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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Barbossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myron Obusan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obusan has chosen Frontlines by Diabolic feat. Immortal Technique as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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168 lbs
8 - 11 - 0 |
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175 cm
32
162 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Barbossa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Myron Obusan!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbossa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Obusan tries to avoid it but Barbossa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Obusan to the ground. Obusan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Obusan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Barbossa to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Obusan wants to stand but Barbossa is controlling the position.
Barbossa is working Obusan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Obusan wants to get back to his feet but Barbossa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Barbossa wants to control from the top but Obusan keeps moving.
Barbossa stands up and waves to Obusan to follow him.
Barbossa has a takedown stuffed.
Barbossa shoots in looking for a takedown but Obusan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barbossa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Barbossa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Barbossa.
Barbossa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Barbossa tries to advance to mount but Obusan denies him.
Obusan wants to get back to his feet but Barbossa drags him back down.
Barbossa decides to stand up, so the ref orders Obusan to his feet.
Barbossa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Obusan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa throws a nice looking combination but Obusan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice takedown defense from Obusan. No joy for Barbossa on that attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbossa has a takedown stuffed.
Barbossa scores with a sloppy right hand. Obusan should have avoided that one.
Barbossa fails to land with a series of punches.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Obusan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Barbossa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Obusan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obusan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Barbossa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Barbossa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Barbossa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Barbossa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Obusan keeps working.
Obusan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Barbossa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Barbossa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa tries to move to mount but Obusan blocks the move with his legs.
Obusan is trying to buck Barbossa off.
Barbossa has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Obusan!
Obusan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barbossa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barbossa pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Barbossa tries to control but Obusan wriggling away.
Barbossa landing strikes from the mount.
Obusan is squirming around, avoiding Barbossa's attempts to control the action.
Obusan is trying to stand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obusan tries to buck Barbossa off but Barbossa takes his back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Obusan is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Barbossa wants to control but Obusan is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Barbossa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Obusan misses with a leg kick
and Barbossa counters with a three punch combo that has Obusan backing up. Obusan nods at Barbossa to acknowledge the strikes.
Barbossa throws a nice looking combination but Obusan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barbossa misses with a few strikes there.
Barbossa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Obusan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barbossa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barbossa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Obusan throws out a loose jab but Barbossa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbossa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Barbossa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Barbossa misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obusan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Obusan misses with a hook. Barbossa ducked under it nicely.
Barbossa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice shot by Barbossa.
Barbossa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obusan misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Barbossa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbossa tries to clinch up.
Obusan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Jake Barbossa has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Obusan. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Barbossa does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obusan stuffs the takedown attempt from Barbossa. Barbossa gets slowly back to his feet.
Jake Barbossa is winning the standup battle so far.
Obusan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barbossa closes the distance and clinches up with Obusan, looking for a takedown. Barbossa pushes Obusan against the cage but Obusan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Obusan avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barbossa dives in and grabs Obusan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Obusan pushes down on Barbossa's head and hops out.
Obusan throws a looping overhand right but Barbossa ducks down to avoid it.
Barbossa misses with a combination
and Barbossa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barbossa misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa looks for a takedown but Obusan sprawls well.
Obusan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barbossa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Barbossa dives in and grabs Obusan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Obusan pushes down on Barbossa's head and hops out.
Obusan throws a big shot that misses.
Barbossa shoots in but no luck this time.
Barbossa gets the takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obusan is trying to get back to his feet.
Obusan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Obusan wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Myron Obusan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jake Barbossa's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Barbossa moves forwards but Obusan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barbossa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barbossa shoots for a takedown but Obusan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barbossa pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Obusan back to the cage. Barbossa follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sloppy strikes from Barbossa. Those never looked like landing.
Barbossa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obusan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbossa misses with a takedown
and Obusan counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barbossa checks a leg kick.
Obusan avoids the body shot from Barbossa.
Barbossa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Barbossa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barbossa misses with a body shot
and Obusan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barbossa slips under a jab from Obusan.
Barbossa shoots for a double leg takedown but Obusan sprawls well. He's pushed Barbossa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Obusan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barbossa's sensitive parts.
Obusan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbossa is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obusan scores with a body shot.
Oh Barbossa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jake Barbossa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbossa throws a sloppy body shot
and Obusan counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Myron Obusan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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