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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aboubacar Mandiang (ranked 595 p4p, 2174 weight class) and Abraham Barnes (ranked 85 p4p, 275 weight class). Mandiang's entrance music is Oliver Twist. A fine choice. Aboubacar Mandiang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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12 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aboubacar Mandiang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mandiang connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barnes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barnes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mandiang is out of range.
Mandiang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barnes. Barnes obviously looking to wear him down.
Mandiang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barnes. That did some damage!
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Mandiang looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mandiang blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Mandiang works the jab nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mandiang.
Mandiang looks to land a right hand but Barnes moved out of range.
Mandiang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mandiang manages to avoid it.
Mandiang looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mandiang 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.
Mandiang misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mandiang throws a low kick but Barnes moves out of range easily.
Barnes with the counter takedown but Mandiang avoids it easily.
Mandiang jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mandiang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barnes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Mandiang sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Mandiang avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Mandiang tenderised Barnes's leg. Barnes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barnes slips under a jab.
Mandiang throws a chopping leg kick but Barnes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice sprawl there from Mandiang as Barnes shoots in.
Barnes closes the distance and clinches up with Mandiang, looking for a takedown. Barnes pushes Mandiang against the cage but Mandiang circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mandiang lands a right hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mandiang.
Barnes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mandiang.
Mandiang misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Mandiang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barnes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mandiang. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Barnes blocks the leg kick.
Mandiang throws a poor cross that misses
and Barnes decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mandiang's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mandiang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mandiang wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mandiang is keeping the position for now.
Mandiang lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mandiang is stalling in the full guard.
Barnes is looking for a triangle but Mandiang pushes his legs off easily.
Mandiang controlling from the top position.
Barnes looking for a sweep. Not yet Barnes, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandiang stays in close to Barnes's body and controls the position.
Mandiang preventing the sweep.
Mandiang would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Barnes looking for a sweep. Not yet Barnes, not yet.
Barnes being controlled here, momentarily.
Barnes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mandiang can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Barnes looking for a guillotine here but Mandiang defends easily.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mandiang throws a leg kick but Barnes moved away.
Mandiang lands with a straight right. Barnes didn't see that one coming.
Aboubacar Mandiang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mandiang throws a good cross that connects.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Mandiang tried to counter with a leg kick but Barnes avoided it.
Mandiang throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes with the counter takedown but Mandiang avoids it easily.
Barnes wants to land a leg kick but Mandiang is out of range.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mandiang moves away.
Barnes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mandiang.
Mandiang is looking to counter punch.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mandiang.
Mandiang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mandiang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
A shot to the body from Barnes misses
and Mandiang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aboubacar Mandiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mandiang misses with a hook
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barnes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aboubacar Mandiang dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mandiang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Mandiang.
Barnes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Mandiang.
Barnes takes a swing at Mandiang's ribcage but misses.
Abraham Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Mandiang misses
and Barnes counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Mandiang!
Mandiang is looking to regain half guard here but Barnes keeps moving and retains side control.
Barnes scores with punches from side control.
Mandiang is looking to reverse the position.
Mandiang can't do much from the bottom here.
Barnes is putting a hurting on Mandiang here, landing some big shots from side control.
It looks like Aboubacar Mandiang has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes in side control, throwing shots but Mandiang defends.
Barnes is looking to take a break and control but Mandiang is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mandiang tries to improve position but can't.
Abraham Barnes has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mandiang is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mandiang is looking for a sweep.
Barnes throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mandiang managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barnes.
Barnes tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mandiang dodges the ground and pound from Barnes.
Mandiang is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Aboubacar Mandiang's cut is getting worse.
Barnes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barnes creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aboubacar Mandiang's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sloppy strikes there by Barnes.
Barnes working away.
Barnes postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Barnes lands a few punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mandiang is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The strikes coming from Barnes are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Barnes lands some shots froms side control.
Mandiang tries to improve position but can't.
Mandiang avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Barnes.
Barnes misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Mandiang dodges the ground and pound from Barnes.
Barnes tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mandiang tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandiang struggling a bit here.
Mandiang is trying to improve his position.
Barnes tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Barnes is trying to ground and pound but Mandiang uses the momentary lack of control by Barnes to regain half guard.
Barnes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mandiang on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jeez, Aboubacar Mandiang's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aboubacar Mandiang's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Abraham Barnes!
Abraham Barnes tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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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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