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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergej Valentinovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentinovich has chosen HateBreed - Defeatist as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Barrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergej Valentinovich!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentinovich misses with a few strikes there.
Valentinovich lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Barrera seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Valentinovich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Valentinovich misses with a hook
letting Barrera counter with a right hand.
Valentinovich throws a series of strikes that have Barrera backpedaling.
Valentinovich swings widly with a right hand
and Barrera counters with a left and a right that stings Valentinovich.
A solid body kick from Valentinovich.
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!
Barrera tries to land a leg kick but Valentinovich saw it coming and moves away.
The fighters circling - Barrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Valentinovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barrera counters with a good low kick that Valentinovich was not able to check.
Barrera misses with an attempted mid kick.
Valentinovich throws a wild body kick that Barrera sees coming a mile off.
Barrera tries to clinch up but Valentinovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Barrera is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentinovich tries to land a leg kick but Barrera saw it coming and moves away.
Valentinovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barrera counters with a stiff right hand.
Valentinovich lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Barrera misses its intended target.
Sergej Valentinovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentinovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crunch! Valentinovich slams his shin into Barrera's torso.
Barrera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentinovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Valentinovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Barrera is just out of range.
Valentinovich connects with a body shot that sends Barrera's belly button to the back.
Barrera closes the distance and clinches.
Valentinovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Valentinovich tries a body shot but Barrera blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valentinovich.
Valentinovich is looking to break free of the clinch but Barrera has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentinovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barrera stalling the fight.
Valentinovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barrera backwards.
Barrera tries to throw a body punch but Valentinovich avoids it by throwing Barrera back against the cage.
Good body shot from Barrera.
Valentinovich blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Barrera.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valentinovich.
Barrera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barrera blocks an uppercut.
Barrera manages to break the clinch.
Valentinovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barrera counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Valentinovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barrera.
It seemed like Valentinovich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Valentinovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Barrera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barrera forces Valentinovich back against the cage and clinches.
Valentinovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentinovich misses with some punches.
Barrera lands a right hand.
Barrera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Valentinovich tries to throw a body punch but Barrera avoids it by throwing Valentinovich back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valentinovich.
Barrera can't find room to land a body shot as Valentinovich controls the action.
Valentinovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrera lands a shot to the body.
Valentinovich has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barrera seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valentinovich can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valentinovich.
Valentinovich misses with the head strike.
Valentinovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valentinovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barrera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Valentinovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barrera's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Valentinovich.
Barrera blocking some punches.
Barrera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentinovich has a couple of punches blocked by Barrera.
Valentinovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrera is working Valentinovich over against the cage.
Valentinovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Barrera controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentinovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barrera's elbow.
Valentinovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Barrera tries to work over Valentinovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentinovich misses with a punch to the body.
Barrera is leaning against Valentinovich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Valentinovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barrera scores with a shot to the side of Valentinovich's head.
Valentinovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barrera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valentinovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Barrera.
Barrera breaks from the clinch.
A left lands for Valentinovich.
Valentinovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Barrera counters with a thumping low kick.
Barrera misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrera jabs at Valentinovich's body.
Good leg kick by Barrera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barrera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Valentinovich has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mario Barrera will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Valentinovich is looking to land body kicks.
Valentinovich tests Barrera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barrera walks into a jab.
Valentinovich throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Barrera counters with an inside leg kick.
Barrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valentinovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Barrera.
Valentinovich scoring well with a low kick there.
Valentinovich throws a front kick aimed at Barrera's knee but Barrera avoids it well.
Barrera misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrera slips under a jab from Valentinovich.
Barrera appears to be looking for a big counter.
Valentinovich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barrera tries a low kick but Valentinovich avoids it.
Valentinovich misses with an uppercut
and Barrera counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Valentinovich thinking.
Barrera throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentinovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Barrera throws a right hand that misses
and Valentinovich counters with a nice uppercut.
Barrera lands with a good body shot.
Valentinovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barrera throws out the jab.
Barrera slips under a jab from Valentinovich.
Valentinovich throws a leg kick
letting Barrera counter with a right hand.
Nice cross by Barrera.
Barrera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Valentinovich.
Valentinovich moves away from the strike by Barrera.
A jab from Barrera does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barrera, right into the meat.
Good work by Valentinovich as he checks the leg kick.
Valentinovich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barrera.
Valentinovich's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick from Valentinovich misses.
Barrera defending well as Valentinovich loads up on a big left hand.
Barrera fires out a quick counter leg kick but Valentinovich just manages to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barrera.
Barrera works Valentinovich's body with a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Valentinovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrera connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barrera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valentinovich's calf.
Valentinovich cracks Barrera with a right hand to the side of the head.
Valentinovich walks into a jab.
Valentinovich lands with a thumping leg kick.
Valentinovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valentinovich throws a head kick that misses
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Barrera counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentinovich blocks a jab.
Barrera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barrera moves into the clinch.
Barrera blocks an uppercut.
Barrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentinovich.
Barrera lands with a right to the head.
Barrera taking a breather.
Valentinovich can't find room to land a body shot as Barrera controls the action.
Valentinovich misses with the head strike.
Barrera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barrera.
Valentinovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valentinovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valentinovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Valentinovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera pushes Valentinovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barrera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Valentinovich digs a right hand underneath Barrera's ribcage. Barrera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barrera tries to throw a body punch but Valentinovich avoids it by throwing Barrera back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Barrera.
Valentinovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barrera can't find room to land a body shot as Valentinovich controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Valentinovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Valentinovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Valentinovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valentinovich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barrera lands a body shot.
Barrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentinovich.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrera.
Valentinovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barrera fakes the leg kick and cracks Valentinovich in the body.
Barrera blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Barrera dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Valentinovich throws a low kick, looking for Barrera's leg but Barrera calmly moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Valentinovich.
Valentinovich throws a shot to the body.
Barrera throws a leg kick that is checked
and Valentinovich counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Barrera is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Valentinovich ducks right into an uppercut from Barrera.
Barrera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valentinovich.
Valentinovich throws a nice looking combination but Barrera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barrera throws a low kick but Valentinovich moves out of range easily.
Barrera lands with a straight right. Valentinovich didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentinovich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Valentinovich misses with a hook to the body
and Barrera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Barrera throws a nice inside leg kick.
Valentinovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentinovich misses the shot to the body.
Barrera appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Valentinovich throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barrera counters with a straight right hand.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrera takes a swing at Valentinovich's ribcage but misses.
Barrera lets loose with a powerful body kick. Valentinovich will feel that in the morning.
Valentinovich misses with a few strikes there.
Valentinovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Valentinovich throws a big shot that misses.
Valentinovich tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valentinovich throws a leg kick
and Valentinovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valentinovich throws a front kick aimed at Barrera's knee but Barrera avoids it well.
It looked like Barrera wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barrera lands a nice looking kick to the body. Valentinovich takes a step back to recover.
Valentinovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentinovich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barrera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valentinovich can do to turn this around?
Barrera checks a leg kick nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valentinovich's sensitive parts.
Valentinovich slips a jab from Barrera.
You can see that Valentinovich has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Barrera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barrera lands a nice shot that snaps Valentinovich's head back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barrera.
Valentinovich blocks a jab.
Valentinovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barrera was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentinovich.
Barrera appears to be looking for a big counter.
Valentinovich throws an off balance right hand
and Barrera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barrera scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barrera lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera stuns Valentinovich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barrera has Valentinovich up against the cage in a clinch.
Barrera blocking some punches.
Barrera content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Valentinovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barrera lands a left hand.
Valentinovich can't find room to land a body shot as Barrera controls the action.
Barrera breaks the clinch.
Valentinovich throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barrera.
Valentinovich misses with a leg kick
and Barrera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barrera slips under a jab from Valentinovich.
Sergej Valentinovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barrera.
Barrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valentinovich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentinovich throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barrera.
Barrera throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Valentinovich on the side of the head.
Barrera is looking to score with low kicks.
Valentinovich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice jab there from Valentinovich.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentinovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barrera.
Barrera fires out a quick counter leg kick but Valentinovich just manages to avoid it.
Barrera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good exchange - Barrera coming out on top.
Barrera throws a shot to the body.
Barrera throws a nice inside leg kick.
Valentinovich just misses with a punch to the body.
It appears Barrera was looking to counter with a kick there.
Mario Barrera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valentinovich takes one to the chin there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Barrera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barrera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Barrera!
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