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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy Springs (ranked 183 p4p, 23 weight class) and Sala Barbo (ranked 320 p4p, 38 weight class). Barbo has chosen Nissim as his entrance music. 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 Sala Barbo was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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158 lbs
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155 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Randy Springs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Sala Barbo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Springs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Springs lands with a nice body punch.
Barbo 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.
Barbo misses with a low kick.
Springs jabs Barbo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barbo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Springs throws out the jab.
Springs fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barbo is out of range.
Barbo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barbo scores with a head kick. Springs tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Springs misses with an attempted mid kick.
Randy Springs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbo swings widly with a right hand
and Springs counters with a leg kick.
Barbo throws the kick towards the body but Springs avoids it.
Springs gets a clinch.
Springs tries to work over Barbo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Springs stalling.
A shot in the inside from Barbo.
A head punch on the inside from Barbo fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Springs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbo takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Springs throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbo.
Barbo blocking some punches.
Springs misses with the head strike.
Barbo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Springs taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Springs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbo blocks a body shot from Springs.
Springs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbo backwards.
Springs works on Barbo's body with a couple of short punches.
Barbo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Barbo as the two fighters clinch.
Springs misses with some punches.
Barbo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbo scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barbo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barbo tries to work over Springs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Springs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbo blocks a body shot from Springs.
Springs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barbo misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbo working aggressively here.
Springs blocking some punches.
Barbo struggles to land a body shot inside as Springs controls his hands.
Barbo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Springs's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Springs.
Springs misses with the head strike.
Barbo misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Barbo.
Barbo struggles to land a body shot inside as Springs controls his hands.
Springs digs a right hand into Barbo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barbo's gas tank.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barbo.
Barbo throws a punch but it's blocked by Springs.
Springs lands a body shot.
Springs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Springs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Springs throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbo.
A head punch on the inside from Barbo fails to land.
Barbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbo misses with a punch to the body.
Barbo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Springs.
Barbo takes a swing at Springs's ribcage but misses.
Barbo throws a hook but Springs blocks it.
Springs's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barbo under the eye.
Springs throws out a loose jab but Barbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Springs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barbo.
Barbo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Springs misses with an uppercut.
Barbo throws out a counter right but Springs avoids it with no problem.
Barbo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Springs throws a low kick but Barbo avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Springs.
A punch lands to the side of Barbo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Springs slips under a jab from Barbo.
Barbo misses with a low kick as Springs jumps back.
Springs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbo lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbo throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Barbo misses.
Springs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barbo.
Springs throws a lazy body kick
and Springs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Springs scores with a decent looking hook.
Springs doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbo circles away.
Both fighters circling a little - Springs finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Springs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbo.
Barbo cracks Springs with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barbo misses the shot to the body.
Springs gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Springs lands a jab to Barbo's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Springs moves away from the strike by Barbo.
Springs chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Springs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barbo.
Springs looks to land a right hand but Barbo moved out of range.
Barbo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Springs's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sala Barbo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barbo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Springs fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Springs connects with a right hand. Barbo shakes it off.
Springs misses with a body shot.
Springs slips under a jab.
Springs misses with a straight right.
Springs cracks the inside of Barbo's front leg.
Springs lets loose with a powerful body kick. Barbo will feel that in the morning.
Springs moves away from the strike by Barbo.
Springs stuns Barbo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barbo throws the left hand but Springs avoids the punch easily.
Springs is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Springs misses with a straight left.
Springs checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Springs cracks the inside of Barbo's front leg.
Springs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barbo at a distance.
Barbo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Springs feints and then cracks Barbo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barbo down.
Springs connects with a nice looking jab.
Barbo misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Springs there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A lazy left from Barbo finds it's target.
Springs pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barbo is out of range and Springs settles back down.
Springs lands a head shot.
A jab from Barbo misses.
Barbo misses with a right hand
and Springs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Springs misses with a straight left.
Barbo gets tackled into the cage by Springs. Springs maintains the clinch.
Barbo misses with the head strike.
Barbo blocks a body shot from Springs.
Springs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbo's elbow.
Barbo lands with a left to the head.
Barbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbo misses with a body punch.
Springs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Barbo.
Barbo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sala Barbo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Springs swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Springs throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbo.
Barbo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Springs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Springs lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barbo.
Springs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Springs.
Springs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Springs throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbo.
Barbo blocking some punches.
Barbo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Springs prevents a body shot from Barbo.
Barbo misses with a punch to the body.
Springs lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Springs lands a shoulder strike.
Barbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Springs lands a nice shot to the body.
Springs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbo blocks an uppercut.
Springs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbo backwards.
Springs swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbo.
Barbo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Springs moves away.
Barbo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Springs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Springs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbo throws out the jab.
Springs misses with a hook. Barbo ducked under it nicely.
Barbo throws out a counter right but Springs avoids it with no problem.
Barbo avoids the head kick by Springs.
Springs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Springs just misses with a punch to the body.
Springs misses with a body kick.
Springs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Springs does it's job there.
Springs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Springs throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barbo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Springs throws out the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Barbo misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Springs. That snapped Barbo's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Springs was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbo.
And Springs counters with a quick kick to the body but Barbo blocks it.
Springs throws a body shot but no joy.
Springs moves out of range of the body kick.
Barbo throws out a loose jab but Springs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Springs throws a good cross that connects.
Springs tries to clinch but Barbo moves away
and Barbo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barbo tries to land a front kick but Springs steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Springs scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Springs misses with a low kick.
Barbo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Springs.
Springs fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barbo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Springs.
Springs with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbo throws a body punch but Springs moves out of range.
Springs throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barbo on the side of the head.
Barbo checks the leg kick.
Barbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Springs dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Barbo scores with a nice strike.
Barbo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Springs misses with an uppercut.
Barbo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Springs moves out of range as Barbo throws a body kick.
Springs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Springs takes a swing at Barbo's ribcage but misses.
Springs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbo ducks under a wild hook from Springs.
Barbo throws a push kick but Springs slaps the foot to one side.
Barbo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Springs's hands.
Barbo throws a leg kick but Springs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Springs pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barbo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barbo takes a swing at Springs's ribcage but misses.
Springs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barbo. That did some damage!
Barbo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barbo throws a jab but it's blocked by Springs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbo moves out of range of the leg kick from Springs.
Springs clinches with his opponent.
Springs tries a body shot but Barbo blocks it.
Barbo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Springs lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barbo tries to throw a body punch but Springs avoids it by throwing Barbo back against the cage.
Barbo lands a shot to the body.
Springs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Springs gets through Barbo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barbo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Springs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbo backwards.
Barbo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Springs's elbow.
Springs tries a body shot but Barbo blocks it.
Barbo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Springs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Springs prevents a body shot from Barbo.
Springs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Springs prevents a body shot from Barbo.
Nice body punch from Springs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Barbo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbo lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Springs.
Barbo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbo lands a shoulder strike.
Barbo prevents a body shot from Springs.
Barbo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Springs lands a shoulder strike.
Barbo swings wildly with an uppercut but Springs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Springs's elbow.
Barbo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Springs leaning against his opponent.
Springs swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Springs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Springs on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbo.
Springs throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbo misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Barbo.
Barbo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Springs is stalling here.
Barbo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Springs lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Barbo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbo.
Barbo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbo tries to throw a body punch but Springs avoids it by throwing Barbo back against the cage.
Barbo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Springs's elbow.
A body shot lands from Springs.
Nice body punch from Barbo.
Barbo has a couple of punches blocked by Springs.
Springs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Springs scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Springs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Springs misses with a body punch.
Barbo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Springs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Springs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Springs lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barbo.
Barbo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Springs.
Springs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbo lands with a short shot to the head.
Barbo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbo misses with the head strike.
Barbo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Springs's elbow.
Springs working aggressively here.
Springs misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barbo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Springs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sala Barbo.
I think Barbo 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sala Barbo!
Sala Barbo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Randy Springs spoke after the fight, saying 'I want a rematch'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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