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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isto Benson Simomaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Isto Benson Simomaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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212 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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283 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful |
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Barton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isto Benson Simomaa!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Simomaa's waist but Simomaa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barton off to one side.
Barton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab lands there for Simomaa.
Barton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Simomaa throws a body punch but Barton moves out of range.
Barton swats away the attempt to clinch by Simomaa.
Barton tries to clinch but Simomaa moves out of range.
Simomaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barton moves away.
Simomaa misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Simomaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barton closes the distance and pushes Simomaa back into the cage.
Barton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Simomaa, pushing him back against the cage.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Barton avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simomaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Simomaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barton dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa has Barton pressed against the cage, preventing Barton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Barton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Simomaa is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barton's brow.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barton breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Simomaa tries to avoid it but Barton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Simomaa to the ground. Simomaa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Barton. Those never looked like landing.
Barton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Simomaa.
Simomaa misses with a hook.
Simomaa doesn't manage to clinch there - Barton circles away.
Barton throws a jab but it's blocked by Simomaa.
Barton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simomaa.
Simomaa swings for the body but Barton moves out of range.
Barton closes the distance and pushes Simomaa back into the cage.
Barton dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Barton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simomaa.
It looks like Jack Barton has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simomaa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Barton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barton dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Barton avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barton's brow.
Barton avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton blocks an elbow strike.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Simomaa stalling against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Barton avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barton is trying to break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barton blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Barton avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isto Benson Simomaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Barton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Simomaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Barton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simomaa takes a swing at Barton's ribcage but misses.
Jack Barton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barton shoots in and drives through. Simomaa sprawls well.
Simomaa throws a right hand that Barton ducks under and follows up with a left that Barton also avoids with ease.
Jack Barton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simomaa gets a clinch.
Barton wants to break free but Simomaa has control.
Barton avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Simomaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barton dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Simomaa misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simomaa.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barton blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Simomaa.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Simomaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Barton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barton avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simomaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simomaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
Simomaa has a couple of punches blocked by Barton.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Barton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Simomaa is keeping busy.
Barton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simomaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simomaa forces Barton back against the cage and clinches.
Isto Benson Simomaa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barton's brow.
Barton letting Simomaa take a breather here.
Barton taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Barton breaks the clinch.
Barton is trying hard to land a takedown here. Simomaa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Barton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Simomaa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barton throws a head kick but Simomaa moves out of range.
Barton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Simomaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Simomaa stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Barton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barton tries to clinch but Simomaa is having none of it.
Barton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Simomaa.
Barton defending well as Simomaa loads up on a big left hand.
Barton stalks Simomaa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Simomaa's face. Simomaa staggers backwards, shaken.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Barton.
Simomaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Barton.
Barton throws a hook but Simomaa avoids it easily.
Simomaa misses with a wild body shot.
Barton tries to work over Simomaa's front leg with a kick but Simomaa checks it.
Simomaa moves forwards but Barton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Barton has Simomaa up against the cage in a clinch.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barton has Simomaa pushed against the cage.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isto Benson Simomaa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Barton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Barton looking to score a takedown here. Simomaa is defending well but Barton drives through and ends up in Simomaa's guard.
Simomaa working a defensive guard here.
Simomaa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Barton thows a big elbow that misses.
Barton stopping the sweep attempt from Simomaa.
Simomaa is trying to keep Barton in close.
Barton with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Isto Benson Simomaa wasn't active enough on the ground.
Barton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Simomaa throws a jab when Barton was well out of range.
Barton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barton misses with a looping left.
Simomaa moves into range and clinches up with Barton.
Barton is trying to break free.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Barton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Barton stalling in the clinch.
Simomaa wants to stall.
Simomaa lands a damaging elbow.
Barton blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barton dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Barton stalling.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simomaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Barton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barton is stalling here.
Simomaa has a couple of punches blocked by Barton.
The referee is keeping an eye on Simomaa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Barton blocks an elbow strike.
Barton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simomaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Barton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Simomaa won't be happy with that.
Simomaa managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barton.
Simomaa taking a bit of punishment here - Barton scoring with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An elbow from Barton crashes against the mat.
Simomaa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Barton connects with a decent elbow.
Barton working the ground and pound but Simomaa is defending the strikes.
Barton throws an elbow but Simomaa slips to the side and avoids it well.
Barton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Simomaa keeps working.
Simomaa is looking to reverse the position.
Jack Barton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barton misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barton throws an elbow but Simomaa slips to the side and avoids it well.
Barton wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Simomaa, who protects the arm well.
Isto Benson Simomaa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Barton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Simomaa to see if he's OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Barton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Simomaa 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isto Benson Simomaa!
Our winner, Isto Benson Simomaa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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