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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dave Barrerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Sandahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandahl has chosen Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) as his entrance music. Dave Barrerra had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 172.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Barrerra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Sandahl!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Sandahl scores with a four punch combination!
Barrerra looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Barrerra bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sandahl sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sandahl is trying to control but can't.
Sandahl is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Barrerra is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Sandahl reverses the position - he's now on top in Barrerra's guard.
Sandahl thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrerra tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sandahl forces his way into half guard.
Sandahl with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sandahl wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barrerra keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sandahl slows the pace down in half guard.
Let's hope that Sandahl has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Marcus Sandahl just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Sandahl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Sandahl.
Sandahl misses with a double jab.
Sandahl lands a nice looking body kick.
Barrerra dodges the punch combination from Sandahl.
Sandahl scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sandahl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sandahl fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barrerra throws a lazy right hand but Sandahl sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sandahl lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barrerra backs up against the cage.
Dave Barrerra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sandahl scores with a decent looking hook.
Sandahl stuffs the takedown.
Sandahl scores with a nice right hand.
Sandahl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barrerra.
Barrerra misses with a double jab
and Sandahl counters with a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Sandahl dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sandahl moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Barrerra has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sandahl lands the left hand.
Barrerra shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sandahl connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sandahl throws a right and a left that Barrerra avoids nicely.
Sandahl scores with a three punch combo!
Dave Barrerra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barrerra takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Some wild striking there from Sandahl.
Sandahl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrerra takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sandahl stuns Barrerra with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sandahl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barrerra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sandahl.
Sandahl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barrerra.
Barrerra slips a jab and a cross from Sandahl.
Sandahl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sandahl throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sandahl lands a jab-cross combination.
Sandahl looks to land a combination. Barrerra sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sandahl lands a two punch combo.
Barrerra gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sandahl throws a nice looking combination but Barrerra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sandahl throws a nice looking combination but Barrerra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sandahl throws a series of punches but Barrerra avoids them all with ease.
Barrerra dodges the punch combination from Sandahl.
Sandahl lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrerra with a poor takedown
and Sandahl cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sandahl throws a nice looking combination but Barrerra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sandahl's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sandahl duly obliges.
Sandahl fails to land with a series of punches.
Barrerra takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sandahl misses with the combination.
Barrerra takes one to the chin there.
Barrerra gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandahl looks to land a combination but Barrerra avoids it well.
Sandahl scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sandahl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barrerra avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sandahl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sandahl lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Barrerra dodges the punch combination from Sandahl.
Barrerra dodges the punch combination from Sandahl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Sandahl showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
No joy there for Sandahl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barrerra misses with a takedown attempt
and Sandahl cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sandahl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sandahl throws a series of punches but Barrerra moves out of range.
Barrerra slips a jab and a cross from Sandahl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sandahl throws a series of punches but Barrerra moves out of range.
Sandahl throws a right and a left that Barrerra avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barrerra slips a jab and a cross from Sandahl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandahl throws a nice looking combination but Barrerra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sandahl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sandahl cracks Barrerra with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barrerra on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sandahl lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sandahl throws a nice looking combination but Barrerra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barrerra takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sandahl goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barrerra closes the distance but Sandahl moves to the side
and Sandahl counters with a three punch combo that has Barrerra backing up. Barrerra nods at Sandahl to acknowledge the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Sandahl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barrerra is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sandahl misses with the combination.
Sandahl is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sandahl misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Sandahl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sandahl misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Sandahl misses.
Sandahl scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sandahl ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandahl looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sandahl works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sandahl moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sandahl moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sandahl goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barrerra dodges the punch combination from Sandahl.
Sandahl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barrerra is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandahl steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Barrerra is out on his feet! Sandahl sets himself and nearly takes Barrerra's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcus Sandahl!
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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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