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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eli Barden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oil Slick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slick is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Careful With That Axe Eugene. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 cm
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185 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm
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159 lbs
18 - 4 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Barden! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Oil Slick! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Barden chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Slick can pounce on him.
Barden gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Slick in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Slick throws a big right hand that misses. Slick pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barden is keeping the position for now. Slick throwing strikes from guard but Barden blocks nicely. Slick advances position into side control! Slick lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Slick is trying to get an arm triangle but Barden is defending well. Barden is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Slick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Slick trying to control the action but Barden is working from the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barden taking a bit of punishment here - Slick scoring with strikes. Slick scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barden to see if he's OK. Barden defending against the ground and pound. Barden takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. The strikes coming from Slick are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Slick scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barden to see if he's OK. Slick advances nicely into full mount. Slick is landing with some decent strikes but Barden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Barden tries to hold on but Slick postures up. Slick trying to control but Barden is having none of it. Barden regains half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Barden regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Slick trying to control the position from guard on top but Barden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Slick throws and elbow that misses. Barden uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Slick's guard. Nice move by Barden!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Slick is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barden is aware though and is defending well. Barden wants to control from the top but Slick keeps moving. Barden with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Barden scoring with punches to the head and body. 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! Slick wants to sweep here but Barden controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Slick with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Barden can't handle though.
Slick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Barden stopping the sweep attempt from Slick. Barden postures up.
Slick wants to hit a switch here but Barden passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Slick there! The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barden lands a big elbow.
It looks like Oil Slick has been cut. Slick is desperately trying to improve his position but Barden has a good base and remains in mount. Barden jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Slick manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barden trying to control the action but Slick is working from the bottom. Slick tries to improve position but can't. Slick sneaks back into half guard. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Slick keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oil Slick dominated that round. The cut man is working on Oil Slick's cut. That's time! Barden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barden stuffs the takedown attempt from Slick. Slick gets slowly back to his feet. Slick 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. Barden throws a leg kick and Slick counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Barden trying to control the position here. Barden looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Slick looking to pass the guard. Slick preventing the sweep. Barden is working hard here to advance position. Slick with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round. Slick trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Slick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Slick trying to control the position from guard on top but Barden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Barden manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Barden looking to secure an arm triangle but Slick defends it well. Slick is wriggling around trying to escape.
Slick tries to hold on but Barden pushes him away. The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Slick. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man. Slick tries to reverse the position but Barden maintains control. Oil Slick has got the better of the ground game so far.
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. Slick is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Barden is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Slick has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Slick is working to get back to half guard.
Barden with good strikes from the mount here! Slick is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Slick is bucking up trying to escape but Barden cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Slick really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barden lands a nice shot to the head. Slick is working to get back to half guard.
Slick gets back to half guard. Slick trying to control but Barden postures up.
Barden wants to take a breather but Slick is having none of it. Slick gets back to full guard.
Slick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Slick lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Barden! Slick wants to control the pace but Barden is squirming around nicely. Slick lands a big shot there that rocks Barden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barden is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Slick lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barden hang on? And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Oil Slick will probably get the nod - 10:9. The cut man is working on Oil Slick's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Slick lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barden's sensitive parts. Barden misses the shot to the body. Slick lands with a slapping head kick. Slick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slick, right into the meat.
Barden scores with a nice strike. Barden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slick was well out of range. Poor timing from Barden. Slick staying out of range there. Eli Barden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Barden misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Slick dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Slick smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Slick blocks a head kick by Barden.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barden looks to throw a body kick and Slick counters with a nice double leg into side control. Barden won't be happy with that. Slick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barden keeps working. Barden tries to improve position but can't. Slick works to advance to full mount. Barden defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Slick avoids the attempt from Barden to control. Slick connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barden is squirming around, avoiding Slick's attempts to control the action. Barden really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Slick lands a heavy elbow. Barden wants to control but Slick is having none of it. Slick lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Slick with good strikes from the mount here! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Slick lands a big shot there that rocks Barden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barden is rocked! Slick landing shots from mount. Oh Barden is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Slick in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Eli Barden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Slick landing strikes from the mount and Barden is in trouble! Slick looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Barden covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oil Slick!
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hype
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