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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between VC Barre (ranked 2900 p4p, 3464 weight class) and Hank Houston (ranked 363 p4p, 409 weight class). VC Barre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, VC Barre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Houston!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houston scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barre walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Houston checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Houston throws a looping overhand right but Barre ducks down to avoid it.
Barre throws a nice outside leg kick.
Houston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barre manages to avoid it.
Barre will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barre just misses with a punch to the body.
Houston misses with a straight right.
Barre throws a leg kick which misses Houston's front leg but catches the back leg as Houston tries to avoid it.
Barre tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Barre.
Barre lands a head kick!
It looks like Hank Houston has been cut.
Barre has been working on his boxing with his coaches at BKC Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Houston digs a good hook to Barre's body.
Houston's coach down at Temple of Fitness was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Houston's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Houston stuns Barre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Houston.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barre throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Houston scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houston tries to land a front kick but Barre steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Houston ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Houston lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barre doesn't seem phased though.
A low kick lands for Barre.
Houston throws an overhand right that lands on Barre's shoulder, as Barre tries to avoid the shot.
A low kick from Barre misses
and Houston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Houston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barre moves away.
Houston is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barre rather than just go for the knockout.
Barre is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Houston misses with a body shot.
Barre lands a two punch combo.
Barre avoids the body shot from Houston.
Barre cracks Houston with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barre throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Houston releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Houston bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barre's head.
Barre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Whack! Barre lands a heavy head kick that drops Houston. The ref tackles Barre to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Houston was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). VC Barre!
After the fight, VC Barre 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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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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