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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Damien Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damien Conner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damien Conner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Barretto!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barretto's coach down at DJs Locker was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Barretto's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barretto.
Conner blocks a body shot from Barretto.
Barretto can't find room to land a body shot as Conner controls the action.
Barretto throws a head punch that misses.
Conner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barretto throws a punch but it's blocked by Conner.
Barretto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conner's elbow.
Conner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Conner presses Barretto against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
I was talking to Conner's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Conner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Conner.
Barretto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Conner blocks a body shot from Barretto.
Barretto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Conner misses with the head strike.
Conner struggles to land a body shot inside as Barretto controls his hands.
Conner tries to throw a body punch but Barretto avoids it by throwing Conner back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conner lands with a left to the head.
Conner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Conner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
Conner blocking some punches.
Barretto tries to work over Conner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conner blocking some punches.
Conner slowing the pace effectively.
Conner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Conner avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the ropes.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barretto lands a body shot.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Conner.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Barretto blocking some punches.
Barretto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barretto working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conner misses with a body punch.
Conner can't find room to land a body shot as Barretto controls the action.
Conner lands a right hand.
Conner wants to stall.
Barretto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barretto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conner.
Conner lands a hook that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
Conner can't find room to land a body shot as Barretto controls the action.
A short left from Conner.
Barretto prevents a body shot from Conner.
Conner tries a body shot but Barretto blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Conner dominated that round.
That's time! Conner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barretto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barretto misses with a body shot.
Barretto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conner.
Conner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barretto.
Conner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Conner loads up on a big right hand but Barretto slips the punch.
Barretto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barretto closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Barretto fails to land.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Conner avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the ropes.
Conner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Conner - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Conner fails to land.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barretto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barretto can do to turn this around?
Conner lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner misses with a punch on the inside.
Conner tries to throw a body punch but Barretto avoids it by throwing Conner back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conner.
Barretto misses with a punch on the inside.
Barretto blocks an uppercut.
Conner tries to work over Barretto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barretto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conner's elbow.
Conner stalling in the clinch but Barretto improves position.
Barretto misses with a punch to the body.
Conner swings wildly with an uppercut but Barretto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conner swings wildly with an uppercut but Barretto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barretto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conner blocks an uppercut.
Conner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Conner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conner throws a head punch that misses.
Conner blocks an uppercut.
Barretto misses with a body punch.
Conner tries a body shot but Barretto blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conner.
Barretto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Conner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Conner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barretto's elbow.
Conner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Barretto lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barretto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conner's elbow.
Conner misses with a punch on the inside.
Conner working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Conner dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Conner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Conner misses with a body shot.
Conner throws out a powerful jab.
Barretto connects with a jab.
Conner scores with a decent looking hook.
Conner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barretto.
Conner clinches with his opponent.
Conner can't find room to land a body shot as Barretto controls the action.
Barretto swings wildly with an uppercut but Conner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conner misses with the head strike.
Conner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Conner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conner blocking some punches.
Barretto has a couple of punches blocked by Conner.
Conner can't find room to land a body shot as Barretto controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conner working aggressively here.
Conner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barretto blocks an uppercut.
Conner scores with a shoulder strike.
Conner lands a nice uppercut.
Barretto lands with a short shot to the head.
Conner just leaning against Barretto, taking a breather.
Barretto can't find room to land a body shot as Conner controls the action.
A short uppercut from Conner.
Conner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
Barretto is rocked!
Barretto tries to work over Conner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barretto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conner misses with a punch to the body.
Conner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barretto backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Barretto.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barretto working aggressively here.
Conner working aggressively here.
Damien Conner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barretto.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Conner avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the ropes.
Barretto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barretto lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Conner fails to land.
Barretto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conner misses with a body punch.
Conner blocking some punches.
Conner scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Barretto.
Conner struggles to land a body shot inside as Barretto controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Barretto fails to land.
Barretto working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Conner clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Barretto misses with a body kick.
Barretto slips a jab from Conner.
Barretto throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Conner counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Conner. Those never looked like landing.
Jab from Conner.
Barretto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Conner jabs at Barretto's body.
Conner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barretto checks a leg kick nicely.
Conner throws a lazy right hand but Barretto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conner throws a looping overhand right but Barretto ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barretto moves out of range as Conner strikes.
Conner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Conner counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Conner misses.
Conner scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto throws a right hand that Conner ducks under and follows up with a left that Conner also avoids with ease.
Barretto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conner throws a jab when Barretto was well out of range.
Conner misses with a hook.
Barretto misses with a body kick.
Conner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scott Barretto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Conner there.
Conner throws a jab when Barretto was well out of range.
Conner throws the left hand but Barretto avoids the punch easily.
Conner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conner swings for the body but Barretto moves out of range.
Conner wants to slow Barretto down by chopping away at his legs.
Conner throws a leg kick
and Barretto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice body kick there by Barretto.
Barretto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Barretto blocks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner walks forward, straight into a front kick from Barretto.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barretto. Conner shrugs it off though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barretto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barretto blocks a jab.
Barretto scores with a decent looking hook.
Conner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Conner throws a hook but Barretto avoids it easily.
Conner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Conner takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barretto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barretto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barretto swings for the body but Conner moves out of range.
As Barretto backs away, Conner returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barretto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conner cracks Barretto with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Scott Barretto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Conner looks to land a right hand but Barretto moved out of range.
Conner throws a big shot that misses.
Conner throws a lazy right hand but Barretto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barretto.
Barretto lands with a good body shot.
Conner throws a hook but Barretto avoids it easily.
Barretto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Conner moves forwards but Barretto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Conner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Conner misses with a left hand
and Barretto counters with a stiff right hand.
Conner misses with a lunging right hand
and Barretto counters by moving into the clinch.
Conner throws a punch but it's blocked by Barretto.
Barretto tries a body shot but Conner blocks it.
Barretto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conner working aggressively here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conner working hard to break the clinch.
Scott Barretto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner throws a punch but it's blocked by Barretto.
Barretto blocks an uppercut.
Barretto blocks a body shot from Conner.
Barretto has a couple of punches blocked by Conner.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barretto.
Conner blocks an uppercut.
Conner pushes Barretto back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barretto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barretto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barretto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
A short uppercut from Conner.
Conner controlling the action here for a moment.
Conner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barretto.
Barretto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Barretto scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barretto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conner backwards.
Conner blocking some punches.
Barretto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Conner fails to land.
Barretto tries a body shot but Conner blocks it.
Conner prevents a body shot from Barretto.
Barretto blocks a body shot from Conner.
Barretto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barretto scores with a hook to the body.
Conner taking a breather.
Barretto tries to throw a body punch but Conner avoids it by throwing Barretto back against the ropes.
Barretto tries a body shot but Conner blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Scott Barretto.
I think Conner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 49:46
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 49:46
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Conner!
A very excited looking Damien Conner made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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