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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vic Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomaz Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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282 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vic Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomaz Khalifa!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalifa misses with the combination.
Barnes half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Khalifa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khalifa moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Thomaz Khalifa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khalifa throws a combination that misses
and Barnes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khalifa throws a body kick, spinning off balance
so Barnes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Barnes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Khalifa's head.
Khalifa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Barnes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes is in close to Khalifa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barnes advances to half guard.
Khalifa wants to improve his position but Barnes is controlling well.
Barnes is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifa is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Barnes has latched onto it... Big trouble! Barnes pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Khalifa is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Barnes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vic Barnes!
During a confident post fight interview, Vic Barnes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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