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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Abed Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristian Radu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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175 lbs
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174 lbs
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Excellent MT
Self confident
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Brawler
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abed Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cristian Radu!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes scores with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
Radu throws a sloppy body shot
and Barnes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A telegraphed right hand from Radu misses the target.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Radu.
Barnes forces Radu back against the cage and clinches.
Barnes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Radu lands a body punch.
Radu misses with a punch on the inside.
Radu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Radu scores with a shoulder strike.
Radu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Radu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Radu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnes is looking to break free of the clinch but Radu has double underhooks.
Radu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Radu tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Radu back against the cage.
Radu can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Radu has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Radu.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Radu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barnes trying to stall but Radu improves his position.
A short uppercut from Radu.
Barnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes tries to break free but Radu pushes him back against the cage.
Radu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Radu digs a right hand into Barnes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barnes's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Radu.
Radu keeps control of Barnes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Radu misses with some punches.
Radu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Radu.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short left from Radu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Radu struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Radu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Radu pushes Barnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Radu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barnes is rocked!
Radu cracks Barnes with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Barnes goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Barnes wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cristian Radu!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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