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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Barkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoran Sablic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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205 lbs
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180 cm
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204 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Barkley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zoran Sablic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barkley misses with a hook to the body
enabling Sablic to counter with a crisp jab.
Charles Barkley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barkley scores with a hook to the body. Sablic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barkley stuffs the takedown attempt from Sablic. Sablic gets slowly back to his feet.
Barkley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sablic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barkley.
Sablic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sablic should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Barkley misses with a left hand
and Sablic counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sablic.
Sablic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sablic stands up over Barkley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sablic trying to control but Barkley is working from the bottom.
Sablic is in close to Barkley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barkley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sablic showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sablic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sablic trying to control but Barkley is working from the bottom.
Barkley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barkley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sablic's guard.
Sablic has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Barkley off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Barkley lands a jab to the nose.
A swing and a miss from Barkley.
Sablic tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Barkley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barkley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sablics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barkley closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Barkley coming out on top.
Sablic is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sablic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sablic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barkley as he jumps to the side.
Charles Barkley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zoran Sablic.
Barkley swinging wildly here.
Sablic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barkley as he jumps to the side.
Sablic slips a jab from Barkley.
Barkley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barkley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barkley connects with a single shot there.
Sablic changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Barkley tries to avoid it but Sablic manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Barkley to the ground. Barkley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Barkley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley lands a really nice looking cross but Sablic seems unphased.
It looks like Zoran Sablic has been cut.
Barkley scores with a jab.
Barkley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barkley gets caught napping as Sablic dives in and scores a takedown. Barkley manages to retain guard.
Barkley wants to sweep here but Sablic controlling him for the moment.
Sablic connects with a couple of short punches.
Sablic trying to control the position from guard on top but Barkley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barkley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barkley tries to get out of the position.
Barkley trying to strike off his back.
Sablic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Barkley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sablic is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sablic slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sablic working some strikes from top position.
Sablic is stalling in the full guard.
Sablic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sablic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sablic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barkley trying to control the position.
Sablic works over Barkley with some ground and pound from guard.
Sablic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barkley 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Barkley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zoran Sablic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sablic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sablic lands a nice shot that snaps Barkley's head back.
Sablic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sablic manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Barkley on his heels. He'll look to pass Barkley's guard now, I'm sure.
Sablic with a nice head shot there.
Barkley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sablic can do to turn this around?
Sablic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sablic lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barkley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sablic on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sablic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sablic connects with a couple of short punches.
Barkley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sablic lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sablic landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sablic chips away with some ground and pound.
Sablic distracts Barkley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sablic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sablic is working Barkley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sablic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sablic cracks Barkley with a solid left hand.
Sablic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barkley's head.
Sablic postures up and lands a big shot to Barkley's brow.
Barkley is looking to sweep but instead, Sablic has passed into half guard.
Sablic lands strikes from half guard.
Barkley is looking to control Sablic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barkley avoid being mounted?
Sablic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sablic sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sablic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sablic working the head and body with strikes.
Sablic is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sablic slips a nice elbow through Barkley's hands, connecting with Barkley's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sablic connects with a nice short shot to Barkley's temple.
Sablic drops an elbow to the side of Barkley's head.
Sablic trying to control the action but Barkley is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley taking some punishment here, with Sablic in his half guard.
Barkley taking some punishment here, with Sablic in his half guard.
Barkley taking some punishment here, with Sablic in his half guard.
Zoran Sablic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barkley is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Sablic there.
Sablic drops an elbow to the side of Barkley's head.
Sablic winds up and cracks Barkley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Sablic.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sablic in particular looking to stall.
Sablic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Barkley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sablic scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sablic connects with a nice short shot to Barkley's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sablic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sablic drops an elbow to the side of Barkley's head.
Barkley is rocked!
Sablic is nestled in close to Barkley, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sablic working Barkley over with strikes.
Sablic winds up and cracks Barkley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Barkley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sablic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sablic working the head and body with strikes.
Sablic lands a big elbow - Barkley is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Sablic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zoran Sablic!
Zoran Sablic is the new light heavyweight champion!
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hype
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