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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
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215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Barker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hanma tries to clinch but Barker moves out of range.
Hanma throws a wild body kick that Barker sees coming a mile off.
Barker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hanma tries to clinch but Barker moves out of range.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hanma buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barker keeps the fight on the outside.
Hanma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hanma misses with a leg kick.
Hanma will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barker steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hanma. That one must have hurt.
Hanma moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma tries to close the distance and clinch but Barker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hanma tries to clinch up.
Hanma throws a front kick aimed at Barker's knee but Barker avoids it well.
No luck for Barker with that takedown attempt.
Hanma throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barker.
Hanma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barker checks a leg kick.
Barker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanma throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hanma looks to throw the jab but Barker is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Barker avoids a kick to the body.
A big right from Hanma misses.
Hanma 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.
Barker swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanma.
Hanma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barker swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanma.
Hanma tried to score with a low kick but Barker checks it.
Hanma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma tries to clinch up.
Hanma takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hanma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanma tries to score with a low kick but Barker moves his leg out of the way.
Baki Hanma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hanma is looking to clinch but Barker is avoiding it.
The crowd cheers as Barker lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hanma doesn't seem phased though.
Hanma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hanma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barker.
Barker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hanma's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hanma lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hanma tries to clinch there but Barker circles away.
Hanma moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
A clash of legs there as Barker blocks the low kick.
Barker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Barker tries for a kimura but Hanma is defending well.
Barker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hanma knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hanma is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Barker asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baki Hanma dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hanma wants to clinch.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hanma tries to clinch but Barker moves out of range.
Hanma looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barker swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanma.
Hanma avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hanma wants to clinch up but Barker keeps it at a distance.
Hanma tries to clinch up but Barker circles away and keeps his distance.
Hanma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanma misses with a looping left.
Hanma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barker shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hanma but Hanma pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Baki Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hanma tries to close the distance and clinch but Barker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hanma fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hanma wants to clinch.
Hanma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanma defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barker.
Barker throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hanma was covering up waiting for the punch and Barker finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Barker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barker throwing strikes from guard but Hanma blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hanma works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barker wants to pass the guard but Hanma is keeping the position.
Barker postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hanma is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Barker, into his guard.
Hanma trying to control the position from guard on top but Barker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Barker working for submissions but it's allowed Hanma to get to half guard.
Hanma stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Hanma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hanma tries to clinch there but Barker circles away.
Hanma throws a leg kick
and Barker counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Barker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hanma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Barker 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 eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hanma tries to clinch but Barker moves away
enabling Barker to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanma looks to clinch
enabling Barker to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanma misses with a double jab
and Barker counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Barker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hanma's head.
Hanma has hold of Barker's hands but Barker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hanma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barker not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hanma trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma taking some punishment here, with Barker in his half guard.
Hanma is trying to stand back up but Barker is controlling him
Hanma is looking for a sweep. Barker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barker trying to pass the guard but Hanma defending well.
Barker is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Barker throwing shots but Hanma is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Barker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hanma avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barker.
Barker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hanma tries to clinch but Barker moves away
and Hanma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hanma darts in trying to clinch
and Barker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanma looks to clinch
and Barker counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bob Barker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hanma wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barker.
Barker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hanma preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hanma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hanma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Barker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hanma works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hanma looks to clinch
and Barker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four 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.
Hanma tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hanma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hanma throws a leg kick
and Barker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hanma throws a leg kick
so Barker counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Barker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hanma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barker throws a big right hand that misses.
Barker stops Hanma from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barker throwing strikes from guard but Hanma blocks nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Barker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barker 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Barker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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