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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tu Barrels (ranked 2417 p4p, 2311 weight class) and Luke Bowen (ranked 281 p4p, 267 weight class). Barrels comes into the arena with Lock stock and blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 25 - 28 - 0, fighting out of London, Tu Barrels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Bowen !
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Chris Dean and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowen scores with a nice head shot.
Barrels looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice leg kick from Bowen , right into the meat of the thigh.
Barrels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Barrels misses the target.
Barrels swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bowen throws a solid leg kick but Barrels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bowen .
Bowen swings for the body but Barrels moves out of range.
Bowen misses with a series of wild punches.
Bowen needs to keep his hands up - Barrels had a free shot at his head there.
Bowen misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen thumps Barrels with a low kick.
Bowen scores with a shot to the body.
Barrels looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowen is just out of range.
Bowen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick from Barrels.
Barrels misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrels moves out of range of the strikes.
Barrels takes a swing at Bowen 's ribcage but misses.
Bowen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barrels. That did some damage!
Barrels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowen .
Bowen throws the left hand but Barrels avoids the punch easily.
Bowen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barrels.
Barrels throws an off balance right hand
and Bowen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barrels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bowen .
A little feinted left hand from Barrels on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barrels throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A cross from Barrels lands.
Bowen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luke Bowen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowen throws a head kick but Barrels moves out of range.
Bowen misses the shot to the body.
Barrels is looking to counter with head kicks.
Good work by Barrels as he checks the leg kick.
Barrels gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bowen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrels manages to avoid it.
Barrels looks for the body kick but Bowen saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowen avoids the body shot from Barrels.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bowen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bowen slips a straight right by Barrels.
Barrels jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bowen . That's going to slow Barrels down.
Barrels avoids the body shot from Bowen .
Barrels scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barrels ducks under a wild hook from Bowen .
Bowen misses with an attempted mid kick.
It looked like Barrels wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bowen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bowen connects with a right hand. Barrels shakes it off.
A bone on bone clash there as Barrels blocks the leg kick.
Bowen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barrels backs up against the cage.
Bowen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barrels is able to avoid easily.
Barrels looks to throw the jab but Bowen is out of range.
Bowen tries to work over Barrels's front leg with a kick but Barrels checks it.
Bowen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barrels looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barrels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bowen manages to avoid it.
Bowen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barrels was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bowen lands a head shot.
Barrels walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bowen defending well as Barrels loads up on a big left hand.
Barrels dips to his left and cracks Bowen with an uppercut!
It looks like Luke Bowen has been cut.
Barrels misses with a looping left.
Barrels takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bowen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barrels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bowen doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch lands to the side of Bowen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Bowen motions for Barrels to come forward. Bowen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bowen loads up on a big right hand but Barrels slips the punch.
Bowen misses with a looping right.
Bowen cracks Barrels with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barrels fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowen blocks a head kick by Barrels.
Bowen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrels was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bowen misses with the combination.
Bowen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Bowen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowen was well out of range. Poor timing from Barrels.
Barrels moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bowen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barrels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barrels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bowen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barrels.
Barrels throws an overhand right that lands on Bowen 's shoulder, as Bowen tries to avoid the shot.
Bowen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrels.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Bowen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Bowen 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bowen throws a hook but Barrels avoids it easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Barrels might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Barrels misses the shot to the body.
Barrels throws the left hand but Bowen avoids the punch easily.
Bowen throws a leg kick but Barrels sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bowen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bowen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barrels missing with a left hand there. Bowen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bowen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barrels lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barrels throws out a powerful jab.
Barrels avoids the body shot from Bowen .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen misses with an uppercut. Barrels saw that one coming.
Barrels misses with a hook. Bowen ducked under it nicely.
Bowen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barrels.
Bowen defending well as Barrels loads up on a big left hand.
Luke Bowen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barrels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bowen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barrels.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen wants to land a leg kick but Barrels is out of range.
Bowen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bowen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barrels is out of range and Bowen settles back down.
Barrels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bowen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barrels.
Bowen throws a front kick aimed at Barrels's knee but Barrels avoids it well.
Barrels misses with a straight left.
Barrels throws a body shot but no joy.
Bowen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch lands to the side of Barrels 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bowen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barrels looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body punch from Barrels.
Bowen is breathing heavily.
Barrels misses with an uppercut.
Bowen moves forwards but Barrels connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bowen throws out a leg kick but Barrels moves out of range and Bowen only half commits.
Bowen moves away from the strike by Barrels.
Bowen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowen misses with an attempted mid kick.
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!
Bowen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barrels takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bowen misses with a body shot.
Barrels misses with a hook.
Bowen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrels throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Barrels.
Barrels thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bowen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barrels checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barrels has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bowen .
Bowen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barrels throws a body punch but Bowen moves out of range.
Barrels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowen .
Bowen is looking to score with low kicks.
Barrels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowen lands with a straight right. Barrels didn't see that one coming.
Bowen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bowen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barrels.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bowen .
Bowen throws a hook to the side of Barrels's head but Barrels sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowen lands with a nice body kick.
Barrels misses with a wild body shot.
Bowen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barrels scores with a jab.
Bowen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barrels digs a good body shot into Bowen 's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barrels moves out of range as Bowen strikes.
Barrels cracks Bowen with a good jab.
Bowen misses with a wild body shot.
Bowen throws the left hand but Barrels avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowen throws a chopping leg kick but Barrels manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barrels throws a hook but Bowen blocks it.
Barrels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bowen moves away from the strike by Barrels.
Barrels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bowen moves away.
Bowen lands with an uppercut that bounces Barrels off the cage and back into range.
Bowen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barrels on the side of the head.
Bowen scores with a three punch combo!
Bowen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bowen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barrels jabs Bowen right on the nose. Bowen blinks but takes it well.
Barrels scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bowen in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowen is looking to score with low kicks.
Barrels throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barrels takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bowen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Luke Bowen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Luke Bowen 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Barrels throws a lazy right hand but Bowen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bowen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bowen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barrels misses with a wild body shot.
Barrels is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Barrels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barrels throws a looping overhand right but Bowen ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Barrels misses.
Barrels checks a low kick from Bowen .
Barrels swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Barrels displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bowen throws out the jab.
Bowen misses with a left hand
and Barrels counters with a straight right hand.
Bowen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barrels's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrels just misses with a punch to the body.
Barrels takes a jab right on the kisser.
An inside leg kick lands from Bowen .
Barrels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowen is looking for the big counter here.
Bowen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrels lands with a hook. Bowen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barrels looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barrels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bowen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bowen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barrels takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Barrels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bowen throws a low kick but Barrels moves out of range easily.
Barrels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowen .
A slow jab from Barrels misses its intended target.
Bowen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrels.
Barrels looks to land a right hand but Bowen moved out of range.
Barrels blocks a head kick by Bowen .
Bowen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bowen staying out of range there.
Barrels misses with a hook. Bowen ducked under it nicely.
Bowen misses with a body kick.
Barrels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowen defending well as Barrels loads up on a big left hand.
Bowen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barrels has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bowen misses with a leg kick.
Bowen lands with a kick to the temple. Barrels shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice defenses there by Bowen .
Bowen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barrels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bowen throws a sloppy head kick and Barrels moves out of range easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Barrels misses its target.
Barrels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bowen .
Barrels throws an overhand right that lands on Bowen 's shoulder, as Bowen tries to avoid the shot.
Bowen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barrels connects with a jab.
A big left from Barrels misses.
Barrels throws a looping overhand right but Bowen ducks down to avoid it.
Barrels thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barrels. Bowen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tu Barrels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bowen looks to land a combination but Barrels avoids it well.
Barrels appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bowen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrels.
Bowen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bowen scores with a jab. Barrels acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bowen misses with a low kick as Barrels jumps back.
Barrels stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bowen .
Barrels takes a swing at Bowen 's ribcage but misses.
Bowen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barrels checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bowen moves out of range as Barrels strikes.
Bowen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrels manages to avoid it.
Barrels throws an overhand right that lands on Bowen 's shoulder, as Bowen tries to avoid the shot.
Bowen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bowen misses with a hook.
It looked like Barrels wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bowen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bowen - that will leave a mark!
Barrels throws out a loose jab but Bowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bowen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrels takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bowen misses with a few strikes there.
Bowen lands a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Bowen .
Bowen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barrels.
Luke Bowen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bowen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barrels uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bowen has time to react.
Bowen throws a lazy right hand but Barrels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bowen avoids the body shot from Barrels.
Bowen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barrels throws a big shot that misses.
Barrels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barrels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luke Bowen .
Well Bowen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Bowen !
Luke Bowen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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