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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Lancaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lancaster's choice of entrance music: Bed Intruder. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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205 cm
22
217 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
27
211 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruno Barone! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm Lancaster! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Barone thows a body shot but no joy. Lancaster misses with a straight right. Lancaster's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barone under the eye.
It looks like Bruno Barone has been cut. A nice inside leg kick there by Barone. That's going to slow Lancaster down. Barone feints and then cracks Lancaster's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lancaster down. Barone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Barone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Barone lands with an overhand left. Barone connects with a solid leg kick. Barone slaps away a takedown attempt from Lancaster, before circling back to the center of the mat. Lancaster walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Barone avoids the body shot from Lancaster.
Barone scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barone shoots in and gets a takedown into Lancaster's guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. Lancaster is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Lancaster looks gassed! Barone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lancaster is keeping the position for now. Lancaster had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barone defends it easily. Barone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Barone passes Lancaster's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Barone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Barone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Barone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Barone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Barone passes to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Barone postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Barone tries for a kimura but Lancaster is defending well. Barone misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Barone misses with the ground and pound. Lancaster sneaks back into half guard. Lancaster tries to get to full guard but Barone has control of the leg. Barone looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Lancaster has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Barone escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Barone! Barone scores with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Barone working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Lancaster dodges the ground and pound from Barone. Barone tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Barone has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Barone in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Barone in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Lancaster parries the strikes from Barone easily there. Barone is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lancaster to escape.
Barone thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Barone working the ground and pound but Lancaster is defending the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barone looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lancaster is avoiding damage well.
Lancaster is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Barone thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Barone is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lancaster knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Lancaster tries to buck Barone off but Barone is having none of it. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Barone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lancaster some visible discomfort.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Barone dominated that round. The cut man is working on Bruno Barone's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lancaster fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Barone lands a nice hook to Lancaster's body. Lancaster takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Barone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lancaster. That did some damage! That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lancaster crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Barone - the referee stops the clock and Lancaster gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Barone. Lancaster manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Lancaster on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Barone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. This has been an exciting period of action! A decent looking body kick lands there for Barone. Barone lands a nice looking body shot.
Barone closes the distance and pushes Lancaster back into the cage. Lancaster is breathing heavily. Barone lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Barone landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barone lands with a light punch inside. Lancaster's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Barone lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards. A short uppercut from Barone. Barone lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards. A short right from Barone on the inside. Barone misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster is trying to drag Barone to the mat but Barone just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Barone scores with a shot to the side of Lancaster's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barone lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Barone. Barone lands a shoulder strike. Barone lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lancaster or not. Lancaster can't get the takedown.
Bruno Barone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malcolm Lancaster. Barone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Barone landing knees to the head.
Barone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A right hook to the body lands for Barone.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barone.
It looks like Malcolm Lancaster has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Barone misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster takes a shot to the head. Knees in the clinch landing for Barone.
Barone lands a nice uppercut. Lancaster has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Barone after a bit of a struggle. Barone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancaster.
Barone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lancaster.
Barone scores with a nice hook to the head. Barone lands a nice uppercut. Barone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lancaster changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Barone fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lancaster.
Barone scores with a head kick. Lancaster tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Barone is looking to wear down Lancaster with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lancaster takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lancaster can do to turn this around? Barone throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. The fighters circle, before Barone throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Lancaster's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Barone lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Bruno Barone! Bruno Barone managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, LION Clothing [CBK], into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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