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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Gein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as John Barnes enters the cage!
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208 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ed Gein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Barnes moves into the clinch.
Gein has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
A head punch on the inside from Gein fails to land.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes has Gein pressed against the cage, preventing Gein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Gein avoids the damage to the body.
Gein is trying to break free.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gein.
Gein has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gein avoids it.
Gein is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barnes trying to control the position but instead, Gein has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barnes into the cage.
Barnes tries to work over Gein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes prevents Gein from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Barnes.
Barnes wants to stall.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gein.
Gein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes has Gein pressed against the cage, preventing Gein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gein blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Gein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes clinches with his opponent.
Barnes prevents Gein from breaking the clinch.
Gein tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Gein avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Gein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A leg kick checked by Gein.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gein is out of range and Barnes settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gein misses with a looping left.
Gein connects with a body shot that sends Barnes's belly button to the back.
Jab from Gein.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gein keeps the fight on the outside.
Gein swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gein fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Gein circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Gein.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Gein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barnes ducks right into an uppercut from Gein.
Barnes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gein misses with a head kick.
Gein misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Gein misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gein looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Gein misses.
Gein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barnes. Barnes obviously looking to wear him down.
Gein moves out of range of the leg kick from Barnes.
Barnes closes the distance but Gein moves to the side
and Gein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gein connects with a looping right hand.
Gein keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnes wants to land a leg kick but Gein is out of range.
Barnes throws out a leg kick but Gein moves out of range and Barnes only half commits.
Barnes tries to clinch but Gein is having none of it.
Gein throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes slips under a jab from Gein.
Gein fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barnes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes has Gein up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Gein is blocking nicely.
Gein blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Gein is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barnes.
Gein avoids the elbow strike from Barnes, against the cage.
Barnes stalling in the clinch.
Gein pushes Barnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gein's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gein wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Gein manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ed Gein will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Barnes blocks a low kick nicely.
Ed Gein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Gein thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gein checks a low kick from Barnes.
Barnes connects with an inside leg kick.
Gein throws a lazy right hand but Barnes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barnes is looking to clinch but Gein is avoiding it.
Barnes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good shot there by Gein.
Gein is looking to chop away at Barnes's legs.
Gein connects with a single shot there.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gein misses with an uppercut.
Barnes takes a swing at Gein's ribcage but misses.
Gein misses with a hook
and Barnes counters with a nice leg kick.
Barnes forces Gein back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gein is defending well for now.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes throws an elbow but it misses.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Gein is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gein's brow.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gein dodges an elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes lands a nice elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gein.
Gein is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Gein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gein wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gein tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gein blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Gein gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Gein blocks it.
Gein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Gein blocks with his arms.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gein managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Gein managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes has Gein pressed against the cage, preventing Gein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Gein wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Gein is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gein's efforts to push away.
Gein dodges an elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Gein is blocking nicely.
Gein avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barnes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gein has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ed Gein is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Gein misses.
Gein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Gein as he connects with a hook.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gein checks a low kick from Barnes.
Gein missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gein throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ed Gein is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes tries to clinch but Gein is having none of it.
Barnes slips a straight right by Gein.
Gein throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Gein misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Gein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good leg kick by Barnes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gein circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gein checks a low kick from Barnes.
Gein is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Barnes throws a low kick but Gein moves out of range easily.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Gein.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gein misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
Gein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnes tries to clinch up.
Barnes scores with a nice body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gein walks into a stiff left hand from Barnes.
Barnes drops his hands momentarily and Gein takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barnes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Barnes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gein looks to land a combination. Barnes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gein blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Gein misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Barnes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gein.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gein works over Barnes's head and body with a nice combination.
Gein looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Gein loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
Barnes rushes Gein and presses him up against the cage.
Gein managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Gein tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Barnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barnes scores a nice knee to the body.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Gein blocks the elbow strike.
Gein blocks an uppercut.
Barnes lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gein working hard to break the clinch.
Gein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gein tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
Gein is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Gein blocks it.
Gein is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Gein is trying to break free.
Barnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Gein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gein tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Gein controls the action.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gein is defending well for now.
Gein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gein can't break the clinch.
Gein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Gein.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Gein blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gein blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Gein controls the action.
Gein can't break the clinch.
Gein is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gein wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Gein tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Gein is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Gein avoids the elbow strike from Barnes, against the cage.
Gein looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Gein avoids the damage to the body.
Gein is trying to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling him.
Gein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Gein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ed Gein has been cut.
Barnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gein.
Barnes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gein in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes has Gein pressed against the cage, preventing Gein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Gein blocks it.
Barnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Gein blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gein wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gein checks the leg kick.
Barnes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Gein.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body kick from Barnes.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gein.
Gein throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Barnes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barnes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Barnes!
John Barnes took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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