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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Mabuva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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271 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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270 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grant Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cedric Mabuva!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett is looking to score with low kicks.
Barnett ducks under a wild hook from Mabuva.
Barnett moves away from the strike by Mabuva.
Barnett throws a looping overhand right but Mabuva ducks down to avoid it.
Mabuva walks into a jab.
Barnett slips a straight right by Mabuva.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses.
Barnett lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Barnett.
Mabuva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barnett wants to slow Mabuva down by chopping away at his legs.
Mabuva throws a hook but Barnett avoids it easily.
Mabuva tries to bum rush Barnett with a series of wild strikes but Barnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett tries to work over Mabuva's front leg with a kick but Mabuva checks it.
Mabuva throws a leg kick but Barnett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barnett throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mabuva counters with a right hand to the body.
A good leg kick by Barnett.
Mabuva throws a hook but Barnett avoids it easily.
Mabuva misses with an uppercut. Barnett saw that one coming.
Mabuva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnett.
Mabuva lands an overhand right.
Barnett stuns Mabuva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mabuva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnett throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mabuva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mabuva blocks a leg kick.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnett lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mabuva's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnett connects with a leg kick. Mabuva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barnett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mabuva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mabuva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barnett on the side of the head.
Barnett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mabuva.
Barnett throws out a leg kick but Mabuva moves out of range and Barnett only half commits.
Barnett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mabuva avoids the body shot from Barnett.
Mabuva avoids the body shot from Barnett.
Barnett lands a glancing blow to the side of Mabuva's head.
Mabuva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mabuva blocks a leg kick.
Barnett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mabuva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnett is able to avoid easily.
Barnett throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnett thumps Mabuva with a low kick.
Barnett throws a jab but it's blocked by Mabuva.
Grant Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mabuva slips a jab and a cross from Barnett.
Barnett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mabuva is able to avoid easily.
A jab from Barnett misses.
Mabuva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barnett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mabuva misses with the combination.
Barnett moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mabuva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barnett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mabuva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Barnett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mabuva cracks Barnett with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barnett lands with a cross.
Mabuva scores with a jab to the body.
Barnett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Mabuva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mabuva checks a low kick from Barnett.
A clash of legs there as Barnett blocks the low kick.
A solid body kick from Barnett.
Barnett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mabuva misses with a low kick as Barnett jumps back.
Barnett drops Mabuva with a beautiful combination! Mabuva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Barnett is looking for the KO!
Mabuva is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Barnett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mabuva is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnett finish him?
Barnett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mabuva can do to turn this around?
Mabuva is breathing heavily.
Mabuva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barnett. Barnett obviously looking to wear him down.
Cedric Mabuva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnett connects with an inside leg kick.
Mabuva seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnett.
Barnett is looking to slow Mabuva down with leg kicks.
Barnett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mabuva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnett.
Mabuva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mabuva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barnett.
Barnett lands a really nice looking cross but Mabuva seems unphased.
Barnett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett thumps Mabuva with a low kick.
Barnett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barnett lands a big head kick that sends Mabuva to the canvas! Barnett follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Barnett!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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