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Event:
RMMA - Amsterdam 2
Date: Mar 29, 2025 |
#R1#
Sacky tries to close the distance and clinch but Barella swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sacky keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
#CUT2#It looks like Dion Barella has been cut.
Sacky shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sacky misses with a two punch combination.
Barella appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Barella throws a shot to the body.
Sacky goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barella uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sacky has time to react.
Sacky throws a series of punches but Barella moves out of range.
A jab from Barella misses.
Sacky looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sacky's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barella connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sacky scrambles back to his feet.#CUT#It looks like Paul Sacky has been cut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sacky. Barella shrugs it off though.
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!
Barella scores with a nice right hand.
Sacky takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sacky misses with a wild combination.
Sacky moves in looking to clinch but Barella pushes him off.
Sacky throws a right hand that Barella ducks under and follows up with a left that Barella also avoids with ease.
Barella throws a front kick aimed at Sacky's knee but Sacky avoids it well.
Sacky is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Barella does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barella cracks Sacky with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sacky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T1#
Barella swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barella misses with an uppercut. Sacky saw that one coming.
Sacky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barella.
Barella misses the jab.
Barella ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sacky dives in for a single leg takedown but Barella sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sacky on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barella misses with a hook
and Sacky counters with a three punch combo that has Barella backing up. Barella nods at Sacky to acknowledge the strikes.
Sacky misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dion Barella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Sacky.
Barella misses with a wild body shot.
Sacky walks into a stiff left hand from Barella.#ROC#Sacky is rocked!
Sacky leaves his chin hanging out and Barella seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Sacky crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dion Barella!
A victorious Dion Barella thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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Event:
KTC-185 Semi-Final
Date: Dec 27, 2024 |
#R1#
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Benjamin Barella tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dion Barella shapes to counter with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dion Barella throws a chopping leg kick but Benjamin Barella manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Benjamin Barella thinks about countering with a body kick.
Dion Barella throws a leg kick but Benjamin Barella sees it coming and moves out of range.
Benjamin Barella jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.#T1#
Dion Barella shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Benjamin Barella pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benjamin Barella throws a low kick, looking for Dion Barella's leg but Dion Barella calmly moves out of range.
And Dion Barella responds with a good body kick, but Benjamin Barella manages to step out the way in time.
Dion Barella throws a wild body kick that Benjamin Barella sees coming a mile off.#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Benjamin Barella connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benjamin Barella misses with a body kick.
Dion Barella thinks about the counter body kick.
Benjamin Barella blocks the body kick.
Benjamin Barella throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dion Barella avoids it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dion Barella misses with a low kick.
Benjamin Barella appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Benjamin Barella.
Well Benjamin Barella has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 10:9
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 10:9
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Barella!
Benjamin Barella decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. |
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