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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Norman Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronaldo Barboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norman Bates is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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192 lbs
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Bates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronaldo Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboza scores with a decent looking hook.
Barboza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bates takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barboza throws a nice looking combination but Bates bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barboza 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.
Bates walks into a stiff left hand from Barboza.
Barboza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barboza misses with an uppercut. Bates saw that one coming.
Barboza is looking to clinch but Bates is avoiding it.
Ronaldo Barboza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bates throws a body punch but Barboza moves out of range.
Barboza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barboza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bates swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barboza throws the left hand but Bates avoids the punch easily.
Bates jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Ronaldo Barboza has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza looks to land a combination. Bates sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Barboza throws a good cross that connects.
Jab by Barboza.
Bates throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bates avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bates misses the shot to the body.
Bates throws a jab when Barboza was well out of range.
Bates scores with a body shot.
Barboza lands a glancing blow to the side of Bates's head.
Bates fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barboza manages to avoid it.
Barboza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bates was well out of range. Poor timing from Barboza.
Barboza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barboza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bates throws a body punch but Barboza moves out of range.
Barboza lands a really nice looking cross but Bates seems unphased.
Bates takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bates takes one to the chin there.
Bates has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bates tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bates throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bates tries to work over Barboza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bates scores with a shoulder strike.
Barboza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barboza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bates has him pressed against the cage.
Bates scores with a hook to the body.
Bates lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barboza tries to break free but Bates pushes him back against the cage.
Bates can't find room to land a body shot as Barboza controls the action.
Bates lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bates.
Barboza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bates just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barboza's brow.
Barboza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bates tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Bates.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barboza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
Barboza lands with a short shot to the head.
Bates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bates has a couple of punches blocked by Barboza.
Barboza blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Bates scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bates misses with a punch on the inside.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Bates controls his hands.
Bates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bates keeps control of Barboza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barboza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barboza blocking some punches.
Bates lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barboza backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bates.
Barboza blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Barboza tries a body shot but Bates blocks it.
Bates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bates goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barboza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bates misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bates fails to land.
Bates tries to work over Barboza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barboza has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Bates tries to throw a body punch but Barboza avoids it by throwing Bates back against the cage.
Barboza digs a right hand underneath Bates's ribcage. Bates let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bates is breathing heavily.
Barboza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bates misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Bates controls his hands.
Barboza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barboza misses with a body punch.
Bates throws a punch but it's blocked by Barboza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ronaldo Barboza will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ronaldo Barboza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barboza scores with a jab.
Bates misses with a body shot.
Bates takes a swing at Barboza's ribcage but misses.
Bates is looking to wear down Barboza with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bates takes one to the side of the head.
Barboza lands with a cross.
Bates throws a poor cross that misses
and Barboza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bates throws a head kick that misses.
Barboza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bates moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barboza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A shot to the liver by Barboza. Beautiful body shot.
Barboza swinging wildly here.
Barboza pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bates back to the cage. Barboza follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barboza misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bates closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barboza lands with a short shot to the head.
Bates makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Barboza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barboza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barboza has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Bates tries a body shot but Barboza blocks it.
Norman Bates has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barboza misses with some punches.
Bates lands with a right to the head.
Bates fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bates works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barboza has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Bates working aggressively here.
Barboza swings wildly with an uppercut but Bates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barboza tries to throw a body punch but Bates avoids it by throwing Barboza back against the cage.
Bates misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barboza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bates throws a head punch that misses.
Bates pushes Barboza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barboza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barboza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barboza avoiding damage as Bates throws knees to the body.
Bates struggles to land a body shot inside as Barboza controls his hands.
Bates misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bates fails to land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bates swings wildly with an uppercut but Barboza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barboza lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Bates fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bates creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barboza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barboza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bates.
Barboza throws a punch but it's blocked by Bates.
Barboza tries to work over Bates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Bates.
Nice body punch from Barboza.
Barboza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barboza breaks the clinch.
Barboza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barboza lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Barboza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Barboza as he connects with a hook.
Bates throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Bates misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barboza moves away.
Bates on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barboza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barboza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Barboza misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Barboza scores with a four punch combination!
Bates throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bates gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Barboza clinches up against the cage.
Bates misses with some punches.
Bates looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barboza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barboza misses with a punch to the body.
Barboza avoids the elbow strike from Bates, against the cage.
Barboza tries to throw a body punch but Bates avoids it by throwing Barboza back against the cage.
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bates's elbow.
Barboza blocks a body shot from Bates.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Barboza.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bates.
Barboza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barboza blocks an uppercut.
Barboza has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronaldo Barboza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ronaldo Barboza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Barboza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bates on the side of the head.
Barboza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barboza lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bates loads up on a big right hand but Barboza slips the punch.
Barboza is looking to clinch.
Barboza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bates on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barboza might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Barboza keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ronaldo Barboza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Bates swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barboza throws a body punch but Bates moves out of range.
Barboza ducks under a wild hook from Bates.
Bates takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bates swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bates circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barboza connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bates. Bates circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barboza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barboza scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bates takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bates is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bates misses with an uppercut.
Barboza is looking to clinch.
Bates missing with a left hand there. Barboza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barboza throws a one two combo.
Barboza scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Barboza there.
Bates throws a shot from downtown. Barboza moves away and avoids it.
Barboza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza cracks Bates with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ronaldo Barboza is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bates needs to keep his hands up - Barboza had a free shot at his head there.
Bates circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bates throws a series of punches but Barboza avoids them all with ease.
Bates sets himself, and Barboza steps forward looking for the clinch! Bates avoids it this time.
Barboza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ronaldo Barboza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bates on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bates throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barboza lands with an uppercut that bounces Bates off the cage and back into range.
Bates takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barboza scores with the left hand. Bates knows he should have avoided that one.
Bates connects with a right hand. Barboza shakes it off.
Barboza connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barboza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barboza jabs Bates to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bates misses with a hook. Barboza ducked under it nicely.
Barboza let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barboza tries to clinch but Bates is having none of it.
Barboza throws a combination. Bates tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Norman Bates has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bates takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bates moves forwards but Barboza connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barboza lands with a shot to the body.
Barboza slips under a jab from Bates.
Bates takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Decent striking displayed by Barboza there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danga de danga de dang - Barboza scores with a four punch combination!
Barboza scores with a one two! Bates had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza connects with a body shot.
Bates takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bates scores with a decent looking hook.
Bates takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barboza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A left and a right from Barboza both land. Nice combination.
Bates on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barboza lands with a cross.
Barboza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bates.
Bates just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barboza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bates throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barboza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bates takes one to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronaldo Barboza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Barboza winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronaldo Barboza!
Ronaldo Barboza decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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