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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Barnes (ranked 2830 p4p, 24528 weight class) and James O Hara (ranked 394 p4p, 680 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by We Want The Funk. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Derrick Barnes !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James O Hara!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Hara can pounce on him.
Barnes misses with a takedown attempt - O Hara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
O Hara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging O Hara to the ground. Barnes is now in O Hara's guard.
O Hara has his hands on Barnes 's head, controlling the position.
O Hara had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barnes defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barnes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barnes is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
O Hara is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
O Hara looking to control.
Barnes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Barnes chips away with some ground and pound.
O Hara is pulling down on Barnes 's head. It's preventing any offense from Barnes , at least for the moment.
O Hara has momentary wrist control but Barnes slips an elbow through the middle.
Barnes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a couple of digs.
Barnes landing some decent shots from guard.
O Hara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barnes throws a big right hand that misses.
Barnes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Barnes content to stall in guard here.
Barnes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barnes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barnes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Barnes is pushing down on O Hara's leg trying to pass to half guard. O Hara is fighting to maintain full guard but Barnes has managed to sneak the leg through.
Barnes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Hara with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Barnes is thwarting O Hara's attempts to control the position.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
O Hara taking some punishment here, with Barnes in his half guard.
Barnes lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Barnes lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Barnes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed O Hara's head.
O Hara has hold of Barnes 's hands but Barnes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
Barnes is nestled in close to O Hara, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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!
Barnes slips a nice elbow through O Hara's hands, connecting with O Hara's forehead.
Barnes stalling.
O Hara wants to control but Barnes is keeping busy.
Barnes controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Barnes dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Barnes lands a jab to the nose.
O Hara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes feinted with a counter takedown.
O Hara misses the shot to the body.
O Hara misses with a hook
and Barnes counters with a single leg into guard. O Hara didn't expect that.
O Hara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barnes trying to control the position from guard on top but O Hara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barnes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of O Hara's head.
O Hara has momentary wrist control but Barnes slips an elbow through the middle.
Barnes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Barnes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes works over O Hara with some ground and pound from guard.
Barnes chips away with some ground and pound.
O Hara is rocked!
O Hara has momentary wrist control but Barnes slips an elbow through the middle.
O Hara is still in real trouble! Can Barnes finish him?
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Hara can do to turn this around?
Barnes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Barnes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barnes tries to free his leg and advance position but O Hara is retaining full guard.
Barnes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Barnes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Hara seems to have recovered his senses.
Barnes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Hara is pulling down on Barnes 's head. It's preventing any offense from Barnes , at least for the moment.
Barnes landing with the ground and pound.
Barnes trying to control but O Hara is working from the bottom.
Barnes scoring with some ground and pound.
Derrick Barnes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barnes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barnes throwing strikes from guard but O Hara blocks nicely.
O Hara keeping moving, preventing Barnes from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barnes controls from within his opponent's guard.
O Hara has momentary wrist control but Barnes slips an elbow through the middle.
O Hara trying to keep a closed guard but Barnes is proving a slippery customer.
Barnes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Hara works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barnes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Barnes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Hara had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barnes defends it easily.
Barnes working some strikes from top position.
O Hara trying to keep a closed guard but Barnes is proving a slippery customer.
Barnes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barnes lands a couple of digs.
Barnes cracks O Hara with a solid left hand.
Barnes pushes down on O Hara's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Well, if Barnes is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Barnes dominated that second round.
That's time! Barnes 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Barnes shoots in for a takedown but O Hara shows good takedown defense.
Barnes gets a takedown into half guard.
Barnes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Barnes moves into full mount! O Hara won't be happy about that!
Barnes dominating with strikes here.
A big strike lands for Barnes ! That's really hurt O Hara and he's turned his back - Barnes keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Barnes jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derrick Barnes !
Derrick Barnes opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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RATING
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