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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Barnes (ranked 897 p4p, 2176 weight class) and Conor OShea (ranked 134 p4p, 283 weight class). Conor OShea will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Excellent MT
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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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 24 - 1, fighting out of London, Conor OShea!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed OShea momentarily.
Barnes throws a leg kick which misses OShea's front leg but catches the back leg as OShea tries to avoid 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.
Good exchange - Barnes coming out on top.
Barnes throws a body punch but OShea moves out of range.
OShea fails with a takedown attempt.
OShea scores with a decent looking hook.
OShea throws a head kick that misses
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
OShea lands a nice hook to Barnes's body. Barnes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barnes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
OShea misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OShea has his hands on Barnes's head, controlling the position.
Barnes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a strike but OShea rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
OShea won't allow Barnes to sweep him here.
Barnes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barnes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. OShea manages to get himself to full guard.
Barnes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barnes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barnes is pushing down on OShea's leg trying to pass to half guard. OShea is fighting to maintain full guard but Barnes has managed to sneak the leg through.
OShea is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
OShea avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barnes.
Barnes keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
OShea wants to control but Barnes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. OShea defending well though.
OShea wants to get back to his feet.
OShea avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barnes.
OShea keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barnes drops an elbow to the side of OShea's head.
OShea has hold of Barnes's hands but Barnes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barnes stops OShea from getting back to his feet.
OShea keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OShea trying to hold on to Barnes's head to control him but Barnes postures up.
OShea wants to get back to full guard.
OShea trying to hold on to Barnes's head to control him but Barnes postures up.
OShea is trying to stand up here but Barnes is controlling him well.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
OShea tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnes lands a body shot.
OShea fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Barnes avoids it really well and circles away.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but OShea seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
OShea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice body punch from Barnes.
Barnes with a hook.
Barnes moves forwards but OShea connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
Barnes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. OShea eats them both and turns towards Barnes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
OShea throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
OShea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
OShea fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
OShea gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Barnes distracts OShea with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Don 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.
OShea drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A punch combination from OShea misses.
OShea tries a head kick but it misses.
OShea tries a head kick but it misses.
OShea uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes.
Barnes scores with a takedown into OShea's guard.
OShea uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
OShea appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Don Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OShea listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barnes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from OShea.
OShea takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barnes connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes scores with a sloppy right hand. OShea should have avoided that one.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OShea can do to turn this around?
A big right from OShea misses.
OShea moves away from the strike by Barnes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from OShea! But no joy.
OShea throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
OShea throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes drops down looking for a counter takedown but OShea sprawls and moves away.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
OShea shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barnes but Barnes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Barnes changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.
Barnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes slips a jab from OShea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OShea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OShea throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
Barnes appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by OShea.
Barnes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barnes showed some decent athleticism there.
Barnes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
OShea is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Barnes scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes winds up and cracks OShea with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves nicely into side control.
OShea tries to buck Barnes off but Barnes is having none of it.
Barnes tries to move into full mount but can't pass OShea's legs.
OShea manages to work his way to half guard, despite Barnes's best efforts.
Barnes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Barnes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
OShea wants to stand back up but Barnes manages to pass into side control.
Barnes looks up at the clock and then as OShea takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Barnes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
OShea can't do much from the bottom here.
Barnes misses with the ground and pound.
OShea regains half guard, as Barnes was trying to land strikes.
OShea looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Don Barnes dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
OShea on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barnes blocks a head kick by OShea.
Barnes lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. OShea saw that one coming.
OShea throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barnes counters with a single leg into guard. OShea didn't expect that.
OShea uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Barnes misses with a hook. OShea ducked under it nicely.
OShea throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from OShea.
Barnes looks for the body kick but OShea saw that one coming.
OShea on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barnes is looking to slow OShea down with leg kicks.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
OShea steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barnes. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Barnes.
OShea throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
OShea looks to land a combination but Barnes avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Barnes.
OShea unleashes a big counter combination but Barnes bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barnes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. OShea eats them both and turns towards Barnes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
OShea ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Don Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
OShea shoots in looking for a takedown. Barnes tries to sprawl out of it but OShea keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Barnes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
OShea tries to clinch up
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from OShea.
Barnes throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. OShea tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Barnes is in OShea's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes passes OShea's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
OShea is trying to get back to full guard.
OShea is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Barnes scores with a couple of nice shots.
OShea wants to get back to full guard.
Barnes throws a strike but OShea avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Barnes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed OShea's guard.
Barnes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Barnes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OShea trying to hold on to Barnes's head to control him but Barnes postures up.
OShea is trying to get back to full guard.
Barnes lands strikes from half guard.
Barnes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks OShea with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barnes connects with a nice short shot to OShea's temple.
OShea is rocked!
Barnes working OShea over with strikes.
OShea is still in real trouble! Can Barnes finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OShea trying to control but Barnes postures up.
Barnes trying to pass the guard but OShea defending well.
Barnes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
OShea seems to have recovered his senses.
Barnes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barnes is nestled in close to OShea, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Conor OShea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barnes working over OShea with some ground and pound. OShea looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Barnes wants to take a breather but OShea is having none of it.
Barnes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
OShea lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Barnes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Barnes!
After the fight, Don 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.
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energy
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hype
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