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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hector Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Rosales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hector Barbosa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thiago Rosales's chin.
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144 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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137 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hector Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thiago Rosales!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosales has his takedown stuffed
and Barbosa counters with a thumping low kick.
Barbosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rosales looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rosales misses with a takedown
and Barbosa counters with a nice body kick.
Hector Barbosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Rosales.
Barbosa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rosales's sensitive parts.
Barbosa lands with a nice body kick.
Rosales looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbosa 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.
Barbosa rushes Rosales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barbosa working Rosales over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Rosales fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barbosa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rosales up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa crunches a lovely knee into Rosales's ribcage.
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa has Rosales pushed against the cage.
Barbosa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barbosa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barbosa'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.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barbosa obliges.
Barbosa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rosales managing to block the knees to the body from Barbosa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Thiago Rosales has been cut.
Rosales tries to pull guard but Barbosa holds him up against the cage and eventually Rosales drops back down to his feet.
Rosales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa lands an elbow that stopped Rosales in his tracks for a moment.
Barbosa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rosales is trying to pull guard but Barbosa has him pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barbosa.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Barbosa for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hector Barbosa.
Barbosa gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosales avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
Barbosa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rosales is trying to pull guard but Barbosa has him pressed against the cage.
Barbosa lands a good knee to the midsection. Rosales won't want to take too many of those.
Barbosa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barbosa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barbosa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barbosa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barbosa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rosales is defending well for now.
Rosales tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Barbosa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rosales is trying to pull guard but Barbosa turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
Rosales tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barbosa obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosales fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barbosa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barbosa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rosales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rosales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barbosa trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Barbosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barbosa working Rosales over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Barbosa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Rosales's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Barbosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rosales, pushing him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barbosa.
Rosales tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rosales takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barbosa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rosales takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hector Barbosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barbosa obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa landing knees to the body.
Rosales is breathing heavily.
Barbosa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rosales up against the cage.
Barbosa scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosales tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Barbosa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Barbosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barbosa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rosales's defenses.
Barbosa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rosales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barbosa landing knees to the body.
Barbosa lands a good knee to the midsection. Rosales won't want to take too many of those.
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa'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.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barbosa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barbosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barbosa landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rosales is trying to pull guard but Barbosa has him pressed against the cage.
Hector Barbosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Rosales.
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rosales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barbosa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barbosa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barbosa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barbosa obliges.
Barbosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa stalling in the clinch.
Barbosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a knee to the head.
Rosales is rocked!
Rosales takes an elbow to the temple.
Rosales is still on wobbly legs! Can Barbosa finish him?
Barbosa lands a big knee to the head and Rosales goes down! Barbosa pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Barbosa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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