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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdual Jemall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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175 cm
22
160 lbs
6 - 10 - 0 |
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180 cm
24
160 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Barnes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abdual Jemall! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jemall misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Barnes avoids the head kick by Jemall.
A slow jab from Jemall misses its intended target. Barnes drives through and clinches with Jemall against the cage.
Jemall lands a right hand. Jemall has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Barnes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Jemall lands with a right to the head. Jemall scores with a shot to the side of Barnes's head. Jemall letting Barnes take a breather here. Jemall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards. Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Jemall. Barnes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jemall backwards. Jemall with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Jemall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses. Jemall utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head. A right handed body shot lands from Jemall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jemall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Barnes trying to stall but Jemall improves his position.
Jemall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barness head. Jemall works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jemall not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jemall stopping the sweep attempt from Barnes. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jemall's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Barnes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Barnes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Barnes throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Barnes keeping full guard, as Jemall tries to pass. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jemall makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Barnes throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jemall thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Barnes doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jemall wants to control from the top but Barnes keeps moving. Barnes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jemall is one step ahead there.
That's two 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. Jemall slips nicely into half guard. Barnes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Jemall scoring with strikes to the body and head. Jemall is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Barnes defends it well. Jemall takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Barnes is in trouble now - Jemall has advanced to mount! Feeble punches landing from Barnes - he's mounted - they can't hurt. Jemall looking to control but Barnes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Jemall working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jemall with a couple of short strikes. Jemall working the ground and pound effectively.
Jemall raining down shots from the mount! Jemall working for a submission but Barnes is keeping him at bay. Barnes is looking to get to half guard. Jemall with shots to the head and body - Barnes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Barnes is rocked! Jemall postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Barnes badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Jemall around the waist but Jemall pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Jemall is the winner by TKO! Jemall jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdual Jemall!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
84% |
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