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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbosa comes to the cage accompanied by Enough-Disturbed. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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166 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardwood lands a nice looking body shot.
Hardwood tries to land a front kick but Barbosa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barbosa feinted with a counter takedown.
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Hardwood pushes him off.
Hardwood closes the distance and clinches.
Barbosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Barbosa.
Hardwood takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Joe Hardwood has been cut.
Hardwood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Hardwood moves out of range.
Hardwood throws a sloppy head kick and Barbosa moves out of range easily.
Barbosa forces Hardwood back against the cage and clinches.
Hardwood takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardwood tightens his grip and picks Barbosa up, before dumping him to the ground. Barbosa manages to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardwood connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardwood stops Barbosa from standing up.
Hardwood trying to control but Barbosa is working from the bottom.
Barbosa wants to get back to his feet but Hardwood passes into half guard.
Barbosa is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Barbosa wants to get back to his feet.
Hardwood seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barbosa is trying to stand up here but Hardwood is controlling him well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Barbosa moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barbosa.
Hardwood has clasped his hands together around Barbosa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Barbosa is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Barbosa is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Pitbull MMA (9 Elites - $400) that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Hardwood lands a few punches from side control.
Hardwood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Barbosa down.
Hardwood remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hardwood scores with punches from side control.
Barbosa is not content to let Hardwood control the position.
Barbosa is trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hardwood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barbosa explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Barbosa connects with a crisp jab.
Jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardwood.
Hardwood gets a takedown into half guard.
Barbosa is refusing to be controlled, as Hardwood sits in half guard.
Hardwood wants to free his trapped foot but Barbosa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hardwood has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hardwood cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hardwood scoring with strikes but Barbosa is staying in there.
Hardwood lands a big elbow.
BOOM! Hardwood connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hardwood cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barbosa wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! Hardwood connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hardwood breaks from Barbosa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hardwood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barbosa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barbosa is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Barbosa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hardwood takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hardwood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Hardwood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Hardwood's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardwood circles away.
Hardwood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Barbosa.
Hardwood gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Barbosa looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hardwood has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Barbosa defend it? Hardwood steps over the head and cranks it - Barbosa is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hardwood!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joe Hardwood!
Joe Hardwood bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Anderson Barbosa spoke after the fight, saying 'Desculpem-me ....'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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