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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Reyes (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. Reyes has chosen Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 24 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamie Reyes!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Reyes.
Barnes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Qube MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Reyes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barnes slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reyes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barnes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barnes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barnes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Reyes scores with a jab to the head.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Reyes.
Reyes slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reyes.
Reyes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barnes is out of range and Reyes settles back down.
Reyes misses the shot to the body.
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reyes moves out of range of the leg kick from Barnes.
Reyes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Reyes scores with a spinning back kick!
Reyes throws a leg kick but Barnes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reyes throws a low kick but Barnes avoids it.
Reyes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Reyes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Donk. Reyes catches Barnes right on the button with a cross.
Reyes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barnes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barnes jabs at Reyes's body.
Barnes catches Reyes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a straight right hand.
Reyes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnes misses the target.
Barnes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reyes's calf.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Reyes.
Reyes throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barnes throws a jab when Reyes was well out of range.
Reyes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes throws a front kick aimed at Reyes's knee but Reyes avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is looking to slow Reyes down with leg kicks.
Barnes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reyes backs up against the cage.
Barnes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reyes. Reyes obviously looking to wear him down.
Barnes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reyes.
Barnes misses with a leg kick
and Reyes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Reyes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes is looking for a counter combo.
Barnes checks a low kick from Reyes.
Barnes 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.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barnes tries to move into range but Reyes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Barnes throws a leg kick
and Reyes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Reyes throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Barnes seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jamie Reyes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Reyes walks into a left hand.
Reyes throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes lands a jab to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Barnes there.
Barnes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barnes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reyes.
Reyes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Reyes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Reyes dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Reyes.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reyes lands a two punch combo.
Barnes connects with a body shot that sends Reyes's belly button to the back.
Reyes connects with a solid leg kick.
Reyes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jamie Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Reyes ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes misses with a straight right.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reyes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
Reyes throws a counter combo.
Reyes tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Reyes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Reyes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reyes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barnes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Barnes.
Reyes connects with a nice looking jab.
Reyes misses with a hook to the body
and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Reyes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reyes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reyes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Reyes throws a low kick but Barnes moves out of range easily.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Reyes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes backing away here, and Reyes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Reyes.
Reyes lands with a nice body punch.
Reyes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barnes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Reyes throws a leg kick but Barnes moved away.
Reyes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barnes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reyes manages to circle out of the way.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Reyes moved away.
Reyes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barnes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reyes throws a leg kick that misses.
Reyes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Reyes.
Barnes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Reyes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barnes. That did some damage!
Reyes moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barnes at a distance.
A head kick misses from Reyes.
Barnes lands with a hook. Reyes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barnes tries to move into range but Reyes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes connects with a jab.
Reyes scores with a jab to the head.
Reyes throws a leg kick which misses Barnes's front leg but catches the back leg as Barnes tries to avoid it.
Reyes swings widly with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Barnes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jamie Reyes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Barnes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Reyes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
Barnes tries to counter by clinching up but Reyes breaks away and moves out of range.
Barnes digs a good hook to Reyes's body.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reyes.
Reyes misses with a body kick.
Barnes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Reyes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barnes backing away here, and Reyes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reyes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reyes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barnes's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barnes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barnes lands with a slapping head kick.
Reyes misses with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reyes 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.
Barnes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Reyes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Reyes misses with a head kick.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Reyes moved out of range nicely.
Reyes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reyes misses with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a right hand to the body.
Reyes tries to clinch up.
Barnes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Reyes manages to circle out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reyes to score with a decent uppercut.
Barnes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reyes throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Barnes.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barnes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barnes lands a jab to the head.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. Reyes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reyes. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Barnes misses with an uppercut.
Barnes loads up on a big right hand but Reyes slips the punch.
Barnes tries to keep at a distance but Reyes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Reyes.
Reyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reyes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barnes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barnes as Reyes tries to tie him up.
Reyes trying to control the position but instead, Barnes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reyes into the cage.
Mike Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reyes looking to throw knees to the head but Barnes is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Barnes pushes Reyes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reyes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Reyes.
Reyes tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Reyes back against the cage.
Reyes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnes or not.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reyes manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
Decent striking displayed by Reyes there.
Reyes throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
Reyes tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good work by Reyes as he checks the leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Barnes.
I think Reyes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jamie Reyes!
A relieved looking Jamie Reyes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Mike Barnes spoke after the fight, saying 'I love to stand up and bang. Even though I lost this was the fight for the fans'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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