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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hong-man Choi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pes Barbos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong-man Choi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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220 cm
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276 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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196 cm
23
240 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hong-man Choi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pes Barbos! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Barbos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Barbos scores with a sloppy right hand. Choi should have avoided that one. Barbos misses the shot to the body. Choi digs a good hook to Barbos's body.
Barbos looks to land a left hand but Choi moved out of range nicely. A combination from Barbos does no damage. A jab from Choi does it's job there. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Choi swinging wildly here.
Barbos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Choi counters with a stiff right hand. Barbos throws a series of punches but Choi avoids them all with ease. Choi ducks down and throws a hook to the body. A big head kick from Choi and Barbos is sent sprawling to the canvas!
It looks like Pes Barbos has been cut. Barbos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Barbos is thwarting Choi's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barbos trying to control the action but Choi is working from the bottom. Choi trying to control from the bottom.
Barbos prevents Choi from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barbos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Choi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Sloppy strikes from Barbos. Those never looked like landing. Barbos lands with a good body shot. Barbos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hong-man Choi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Barbos wants to clinch up but Choi keeps it at a distance. Barbos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Choi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Choi lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Choi throws a nice outside leg kick. Barbos misses with the combination.
A big left from Choi misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Barbos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Choi closes the distance and pushes Barbos back into the ropes. Choi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbos avoids it. Barbos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Barbos misses with a body punch.
Choi stalls. Choi scores with a hook to the body. Choi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barbos is pressed up against the ropes. Choi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Barbos down to the mat. Barbos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. A swing and a miss from Choi. Barbos swings for the body but Choi moves out of range.
Barbos tries to clinch but Choi moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barbos misses with an uppercut. Choi throws a body punch but Barbos moves out of range. Barbos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Sloppy strikes from Choi. Those never looked like landing. Choi looks to clinch and Barbos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Barbos throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Choi slips a straight right by Barbos. Choi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barbos counters with a straight punch to the midsection. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Barbos lands a jab-cross combination. Choi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Choi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barbos circles away quickly and effectively. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hong-man Choi dominated that round. The cut man is working on Pes Barbos's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Choi circles away from the clinch attempt and Choi counters with a nice kick to the body. The fight stays on the outside here - Barbos looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Barbos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Choi counters with a crisp right that sends Barbos to the canvas! Choi follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hong-man Choi! Hong-man Choi spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
100% |
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