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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pat Barry (ranked 6209 p4p, 668 weight class) and Crown Halo (ranked 18546 p4p, 799 weight class). Barry's entrance music is Sweet Dreams. A fine choice. Pat Barry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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208 lbs
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191 cm
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214 lbs
12 - 9 - 2 |
World class boxer
Very strong
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Good gas tank
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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
36 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Pat Barry! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crown Halo! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barry, as that shot connected.
Halo gets a clinch. Halo scores with an uppercut up the middle. Halo landing knees to the head.
It looks like Pat Barry has been cut. Halo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Halo with a knee to the head.
Halo has Barry pressed against the ropes, preventing Barry from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Halo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halo has him pressed against the ropes. Halo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barry is defending well for now. Halo misses with a knee strike.
Barry is trying to break free. Halo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Halo misses with a knee to the head. We've been informed that Halo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Barry tries to break the clinch but Halo is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Halo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barry backwards. Halo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barry avoids it. A right hook to the body lands for Halo.
Barry is trying to force a seperation but Halo has the dominant position. Halo struggles to land a body shot inside as Barry controls his hands.
Barry working hard to break the clinch. Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barry managing to block the knees to the body from Halo.
Halo digs a right hand into Barry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barry's gas tank. Barry is trying to force a seperation but Halo has the dominant position. Barry working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barry is looking to break free of the clinch but Halo has double underhooks. Barry tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the ropes. Barry tries to circle away but Halo has him pinned against the ropes. Barry is trying to force a seperation but Halo has the dominant position. Halo connects with a knee to the head.
Come on Halo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barry tries a low kick but Halo avoids it. Barry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Halo jabs at Barry's body. Barry closes the distance and clinches. Halo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Halo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but Barry avoids the damage to the body. Barry looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. Halo prevents Barry from breaking the clinch. Barry can't break the clinch.
Barry working hard to break the clinch. Barry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Halo has Barry pressed against the ropes, preventing Barry from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Barry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Barry throws a head kick that misses. Barry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Halo counters with a lovely shot to the body. Pat Barry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Halo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barry, pushing him back against the ropes. Barry wants to break free but Halo has control.
Halo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nice body punch from Halo - that landed with a thud.
Halo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barry.
Barry is trying to push Halo away but Halo has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere. Barry working hard to break the clinch. Halo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Halo scores with a shoulder strike. Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo scores with a knee to the head.
Barry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halo has him pressed against the ropes. Barry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halo has him pressed against the ropes. Barry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Barry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Halo throws a quick inside leg kick. Barry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halo. Halo thinks about the counter body kick. Halo jabs Barry to the body, keeping him at a distance. Barry misses with a hook. Halo unleashes a big counter combination but Barry bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Halo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Barry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Barry's face as he tries to break the clinch. Halo keeps control of Barry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Halo digs a right hand underneath Barry's ribcage. Barry let out a lung full of air as it connected. Halo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barry.
Barry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but Barry avoids the damage to the body. Halo scores a nice knee to the body.
Barry is trying to break free. Barry tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the ropes. Halo crunches a lovely knee into Barry's ribcage. Halo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes. Barry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barry wants to break free but Halo has control.
Barry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. A slapping body kick lands there for Halo. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Halo gets in close and instigates a clinch. Halo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Halo prevents Barry from breaking the clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round. Halo cracks Barry with a nice body shot. Halo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barry or not. Halo lands with a right to the head. Barry is trying to force a seperation but Halo has the dominant position. Barry is trying to break the clinch but Halo is controlling him. Halo looking to throw knees to the head but Barry is blocking nicely.
Halo working Barry over with knees to the body. Halo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barry wants to get back to striking at distance but Halo won't allow it.
Barry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barry wants to get back to striking at distance but Halo won't allow it.
Barry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's eight minutes gone in the round. Barry takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barry tries to clinch and Halo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Halo swinging wildly here.
Barry is looking to take this fight into the clinch. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Halo keeps the fight on the outside. Barry closes the distance and clinches. Halo scores with a nice hook to the head. Barry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Barry wants to get back to striking at distance but Halo won't allow it.
Halo prevents Barry from breaking the clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round. Barry is looking to break free of the clinch but Halo has double underhooks. Barry working hard to break the clinch. Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barry wants to get back to striking at distance but Halo won't allow it.
Halo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barry is defending well for now. Barry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Barry blocks a body shot from Halo. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Halo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Barry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Halo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Barry. Halo closes the distance and clinches. Barry working hard to break the clinch. Barry is trying to break the clinch but Halo is controlling him. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crown Halo dominated that round. The cut man is working on Pat Barry's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Barry gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Barry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Barry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Barry throws a looping overhand right but Halo ducks down to avoid it. Barry gets off balance looking for a body kick and Halo counters with a left to the body. Halo jabs at Barry's body. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Halo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Halo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barry, pushing him back against the ropes. Halo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Barry wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round. Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barrys head. Halo trying to land knees to the body.
Halo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barry's face.
Barry tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the ropes. Halo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Barry is trying to force a seperation but Halo has the dominant position. Halo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Barry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Halo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Halo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barry is defending well for now. Barry tries to circle away but Halo has him pinned against the ropes. Crown Halo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Halo landing knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Halo.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barry prevents a body shot from Halo. Barry tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the ropes. Barry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes. Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Halo digs a right hand into Barry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barry's gas tank. Halo pushes Barry back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Halo scores a nice knee to the body.
Halo missing with knees to the body.
Halo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Halo lands a knee to the head.
Halo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Halo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Halo connects with a solid leg kick. A lazy body kick from Barry and Halo counters by clinching up. Halo tries to land a knee to the head but Barry blocks with his arms.
Barry is trying to push Halo away but Halo has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere. Barry can't break the clinch.
Barry has had enough of the clinch but Halo keeps him there for the moment. Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Barry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Halo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Halo's calf. Barry throws a wild body kick that Halo sees coming a mile off. Barry sets himself, and Halo steps forward looking for the clinch! Barry avoids it this time. Halo throws a series of punches but Barry avoids them all with ease. Barry throws a low kick but Halo moves out of range easily. Halo thows a body kick. Barry tries to catch it but that hurt him. Halo scores with a kick to the midsection. Halo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Halo thows a body kick. Barry tries to catch it but that hurt him. Pat Barry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Halo gets in close and instigates a clinch. Halo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Nice body punch from Halo. Halo pushes Barry back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Halo scores a nice knee to the body.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barry's face.
Still in the clinch, Halo scores with a nice short uppercut. Halo tries to land knees in the clinch but Barry avoids the damage to the body. A nice right hand lands inside from Halo. Barry is trying to break free. Barry will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Halo lands a body punch in the clinch. Halo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barry throws a leg kick and Halo counters with a lovely straight right hand! Barry takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Halo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barry backs up against the ropes.
That's six minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Barry misses with a series of wild punches.
Halo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Halo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barry has time to react. Halo checks a leg kick. Halo wants to counter the offense by Barry and move into the clinch position. A clash of legs there as Halo blocks the low kick. Halo scores with a body shot.
Barry misses with a leg kick. Halo has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Halo scores with a nice body kick.
Halo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Barry misses with a double jab
and Halo counters with an outside leg kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round. Barry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Jab by Halo. Halo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Crown Halo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Halo moves into the clinch successfully.
Halo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Halo moves out of range as Barry throws a body kick.
Halo moves into the clinch. Barry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Halo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barry's efforts to push away. Barry is looking to break free of the clinch but Halo has double underhooks. Halo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round. Halo scores with a nice hook to the head. Halo landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barry backwards. Halo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. Barry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good shot there by Barry. Barry throws a leg kick that is checked and Barry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Halo tries to bum rush Barry with a series of wild strikes but Barry uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Barry is looking to counter punch. Barry misses with a two punch combination.
Barry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Halo clinches.
That's nine minutes gone in the round. Halo scores with a shot to the side of Barry's head. Halo keeps control of Barry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Halo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Halo obliges. Halo digs a right hand underneath Barry's ribcage. Barry let out a lung full of air as it connected. A hook to the body from Halo.
A short uppercut from Halo. Halo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barry up against the ropes. Barry wants to break free but Halo has control.
Halo working some nice short punches in the clinch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crown Halo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Pat Barry's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Halo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Barry. Barry looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range. Barry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Halo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Barry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Halo counters with a right hand to the body. Barry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Halo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halo scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Halo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! A telegraphed right hand from Barry misses the target. Halo throws a right hand that Barry ducks under and follows up with a left that Barry also avoids with ease. Barry fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barry tries a low kick but Halo avoids it. Barry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Halo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Halo feints a jab promting Barry to slip. Halo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barry slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Halo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Halo paws at him with a jab and circles away. Some wild striking there from Barry.
Halo wants to counter the offense by Barry and move into the clinch position. Barry lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Some wild striking there from Barry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Halo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Halo thuds a left hand into Barry's body. Halo clinches with his opponent.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Halo obliges. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! A frustrated look appears on Barry's face as he tries to break the clinch. Barry tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the ropes. Halo avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Halo.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Barry tries to circle away but Halo has him pinned against the ropes. Halo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Halo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Halo obliges. Halo looking to throw knees to the head but Barry is blocking nicely.
Barry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Halo throws a sloppy head kick and Barry moves out of range easily. Halo jabs at Barry's body. Barry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Halo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Halo goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Barry misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Crunch! Halo slams his shin into Barry's torso. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! A solid leg kick lands there for Halo.
Barry throws a chopping leg kick but Halo manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Jab, jab by Halo - just one landing. Barry misses with a series of wild punches.
Halo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. A clash of legs there as Halo blocks the low kick. Barry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Halo. That one must have hurt. Halo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Barry tries to work over Halo's front leg with a kick but Halo checks it. Halo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barry rather than just go for the knockout. Barry drops his hands momentarily and Halo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Halo takes the fight into the clinch. Barry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Halo lands a nice knee to the body. Barry working hard to break the clinch. Halo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barry's face.
Halo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Halo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes. Halo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Halo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halo prevents Barry from breaking the clinch. Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Halo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barry blocks it with crossed arms. Halo lands with a left to the head. Barry tries to break free but Halo pushes him back against the ropes. Barry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halo has him pressed against the ropes. Halo tries a knee to the head but Barry blocks it.
Barry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Halo swings wildly with an uppercut but Barry uses good head movement to avoid it. Barry manages to break the clinch.
Halo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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! Halo moves out of range of the leg kick from Barry.
That's seven minutes gone in the round. Halo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barry fails in his attempt to clinch. Halo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Barry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Halo clinches up with Barry and pushes him back against the ropes. Halo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barry has had enough of the clinch but Halo keeps him there for the moment. Barry can't break the clinch.
Barry is trying to break the clinch but Halo has him pressed against the ropes. Halo is looking to control Barry's arms but Barry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Halo has his back to the ropes. Barry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Barry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's eight minutes gone in the round. Halo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Halo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barry's elbow. Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halo tries a body shot but Barry blocks it.
Barry breaks from the clinch.
Barry moves into the clinch successfully.
Barry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes. Halo works on Barry's body with a couple of short punches. Barry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Barry controls the action.
Halo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Pat Barry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round. Barry tries to circle away but Halo has him pinned against the ropes. Barry manages to break the clinch.
Barry fails in his attempt to clinch. Barry throws a leg kick but Halo sees it coming and moves out of range. Barry sets himself, and Halo steps forward looking for the clinch! Barry avoids it this time. Halo works over Barry's head and body with a nice combination. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barry!
Halo works Barry's body with a nice hook. Barry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Halo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barry if he has to take too many more of those.
Crown Halo seems to be getting the better of the standup. Barry throws a nice outside leg kick. Barry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Halo can pounce on him.
And that's the end of the fight! Crown Halo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Halo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Atkins scores the fight 27:30 Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30 Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crown Halo!
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