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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jermaine Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barksdale comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ain't No Sunshine- DMX kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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26 - 18 - 0 |
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211 lbs
29 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hans Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jermaine Barksdale!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thor misses with a hook
and Barksdale counters with a left and a right that stings Thor.
Thor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barksdale was well out of range. Poor timing from Thor.
Barksdale has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Thor is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Barksdale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thor moves away.
Barksdale throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
Barksdale throws a poor cross that misses
and Thor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thor ducks under a wild hook from Barksdale.
An attempted straight right counter from Thor misses the target.
Thor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barksdale throws out the jab.
Thor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barksdale. That did some damage!
Barksdale lands a nice shot that snaps Thor's head back.
It looks like Hans Thor has been cut.
Barksdale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thor throwing a counter right hand but Barksdale manages to avoid it.
A big right from Barksdale misses.
Thor is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barksdale misses with a hook. Thor ducked under it nicely.
Barksdale lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thor throws a jab but it's blocked by Barksdale.
Thor throws out a leg kick but Barksdale moves out of range and Thor only half commits.
Barksdale lands a high kick to the side of Thor's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Barksdale dives into guard, looking to finish.
Thor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thor controlling the position.
Barksdale throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barksdale keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thor's head.
Hans Thor's cut is getting worse.
Barksdale in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thor looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Barksdale missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barksdale postures up in Thor's guard and throws a big left but Thor blocks it.
Thor trying to keep a closed guard but Barksdale is proving a slippery customer.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Barksdale wants to control from the top but Thor keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Barksdale misses with a series of wild punches.
Thor cracks Barksdale with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thor throws a looping overhand right but Barksdale ducks down to avoid it.
Thor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hans Thor's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Barksdale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Barksdale as he connects with a hook.
Thor throws a jab but it's blocked by Barksdale.
Thor connects with a right hand. Barksdale shakes it off.
Thor lands a body shot.
A cross from Barksdale lands.
Jeez, Hans Thor's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nice uppercut lands for Thor. That snapped Barksdale's head back.
Thor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale steps into range and cracks Thor with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Thor flops backwards and Barksdale dives into his guard looking to finish!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hans Thor's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jermaine Barksdale!
Our winner, Jermaine Barksdale, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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