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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnar comes into the arena with U2 - Beautiful Day blaring out of the sound system. Josh Barnett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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287 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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256 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
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Brawler
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergio Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar moves into the clinch.
Lesnar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lesnar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Josh Barnett has been cut.
Lesnar avoiding damage.
Lesnar missing with knees to the body.
Lesnar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Lesnar.
Lesnar looking to throw knees to the head but Barnett is blocking nicely.
Lesnar landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnett avoiding damage as Lesnar throws knees to the body.
Barnett has Lesnar pushed against the cage.
Lesnar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barnett throws a head punch that misses.
Barnett manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to control but Barnett is working from the bottom.
Lesnar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnett is keeping the position for now.
Lesnar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Barnett looking for a sweep. Not yet Barnett, not yet.
Barnett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lesnar stands up over Barnett, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lesnar throws a big elbow that misses.
Lesnar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett is looking for a triangle but Lesnar pushes his legs off easily.
Lesnar looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Barnett is rocked!
Lesnar 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.
Lesnar postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Barnett covers up, he's hurt! Lesnar keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Lesnar and the ref steps in to end the fight! Lesnar can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Lesnar!
Post fight, an emotional Sergio Lesnar said 'After being knocked out for the 4rd time, I realized I should train more boxing and MuayThai. I hope more and more striking in the future to win fights by knockout using my kicks and my punches. Thank you all and God be with you!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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