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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Barajas (ranked 4750 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Funke (ranked 5478 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good takedowns
Excellent 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adrian Barajas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tobias Funke!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barajas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Funke pinned against the cage. Funke gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Barajas sets himself, and Funke steps forward looking for the clinch! Barajas avoids it this time.
Funke displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barajas.
Barajas sets himself, and Funke steps forward looking for the clinch! Barajas avoids it this time.
Funke has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Barajas is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Barajas looks to score with a jab to the body but Funke is just out of range.
Funke shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barajas pinned against the cage. Barajas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barajas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Funke but Funke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Funke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Barajas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barajas throws the kick towards the body but Funke avoids it.
Funke feints the counter takedown.
Barajas clinches.
Barajas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Funke just stands there and leans against the cage.
Barajas stalling.
Funke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barajas backwards.
Barajas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Funke up against the cage.
Barajas leaning against his opponent.
Barajas is trying to force a seperation but Funke has the dominant position.
Barajas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barajas just leaning against Funke, taking a breather.
Funke tries a body shot but Barajas blocks it.
Barajas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barajas fails to pull guard.
Barajas manages to break the clinch.
Barajas pushes Funke up against the cage in a clinch.
Barajas slows down the pace here.
Barajas manages to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barajas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Funke escapes and throws Barajas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Funke working the body and head with strikes.
Barajas is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Funke asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Barajas is not content to let Funke control the position.
Barajas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barajas tries to get out of the position.
Funke connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Barajas some visible discomfort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funke lands a decent elbow from side control.
Funke grinds an elbow into Barajas's temple.
Barajas is not content to let Funke control the position.
Barajas can't do much from the bottom here.
Funke is chipping away with strikes.
Barajas struggling a bit here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barajas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Funke dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Barajas moves into the clinch.
Barajas drags the fight down to the ground.
Funke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barajas's head.
Funke scoring with some ground and pound.
Barajas is looking for a triangle but Funke pushes his legs off easily.
Funke wants to control from the top but Barajas keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Funke connects with a couple of short punches.
Barajas keeping moving, preventing Funke from controlling successfully.
Funke is working Barajas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funke sitting in guard here, content to control.
Funke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barajas's head.
Funke lands a couple of elbows.
Funke won't allow Barajas to get back to his feet.
Funke with a nice head shot there.
Funke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Funke landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Barajas is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barajas looking for subs off his back but Funke has passed one foot through into half guard.
Funke landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Funke is trying to control the action in half guard but Barajas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Funke winds up and cracks Barajas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Barajas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Funke working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Barajas trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Funke manages to pass to mount!
Funke postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Barajas badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Funke around the waist but Funke pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Funke is the winner by TKO! Funke jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tobias Funke!
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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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