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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Crass Baracuta (ranked 6159 p4p, 5332 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 564 p4p, 516 weight class). Crass Baracuta could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carlton Adesanya's chin.
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174 cm 27 150 8 - 5 - 0 |
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160 cm 23 147 8 - 9 - 0 |
Lethal high kicks Insanely flexible
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Lethal high kicks Good gas tank
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crass Baracuta! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya! The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baracuta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Adesanya avoids the body shot from Baracuta.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adesanya! But no joy. Baracuta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Adesanya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Adesanya tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Baracuta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Baracuta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Adesanya is out of range and Baracuta settles back down. Adesanya throws a nice looking combination but Baracuta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Baracuta is looking to counter punch. Crass Baracuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Baracuta with a nice calf kick. Baracuta connects with the punch. Adesanya takes a body punch but keeps moving. Adesanya wants to clinch. It looked like Baracuta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Adesanya blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adesanya! But no joy. Baracuta lands a nice looking kick to the body. Adesanya takes a step back to recover. Good leg kick by Baracuta.
That's one minute gone in the round. Adesanya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baracuta circles away quickly and effectively. Baracuta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Carlton Adesanya has been cut. Baracuta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Baracuta connects with a crisp jab. Baracuta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Baracuta throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Baracuta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Baracuta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Baracuta shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Baracuta dodges the punch combination from Adesanya.
Baracuta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adesanya! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Adesanya looks to clinch enabling Baracuta to counter with a crisp jab. Baracuta tries to score with a low kick but Adesanya moves his leg out of the way. Adesanya throws a combination that misses and Baracuta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Baracuta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Adesanya if he has to take too many more of those.
Baracuta throws out a head kick that Adesanya doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Adesanya crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Adesanya's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Adesanya is rocked! It looks like Baracuta has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him. Baracuta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adesanya manages to avoid it. Baracuta scores with a decent looking hook. Adesanya is still on wobbly legs! Can Baracuta finish him? Adesanya walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Crass Baracuta! A very excited looking Crass Baracuta made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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