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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max Barathian (ranked 487 p4p, 59 weight class) and Daft Young (ranked 651 p4p, 83 weight class). Barathian's entrance music is Wardruna - Völuspá. A fine choice. Young has chosen Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Barathian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Daft Young!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Young lands a nice hook to Barathian's body. Barathian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barathian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Young's head backwards.
Young throws a poor cross that misses
and Barathian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick misses from Young.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Young, as that shot connected.
Young moves forwards but Barathian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barathian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young looks to land a combination but Barathian avoids it well.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice straight punches there by Young. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young.
Barathian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No joy there for Barathian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daft Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young tries to clinch but Barathian moves out of range.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Barathian.
Young misses with a right hand
enabling Barathian to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Barathian displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Young throws a head kick that half lands.
Young wants to clinch up but Barathian keeps it at a distance.
Barathian looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barathian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Barathian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Young up against the cage.
Barathian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Barathian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Barathian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Barathian controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barathian throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Barathian.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Barathian is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barathian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barathian lands an uppercut.
Barathian trying to stall but Young improves his position.
Barathian lands a nice shot to the body.
Barathian definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barathian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barathian lands a left hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Barathian.
Barathian trying to land knees to the body.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Barathian.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Barathian.
Barathian lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Young.
Young tries a body shot but Barathian blocks it.
Barathian struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Barathian blocks a body shot from Young.
Young lands a body punch.
Barathian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barathian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Young's face.
Young tries to work over Barathian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Barathian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Barathian controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barathian landing knees to the body.
Barathian stalling in the clinch but Young improves position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barathian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
Barathian misses with the head strike.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Young.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barathian blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Barathian on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young working aggressively here.
Barathian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Barathian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barathian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Barathian avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Barathian dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Young avoids the body shot from Barathian.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Barathian is just out of range.
Barathian walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Young drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Barathian swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Young's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Barathian!
A very excited looking Max Barathian 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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