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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Barbosa (ranked 545 p4p, 841 weight class) and Holden Easterly (ranked 66 p4p, 103 weight class). Junior Barbosa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Holden Easterly 's chin.
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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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Easterly !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa has managed to clinch.
Easterly prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from Easterly .
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easterly 's brow.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
Barbosa lands a nice elbow.
Barbosa stalls.
Easterly effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
Barbosa lands a left hand.
Easterly blocks an elbow strike.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
Easterly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Easterly can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Easterly .
Easterly tries to stall but Barbosa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly tries to stall but Barbosa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the body.
Barbosa motions for Easterly to come forward. Barbosa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barbosa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donk. Barbosa catches Easterly right on the button with a cross.
Easterly takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Easterly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Junior Barbosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Easterly 's shoulder, as Easterly tries to avoid the shot.
Easterly misses the shot to the body.
Easterly blocks a leg kick.
Easterly misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Easterly misses with a wild body shot.
Easterly swats away the attempt to clinch by Barbosa.
Easterly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Barbosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbosa throws a low kick but Easterly avoids it.
The fighters circling - Barbosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Barbosa misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Easterly misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa scores with a nice right hand.
Easterly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Easterly lands a slapping body shot.
Barbosa throws out a leg kick but Easterly moves out of range and Barbosa only half commits.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easterly throws a lazy right hand but Barbosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barbosa thows a leg kick but Easterly checks it
enabling Easterly to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Easterly ducks down to avoid it.
Easterly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barbosa has time to react.
Easterly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Easterly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Easterly throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa avoids the head kick by Easterly .
Good exchange - Barbosa coming out on top.
Barbosa misses with a left hand
and Easterly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Easterly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Easterly digs a good body shot into Barbosa's ribs.
Easterly throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
Easterly gets tackled into the cage by Barbosa. Barbosa maintains the clinch.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
Barbosa wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa takes one on the button.
Easterly digs a good body shot into Barbosa's ribs.
Barbosa looks to clinch
letting Easterly counter with a right hand.
Easterly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barbosa scores with a jab. Easterly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A big right from Easterly misses.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Easterly lands a nice looking body shot.
A big left from Easterly misses.
Easterly throws a right and a left that Barbosa avoids nicely.
Barbosa scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. Easterly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Easterly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Easterly punishes Barbosa's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick misses from Easterly .
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Easterly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa is looking to chop away at Easterly 's legs.
Nice cross by Barbosa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barbosa appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Easterly jabs at Barbosa's body.
Easterly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barbosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Easterly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Barbosa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barbosa misses with a hook. Easterly ducked under it nicely.
Barbosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Easterly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barbosa throws a hook to the side of Easterly 's head but Easterly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barbosa gets a clinch.
Easterly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
A short right from Easterly .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee is keeping an eye on Easterly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Easterly blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa trying to control the position but instead, Easterly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barbosa into the cage.
Easterly misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Junior Barbosa will probably get the nod.
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.
Easterly moves forwards but Barbosa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Easterly missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Easterly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Easterly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barbosa at a distance.
Easterly misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Easterly throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Easterly manages to avoid it.
Barbosa throws out a loose jab but Easterly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly scores with a hook.
Barbosa has managed to clinch.
Easterly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Easterly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barbosa. Barbosa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa looks to land a right hand but Easterly moved out of range.
Easterly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Easterly .
Easterly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Easterly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Easterly throws a combination. Barbosa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly slips under a jab.
Easterly scores with a jab. Barbosa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Easterly misses with a straight right.
Barbosa has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Barbosa looks to land a right hand but Easterly moved out of range.
Easterly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Easterly moves out of range of the strikes.
Easterly let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Easterly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Easterly lands a nice hook to Barbosa's body. Barbosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Easterly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Easterly misses with a body shot.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Easterly throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
Easterly takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa looks to land a combination but Easterly avoids it well.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
A jab from Easterly finds it's way through Barbosa's defenses.
Easterly misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barbosa.
Easterly gets tackled into the cage by Barbosa. Barbosa maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Easterly .
Easterly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Barbosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Easterly throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easterly breaks the clinch.
Barbosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Easterly works Barbosa's body with a nice hook.
Easterly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barbosa rather than just go for the knockout.
Barbosa moves forwards but Easterly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Easterly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Easterly scores with a body shot.
Easterly scores with a shot to the body.
Easterly looks to land a right hand but Barbosa moved out of range.
Easterly lands a head kick. Barbosa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice leg kick lands there from Easterly .
Easterly misses with an uppercut.
Easterly lands a nice hook to Barbosa's body. Barbosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Easterly .
Easterly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Easterly avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Easterly lands with a good body shot.
Barbosa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Easterly ducks down to avoid it.
A combination from Barbosa does no damage.
Barbosa works over Easterly 's head and body with a nice combination.
Easterly lands a head shot.
Barbosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut.
Easterly with a jab.
Easterly lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Easterly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Easterly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Barbosa misses with a double jab.
Barbosa throws a leg kick
and Easterly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Easterly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Easterly - just one landing.
Easterly connects with a solid leg kick.
Easterly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barbosa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Easterly pushes him off.
Barbosa misses with a series of wild punches.
Easterly throws out a counter right but Barbosa avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Barbosa.
Easterly scores with a hook to the body. Barbosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barbosa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donk. Easterly catches Barbosa right on the button with a cross.
Barbosa throws the left hand but Easterly avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easterly on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Easterly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Easterly lands with a shot to the body.
Barbosa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Barbosa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barbosa throws a right hand that misses
and Easterly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Easterly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Easterly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Easterly swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barbosa has Easterly pressed against the cage.
Easterly can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
Easterly tries to stall but Barbosa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Easterly avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Easterly s head.
A short uppercut from Easterly .
Easterly blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Easterly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Easterly stalling in the clinch but Barbosa improves position.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to stall but Easterly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Easterly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Easterly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Easterly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barbosa lands a right hand.
Easterly wants to stall.
Barbosa lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa controlling the action here for a moment.
Barbosa lands with a right to the head.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Junior Barbosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Easterly avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbosa.
A right hand to the body from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Easterly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barbosa tries to stall but Easterly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Easterly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Easterly on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Easterly .
Easterly lands a shot to the body.
Easterly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Easterly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Easterly scores with a nice head shot.
Easterly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barbosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barbosa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Holden Easterly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Easterly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Easterly lands a jab to the nose.
Easterly digs a good body shot into Barbosa's ribs.
Barbosa moves forwards but Easterly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barbosa tries to move into range but Easterly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Easterly .
A low kick from Barbosa is predictable there
and Easterly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Easterly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Barbosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easterly walks into a stiff left hand from Barbosa.
Easterly misses with a body shot.
Barbosa slips a straight right by Easterly .
Easterly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barbosa defending well as Easterly loads up on a big left hand.
Easterly looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
A big right from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa walks into a left hand.
Easterly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barbosa throws a hook but Easterly blocks it.
Easterly is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Barbosa with a body shot.
Easterly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch but Easterly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Easterly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good exchange - Easterly coming out on top.
Easterly just misses with a punch to the body.
Easterly scores with the left hand. Barbosa knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab from Easterly .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Barbosa throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Easterly to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Easterly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Easterly avoids the elbow strike from Barbosa, against the cage.
Easterly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Easterly lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barbosa.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Easterly wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easterly misses with a body punch.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Barbosa takes a shot to the head.
Easterly struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Easterly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Easterly 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Easterly !
Holden Easterly took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Bloodbath MMA Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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