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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Vieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Livingston Barclay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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255 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Vieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Livingston Barclay!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barclay throws a low kick, looking for Vieri's leg but Vieri calmly moves out of range.
Barclay slips a jab from Vieri.
Vieri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barclay stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barclay throws a shot to the body.
Barclay misses with a series of wild punches.
Vieri takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barclay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A punch combination from Barclay misses.
Barclay thuds a left hand into Vieri's body.
Vieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vieri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Christian Vieri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vieri slips under a jab.
Vieri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barclay lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vieri's sensitive parts.
Barclay throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vieri throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barclay counters with a left to the body.
Barclay throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vieri misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vieri misses the shot to the body.
Barclay goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barclay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vieri looks to land a left hand but Barclay moved out of range nicely.
Barclay lands a nice hook to Vieri's body. Vieri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vieri looks to land a right hand but Barclay moved out of range.
Barclay bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vieri's head.
No joy there for Barclay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice shot lands for Vieri.
Barclay dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barclay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barclay misses with a two punch combination.
Barclay looks to score with a jab to the body but Vieri is just out of range.
Barclay slips a straight right by Vieri.
Barclay is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vieri rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barclay delivers a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Barclay.
Vieri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barclay looks to land a combination but Vieri avoids it well.
Vieri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barclay misses with a wild combination.
Barclay bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vieri's head.
Barclay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Vieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barclay moves out of range as Vieri strikes.
Barclay feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vieri's calf.
Vieri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barclay moves away.
Vieri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barclay. Vieri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vieri throws out a loose jab but Barclay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vieri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barclay avoids the body shot from Vieri.
Barclay scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barclay smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vieri takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vieri is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Barclay's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Some wild striking there from Vieri.
Barclay cracks Vieri with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barclay lands a lovely overhand right.
Vieri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barclay throws a right and a left that Vieri avoids nicely.
Vieri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barclay slips a jab and a cross from Vieri.
Barclay lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barclay is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vieri had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Vieri misses.
Vieri is breathing heavily.
Vieri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barclay was well out of range. Poor timing from Vieri.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieri misses with a wild body shot.
Vieri misses with a wild body shot.
Vieri is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barclay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vieri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A right-left combo lands from Barclay.
Vieri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barclay.
Vieri misses with a body shot.
Vieri thows a body shot but no joy.
Whack! Barclay lands a heavy head kick that drops Vieri. The ref tackles Barclay to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Vieri was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Livingston Barclay!
Livingston Barclay seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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