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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kale Barton (ranked 4115 p4p, 4172 weight class) and Eddie Roth (ranked 424 p4p, 434 weight class). Barton comes to the cage accompanied by Fredo - Scoreboard feat. Tiggs Da Author. Roth has chosen Straight Back to It as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kale Barton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eddie Roth!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roth gets caught flat footed, as Barton shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Roth wants to stand up but Barton is controlling him.
Barton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roth has momentary wrist control but Barton slips an elbow through the middle.
Barton throws an elbow that misses. Roth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barton's guard. Nice move by Roth!
Barton looking for a sweep. Not yet Barton, not yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Barton holds on and takes a little breather.
Barton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roth really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Barton wants to sweep here but Roth controlling him for the moment.
Barton throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Barton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Barton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Roth won't allow Barton to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barton trying to strike off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Roth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barton circles away quickly and effectively.
Barton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roth scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barton gets a double leg takedown into Roth's guard.
Barton throwing strikes from guard but Roth blocks nicely.
Barton postures up in Roth's guard and throws a big left but Roth blocks it.
Barton with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Barton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barton throws an elbow that misses. Roth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barton's guard. Nice move by Roth!
Roth stopping the sweep attempt from Barton.
Barton tries to strike from the bottom.
Roth stops Barton from standing up.
Roth is looking to stand up but Barton won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton is controlling Roth's posture.
Barton throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Barton looking for a sweep. Not yet Barton, not yet.
Barton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Roth must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Barton is breathing heavily.
Barton will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Barton manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barton feinted with a counter takedown.
Roth scores with a jab.
Roth cracks Barton with an open hand slap.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kale Barton dominated that round.
That's time! Barton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Roth scores with a spinning back kick!
Roth shoots in and drives through. Barton sprawls well.
Roth looks to score with a jab to the body but Barton is just out of range.
Roth gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Barton to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Barton is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Barton throws an elbow that misses. Roth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barton's guard. Nice move by Roth!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barton thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Barton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Barton looking for a sweep. Not yet Barton, not yet.
Barton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Roth manages to get himself to full guard.
Barton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roth is keeping the position for now.
Roth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roth is looking to stand up but Barton isn't so interested in that idea.
Roth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barton is looking to work some ground and pound but Roth has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barton cracks Roth with a solid left hand.
Barton works over Roth with some ground and pound from guard.
Barton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roth is looking to stand up but Barton isn't so interested in that idea.
Roth is breathing heavily.
Barton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barton tries to free his leg and advance position but Roth is retaining full guard.
Barton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roth is looking to stand up but Barton isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Eddie Roth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roth misses with a hook. Barton ducked under it nicely.
Roth throws out a powerful jab.
Barton closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Barton lands in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barton throwing strikes from guard but Roth blocks nicely.
Barton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roth is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Barton throwing strikes but missing.
Barton lands a couple of digs.
Barton throws a big elbow that misses.
Barton throws an elbow that misses. Roth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barton's guard. Nice move by Roth!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Roth is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Barton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roth stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barton shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Roth is trying to defend but Barton finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Barton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Barton 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kale Barton dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Roth tries a head kick but it misses.
Barton tries to counter with a takedown but Roth is quick to defend against it.
Barton shoots and misses
and Roth counters with a straight right hand.
Roth throws a head kick but Barton moves out of range.
Roth scores with a kick to the body.
Roth has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Roth lands with an overhand left.
Barton gets a clinch.
Barton wants a takedown.
Barton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barton has Roth pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Roth manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kale Barton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barton has Roth pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Roth manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barton has clasped his hands together around Roth's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth is trying to get back to his feet.
Roth defending against the ground and pound.
Roth is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Barton lands a few punches from side control.
Barton cracks Roth with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Barton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Roth regains half guard, as Barton was trying to land strikes.
Barton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roth defending well though.
Roth manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Nice straight punches there by Roth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roth.
Nice body punch from Roth.
A head kick from Roth lands but Barton takes it in his stride.
Barton drives through with a takedown into Roth's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barton postures up in Roth's guard and throws a big left but Roth blocks it.
Roth avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barton is looking to work some ground and pound but Roth has wrist control.
Barton is looking to work some ground and pound but Roth has wrist control.
Barton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barton throws a big right hand that misses.
Barton throws an elbow that misses. Roth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barton's guard. Nice move by Roth!
Barton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Barton striking off his back but it's not causing Roth any problems.
Eddie Roth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kale Barton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton trying to control the position.
Barton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barton looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Roth puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Barton missing with punches from the bottom.
Barton moves into full guard.
Barton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eddie Roth.
I think Barton 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kale Barton!
Kale Barton decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Eddie Roth stepped up to the mic, saying 'The road to victory is paved with challenges, and this loss is just a stepping stone on that path. My greatest triumphs are still ahead."'.
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