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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Flannery (ranked 4043 p4p, 397 weight class) and Barney Rumble (ranked 2425 p4p, 275 weight class). Flannery comes to the cage accompanied by Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Rumble has chosen Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun as his entrance music. Barney Rumble has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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270 lbs
26 - 25 - 0 |
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256 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Desmond Flannery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barney Rumble!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rumble throws a leg kick which misses Flannery's front leg but catches the back leg as Flannery tries to avoid it.
Barney Rumble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rumble defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Flannery.
Flannery fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rumble cracks Flannery with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rumble 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.
Rumble's corner calls for a 1-2. Rumble obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Desmond Flannery has been cut.
Flannery misses with a takedown
and Rumble counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Desmond Flannery. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flannery tries to clinch but Rumble moves out of range.
Rumble feints a counter leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rumble.
Rumble looks for the body kick but Flannery saw that one coming.
Rumble instigates a clinch.
A short right from Rumble.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rumble with the Thai clinch, moves his hips back and unleashes a brutal knee to the head! Flannery drops to the mat in a crumpled heap! Huuuuuuge knee there! WOW!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Barney Rumble!
Barney Rumble seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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