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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Boma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barca's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Carthage. Boma has chosen Andrew and Wada Blood - Irie as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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164 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hannibal Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Boma!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boma throws a lazy right hand but Barca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barca changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A swing and a miss from Barca.
Barca throws a good cross that connects.
Barca tests Boma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barca looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barca scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barca. Boma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boma stuffs the takedown attempt from Barca. Barca gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca lunges at Boma with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Boma's hand.
Boma has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Boma throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Hannibal Barca has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barca just misses with a punch to the body.
Barca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Boma counters with a straight right hand.
Boma slaps away a takedown attempt from Barca, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Barca lands a really nice looking cross but Boma seems unphased.
Boma lands with a hook. Barca tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Boma on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boma avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barca circles away quickly and effectively.
Barca misses with a hook. Boma ducked under it nicely.
Boma is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Barca throws a lazy right hand but Boma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barca tries to bum rush Boma with a series of wild strikes but Boma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barca sets himself, and Boma steps forward looking for the clinch! Barca avoids it this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barca fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barca digs a good body shot into Boma's ribs.
Boma misses with a head kick.
Barca throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Boma's waist but Boma gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barca off to one side.
Barca lands the left hand.
Barca throws a right hand that Boma ducks under and follows up with a left that Boma also avoids with ease.
Boma looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Nice uppercut lands for Barca. That snapped Boma's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barca.
Boma looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Barca misses.
Barca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barca tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Boma defends well and Barca ends up having to push Boma into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Boma fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barca misses with an uppercut. Boma saw that one coming.
Boma looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Boma moves away from the strike by Barca.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boma circles away quickly and effectively.
Barca throws an off balance right hand
and Boma counters with a stiff right hand.
Boma slips under a jab.
Boma is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hannibal Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barca closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Barca lands in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barca distracts Boma with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Boma is pulling down on Barca's head to control his posture.
Boma wants to stand and escape but Barca is having none of it.
Boma looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Barca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hannibal Barca's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Boma.
Barca throws a lazy right hand but Boma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boma tries to counter with a clinch but Barca shakes him off and moves away.
Boma slips a straight right by Barca.
Boma is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Barca with a body shot.
Barca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boma moves away.
Boma tries to counter with a clinch but Barca shakes him off and moves away.
Barca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Barca scores with a jab to the head.
Boma misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barca connects with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boma stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Boma wants it to stay on the feet.
Boma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Barca was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Barca fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca throws a looping overhand right but Boma ducks down to avoid it.
Barca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barca misses with a looping left.
Barca lands a nice shot that snaps Boma's head back.
Nice straight punches there by Barca. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barca.
Boma throws a head kick that half lands.
Boma throws a leg kick but Barca checks it.
Barca jabs Boma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Boma scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barca throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boma counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barca is trying hard to land a takedown here. Boma sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca misses with a right hand
and Boma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Boma throws a hook but Barca blocks it.
Barca tries to counter with a takedown but Boma is quick to defend against it.
Barca scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barca is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Barca swinging wildly here.
Barca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt - Boma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boma but Boma pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Boma wants to counter the offense by Barca and move into the clinch position.
A punch lands to the side of Boma 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Boma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barca throws a lazy uppercut
and Boma counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Barca out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Boma is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Oscar Boma!
An out of breath Oscar Boma thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Hannibal Barca spoke after the fight, saying 'I will either find a way, or make one.'.
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hype
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