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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Drizzt Do Urden (ranked 461 p4p, 473 weight class) and Derrick Barnes (ranked 60 p4p, 62 weight class). Do Urden comes to the cage accompanied by Junna Through the fire and flames. The crowd seem to be enjoying Barnes 's choice of entrance music: We Want The Funk. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drizzt Do Urden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derrick Barnes !
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes tries to bum rush Do Urden with a series of wild strikes but Do Urden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Do Urden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Do Urden has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes .
Barnes slips a jab from Do Urden.
Do Urden looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Do Urden defends it well.
Barnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Do Urden pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barnes is out of range and Do Urden settles back down.
Do Urden takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Do Urden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Do Urden throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes .
Barnes with the counter takedown but Do Urden avoids it easily.
Do Urden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Do Urden moves out of range.
Do Urden connects with a solid leg kick.
Do Urden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do Urden.
Do Urden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barnes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barnes slips a straight right by Do Urden.
Barnes tries to counter with a clinch but Do Urden shakes him off and moves away.
Do Urden changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do Urden throws a leg kick but Barnes sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Do Urden ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Do Urden is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
Do Urden slips a jab from Barnes .
Do Urden looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Do Urden lands a really nice looking cross but Barnes seems unphased.
Do Urden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barnes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice straight punches there by Do Urden. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Do Urden.
Barnes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Urden keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barnes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes passes into side control, despite Do Urden's attempt to control the position.
Barnes grinds an elbow into Do Urden's temple.
My spies in Mentor Gym inform me that Barnes has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Do Urden is looking for a sweep.
Barnes misses with the ground and pound.
Barnes trying to control the action but Do Urden is working from the bottom.
Barnes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Barnes lands some shots froms side control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Do Urden gets back to half guard.
Do Urden preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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 perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Barnes is thwarting Do Urden's attempts to control the position.
Do Urden is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barnes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
Do Urden trying to control from the bottom.
Do Urden is refusing to be controlled, as Barnes sits in half guard.
Do Urden is trying to get back to full guard.
Do Urden is not content to let Barnes control the position.
Do Urden keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Do Urden's head.
Barnes trying to control the action but Do Urden is working from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Barnes there.
Barnes is looking to advance position but Do Urden won't allow it.
Do Urden holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Do Urden is refusing to be controlled, as Barnes sits in half guard.
Barnes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Do Urden trying to hold on to Barnes 's head to control him but Barnes postures up.
Barnes drops an elbow to the side of Do Urden's head.
Do Urden desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Barnes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barnes seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Do Urden has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barnes is working away from the top position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Barnes dominated that round.
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.
Do Urden misses the jab.
Do Urden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes .
Do Urden throws a low kick, looking for Barnes 's leg but Barnes calmly moves out of range.
And Barnes tries to counter it with a takedown but Do Urden pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Barnes ducks right into an uppercut from Do Urden.
Do Urden throws a big shot that misses.
Drizzt Do Urden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do Urden misses with a straight left.
Do Urden checks a low kick from Barnes .
Do Urden connects with a solid leg kick.
Do Urden swinging wildly here.
Do Urden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Do Urden lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barnes at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Do Urden takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barnes throws a right hand that Do Urden ducks under and follows up with a left that Do Urden also avoids with ease.
Barnes slips a jab from Do Urden.
Barnes scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Urden loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
Do Urden throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes 's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Drizzt Do Urden is winning the standup battle so far.
Do Urden misses with a straight right.
Drizzt Do Urden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do Urden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Do Urden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from Do Urden misses.
Barnes feints the counter takedown.
Do Urden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barnes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Do Urden misses the target.
Barnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Do Urden.
Do Urden lands an overhand right.
A jab from Barnes finds it's way through Do Urden's defenses.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do Urden.
Barnes throws a body punch but Do Urden moves out of range.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Do Urden.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Barnes is predictable there
and Barnes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do Urden misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Do Urden misses the target.
Barnes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barnes wants to slow Do Urden down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice body kick there by Barnes .
Derrick Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Do Urden misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes . Those never looked like landing.
Do Urden looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes slips under a jab from Do Urden.
Barnes with the counter takedown but Do Urden avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Do Urden.
Barnes tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Do Urden.
Do Urden throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes feints the counter takedown.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnes misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Do Urden does no damage.
Do Urden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Do Urden. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Do Urden.
Do Urden scores with a sloppy right hand. Barnes should have avoided that one.
Barnes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Do Urden.
Do Urden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barnes scores with a three punch combo!
Barnes throws a leg kick but Do Urden moved away.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Do Urden is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
Do Urden scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnes in his tracks.
Barnes gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes is looking to take a break and control but Do Urden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Barnes tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes working the body and head with strikes.
Do Urden is looking for a sweep.
Barnes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Do Urden keeps working.
Derrick Barnes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barnes throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Barnes is looking to take a break and control but Do Urden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Do Urden manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Barnes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Do Urden has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Barnes is proving hard to escape from.
Barnes keeping moving, preventing Do Urden from controlling successfully.
Do Urden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Drizzt Do Urden dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Do Urden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Do Urden swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Do Urden.
Barnes tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Barnes tries to score with a low kick but Do Urden moves his leg out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Barnes .
Do Urden throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Do Urden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Do Urden is looking to chop away at Barnes 's legs.
Barnes tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Barnes misses the shot to the body.
Barnes slips a straight right by Do Urden.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Barnes .
Do Urden just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes with the counter takedown but Do Urden avoids it easily.
Do Urden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Urden misses with a looping left.
Barnes is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A telegraphed right hand from Do Urden misses the target.
Barnes throws a shot from downtown. Do Urden moves away and avoids it.
Do Urden wants to slow Barnes down by chopping away at his legs.
Do Urden looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Do Urden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Barnes .
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Do Urden misses with a hook.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Do Urden doesn't seem bothered though.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
Barnes is looking to chop away at Do Urden's legs.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Do Urden moved away.
Barnes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Do Urden throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Barnes checks the leg kick nicely there.
A swing and a miss from Do Urden.
Do Urden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes lands a leg kick that knocks Do Urden off balance momentarily.
Do Urden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Do Urden's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Do Urden.
Barnes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Do Urden checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Do Urden cracks Barnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barnes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Do Urden connects with a crisp jab.
Do Urden looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Do Urden.
Do Urden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barnes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Do Urden as he jumps to the side.
Barnes lands with an uppercut that bounces Do Urden off the cage and back into range.
Nice defenses there by Barnes .
Do Urden pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barnes is out of range and Do Urden settles back down.
Barnes with the counter takedown but Do Urden avoids it easily.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Do Urden.
A telegraphed right hand from Do Urden misses the target.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Do Urden.
Barnes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Do Urden sizes up Barnes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Do Urden checks a low kick from Barnes .
Do Urden is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot by Do Urden.
Barnes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barnes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden thows a leg kick but Barnes checks it
and Barnes counters with a single leg into guard. Do Urden didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes throwing strikes from guard but Do Urden blocks nicely.
Barnes throwing strikes but missing.
Do Urden has control of Barnes 's left arm, preventing Barnes from doing any damage.
Barnes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barnes preventing the sweep.
Do Urden is adopting a defensive guard.
Barnes trying to control but Do Urden is working from the bottom.
Barnes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Do Urden swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barnes drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barnes jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Drizzt Do Urden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Do Urden 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drizzt Do Urden!
Drizzt Do Urden managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Pound Town INC, into his post fight interview.
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