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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Constantine Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grande is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I Drove All Night. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jacques Grande enters the cage!
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189 lbs
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198 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Constantine Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Grande!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barca throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Grande moves out of range of the body kick.
Constantine Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grande.
Grande throws a series of punches but Barca avoids them all with ease.
Grande throws a series of punches but Barca moves out of range.
Barca throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grande's head.
Grande swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Grande.
Grande pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grande thows a body shot but no joy.
Grande throws a nice looking combination but Barca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grande looks to land a right hand but Barca moved out of range.
Grande throws a shot from downtown. Barca moves away and avoids it.
Barca changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Grande tries to avoid it but Barca manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Grande to the ground. Grande escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Grande connects with a jab.
Barca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Grande connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barca scrambles back to his feet.
Barca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grande takes a step back to recover.
Grande throws a series of punches but Barca moves out of range.
Grande walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barca. That's going to slow Grande down.
Barca fakes the leg kick and cracks Grande in the body.
Barca shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Barca was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee warns Grande that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barca can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Grande is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barca wants to finish this one by submission but Grande is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Barca.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grande working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Barca lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grande is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barca is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Grande can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Grande taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande is working to get back to half guard.
Barca is working for a guillotine from mount but Grande frees his head quite easily.
Barca pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grande tries to hold on but Barca pushes him away.
Barca trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barca throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Grande tries to hold on but Barca pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca with good strikes from the mount here!
Barca 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.
Barca lands a big shot there that rocks Grande but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barca is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grande takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grande is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Barca lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Grande wants to control but Barca is having none of it.
Barca cracks Grande with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barca postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grande looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Barca connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Constantine Barca dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grande. Barca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barca scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barca working Grande over with strikes.
Grande wants to get back to full guard.
Barca moves nicely into side control.
Barca scoring with punches from side control.
Grande gets back to half guard.
Barca is looking for a kimura but Grande is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Barca to get the leverage.
Barca wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grande keeps working.
Barca looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca is trying to work for a kimura but Grande is defending well.
Barca throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grande is trying to control but can't.
Barca trying to control from half guard but Grande is working away.
Barca is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Grande blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Grande is trying to maintain the position but Barca is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca is looking to stall here but Grande recovers full guard.
Barca working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Grande's head.
Barca looking to pass the guard.
Constantine Barca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grande trying to control the position.
Barca is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Barca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grande can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande pushes Barca off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Barca connects with a leg kick. Grande looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barca fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Grande checks it well.
Grande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barca moves away.
Grande scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Grande.
Grande keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barca shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grande but Grande pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Grande lands a right hook to the body.
Jacques Grande is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grande throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barca. Grande does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barca throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Grande keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grande checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Barca just misses with a punch to the body.
Constantine Barca is winning the standup battle so far.
Grande misses with the combination.
Nice shot lands for Barca.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Barca.
Grande misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grande throws a hook but Barca avoids it easily.
Barca lands with a nice body kick.
Barca shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grande but Grande pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Barca throws a push kick but Grande slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Constantine Barca dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Grande defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barca.
Grande looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barca shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grande sprawls well. Grande wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barca gets slowly back to his feet.
Grande misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jacques Grande is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grande misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barca.
Barca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grande.
Grande fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barca manages to avoid it.
Grande throws a shot from downtown. Barca moves away and avoids it.
Grande jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barca tries to clinch there but Grande circles away.
Grande walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grande takes a swing at Barca's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca is looking to land body kicks.
Barca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from Grande misses.
Barca shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grande connects with a right hand. Barca shakes it off.
Barca fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grande has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grande lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barca circles away quickly and effectively.
Barca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grande.
Barca scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grande in his tracks.
An inside leg kick from Barca misses.
Grande throws a leg kick but Barca sees it coming and moves out of range.
Barca bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barca.
Barca fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grande, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grande takes a shot to the head.
Grande tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grande.
Barca stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barca gets control of Grande's arms and successfully pulls guard. Barca will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Barca preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grande wants to control from the top but Barca keeps moving.
Grande trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barca working for a triangle but Grande defends it easily.
Barca looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca tries to strike from the bottom.
Barca keeping moving, preventing Grande from controlling successfully.
Grande with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jacques Grande has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grande stopping the sweep attempt from Barca.
Barca not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Grande is sitting in close to Barca's body. Barca has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Grande is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Grande is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Barca.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Constantine Barca!
Constantine Barca made sure to mention his sponsor, SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI in his post fight interview.
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