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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 2105 p4p, 249 weight class) and Alfredo Barbosa (ranked 1256 p4p, 153 weight class). Dead comes to the cage accompanied by Death March - Motionless in White. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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160 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
27 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Barbosa fails to land.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dead.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the side of Dead's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Dead.
Barbosa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barbosa scores with a shoulder strike.
Dead lands a left hand.
Dead lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Alfredo Barbosa has been cut.
Dead's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Barbosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barbosa is working Dead over against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Barbosa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dead lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Our sources have told us that Dead has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Dead lands an elbow inside that Barbosa shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dead throws an elbow but misses.
Dead looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A body shot lands from Dead.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
Barbosa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dead seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Barbosa can turn it around.
Dead pushes off an throws an elbow but Barbosa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dead is working Barbosa over against the cage.
Barbosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dead throws a series of punches but Barbosa moves out of range.
Dead has closed the distance and engaged Barbosa in a clinch.
Dead prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Dead.
Barbosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Dead throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Barbosa avoids the elbow strike from Dead, against the cage.
Dead working aggressively here.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
Dead misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dead comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barbosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dead.
That has opened up Alfredo Barbosa's cut even more.
Dead instigates a clinch.
Dead prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
Dead throws an elbow but it misses.
Dead misses with an elbow over the top.
Barbosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dead throws a head punch that misses.
Dead misses with an elbow strike.
Barbosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barbosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Deads head.
Barbosa keeps control of Dead as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dead takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Barbosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dead lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dead throws an elbow that misses.
Dead lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Barbosa blocks an elbow strike.
Barbosa has Dead pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barbosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
Barbosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dead throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from Barbosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dead slips a jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa scores with a leg kick.
Barbosa misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Dead misses the target.
Dead misses with a kick to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Dead misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa cracks Dead with a nice body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Dead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dead misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dead working aggressively here.
Dead breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dead counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dead lands a really nice looking cross but Barbosa seems unphased.
Dead slips under a jab.
Dead swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dead fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barbosa is out of range.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dead moves away.
Dead connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barbosa scores with a spinning back kick!
Dead cracks Barbosa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barbosa lands a jab to Dead's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Barbosa finds it's way through Dead's defenses.
Barbosa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barbosa dodges the punch combination from Dead.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Better Dead will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alfredo Barbosa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Barbosa slips a jab from Dead.
Dead throws a sloppy head kick and Barbosa moves out of range easily.
Dead drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barbosa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dead tries to land a front kick but Barbosa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barbosa lands with a right hand.
Barbosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barbosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Dead.
Barbosa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dead's calf.
Barbosa cracks the inside of Dead's front leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dead.
Dead is looking to clinch.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbosa stuns Dead with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Dead looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dead looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barbosa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead scores with a kick to the body.
Dead throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dead rushes Barbosa and presses him up against the cage.
Dead misses with the head strike.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dead connects with a knee to the head.
Barbosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dead misses with a low kick as Barbosa jumps back.
Barbosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dead throws a lazy uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dead throws a leg kick that misses.
Dead bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barbosa's head.
Barbosa darts in and clinches Dead up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa breaks from the clinch.
Dead tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa slips under a jab.
Better Dead is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dead is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa darts in and clinches Dead up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barbosa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dead.
Barbosa slowing the pace effectively.
Better Dead has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dead lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dead's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dead ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Dead lands a nice looking body kick.
Dead lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barbosa backs up against the cage.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Dead moves out of range.
Dead staying out of range there.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Dead is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barbosa keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead throws a right and a left that Barbosa avoids nicely.
Dead throws a lazy right hand but Barbosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barbosa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dead misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbosa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barbosa misses with a head kick.
Barbosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dead throws a chopping leg kick but Barbosa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barbosa thuds his right hand into Dead's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dead throws out a powerful jab.
The cut above Alfredo Barbosa's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Barbosa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice shot by Barbosa.
Dead finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dead takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Dead blocks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa scores with a sloppy right hand. Dead should have avoided that one.
Dead takes the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dead creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa prevents Dead from breaking the clinch.
Barbosa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dead is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dead throws an elbow but misses.
Dead breaks from the clinch.
Dead misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dead tries to bum rush Barbosa with a series of wild strikes but Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
An inside leg kick from Dead misses.
Dead avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dead looks to land a combination but Barbosa avoids it well.
Barbosa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dead tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alfredo Barbosa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alfredo Barbosa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dead falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barbosa counters with a head kick. That will keep Dead thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Barbosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dead doesn't seem bothered though.
Barbosa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dead has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dead throws a hook but Barbosa blocks it.
A nice side step and Barbosa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dead throws a body kick that misses
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa has managed to clinch.
Dead using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barbosa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Dead tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dead misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dead swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dead looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The referee calls for Barbosa to work.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dead misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead being controlled against the cage.
Dead creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barbosa's defenses.
Barbosa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Dead.
Dead throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barbosa.
Dead goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa pulls guard.
Barbosa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dead trying to control the position from guard on top but Barbosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dead tries to stand but Barbosa is controlling from the bottom.
Dead preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa controls Dead momentarily but Dead frees himself.
Barbosa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Barbosa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dead stopping the sweep attempt from Barbosa.
Dead wants to control from the top but Barbosa keeps moving.
Barbosa trying to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dead misses the jab.
Dead tries to clinch up.
Dead avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dead lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
No joy there for Dead, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barbosa.
Dead thows a leg kick but Barbosa checks it
and Barbosa counters with a three punch combo that has Dead backing up. Dead nods at Barbosa to acknowledge the strikes.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dead was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.
Dead takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barbosa cracks Dead with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dead doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbosa circles away.
Barbosa moves away from the strike by Dead.
Alfredo Barbosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barbosa scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Dead misses.
Barbosa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDead.
Barbosa misses with a body kick.
Dead misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dead tries to clinch but Barbosa is having none of it.
Dead misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dead misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with an outside leg kick.
Barbosa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barbosa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dead just misses with a punch to the body.
Dead throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dead tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dead pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barbosa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barbosa throws out a powerful jab.
A leg kick checked by Barbosa.
Dead tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Dead.
An inside leg kick lands from Dead.
Nice body kick there by Barbosa.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barbosa checks a leg kick.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dead is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dead keeps the fight on the outside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alfredo Barbosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barbosa 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Better Dead!
Better Dead very nearly forgot to thank Sin City Allstars amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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RATING
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