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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pacman Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. The key to victory for Pacman Barnes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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210 lbs
29 - 23 - 2 |
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151 lbs
30 - 20 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
29 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Pacman Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Renzo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Barnes tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Barnes to the ground. Barnes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jab by Barnes.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barnes moves into the clinch.
Barnes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barnes smiles and moves away.
Pacman Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Gracie.
Barnes lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
Nice straight punches there by Barnes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barnes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Barnes's guard now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Barnes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
Gracie throws his legs up looking for a submission but Barnes uses it to pass to side control.
Gracie tries to bench press Barnes off him but Barnes keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Barnes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Barnes just content to control the position.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
Gracie is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie regains half guard.
Barnes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Barnes is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes controlling the action here.
Barnes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barnes pulls his head out easily.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barnes.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Barnes wants to stand but Gracie has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Barnes defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pushing down on Gracie's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Barnes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Barnes's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Barnes trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Barnes passes to side control.
Barnes has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
Gracie takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barnes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gracie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pacman Barnes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Barnes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.
Barnes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barnes drops his shoulder and cracks Gracie with a huge uppercut! Gracie goes down! Can Barnes finish him?
Gracie is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gracie is still in real trouble! Can Barnes finish him?
Barnes is looking to stand up but Gracie won't let him.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie being controlled here, momentarily.
Barnes arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Gracie's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pacman Barnes!
After the fight, Pacman Barnes was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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