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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barker comes into the arena with The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch blaring out of the sound system. David is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bring The Pain. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
25
180 lbs
16 - 7 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Barker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David moves out of range as Barker throws a body kick.
David has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barker.
Barker throws a leg kick but David moved away.
David lands with a hook. Barker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Xavier David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
David fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Barker misses with a hook.
A low kick from Barker is predictable there
and David counters with a nice uppercut.
David thuds his right hand into Barker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A clash of legs there as David blocks the low kick.
David swings widly with a right hand
and Barker counters with a nice leg kick.
Barker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barker gets a takedown into half guard.
Barker looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David manages to get to full guard.
Barker throwing strikes from guard but David blocks nicely.
David pulls Barker in close to prevent any damage.
David lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Barker!
Barker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
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.
Barker sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David working the head and body with strikes.
David throwing shots but Barker is blocking nicely.
David drops an elbow to the side of Barker's head.
Barker looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David prevents Barker from improving his position.
Nice strikes from David there.
Barker is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but David pulls his head out easily.
David throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
David throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barker wants to improve his position but David is controlling well.
Barker looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David drops an elbow to the side of Barker's head.
David working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
David is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Barker is pressing down on David's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
David lands a couple of elbows.
David throws a big right hand that misses.
David won't allow Barker to sweep him here.
David is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier David dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
David throws an off balance right hand
and Barker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Barker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
No joy there for Barker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice defenses there by David.
A low kick from David misses
and Barker counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Barker ducks under a wild hook from David.
Barker misses with a jab to the body
and David counters with an outside leg kick.
David stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barker.
David displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barker throws out the jab.
Barker avoids a punch combination nicely.
A low kick from David is predictable there
and Barker counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as David checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barker thumps David with a low kick.
David attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Barker throws a nice head kick!
Barker misses with an uppercut
letting David counter with a right hand.
Barker swings away with a body shot that misses
and David counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barker thows a leg kick but David checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
David scores with a leg kick.
Barker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. David checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
David has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
David misses with a leg kick
and Barker counters with an inside leg kick.
Xavier David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
David misses with a series of wild punches.
David throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barker's waist but Barker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing David off to one side.
David blocks a head kick by Barker.
David misses with a takedown attempt
and Barker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, jab by Barker - just one landing.
Barker throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Barker misses.
David checks a leg kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Barker.
Barker throws a leg kick but David sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barker throws a leg kick
and David counters with a nice body shot.
Barker throws a leg kick
and David counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barker tries to clinch there but David circles away.
Some wild striking there from Barker.
David misses with a right hand
and Barker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barker tried to score with a low kick but David checks it.
David takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
David lands with a nice body kick.
Barker misses with a lunging right hand
and David counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David misses with a leg kick
and Barker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barker falls off balance throwing a combination
and David counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barker throws a body kick the misses
and David counters with a left to the body.
Barker throws a head kick that misses.
David throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barker counters with a three punch combo that has David backing up. David nods at Barker to acknowledge the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - David scores with a four punch combination!
Barker lands with a nice combination. David backs away looking to recover.
David misses with a looping left.
David works over Barker's head and body with a nice combination.
David stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Barker dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
David misses with a right hand
and Barker counters with a nice body kick.
Barker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from David.
Sloppy strikes from Barker. Those never looked like landing.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barker fails with a takedown attempt.
A low kick from David is predictable there
and Barker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Barker.
Barker passes into half guard.
David trying to hold on to Barker's head to control him but Barker postures up.
Barker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barker is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and David defends it well.
David is holding on to half guard well.
David is pressing down on Barker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Barker drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but David manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Barker has David in his guard.
David loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
David missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
David stands up over Barker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
David is working Barker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David landing some decent shots from guard.
David throws a big right hand that misses.
Barker has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. David is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Barker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David in side control, throwing shots but Barker defends.
David goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Barker rolls with the submission and now he's on top in David's guard! Nice work there by Barker!
David wants to sweep but no luck.
Barker throws a strike but David rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Barker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
David working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David wants to control from the top but Barker keeps moving.
David with a flurry of punches that miss.
David stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Barker has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! David manages to get his head free but now Barker has transitioned to an armbar! David grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Barker! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). William Barker!
William Barker is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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