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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Behemoth Semifinals
Date: Nov 17, 2018 |
#R1#
Barkov swats away the attempt to clinch by Howler.
Barkov lands with a nice body punch.
Barkov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barkov thuds his right hand into Howler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Howler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Viktor Barkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howler closes the distance and clinches up with Barkov, looking for a takedown. Howler pushes Barkov against the cage but Barkov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Barkov lands a nice hook to Howler's body. Howler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice jab there from Barkov.
Barkov throws a push kick but Howler slaps the foot to one side.
Barkov cracks Howler with a good jab.
Barkov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Howler looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Howler wants to clinch up but Barkov keeps it at a distance.
Howler tries to clinch but Barkov is having none of it.
Barkov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Howler takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Howler tries to counter with a takedown but Barkov is quick to defend against it.
Howler shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rexx Howler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barkov clobbers Howler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #CL#
Howler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barkov, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Howler.
Barkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howler misses with a punch to the body.
#T1#
Barkov lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Barkov on the inside.
Howler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barkov lands a good knee to the midsection. Howler won't want to take too many of those.
Barkov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barkov prevents the takedown attempt.
#TD#
Barkov is fighting off a takedown attempt but Howler is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Barkov to the mat. Barkov regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Howler distracts Barkov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Howler content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Howler content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Howler content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barkov working a defensive guard here.
Barkov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Howler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SUB2#
Howler got a little sloppy there for a moment and Barkov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Howler has managed to get both his arms back between Barkov's legs - danger averted.
Howler working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Howler seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Barkov is trying to keep Howler in close.
#T2#
Howler lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barkov wants to sweep but no luck. #SUB2#
Barkov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Howler sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barkov's guard.
Barkov is not content to let Howler control the position.
Howler lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Howler looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Howler has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barkov is looking to improve his position.
Howler landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. #T3#
Howler working over Barkov with some ground and pound. Barkov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Howler prevents Barkov from improving his position.
Howler is nestled in close to Barkov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Howler content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Howler landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Howler works his way into full mount!
Howler with a couple of short strikes.
Howler landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barkov is in a horrible position here. Howler smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Howler has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barkov's face.
#ROC#
Barkov is rocked!#T4#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howler lands a big shot to the head and Barkov winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rexx Howler!
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