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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Janis Piternieks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barron comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Janis Piternieks had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Janis Piternieks has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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206 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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33
185 lbs
25 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Janis Piternieks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phillip Barron!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piternieks misses with a right hand
letting Barron counter with a right hand.
Barron tries to clinch there but Piternieks circles away.
Barron throws a head kick that misses
and Piternieks counters with a good low kick that Barron was not able to check.
Piternieks moves out of range as Barron throws a body kick.
Barron closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Piternieks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Piternieks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barron.
Piternieks looks to score with a jab to the body but Barron is just out of range.
Piternieks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barron cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Piternieks misses the shot to the body.
Piternieks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Piternieks coming out on top.
Barron misses with a two punch combination.
Piternieks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Piternieks lands a high kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piternieks slips a jab from Barron.
Piternieks shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Piternieks showed some decent athleticism there.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Barron wants to get back to full guard but Piternieks has passed into side control.
Piternieks moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Piternieks tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Piternieks working away.
Piternieks looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Barron is avoiding damage well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piternieks is trying to ground and pound but Barron uses the momentary lack of control by Piternieks to regain half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Piternieks in particular looking to stall.
Piternieks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barron's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Piternieks in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Janis Piternieks just wasn't active enough.
Barron lands a jab to Piternieks's midsection.
Barron misses with a hook. Piternieks ducked under it nicely.
Piternieks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barron.
Barron connects with a good right hand that stumbles Piternieks. Piternieks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barron on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Piternieks throws a hook but Barron blocks it.
Piternieks misses with a kick to the body.
Piternieks misses with a looping left.
Barron tries to work over Piternieks's front leg with a kick but Piternieks checks it.
Piternieks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barron sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Piternieks avoids a kick to the body.
Barron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Piternieks.
Barron looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barron has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Piternieks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Barron misses.
Piternieks throws a leg kick
and Piternieks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Piternieks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Piternieks with a jab.
Piternieks lands a nice shot that snaps Barron's head back.
Piternieks walks into a straight right hand from Barron.
Janis Piternieks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piternieks avoids the head kick by Barron.
Barron circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barron does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barron blocks a leg kick.
Barron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Piternieks.
Barron drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Piternieks on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Janis Piternieks dominated that round.
That's time! Piternieks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barron connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Piternieks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Piternieks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Piternieks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Piternieks crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Barron - the referee stops the clock and Piternieks gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Barron. Piternieks manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Piternieks connects with a body shot.
Barron connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice body punch from Piternieks.
Barron throws a lazy uppercut
and Piternieks counters with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barron lands a jab.
Piternieks lands with a straight right. Barron didn't see that one coming.
Piternieks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Piternieks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Piternieks fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barron is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Piternieks.
Barron is still on wobbly legs! Can Piternieks finish him?
Piternieks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barron seems to have recovered his senses.
Good standup being displayed there by Barron as he connects with a hook.
Barron cracks the inside of Piternieks's front leg.
Barron takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barron waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Piternieks.
Piternieks looks to score with a jab to the body but Barron is just out of range.
Piternieks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barron.
Barron takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Piternieks lands a brutal head kick. Barron looks out on his feet and Piternieks throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Janis Piternieks!
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energy
A | B |
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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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