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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bento Barboza (ranked 279 p4p, 508 weight class) and InSaen Chai (ranked 34 p4p, 70 weight class). Barboza comes to the cage accompanied by Angel Of Death. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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38 - 19 - 0 |
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194 cm
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14 - 10 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bento Barboza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, InSaen Chai!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Chai.
Barboza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chai scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
We've been told by Barboza's head coaches at League of Shadows MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Barboza staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chai.
Barboza ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Barboza throwing a counter right hand but Chai manages to avoid it.
Barboza moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Chai scores with a shot to the body.
Barboza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai connects with a leg kick.
Barboza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barboza moves into the clinch.
Chai blocks a body shot from Barboza.
Chai working hard to break the clinch.
Barboza misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Barboza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chai blocking some punches.
Chai digs a right hand underneath Barboza's ribcage. Barboza let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barboza lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chai breaks the clinch.
Chai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chai scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barboza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Chai scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Barboza fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chai clinches.
Barboza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barboza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barboza misses with some punches.
Barboza lands a body shot.
Chai blocks an elbow strike.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barboza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Barboza.
Chai looks winded!
Barboza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Barboza tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Barboza tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barboza tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barboza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Barboza.
Chai tests Barboza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chai misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chai throws a body punch but Barboza moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barboza checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barboza counters with a three punch combo that has Chai backing up. Chai nods at Barboza to acknowledge the strikes.
Chai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai lands a leg kick that knocks Barboza off balance momentarily.
Chai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barboza.
Barboza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Chai rushes Barboza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barboza working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barboza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chai's brow.
Chai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chai blocks an elbow strike.
Chai dodges an elbow strike from Barboza.
Chai avoids the elbow strike from Barboza, against the cage.
Barboza misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Chai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
InSaen Chai dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Barboza moves into range and clinches up with Chai.
A right handed body shot lands from Barboza.
Chai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chai breaks the clinch.
Chai connects with a right hand. Barboza shakes it off.
Barboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Chai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Chai misses.
Chai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chai moves into the clinch successfully.
Barboza misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai blocking some punches.
Barboza lands with a short shot to the head.
Barboza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barboza has Chai pressed against the cage, preventing Chai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Chai shrugs off.
Chai prevents a body shot from Barboza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai blocks the elbow strike.
Chai tries to break free but Barboza pushes him back against the cage.
Barboza working aggressively here.
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Barboza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chai tries to throw a body punch but Barboza avoids it by throwing Chai back against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chai lands a high kick!
Chai throws the left hand but Barboza avoids the punch easily.
Barboza half committed to a counter leg kick.
Barboza staying out of range there.
Chai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Donk. Chai catches Barboza right on the button with a cross.
Chai scores with a hook.
Chai throws a leg kick which misses Barboza's front leg but catches the back leg as Barboza tries to avoid it.
Chai thumps Barboza with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Chai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Barboza throwing a counter right hand but Chai manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai connects with a high kick.
Barboza doesn't manage to clinch there - Chai circles away.
Chai lands a high kick!
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Barboza.
Chai misses with a body shot
and Barboza counters with a good, hard body kick but Chai shrugs it off.
Barboza misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Chai misses.
Chai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barboza.
Chai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
InSaen Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barboza throws a low kick but Chai avoids it.
Chai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barboza walks into a jab.
Chai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza clinches with his opponent.
Chai breaks the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chai.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chai connects with a single shot there.
Chai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barboza counters with a low kick, right behind Chai 's knee.
Barboza slips a jab from Chai.
A counter left hand to the body from Barboza misses its target.
Nice defenses there by Barboza.
Barboza tried to counter with a leg kick but Chai avoided it.
Barboza is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chai just misses with a punch to the body.
Barboza fires out a quick counter leg kick but Chai just manages to avoid it.
Chai misses with an uppercut
and Barboza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Chai is breathing heavily.
Barboza fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Chai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barboza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Barboza tried to counter with a leg kick but Chai avoided it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barboza counters with an inside leg kick.
Barboza scores with a nice strike.
InSaen Chai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barboza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chai.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Barboza moved out of range.
Barboza swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A low kick lands for Chai.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chai throws the left hand but Barboza avoids the punch easily.
Barboza checks a leg kick.
Chai throws out a loose jab but Barboza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barboza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chai scores with a punch to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
InSaen Chai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Chai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chai throws a poor cross that misses
and Barboza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barboza moves out of range of the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Barboza tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chai throws a poor cross that misses
and Barboza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barboza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barboza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barboza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barboza misses with the head strike.
Barboza misses with the head strike.
Barboza lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Barboza.
Barboza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Chai is trying to break the clinch but Barboza is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai misses with a lunging right hand
and Barboza counters with a left to the body.
Chai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chai misses with a low kick.
Barboza staying out of range there.
Chai misses with a straight right.
Barboza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chai with a nice calf kick.
Barboza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chai is trying to break free.
Barboza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bento Barboza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Barboza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barboza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barboza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barboza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Barboza.
Barboza cracks Chai with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Barboza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like InSaen Chai has been cut.
Barboza pushes Chai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barboza misses with a punch to the body.
Barboza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Chai blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza lands a damaging elbow.
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Barboza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chai blocks a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza lands a right hand.
Chai avoids a wild elbow strike from Barboza.
Barboza tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barboza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Chai has had enough of the clinch but Barboza keeps him there for the moment.
Chai is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barboza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barboza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza lands an elbow just above Chai 's eye.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza misses with a punch on the inside.
Barboza tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Barboza back against the cage.
Chai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barboza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barboza working aggressively here.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Barboza misses with some punches.
Barboza has Chai pressed against the cage, preventing Chai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chai lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Barboza lands a hook that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bento Barboza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... InSaen Chai!
InSaen Chai was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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