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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Mancini (ranked 2578 p4p, 336 weight class) and Daniel Barbosa (ranked 3607 p4p, 444 weight class). Ray Mancini is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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178 cm
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170 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
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175 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Mancini! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Barbosa! The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mancini lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barbosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barbosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. A nice side step and Barbosa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Mancini's shoulder, as Mancini tries to avoid the shot. Mancini definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Barbosa misses with a double jab
and Mancini counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Daniel Barbosa has been cut. Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mancini.
Daniel Barbosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Barbosa misses with a straight right. Mancini chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mancini. Barbosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Mancini wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Mancini drives through with a takedown into guard. Barbosa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Mancini distracts Barbosa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Mancini scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Mancini scores with a decent looking elbow strike. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mancini looking to pass the guard. Barbosa wants to hit a switch here but Mancini passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Barbosa there! Barbosa felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. The referee warns Barbosa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barbosa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barbosa is still trying to improve position. Mancini tries to control but Barbosa wriggling away. Barbosa wants to control but Mancini is having none of it. Barbosa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Barbosa is working to get back to half guard.
Barbosa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barbosa tries to hold on but Mancini postures up. Barbosa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Mancini looking to control but Barbosa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Mancini scoring with strikes but Barbosa is staying in there. Barbosa is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Mancini landing punches.
Barbosa is rocked! A big strike lands for Mancini! That's really hurt Barbosa and he's turned his back - Mancini keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Mancini jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Mancini! A very excited looking Ray Mancini made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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