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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tendai Mtarawira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mtarawira comes to the cage accompanied by the beast tribute. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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248 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
256 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tendai Mtarawira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Barry!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mtarawira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barry is fending him off so far but Mtarawira persists. Nope, Barry circles away and we're back to standing.
Mtarawira bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
An elbow from Mtarawira crashes against the mat.
Barry managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mtarawira.
Mtarawira working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Barry is not content to let Mtarawira control the position.
Mtarawira tries to advance position but instead Barry slips a leg back in to half guard.
Mtarawira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mtarawira is trying to control. Barry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mtarawira perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Barry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Barry can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barry on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mtarawira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mtarawira tries to pass to full mount but Barry defends it.
Mtarawira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mtarawira.
Mtarawira trying to control the pace.
Mtarawira trying to mount his opponent but Barry defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mtarawira trying to advance position but Barry counters by regaining guard.
Mtarawira throws a big right hand that misses.
Mtarawira throwing strikes but missing.
Mtarawira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barry wants to stand but Mtarawira is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mtarawira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mtarawira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mtarawira wants to control from the top but Barry keeps moving.
Mtarawira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mtarawira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mtarawira throwing strikes but missing.
Mtarawira trying to control but Barry is working from the bottom.
Barry can't keep his opponent in guard - Mtarawira advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mtarawira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mtarawira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mtarawira winds up and cracks Barry with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mtarawira controlling the action here.
Barry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mtarawira working over Barry with some ground and pound. Barry looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mtarawira trying to control the action but Barry is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tendai Mtarawira dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barry tries a low kick but Mtarawira avoids it.
Mtarawira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barry looks to land a combination but Mtarawira avoids it well.
Mtarawira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barry but Barry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mtarawira closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mtarawira lands in his opponent's guard.
Barry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mtarawira is controlling him.
Mtarawira wants to control from the top but Barry keeps moving.
Barry can't keep his opponent in guard - Mtarawira advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mtarawira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mtarawira stops Barry from getting back to his feet.
Mtarawira frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Barry wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mtarawira.
Mtarawira content just to control the position here.
Mtarawira tries to control but Barry wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mtarawira thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Barry is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Barry really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mtarawira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mtarawira looking to control but Barry is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mtarawira looking to ground and pound but Barry is blocking nicely.
Barry is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mtarawira landing strikes from the mount and Barry is in trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mtarawira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mtarawira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barry looks a forlorn figure.
Poor strikes thrown by Mtarawira there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Mtarawira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barry looks a forlorn figure.
Tendai Mtarawira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mtarawira throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The referee warns Barry that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barry is bucking up trying to escape but Mtarawira cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Barry is breathing heavily.
Mtarawira wants to control the pace but Barry is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mtarawira landing strikes from the mount.
Barry is rocked!
Mtarawira postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Barry in real trouble here! The ref calls for Barry to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tendai Mtarawira!
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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
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