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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Barnes (ranked 1586 p4p, 2109 weight class) and Erik Eriksson (ranked 232 p4p, 287 weight class). Eriksson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Scarlet - End in blood. Andrew Barnes has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Eriksson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes lands with a cross.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Eriksson.
Eriksson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Eriksson.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Eriksson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Eriksson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Barnes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Eriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Eriksson controls his hands.
Barnes letting Eriksson take a breather here.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eriksson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Eriksson stalling.
Eriksson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barnes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Eriksson can turn it around.
Eriksson lands with a light punch inside.
Barnes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Barnes.
Eriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes tries a body shot but Eriksson blocks it.
Barnes has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A body shot lands from Barnes.
Barnes tries a body shot but Eriksson blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes avoiding damage.
Barnes stalling.
Eriksson tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Eriksson.
Eriksson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eriksson working aggressively here.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Eriksson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Eriksson up against the cage.
Eriksson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Barnes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Eriksson.
Barnes swings widly with a right hand
and Eriksson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barnes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Eriksson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.
Eriksson misses with a double jab.
Eriksson throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes moves into range and clinches up with Eriksson.
Barnes lands an uppercut.
Eriksson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Eriksson.
Eriksson tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Eriksson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Eriksson lands a right hand.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eriksson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eriksson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Eriksson letting Barnes take a breather here.
Eriksson is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Eriksson into the cage.
Barnes has Eriksson pressed against the cage.
Barnes misses with some punches.
Eriksson lands with a light punch inside.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eriksson tries to stall but Barnes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andrew Barnes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Eriksson lands with an overhand left.
Barnes tests Eriksson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Eriksson misses with a straight right.
Barnes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Eriksson eats them both and turns towards Barnes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Erik Eriksson has been cut.
Barnes scores with a shot to the body.
Andrew Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Eriksson tries to get set, Barnes tries to push him back and clinch up but Eriksson manages to avoid the attempt.
Barnes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Eriksson backs up against the cage.
Eriksson misses the shot to the body.
Barnes darts in trying to clinch
and Eriksson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Eriksson throws out a counter right but Barnes avoids it with no problem.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eriksson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Eriksson slips a straight right by Barnes.
Barnes is looking to chop away at Eriksson's legs.
Eriksson dodges the punch combination from Barnes.
Barnes closes the distance and pushes Eriksson back into the cage.
Eriksson trying to control the position but instead, Barnes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Eriksson into the cage.
Eriksson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barnes has Eriksson pressed against the cage, preventing Eriksson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eriksson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnes is keeping busy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barnes.
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Eriksson backwards.
Eriksson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Eriksson tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Eriksson blocking some punches.
Barnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eriksson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Eriksson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Eriksson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eriksson looking to stall.
Eriksson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Eriksson prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes effectively controlling the action here.
Eriksson is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Barnes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Eriksson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Eriksson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Eriksson avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Barnes stalling the fight.
Eriksson working aggressively here.
Eriksson misses with some punches.
Barnes tries to work over Eriksson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eriksson can do to turn this around?
Barnes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barnes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eriksson stalling the fight.
Eriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes keeps control of Eriksson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Barnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Erik Eriksson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Barnes instigates a clinch.
Barnes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Eriksson backwards.
Eriksson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Eriksson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Andrew Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Eriksson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Eriksson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Eriksson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eriksson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Eriksson tries to stall but Barnes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Eriksson just leaning against Barnes, taking a breather.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Eriksson avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Eriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksson has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Eriksson scores with a shot to the side of Barnes's head.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Eriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Eriksson avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Eriksson tries to work over Barnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eriksson blocking some punches.
Barnes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Eriksson up against the cage.
Eriksson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnes.
Eriksson lands a shoulder strike.
Barnes has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Eriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barnes gets through Eriksson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Barnes scores with a shoulder strike.
Eriksson tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Eriksson back against the cage.
A short right from Eriksson on the inside.
Eriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Eriksson is looking to control Barnes's arms but Barnes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Eriksson has his back to the cage.
Eriksson can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Eriksson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eriksson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Eriksson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Eriksson.
Eriksson looking to stall.
Eriksson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Eriksson misses with a punch on the inside.
Eriksson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Eriksson trying to control the position but instead, Barnes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Eriksson into the cage.
Barnes scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
A left hand lands to the body for Eriksson.
Barnes tries to work over Eriksson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eriksson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Erik Eriksson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson misses with some punches.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
Eriksson prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Eriksson lands with a left to the head.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Eriksson throws a head punch that misses.
Eriksson lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Eriksson.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Barnes tries to work over Eriksson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
Eriksson breaks from the clinch.
Barnes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barnes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Eriksson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barnes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Andrew Barnes!
After the fight, Andrew Barnes was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Erik Eriksson was interviewed post fight and said 'You win lose, you some some.'.
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