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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Almu Tantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tantor's choice of entrance music: tantor. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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211 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Almu Tantor!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tantor if he has to take too many more of those.
Allen stuns Tantor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tantor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tantor throws a body shot but no joy.
Tantor tries to land a leg kick but Allen saw it coming and moves away.
Tantor swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
Allen tries to clinch but Tantor moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Allen.
Allen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Allen tries to work over Tantor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tantor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tantor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Good leg kick by Tantor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Allen slips a straight right by Tantor.
Allen works Tantor's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen scoring well with a low kick there.
Tantor looks to land a combination but Allen avoids it well.
Tantor throws a sloppy head kick and Allen moves out of range easily.
Allen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen scores with a body shot.
Allen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tantor can pounce on him.
A head kick from Tantor lands but Allen takes it in his stride.
Allen lands with a hook. Tantor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen throws a good cross that connects.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allen throws a big shot that misses.
Tantor just misses with a punch to the body.
Tantor defending well as Allen loads up on a big left hand.
Tantor swats away the attempt to clinch by Allen.
Tantor only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Allen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tantor.
Allen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Almu Tantor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tantor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a double jab.
Tantor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tantor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Allen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good shot there by Tantor.
Allen looks for the body kick but Tantor saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tantor.
Allen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tantor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tantor let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Allen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Allen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tantor is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Allen rather than just go for the knockout.
Allen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Tantor looks to throw the jab but Allen is out of range.
Tantor avoids a kick to the body.
Tantor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Allen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tantor.
Allen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tantor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
A head kick misses from Tantor.
Allen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tantor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Allen.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tantor.
Tantor checks the leg kick.
Allen tries a head kick but it misses.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Tantor.
Allen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Allen defending well as Tantor loads up on a big left hand.
Allen throws the kick towards the body but Tantor avoids it.
It seemed like Tantor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tantor misses with a hook.
Allen takes a swing at Tantor's ribcage but misses.
Tantor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Allen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tantor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen wants to clinch.
Tantor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab lands there for Allen.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Allen lands with a left to the head.
Tantor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tantor. Tantor obviously looking to wear him down.
Tantor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tantor cracks a nice hook into Allen's ribs.
Crunch! Allen slams his shin into Tantor's torso.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen throws a body shot but no joy.
Tantor flicks out a counter leg kick but Allen steps away.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Tantor's head but Tantor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allen with a jab.
Allen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Barry Allen will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tantor blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Allen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tantor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allen scores with a hook.
Tantor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Allen moves away.
Almu Tantor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tantor misses with a straight right.
Allen lands a body shot.
A big left from Allen misses.
Allen cracks the inside of Tantor's front leg.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tantor.
Tantor moves out of range of the body kick from Allen.
Tantor is looking for the big counter here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Allen wants to clinch up but Tantor keeps it at a distance.
Allen misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Tantor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Allen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Allen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tantor was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
Tantor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tantor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Allen.
Allen throws a body kick that misses.
Tantor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tantor goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tantor misses with a low kick.
Tantor misses with a straight right.
Allen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tantor counters with a body kick.
Tantor throws a solid leg kick but Allen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tantor.
Tantor throws a shot from downtown. Allen moves away and avoids it.
Allen feinted with a counter takedown.
Allen darts in and clinches Tantor up against the cage.
Tantor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Allen scores with a shoulder strike.
Tantor swings wildly with an uppercut but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tantor is trying to maintain a safe position but Allen gets an underhook and turns Tantor into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tantor lands a hook that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
Tantor misses with a punch to the body.
Allen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tantor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tantor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Allen.
Allen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Allen wants to sweep but no luck.
Allen working a defensive guard here.
Tantor wants to stand but Allen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Allen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tantor passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen has a hand on Tantor's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Tantor takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Allen is looking to improve his position but Tantor isn't that keen on the idea.
Allen is squirming around, avoiding Tantor's attempts to control the action.
Tantor manages to capitalize on a mistake by Allen to take his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tantor is hanging on to Allen's back as he tries to escape.
Allen is working hard here to advance position.
What can Allen do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Allen tries to break free.
Tantor is trying to stick to Allen's back but Allen is turning into Tantor. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Tantor's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Allen.
Allen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tantor is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Barry Allen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Allen with a hook.
Tantor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tantor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tantor tests Allen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tantor takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tantor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That kick from Allen tenderised Tantor's leg. Tantor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Allen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tantor slips under a jab from Allen.
The fighters circle momentarily. Allen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tantor looks to score with a jab to the body but Allen is just out of range.
Allen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tantor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tantor moves out of range of the strikes.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Allen.
Allen looks to land a right hand but Tantor moved out of range.
Tantor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Allen can pounce on him.
Tantor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Allen.
Tantor ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Tantor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Allen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Tantor throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tantor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tantor throws a push kick but Allen slaps the foot to one side.
Tantor slips under a jab from Allen.
Tantor's jab looks to have found its range, popping Allen under the eye.
Allen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tantor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Allen's calf.
An inside leg kick from Allen misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tantor jabs at Allen's body.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tantor.
Tantor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tantor scores with a nice body kick.
Allen throws a shot to the body.
Tantor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Allen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tantor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Allen checks a leg kick nicely.
Tantor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allen tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tantor manages to circle out of the way.
Tantor scores with a nice head shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tantor tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Tantor back against the cage.
Tantor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands an uppercut.
Tantor misses with a punch to the body.
Tantor is looking to break free of the clinch but Allen has double underhooks.
Allen tries a body shot but Tantor blocks it.
Allen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tantor taking a breather.
Allen jumps guard but Tantor turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tantor breaks from the clinch.
Allen throws a body punch but Tantor moves out of range.
Tantor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tantor ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Allen tries to land a front kick but Tantor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen connects with a looping right hand.
Allen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tantor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Allen misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Allen.
Tantor misses the shot to the body.
Allen looks to throw the jab but Tantor is out of range.
Tantor misses with a body kick.
Allen attempts a counter takedown but Tantor avoids it well and moves away.
Tantor connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tantor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tantor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Allen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Allen's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Allen connects with a single shot there.
Tantor thows a leg kick but Allen checks it
and Allen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Tantor's guard.
Allen postures up in Tantor's guard and throws a big left but Tantor blocks it.
Allen being controlled here momentarily.
Allen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Barry Allen did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Tantor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Allen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tantor cracks Allen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Allen tries to land a front kick but Tantor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tantor throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Allen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tantor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Allen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Allen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tantor lands a jab to the nose.
Allen is rocked!
Tantor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Allen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tantor throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Allen misses with an uppercut
and Tantor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Allen thinking.
Tantor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Allen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Allen misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Tantor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a front kick aimed at Tantor's knee but Tantor avoids it well.
Allen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tantor scores with a spinning back kick!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Tantor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
Tantor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice jab there from Tantor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tantor. Allen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tantor scores with a jab to the body.
Allen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Allen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Allen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tantor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Allen with a body shot.
Allen misses with a looping right.
Allen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tantor has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Tantor avoids the body shot from Allen.
Tantor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Allen in his tracks.
Oh Allen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen scores with a sloppy right hand. Tantor should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Allen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Allen slips under a jab.
Tantor blocks the body kick.
Tantor works the jab nicely.
Nice shot by Tantor.
Danga de danga de dang - Allen scores with a four punch combination!
Tantor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tantor thuds a left hand into Allen's body.
Allen walks straight into a right hand from Tantor - that's dropped him! Tantor jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Allen from any more punishment! Allen complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Almu Tantor!
In his post fight interview, Almu Tantor started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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