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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Barnes (ranked 774 p4p, 1450 weight class) and Ali Dixon (ranked 122 p4p, 221 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Barnes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Dixon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dixon.
Barnes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barnes throws a lazy head kick
and Dixon counters with a straight right hand.
Barnes punishes Dixon's body with a nice straight punch.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes scores with a jab. Dixon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Dixon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dixon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Barnes.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dixon.
Barnes lands with a nice body punch.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Barnes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dixon backs up against the cage.
Barnes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barnes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barnes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barnes lands a leg kick that knocks Dixon off balance momentarily.
Barnes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dixon.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A left and a right from Barnes both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes catches Dixon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barnes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Barnes takes one to the side of the head.
Dixon throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dixon throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes throws a combination that misses
and Dixon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon slips a jab from Barnes.
Barnes pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dixon back to the cage. Barnes follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Barnes swings for the body but Dixon moves out of range.
Barnes has Dixon up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dixon tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Some wild striking there from Barnes.
Dixon throws a one two combo.
Barnes is looking to wear down Dixon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A left and a right from Dixon both land. Nice combination.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Dixon.
Dixon moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes is looking for a counter combo.
Barnes tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dixon defends well and Barnes ends up having to push Dixon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barnes swings for the body but Dixon moves out of range.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Dixon tries to clinch up.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Barnes walks into a straight right hand from Dixon.
Dixon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dixon misses with a double jab.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dixon.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dixon is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
Barnes connects with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Dixon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dixon jabs Barnes right on the nose. Barnes blinks but takes it well.
Barnes slips under a jab from Dixon.
A counter left hand to the body from Barnes misses its target.
Dixon catches Barnes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barnes lands with a kick to the temple. Dixon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Barnes fails with a takedown attempt.
Barnes moves out of range as Dixon strikes.
Ali Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dixon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnes has closed the distance and engaged Dixon in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon rushes Barnes and presses him up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.
A frustrated look appears on Dixon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Barnes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dixon circles away quickly and effectively.
Dixon is looking for the big counter here.
Barnes scores with a shot to the body.
Sam Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Dixon lands with a straight right. Barnes didn't see that one coming.
Barnes lands a two punch combo.
Barnes fails with the takedown.
Dixon connects with a body shot.
Barnes misses with a double jab
and Dixon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dixon tries to clinch
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
Barnes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dixon doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Dixon there.
Barnes lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes feints and then cracks Dixon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dixon down.
Dixon throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes moves out of range as Dixon strikes.
Barnes throwing a counter right hand but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Dixon throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Dixon swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Dixon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dixon can do to turn this around?
Barnes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dixon works the jab nicely.
Dixon swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Dixon scores with a jab to the head.
Dixon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Barnes delivers a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Dixon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dixon.
Sam Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dixon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed right hand from Dixon misses the target.
Dixon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes.
Barnes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Dixon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jab, jab by Dixon - just one landing.
Dixon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barnes tries to bum rush Dixon with a series of wild strikes but Dixon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnes dives in for a single leg takedown but Dixon sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dixon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Barnes does it's job there.
Good leg kick by Barnes.
Dixon has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Dixon closes the distance and clinches.
Dixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dixon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dixon looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dixon.
Barnes throws a combination that misses
letting Dixon counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon lands with a nice body punch.
Barnes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barnes has Dixon up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes works on Dixon's body with a couple of short punches.
Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dixon thinking.
Dixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dixon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ali Dixon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barnes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dixon! But no joy.
Dixon misses with a body shot.
As Dixon looks to move away, Barnes throws a big counter combo but Dixon just gets out of the way.
Barnes closes the distance and clinches.
Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dixon. Dixon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes throws a big counter combination but Dixon scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dixon throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
A punch lands to the side of Dixon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dixon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a right hand that Dixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dixon also avoids with ease.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dixon misses with a looping left.
Dixon throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Dixon wants to clinch.
Barnes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dixon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dixon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ali Dixon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes pushes Dixon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dixon cracks Barnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barnes connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dixon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barnes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dixon tries to clinch up.
Dixon with a hook.
Barnes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dixon is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a right hand that Dixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dixon also avoids with ease.
Dixon cracks Barnes with a good jab.
Dixon checks the leg kick.
Dixon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes.
Dixon swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Dixon throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with an outside leg kick.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Dixon swinging wildly here.
A quick step to the side and Barnes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barnes duly obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnes in his tracks.
A shot to the liver by Dixon. Beautiful body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dixon moves out of range of the leg kick from Barnes.
Dixon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Dixon throws a big shot that misses.
Dixon misses with a series of wild punches.
Dixon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dixon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dixon cracks Barnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dixon misses with an uppercut.
Dixon throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Barnes clearly takes that round.
That's time! Barnes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnes seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Dixon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Dixon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Dixon misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dixon.
Barnes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barnes misses with a body shot
enabling Dixon to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a head shot.
Barnes gets a double leg takedown into Dixon's guard.
Dixon has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Barnes is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
Barnes breaks the clinch.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dixon scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dixon circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Dixon.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Dixon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes feints and then cracks Dixon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dixon down.
A big right from Dixon misses.
Dixon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dixon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dixon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barnes is defended easily by Dixon.
Dixon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Dixon stuns Barnes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Barnes misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon tries to clinch up.
Barnes has closed the distance and engaged Dixon in a clinch.
Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dixon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.
Barnes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dixon.
Barnes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dixon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dixon is looking to clinch.
Dixon cracks Barnes with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Dixon lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barnes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dixon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dixon looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dixon blocks the body kick.
Dixon loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
Barnes goes for a double leg but Dixon avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dixon continues to drive forward.
Barnes breaks from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Sam Barnes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Barnes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Dixon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barnes misses with a double jab
and Dixon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Barnes thinking.
Dixon lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dixon scores with a nice head shot.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Dixon avoids nicely.
Dixon throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dixon jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Dixon.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Dixon ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dixon manages to circle out of the way.
Dixon throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes throws a low kick, looking for Dixon's leg but Dixon calmly moves out of range.
Dixon lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes walks into a straight right hand from Dixon.
Dixon throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Barnes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barnes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Dixon throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes is looking to counter punch.
No joy there for Dixon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barnes lands an overhand right.
Dixon tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dixon tries to clinch up.
Barnes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dixon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Barnes lands a high kick!
Dixon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes.
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.
Dixon throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a shot to the body.
Dixon connects with a single shot there.
Dixon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body punch from Dixon.
Barnes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That kick from Barnes tenderised Dixon's leg. Dixon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dixon.
Dixon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barnes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Dixon.
Barnes is looking for a counter combo.
Dixon lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon lunges at Barnes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barnes's hand.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut lands for Dixon. That snapped Barnes's head back.
Dixon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dixon misses with a hook
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dixon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dixon's corner calls for a 1-2. Dixon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barnes!
Dixon tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dixon misses with a few strikes there.
Ali Dixon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dixon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sam Barnes.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Barnes!
Sam Barnes retains his middleweight title!
Sam Barnes bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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