientos misses with a body shot.
Barrientos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barrientos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rex circles away quickly and effectively.
Rex throws out a counter right but Barrientos avoids it with no problem.
Barrientos throws a body shot but no joy.
Rex throws out a counter right but Barrientos avoids it with no problem.
Barrientos throws an off balance right hand
and Rex counters with a stiff right hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rex might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Barrientos has got the better of the exchanges.
A jab from Barrientos misses.
Rex's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rex drops his hands momentarily and Barrientos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rex might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Barrientos misses with a shot to the body
and Rex counters with a stiff right hand.
Barrientos missing with a left hand there. Rex was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barrientos misses with a looping right.
Rex unleashes a big counter combination but Barrientos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrientos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rex defending well as Barrientos loads up on a big left hand.
Barrientos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rex counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barrientos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rex moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
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!
Barrientos is looking to slow Rex down with leg kicks.
Barrientos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barrientos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrientos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick misses from Barrientos.
Rex is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Barrientos with a body shot.
Barrientos lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Barrientos dominated that second round.
That's time! Barrientos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Barrientos misses the shot to the body.
It looks like Kadeus Rex has been cut.
Shawn Barrientos is winning the standup battle so far.
Rex moves out of range of the leg kick from Barrientos.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrientos throws a hook but Rex blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Rex on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barrientos misses with a double jab
and Rex counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rex displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barrientos throws out the jab.
Barrientos misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrientos lands a jab-cross combination.
Rex keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrientos.
Barrientos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rex.
Rex looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrientos throws a right hand that Rex ducks under and follows up with a left that Rex also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Barrientos misses.
Rex unleashes a big counter combination but Barrientos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barrientos misses with a jab to the body
and Rex counters with a straight right hand.
Barrientos lands a jab to Rex's midsection.
Barrientos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rex is looking for the big counter here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barrientos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barrientos misses with a body shot.
Rex unleashes a big counter combination but Barrientos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barrientos throws a body punch but Rex moves out of range.
Barrientos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rex! But no joy.
Rex slips a jab from Barrientos.
Some wild striking there from Barrientos.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrientos thumps Rex with a low kick.
Barrientos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rex counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barrientos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barrientos misses with a lunging right hand
and Rex counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barrientos cracks Rex with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barrientos misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Barrientos does no damage.
Rex looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barrientos throws a leg kick
and Rex counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrientos misses with a body shot
letting Rex counter with a right hand.
Rex defending well as Barrientos loads up on a big left hand.
Barrientos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rex now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Barrientos throws a hook but Rex avoids it easily.
Barrientos misses with a jab to the body
and Rex connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barrientos throws a leg kick but Rex sees it coming and moves out of range.
As Barrientos backs off Rex throws a huge counter combo but Barrientos manages to avoid it all.
Barrientos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick by Barrientos misses
and Rex counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barrientos misses with the combination.
Rex flicks out a counter leg kick but Barrientos steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrientos is looking to slow Rex down with leg kicks.
Barrientos throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Rex to counter with a crisp jab.
Kadeus Rex has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barrientos throws a sloppy body shot
and Rex cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rex takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barrientos lands a glancing blow to the side of Rex's head.
Barrientos misses with a leg kick.
Barrientos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rex on the side of the head.
Rex keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrientos.
Rex unleashes a big counter combination but Barrientos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barrientos throws a lazy uppercut
and Rex counters with a one-two to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shawn Barrientos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barrientos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Shawn Barrientos!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Shawn Barrientos!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Shawn Barrientos!
Shawn Barrientos wins by unanimous decision!
Shawn Barrientos took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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