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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clifton Barnes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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210 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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190 cm
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222 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Clifton Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Braga!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braga manages to avoid it.
Braga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes looks to throw the jab but Braga is out of range.
Braga throws a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big right from Braga misses.
Barnes stuffs the takedown.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Braga ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Braga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes takes the fight into the clinch.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Antonio Braga has been cut.
Braga tries to pull guard but Barnes holds him up against the cage and eventually Braga drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands with a short shot to the head.
Barnes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Braga in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Braga backwards.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
Braga jumps guard but Barnes stands there with Braga around his waist. Braga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clifton Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Braga.
Barnes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Braga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Barnes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Braga looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Barnes as the two fighters clinch.
Barnes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Braga up against the cage.
Braga takes a knee to the side of the body.
Braga takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Braga tries to pull guard but Barnes won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Barnes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Braga tries to pull guard but Barnes won't allow it.
A short left from Barnes.
Barnes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Braga fails to pull guard.
Barnes lands a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Barnes.
A knee to the head by Barnes.
Barnes scores a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Barnes as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Barnes.
Barnes works on Braga's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice elbow from Barnes.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pushes Braga back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Braga is trying to pull guard but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes landing knees to the head.
Braga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barnes lands a shot to the body.
Braga takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up Antonio Braga's cut even more.
Barnes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Braga backwards.
Barnes digs a right hand underneath Braga's ribcage. Braga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes lands an elbow inside that Braga shrugs off.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barnes landing knees to the body.
Barnes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Braga or not.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Braga's face.
Braga is rocked!
Barnes is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Braga tries to break Barnes's hands from around his neck, Barnes unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Braga will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Clifton Barnes!
Clifton Barnes took some time post fight to say the following; 'I want to thank my brother, John, for giving me the blueprint on how to defeat Braga. And I want to thank all my fans for coming out to support'.
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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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