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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barbados Slim (ranked 3015 p4p, 2631 weight class) and Jason Payne (ranked 347 p4p, 304 weight class). Payne comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Bring Out Your Dead" Strung Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barbados Slim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Payne!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Barbados Slim has been cut.
Payne scores with a jab.
Payne misses with a looping left.
Slim misses with a lunging right hand
and Payne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Slim throws a lazy uppercut
and Payne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Slim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Payne.
Payne loads up on a big right hand but Slim slips the punch.
Slim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slim tries a head kick but it misses.
Slim takes the fight into the clinch.
Slim lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Payne tries a body shot but Slim blocks it.
Slim misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Slim's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Payne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Slim - that landed with a thud.
Payne jumps guard but Slim stands there with Payne around his waist. Payne gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Payne looking to stall.
Payne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Payne avoiding damage as Slim throws knees to the body.
Payne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Payne tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Slim smiles and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Payne.
Slim is looking to counter punch.
Slim slips a jab and a cross from Payne.
Slim connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Jason Payne has been cut.
Payne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Slim lands a body shot.
Slim just misses with a punch to the body.
Slim ducks under a wild hook from Payne.
Barbados Slim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slim throws a body kick that misses.
Slim lands with a kick to the temple. Payne shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slim misses with a hook. Payne ducked under it nicely.
Payne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Payne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Payne avoids the head kick by Slim.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Payne! But no joy.
Slim misses with a looping left.
Payne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Slim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Payne moves away.
Slim throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Slim has Payne up against the cage in a clinch.
Slim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Payne.
Payne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slim scores a nice knee to the body.
Payne wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Payne no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Slim would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Our spies down at at Ironbound MMA inform us that Payne has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Slim stands and steps away. Payne gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Slim moves out of range of the body kick from Payne.
Slim tries a head kick but it misses.
Slim explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Slim misses with a hook.
Payne moves out of range of the body kick from Slim.
Slim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Payne is out of range and Slim settles back down.
Slim slips a jab from Payne.
Payne scores with a jab to the jaw.
Payne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slim shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Payne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Slim gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barbados Slim's cut is getting worse.
Slim jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That kick from Slim tenderised Payne's leg. Payne is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Payne takes one on the button.
Slim throws a wild body kick that Payne sees coming a mile off.
Payne is looking for the big counter here.
Slim takes a swing at Payne's ribcage but misses.
Payne lands with a hook. Slim tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Payne throws a lazy uppercut
and Slim counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Payne does no damage.
Slim lands with a straight right. Payne didn't see that one coming.
Slim throws a solid leg kick but Payne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Slim.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Payne throws a shot from downtown. Slim moves away and avoids it.
Slim walks into a stiff left hand from Payne.
Payne looks to land a right hand but Slim moved out of range.
Slim cracks Payne with a good jab.
Slim blocks a leg kick.
Slim throws a leg kick
and Payne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbados Slim's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Payne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Slim.
Slim thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Payne if he has to take too many more of those.
Slim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Payne tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Slim gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Slim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Payne blocks a body shot from Slim.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Payne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slim landing knees to the body.
Slim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Payne tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Slim smiles and moves away.
Barbados Slim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Payne.
Payne looks winded!
Slim misses with a few strikes there.
Slim slips under a jab.
Slim moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Slim on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Payne swings widly with a right hand
and Slim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Slim misses.
Payne throws a body kick that misses
and Slim counters with a stiff right hand.
That has opened up Jason Payne's cut even more.
Slim misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Payne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That kick from Slim tenderised Payne's leg. Payne is trying to keep his angry face on.
Slim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Payne slips under a jab from Slim.
Payne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Payne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Slim lands with a good body shot.
Payne moves out of range of the strikes.
Slim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Payne.
A nice leg kick lands there from Payne.
Payne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Slim looks for the body kick but Payne saw that one coming.
Slim misses with a low kick.
Payne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Slim's head.
Sloppy strikes from Payne. Those never looked like landing.
Payne throws a shot from downtown. Slim moves away and avoids it.
Slim looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Slim is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Payne throws a shot from downtown. Slim moves away and avoids it.
Slim steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Payne.
Slim is looking to slow Payne down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick from Slim, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slim throws a lazy uppercut
and Payne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Slim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Payne is looking for the big counter here.
Slim connects with the punch.
A low kick lands for Slim.
Slim slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Slim lands with a cross.
Slim throws a big shot that misses.
Slim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Payne circles away quickly and effectively.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Slim throws a body kick that misses
and Payne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Payne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Slim connects with the punch.
Payne throws an overhand right that lands on Slim's shoulder, as Slim tries to avoid the shot.
Slim tries to clinch but Payne is having none of it.
Payne throws a counter combo.
Payne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Slim throws a head kick that misses
and Payne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Payne throws out a loose jab but Slim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Payne throws a sloppy head kick
and Slim counters with a nice low kick that buckles Payne's knee momentarily.
A lazy left from Slim finds it's target.
Slim lands with an overhand left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Barbados Slim dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Slim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Slim rushes Payne and presses him up against the cage.
Payne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Payne can do to turn this around?
Payne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slim is working Payne over against the cage.
Payne manages to pull guard.
Slim stands up from Payne's guard - Slim perhaps looking for a knockout.
A leg kick checked by Slim.
Payne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Slim moves away.
Slim closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slim digs a right hand into Payne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Payne's gas tank.
Slim is leaning against Payne and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barbados Slim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Payne is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Slim.
A right handed body shot lands from Slim.
Payne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A short right from Slim.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Payne.
Slim landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slim lands a nice uppercut.
Slim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Slim works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Payne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slim stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Slim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Slim lands a right hand.
A knee to the head by Slim.
The cut above Jason Payne's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Slim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slim missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Slim.
Slim softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slim connects with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Slim.
Slim scores with a hook to the body.
Payne jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Slim walks away with a smile on his face. Payne gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Payne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slim slips a jab and a cross from Payne.
Slim lands the left hand.
Payne is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Slim! Payne is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barbados Slim!
An out of breath Barbados Slim thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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