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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tahboule Alawi (ranked 2985 p4p, 3344 weight class) and Sonny Barella (ranked 169 p4p, 187 weight class). Alawi comes to the cage accompanied by The Ruler of Everything. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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6 - 2 - 0 |
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167 cm
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4 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tahboule Alawi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Barella!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alawi keeps the fight on the outside.
Barella tries a head kick but it misses.
Barella's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barella duly obliges.
Barella tries a head kick but it misses.
Alawi avoids the head kick by Barella.
Barella shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Alawi eats them both and turns towards Barella to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sonny Barella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alawi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barella gets tackled into the cage by Alawi. Alawi maintains the clinch.
Alawi scores with a shoulder strike.
Alawi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Barella pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Alawi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barella looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barella jumps guard but Alawi stands there with Barella around his waist. Barella gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alawi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Alawi is pushing Barella up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Alawi prevents Barella from breaking the clinch.
Barella throws a punch but it's blocked by Alawi.
Alawi lands an uppercut.
Alawi scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alawi.
Barella jumps guard but Alawi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barella jumps guard but Alawi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tahboule Alawi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sonny Barella.
Barella wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barella misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barella on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alawi stops a takedown attempt from Barella.
Barella tries to circle away but Alawi has him pinned against the cage.
Barella tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Barella swings wildly with an uppercut but Alawi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alawi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Alawi is trying to trip Barella. He has hold of a leg but Barella is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Alawi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Alawi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alawi works over Barella with some ground and pound from guard.
Alawi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Alawi landing with the ground and pound.
Barella is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alawi defends well.
Barella looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Alawi passes into half guard.
Barella is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Alawi jumps into side control!
Barella is looking for a sweep.
Alawi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Barella has escaped the position, nice work there.
Barella is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Alawi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barella looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Barella looking for submissions off his back.
Alawi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Alawi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alawi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Barella makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Barella.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tahboule Alawi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Barella tries to score with a low kick but Alawi moves his leg out of the way.
Alawi tries to counter with a takedown but Barella is quick to defend against it.
Barella throws a nice looking combination but Alawi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alawi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barella just misses with a punch to the body.
Alawi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alawi blocks a jab.
Barella bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alawi's head.
Alawi pushes Barella up against the cage in a clinch.
Alawi pushes Barella back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barella has a couple of punches blocked by Alawi.
Alawi turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alawi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barella keeps working.
Barella tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alawi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Barella tries to bench press Alawi off him but Alawi keeps the position.
Alawi happy to just control the position for now.
Barella is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Alawi off and has taken his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alawi tries to escape the position.
Barella is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Alawi rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alawi trying to control but Barella postures up.
Barella is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alawi sees it coming and defends easily.
Alawi actively working from the bottom here.
Barella is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Alawi is just riding it out for now. Barella eventually gives up the hold.
Tahboule Alawi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barella wants to pass the guard but Alawi is defending well.
Barella seems to be looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alawi is looking to improve his position.
Alawi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alawi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Barella trying to control but Alawi is working from the bottom.
Alawi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alawi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Barella drops back looking for a leg! Alawi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Alawi manages to kick Barella off! Barella jumps back into Alawi's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barella scoring with punches to the head and body.
Alawi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barella trying to control the position from guard on top but Alawi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alawi is pulling down on Barella's head. It's preventing any offense from Barella, at least for the moment.
Barella looking to pass the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barella drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barella jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sonny Barella will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Barella throws a half hearted mid kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Barella or perhaps it was just good defense by Alawi, which made it look bad.
Barella throws a low kick but Alawi moves out of range easily.
Alawi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alawi pushes Barella up against the cage in a clinch.
Barella breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barella closes the distance looking to clinch
and Alawi counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barella tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Barella.
It looked like Alawi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Barella.
Barella wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Barella there.
Alawi drops his hands momentarily and Barella takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
No joy there for Barella, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barella misses with a takedown
and Alawi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barella throws an off balance right hand
and Alawi counters with a left and a right that stings Barella.
Barella throws a right hand that Alawi ducks under and follows up with a left that Alawi also avoids with ease.
Alawi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barella lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Barella misses.
Sonny Barella is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alawi clinches.
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!
Alawi jumps into guard, dragging Barella to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alawi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Barella is sitting in close to Alawi's body. Alawi has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Barella is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Barella is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Alawi.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tahboule Alawi!
During a confident post fight interview, Tahboule Alawi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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