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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Camacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barca comes to the cage accompanied by Carthage. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
22 - 9 - 0 |
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178 cm
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162 lbs
39 - 16 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hannibal Barca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Camacho!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barca throws out a loose jab but Camacho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Camacho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barca jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Barca.
Camacho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barca avoids the body shot from Camacho.
Barca throws a hook but Camacho avoids it easily.
Camacho has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Camacho misses the shot to the body.
Barca looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Camacho cracks Barca with a good jab.
Camacho misses with a body shot.
Camacho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barca momentarily.
Camacho takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camacho gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barca.
Camacho lands a nice hook to Barca's body. Barca takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Camacho looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Camacho there.
Camacho misses with a wild body shot.
Barca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Camacho.
Camacho getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barca jabs at Camacho's body.
Camacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barca manages to avoid it.
Camacho staying out of range there.
Camacho fails to land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Barca as he connects with a hook.
Camacho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barca missing with a left hand there. Camacho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barca gets a double leg takedown into Camacho's guard.
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!
Camacho looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Barca puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camacho is refusing to be controlled, as Barca sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camacho has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barca is working away from the top position though.
Barca throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Camacho to regain full guard.
Camacho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barca's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barca is looking to work some ground and pound but Camacho has wrist control.
Barca stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Camacho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barca is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Camacho controls Barca momentarily but Barca frees himself.
Barca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca stays in close to Camacho's body and controls the position.
Barca looking to pass the guard.
Camacho is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barca trying to control but Camacho is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Barca misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barca shoots in for a takedown but Camacho shows good takedown defense.
Camacho throws a body shot but no joy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barca.
Hannibal Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Camacho misses with an uppercut. Barca saw that one coming.
Barca misses with a hook
and Camacho counters with a right hand to the body.
Barca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barca looks to land a right hand but Camacho moved out of range.
Camacho looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barca throws an off balance right hand
and Camacho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barca takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Camacho lands a nice hook to Barca's body. Barca takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Camacho looks to land a left hand but Barca moved out of range nicely.
Camacho is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barca rather than just go for the knockout.
Barca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good standup being displayed there by Camacho as he connects with a hook.
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 Hannibal Barca will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Camacho swings for the body but Barca moves out of range.
Barca shoots in and gets a takedown into Camacho's guard.
Barca lands a couple of elbows.
Camacho looking for a sweep. Not yet Camacho, not yet.
Barca wants to control from the top but Camacho keeps moving.
Barca has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barca tries to free his leg and advance position but Camacho is retaining full guard.
Camacho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Camacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho wants to sweep but no luck.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Camacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Hannibal Barca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Camacho looking for a sweep. Not yet Camacho, not yet.
Barca is looking to work some ground and pound but Camacho has wrist control.
Camacho trying to keep a closed guard but Barca is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Camacho walks into a left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Barca misses the target.
Barca connects with a looping right hand.
Barca misses with a straight left.
Camacho wants to counter the offense by Barca and move into the clinch position.
Camacho takes a swing at Barca's ribcage but misses.
Camacho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Camacho throws a hook but Barca avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca works the jab nicely.
Camacho throws a lazy body kick
and Barca decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Camacho's guard.
Camacho keeping moving, preventing Barca from controlling successfully.
Barca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Camacho can't keep his opponent in guard - Barca advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camacho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Camacho trying to control but Barca postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barca looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Barca throwing shots but Camacho is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho trying to control but Barca postures up.
Barca missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Camacho manages to get to full guard.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Camacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barca scoring with punches to the head and body.
Barca sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Camacho's guard.
Camacho makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Camacho.
Barca is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca preventing the sweep.
Barca throwing strikes from guard but Camacho blocks nicely.
Camacho is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barca wants to pass the guard but Camacho is keeping the position.
Barca lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barca throws a big right hand that misses.
Barca wants to pass the guard but Camacho is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Barca dominated that second round.
That's time! Barca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Camacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barca manages to avoid it.
Barca drops down looking for a counter takedown but Camacho sprawls and moves away.
Barca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Barca throws a body punch but Camacho moves out of range.
Barca throws out a powerful jab.
Barca gets a takedown into half guard.
Camacho is staying active underneath Barca, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Barca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Camacho can do to turn this around?
Camacho avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barca.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Camacho is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Barca has latched onto it... Big trouble! Barca pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Camacho is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Barca!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hannibal Barca!
Hannibal Barca retains his lightweight title!
Hannibal Barca spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Hector Camacho was interviewed post fight and said 'fuck it's going to shit fast'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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