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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacks Sole (ranked 248 p4p, 35 weight class) and Mario Barrera (ranked 240 p4p, 33 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Barrera!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sole misses with a kick to the body.
Barrera throws out a counter right but Sole avoids it with no problem.
Sole takes a swing at Barrera's ribcage but misses.
Barrera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barrera 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.
Sole stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sole throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Barrera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barrera digs a good hook to Sole's body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sole!
Sole blocks a jab.
Sole is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sole lands a nice looking kick to the body. Barrera takes a step back to recover.
Sole scores with a kick to the body.
Sole has been working on his boxing with his coaches at White Eagle in the buildup to the fight.
Sole throws a leg kick which misses Barrera's front leg but catches the back leg as Barrera tries to avoid it.
Sole throws a jab but it's blocked by Barrera.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barrera misses with a body shot.
Barrera throws a lazy right hand but Sole sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barrera is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That kick from Sole tenderised Barrera's leg. Barrera is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sole throws a wild body kick that Barrera sees coming a mile off.
Barrera dips to his left and cracks Sole with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera throws a leg kick but Sole sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sole looks for the body kick but Barrera saw that one coming.
It seemed like Barrera was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barrera misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Sole misses.
Sole shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sole fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sole lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sole tries to land a front kick but Barrera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barrera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sole throws a shot from downtown. Barrera moves away and avoids it.
Sole misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sole.
Barrera clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
A short uppercut from Barrera.
A head punch on the inside from Sole fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Sole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barrera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sole lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barrera or not.
Barrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barrera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrera has Sole pushed against the cage.
Barrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrera tries a body shot but Sole blocks it.
Sole lands a left hand.
Sole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrera swings wildly with an uppercut but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barrera misses with some punches.
Barrera throws a punch but it's blocked by Sole.
Barrera throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sole blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Barrera.
Barrera scores with a shot to the side of Sole's head.
Barrera can't find room to land a body shot as Sole controls the action.
Nice body punch from Sole - that landed with a thud.
Sole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barrera moves in looking to clinch but Sole pushes him off.
Mario Barrera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barrera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barrera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barrera throws a right and a left that Sole avoids nicely.
It looked like Sole was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Barrera.
Barrera checks the leg kick.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
Barrera lands a jab to Sole's midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sole throws a front kick aimed at Barrera's knee but Barrera avoids it well.
Sole jabs Barrera to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Sole.
Barrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole tries to score with a low kick but Barrera moves his leg out of the way.
Sole throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sole takes a swing at Barrera's ribcage but misses.
Sole looks for the body kick but Barrera saw that one coming.
Sole looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barrera tries to score with a low kick but Sole moves his leg out of the way.
Sole clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrera.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
Barrera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barrera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sole throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barreras head.
Sole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrera.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sole has a couple of punches blocked by Barrera.
Barrera has a couple of punches blocked by Sole.
Sole working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacks Sole dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barrera throws a hook to the side of Sole's head but Sole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barrera connects with a jab.
Sole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barrera avoids a punch combination nicely.
A low kick from Sole misses
and Sole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barrera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sole.
Sole lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Barrera misses.
Sole gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barrera is looking to clinch.
Sole tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sole. Barrera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barrera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barrera bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Barrera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sole misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Barrera misses its intended target.
Barrera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barrera checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Barrera was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole throws a leg kick that misses.
Sole takes a swing at Barrera's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barrera moves into the clinch.
Sole throws a head punch that misses.
Sole can't get the takedown.
Barrera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barrera avoids the body shot from Sole.
Barrera scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sole throws a low kick, looking for Barrera's leg but Barrera calmly moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Barrera's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Barrera slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barrera misses with a wild body shot.
Sole throws the kick towards the body but Barrera avoids it.
Barrera misses with a looping right.
Sole quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Barrera scores with a nice right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Barrera crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sole - the referee stops the clock and Barrera gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sole. Barrera manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrera looks to land a left hand but Sole moved out of range nicely.
Sole misses the shot to the body.
Jacks Sole is winning the standup battle so far.
Barrera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short body shot lands from Barrera as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Sole.
Barrera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
Barrera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barrera lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
Sole gets through Barrera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barrera has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sole.
Barrera lands an uppercut.
Barrera stalling in the clinch but Sole improves position.
Barrera avoiding damage as Sole throws knees to the body.
Barrera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sole backwards.
Sole drags the fight down to the ground.
Sole working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barrera doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barrera manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sole looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Barrera passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Barrera in particular looking to stall.
Sole has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barrera is working away from the top position though.
Sole is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sole is trying to control but can't.
Barrera trying to control the pace.
Barrera trying to control from half guard but Sole is working away.
Barrera stalling.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Barrera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Barrera with a jab.
Sole throws a front kick aimed at Barrera's knee but Barrera avoids it well.
Barrera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barrera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sole at a distance.
Barrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Barrera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barrera tries to score with a low kick but Sole moves his leg out of the way.
Barrera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barrera there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barrera connects with a crisp jab.
Sole is looking to wear down Barrera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sole thumps Barrera with a low kick.
Sole works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Barrera stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sole.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sole throws a leg kick but Barrera checks it.
Sole takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrera misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good shot there by Barrera.
Nice cross by Barrera.
Good standup being displayed there by Barrera as he connects with a hook.
Sole swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sole throws a push kick but Barrera slaps the foot to one side.
Barrera lands with a shot to the body.
Sole ducks right into an uppercut from Barrera.
Barrera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sole throws a push kick but Barrera slaps the foot to one side.
Barrera moves out of range of the leg kick from Sole.
Barrera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barrera connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Sole. That's going to slow Barrera down.
Barrera misses with the combination.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sole half committed to a counter leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Barrera scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole lands a really nice looking cross but Barrera seems unphased.
Sole throws out a powerful jab.
Sole connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice cross by Barrera.
Barrera stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barrera fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sole on the side of the head.
Barrera throws a hook to the side of Sole's head but Sole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barrera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sole on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barrera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sole fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barrera, pushing him back against the cage.
Sole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sole throws a front kick aimed at Barrera's knee but Barrera avoids it well.
A combination from Barrera does no damage.
The fighters circling - Barrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrera connects with an inside leg kick.
Sole throws a wild body kick that Barrera sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera throws the left hand but Sole avoids the punch easily.
A solid body kick from Sole.
Barrera looks to throw the jab but Sole is out of range.
Barrera lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barrera misses with a lunging right hand
and Sole counters with a nice low kick that buckles Barrera's knee momentarily.
Barrera steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sole. That one must have hurt.
Sole bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sole wants to control but Barrera is keeping him busy.
Sole in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Barrera's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Barrera controls the position for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole scores with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sole fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sole tries to advance to mount but Barrera denies him.
Sole is working hard here to advance position.
Sole taking a break here but Barrera is having none of it and regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mario Barrera.
I think Barrera has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Barrera!
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