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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Huth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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197 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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187 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Huth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huth moves into range and clinches up with Barbosa.
Huth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Huth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Huth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Huth crunches a lovely knee into Barbosa's ribcage.
Barbosa has had enough of the clinch but Huth keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Huth.
Barbosa looks winded!
Huth lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Huth.
Huth unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Huth misses with a body punch.
Huth lands a nice knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Huth.
Huth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barbosa or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huth lands with a short shot to the head.
Huth can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Huth.
Huth jumps guard but Barbosa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Huth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Huth lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Huth.
Huth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barbosa up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Huth seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A knee to the head by Huth.
Nice body punch from Huth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Huth takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Huth displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barbosa up against the cage.
Huth scores a nice knee to the body.
Huth landing knees to the body.
Huth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Huth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barbosa's face.
It looks like Jose Barbosa has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Huth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Huth taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Huth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Huth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huth stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Huth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huth taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paul Huth.
Huth closes the distance and clinches.
Huth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huth pushes Barbosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Huth working Barbosa over with knees to the body.
Huth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Huth scores with a knee to the head.
Huth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Huth avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huth with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Huth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Huth misses with a body punch.
Huth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huth lands a body shot in the clinch.
Huth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huth stalling against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Huth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Huth - that landed with a thud.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huth obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Huth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Barbosa'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.
Huth closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barbosa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Huth working Barbosa over with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Huth.
Huth lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barbosa.
Huth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Huth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Huth stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Huth.
Huth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Huth wants a takedown.
Paul Huth has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barbosa is breathing heavily.
Barbosa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Huth has him pressed against the cage.
Huth misses with a body punch.
Huth leaning his opponent against the cage.
Huth cracks Barbosa with a nice body shot.
Huth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Huth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Huth crunches a lovely knee into Barbosa's ribcage.
Huth tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Huth scores with a nice hook to the head.
A knee to the head by Huth.
Huth dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Huth.
Huth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Huth tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Huth back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Huth.
Huth tries to work over Barbosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Huth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Huth stalls.
Huth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barbosa up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Huth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Huth tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barbosa letting Huth take a breather here.
Huth lands a good knee to the midsection. Barbosa won't want to take too many of those.
Barbosa being controlled against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Huth.
Huth leaning against his opponent.
Huth is pushing Barbosa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa is trying to break the clinch but Huth is controlling him.
Huth leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paul Huth.
Huth forces Barbosa back against the cage and clinches.
Huth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barbosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Huth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Huth can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Barbosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Huth struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
A knee to the head by Huth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Huth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Barbosa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Huth closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Huth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Huth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barbosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Huth has double underhooks.
Huth lands a body punch.
Huth holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Huth holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa takes an elbow to the temple.
Barbosa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Huth taking a breather.
Huth crunches a lovely knee into Barbosa's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Barbosa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Huth.
Huth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Huth unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barbosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Huth holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Huth is pushing Barbosa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Huth content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Huth for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paul Huth.
Huth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barbosa, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huth works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Huth.
Huth tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Huth back against the cage.
Huth misses with a body punch.
A short right from Huth.
Huth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barbosa up against the cage.
Huth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Huth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huth is working Barbosa over against the cage.
Huth working Barbosa over with knees to the body.
Huth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Huth lands with a left to the head.
Barbosa is rocked!
Huth working Barbosa over with knees to the body.
Barbosa is still on wobbly legs! Can Huth finish him?
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Huth.
A right hand to the body from Huth.
Huth working Barbosa over with knees to the body.
Barbosa seems to have recovered his senses.
Huth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Huth scores a nice knee to the body.
Huth lands a shoulder strike.
Huth landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huth cracks Barbosa with a nice body shot.
Huth crunches a lovely knee into Barbosa's ribcage.
A short left from Huth.
Barbosa stops a takedown attempt from Huth.
Huth stalls.
Huth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Huth leaning against his opponent.
A right handed body shot lands from Huth.
A right hand to the body from Huth.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jose Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Huth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Huth avoiding damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Huth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Huth, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Huth!
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energy
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