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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ichabod Klopfenstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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168 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
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171 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ichabod Klopfenstein !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klopfenstein pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barnes back to the cage. Klopfenstein follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Klopfenstein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes scores with a nice right hand.
Klopfenstein needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Klopfenstein throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Klopfenstein swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.
Klopfenstein takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Klopfenstein scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klopfenstein misses with a wild combination.
Barnes throws a right hand that Klopfenstein ducks under and follows up with a left that Klopfenstein also avoids with ease.
Klopfenstein lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barnes scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barnes tries to clinch but Klopfenstein moves out of range.
Klopfenstein lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes tests Klopfenstein 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Klopfenstein fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klopfenstein . That did some damage!
Nice uppercut lands for Barnes. That snapped Klopfenstein 's head back.
Barnes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Barnes cracks the inside of Klopfenstein 's front leg.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
Klopfenstein throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Klopfenstein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barnes at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klopfenstein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Klopfenstein is just out of range.
Klopfenstein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klopfenstein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barnes tries to clinch but Klopfenstein is having none of it.
No joy there for Klopfenstein , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Klopfenstein thuds a left hand into Barnes's body.
Barnes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Klopfenstein throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barnes scores with a jab. Klopfenstein acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barnes thuds a left hand into Klopfenstein 's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein moves away from the strike by Barnes.
Klopfenstein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes throws a sloppy head kick and Klopfenstein moves out of range easily.
Klopfenstein thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Klopfenstein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klopfenstein throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Klopfenstein counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Klopfenstein throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Barnes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Barnes lands with a nice combination. Klopfenstein backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes lands the left hand.
Barnes clobbers Klopfenstein with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Klopfenstein throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Klopfenstein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes.
Barnes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klopfenstein .
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klopfenstein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klopfenstein looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Barnes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klopfenstein .
Klopfenstein misses with a hook.
Barnes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Klopfenstein checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barnes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Klopfenstein 's calf.
Klopfenstein takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Barnes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Barnes thows a body kick. Klopfenstein tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Andre Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barnes, as that shot connected.
Klopfenstein takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Klopfenstein .
Klopfenstein loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
Klopfenstein just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Klopfenstein . Those never looked like landing.
Barnes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Klopfenstein .
Klopfenstein tries to bum rush Barnes with a series of wild strikes but Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Klopfenstein circles away and keeps his distance.
Klopfenstein gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barnes.
Klopfenstein throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Klopfenstein , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klopfenstein misses with a straight left.
Klopfenstein misses with a double jab.
Klopfenstein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Klopfenstein takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Klopfenstein misses with a straight left.
Barnes throws a head kick that Klopfenstein semi-blocks.
Barnes wants to land a leg kick but Klopfenstein is out of range.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body. Klopfenstein takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barnes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Klopfenstein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Klopfenstein slips a jab and a cross from Barnes.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Klopfenstein throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Klopfenstein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Klopfenstein avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Klopfenstein .
Ichabod Klopfenstein is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Klopfenstein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes scores with a jab to the head.
Barnes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Klopfenstein loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klopfenstein . Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Klopfenstein , pushing him back against the cage.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Klopfenstein is fighting off a takedown attempt but Barnes is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Klopfenstein to the mat. Klopfenstein regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Klopfenstein keeping full guard, as Barnes tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Klopfenstein looking to control.
Barnes passes Klopfenstein 's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Barnes wants to pass to mount but Klopfenstein is defending the position.
Barnes trying to control the action but Klopfenstein is working from the bottom.
Barnes uses his free foot to push down on Klopfenstein 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Klopfenstein .
Klopfenstein holds on, trying desperately to control.
Barnes landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein tries to lock up and control but Barnes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Barnes dominating with strikes here.
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!
Barnes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Klopfenstein on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Klopfenstein tries to get out of the position.
Barnes landing strikes from the mount and Klopfenstein is in trouble!
Andre Barnes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barnes cracks Klopfenstein with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Barnes raining down shots from the mount!
Klopfenstein is rocked!
Oooh a big shot lands for Barnes! Klopfenstein is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Andre Barnes!
A victorious Andre Barnes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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