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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Jojo III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jojo III's entrance music is Joey Joe Joe Jr Shabadoo. A fine choice. Barton has chosen Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - The Culture Club as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Chris Barton struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Chris Barton is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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186 cm
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220 lbs
6 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joey Jojo III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Chris Barton!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jojo III clinches with his opponent.
Barton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jojo III landing knees to the body.
Jojo III lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Chris Barton has been cut.
Jojo III misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barton.
Barton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Barton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barton jumps guard but Jojo III stands there with Barton around his waist. Barton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jojo III throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barton blocks it with crossed arms.
Jojo III crunches a lovely knee into Barton's ribcage.
Barton looks gassed!
Jojo III lands an elbow inside.
Barton has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jojo III uses from the top position.
Jojo III has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Barton is proving hard to escape from.
Barton looking for subs off his back but Jojo III has passed one foot through into half guard.
Jojo III slows the pace down in half guard.
Jojo III is looking for a kimura but Barton is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jojo III to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barton working for a triangle but Jojo III defends it easily.
Jojo III is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jojo III wanted to stand there but Barton had control of the position.
Jojo III has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jojo III wants to pass the guard but Barton is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jojo III is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jojo III gets to his feet. Barton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Barton shoots in but Jojo III avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jojo III instigates a clinch.
Jojo III landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Jojo III.
Jojo III scores a nice knee to the body.
Jojo III with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jojo III unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jojo III lands an elbow inside.
Barton trying to stall but Jojo III improves his position.
Jojo III lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jojo III unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jojo III scores a nice knee to the body.
Jojo III tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jojo III landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jojo III throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barton jumps guard but Jojo III stands there with Barton around his waist. Barton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Joey Jojo III has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Barton.
Jojo III scores a nice knee to the body.
Jojo III lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jojo III lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jojo III landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jojo III scores a nice knee to the body.
Jojo III connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barton's face.
Jojo III landing knees to the head.
Barton avoiding damage as Jojo III throws knees to the body.
Barton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jojo III walks away with a smile on his face. Barton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jojo III takes the fight into the clinch.
Jojo III tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jojo III with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jojo III trying to land knees to the body.
Barton blocks an elbow strike.
Barton lands a knee to the head.
Jojo III throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jojo III with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jojo III looking to throw knees to the head but Barton is blocking nicely.
Barton tries to pull guard but Jojo III won't allow it.
Barton manages to pull guard.
Barton looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Jojo III has picked Barton up and slammed him! Barton can't keep hold of the triangle and Jojo III manages to pass to side control!
Barton is trying to improve his position.
Jojo III thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jojo III trying to control the position but Barton is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barton gets back to half guard.
Barton manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Jojo III dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Barton's cut.
That's time! Jojo III's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
No luck for Barton with that takedown attempt.
Jojo III rushes Barton and presses him up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Jojo III.
Jojo III lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jojo III scores with a knee to the head.
Jojo III unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Jojo III.
Jojo III lands an elbow that stopped Barton in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Jojo III.
Jojo III using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jojo III with a knee to the head.
Jojo III with a knee to the head.
Jojo III lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jojo III looking to throw knees to the head but Barton is blocking nicely.
Jojo III tries to land a knee to the head but Barton blocks with his arms.
Barton takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jojo III throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barton landing knees to the body.
Barton is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton managing to block the knees to the body from Jojo III.
Jojo III missing with knees to the body.
Barton blocks an elbow strike from Jojo III.
Jojo III trying to land knees to the body.
Barton turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Barton manages to end up in side control.
Barton tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jojo III manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jojo III with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Barton is looking to improve his position.
Jojo III is controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jojo III looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Still in half guard, Jojo III seems content to control.
Barton is looking to improve his position.
Jojo III is trying to control the action in half guard but Barton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jojo III is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Barton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jojo III counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barton has his takedown stuffed
and Jojo III counters with a one-two to the body.
Jojo III has Barton up against the cage in a clinch.
Jojo III tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jojo III with a knee to the head.
Barton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jojo III just stands there and leans against the cage.
Joey Jojo III has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Barton.
Jojo III tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barton managing to block the knees to the body from Jojo III.
Joey Jojo III has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jojo III misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barton.
Barton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees to the body from Jojo III.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jojo III.
Jojo III tries a knee to the head but Barton blocks it.
Jojo III tries a knee to the head but Barton blocks it.
Jojo III tries to land a knee to the head but Barton blocks with his arms.
Jojo III trying to land knees to the body.
Barton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jojo III blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton jumps guard.
Jojo III pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barton is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barton wants to sweep here but Jojo III controlling him for the moment.
Jojo III stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jojo III trying to control but Barton is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Jojo III dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Barton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Jojo III tries to close the distance and clinch but Barton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barton keeps the fight on the outside.
Jojo III clinches up against the cage.
Jojo III tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jojo III trying to land knees to the body.
Jojo III connects with a knee to the head.
Jojo III misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barton.
Jojo III connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barton's face.
Barton decides to pull guard.
Barton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jojo III showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jojo III's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jojo III wriggles free and stands up.
Jojo III clinches.
Barton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jojo III throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jojo III with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barton tries to pull guard but Jojo III holds him up against the cage and eventually Barton drops back down to his feet.
Jojo III misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barton.
Barton has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jojo III uses from the top position.
Jojo III avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jojo III showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Barton keeping moving, preventing Jojo III from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barton is looking for a triangle here but Jojo III uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Barton is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jojo III content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jojo III gets to mount! Barton was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Jojo III has control of Barton's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Barton regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jojo III sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Barton regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jojo III stalling.
Barton wants to get back to full guard.
Barton wants to get back to full guard but Jojo III has passed into side control.
Jojo III working for a guillotine from mount but Barton is in no mood to give up.
Barton regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chris Barton.
I think Jojo III 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Joey Jojo III!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Joey Jojo III!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Joey Jojo III!
Joey Jojo III wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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