Post by The Sandmen on Feb 22, 2012 14:40:51 GMT -5
Josh Barnett is the favourite fighter of the crowd at Lanxess Arena (Colonia, Germany).
Josh Barnett looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Wanderlei Silva raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Middle kick from Wanderlei.
Barnett receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Tremendous strikes from Wanderlei!
Barnett blocks with confidence
Barnett fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Wanderlei Silva didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Josh Barnett is in open guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei Silva launches a few punches to Barnett's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Barnett tries to cover his face,
Josh Barnett is in open guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
John McCarthy didn't see the foul!
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Josh Barnett is in open guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Barnett blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Josh Barnett looks to counter!
Barnett tries to jump to side mount.
Wanderlei Silva closed his guard around Josh Barnett.
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Josh Barnett keeps control and remains in side mount.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Josh Barnett tries a kimura
Wanderlei breaks the lock.
Barnett misses a step and Wanderlei Silva sees an opportunity to counter him!
Wanderlei tries to show some ground skills
Barnett uses his strength to keep Barnett at a disadvantage
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Wanderlei Silva manages to switch to half guard.
Josh Barnett is in half guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei Silva tries to close the guard.
Wanderlei put Josh Barnett in closed guard.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Barnett is in closed guard... Wanderlei tries to roll on the ground!
Josh Barnett uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Barnett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Josh Barnett tries to pass Wanderlei Silva's guard...
Josh Barnett passes momentarily but Wanderlei Silva regains full guard.
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Barnett is in closed guard... Wanderlei tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Josh Barnett!
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Wanderlei Silva is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Barnett tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Josh Barnett. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Barnett launches a hook to the body
Bang! Wanderlei stops that one with his ribs!
Crushing shot to Wanderlei's body! He's holding his side
Barnett is holding Wanderlei Silva's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Wanderlei Silva loses balance and goes to the ground.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei breaths deeply while on the ground
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Josh Barnett keeps control and remains in side mount.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva launches a few punches to Barnett's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Barnett tries to cover his face,
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Josh Barnett keeps control and remains in side mount.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Josh Barnett looks to mount Wanderlei Silva...
Josh Barnett slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Josh Barnett is in full mount over Wanderlei Silva
Barnett fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Wanderlei Silva's arm and tries an armbar!
Wanderlei holds his own hand and with pure strength he breaks Wanderlei's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Josh Barnett.
Wanderlei Silva is in side mount over Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett attempts to trap Wanderlei Silva in his guard.
Josh Barnett manages to switch to full guard.
Wanderlei Silva is in closed guard over Barnett
Wanderlei Silva looks to posture up and open Josh Barnett's guard...
Wanderlei Silva forces Josh Barnett to open his guard.
Wanderlei Silva is in open guard over Barnett
Wanderlei Silva pushes Josh Barnett against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Wanderlei jumps and tries to free his leg! Barnett doesn't allow this but Wanderlei Silva is able to get half guard here.
Wanderlei Silva is in half guard over Barnett
Wanderlei is taking this opportunity to rest.
Wanderlei Silva is in half guard over Barnett
Wanderlei Silva tries to pass Josh Barnett's guard...
Wanderlei Silva manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Wanderlei Silva is in side mount over Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett attempts to trap Wanderlei Silva in his guard.
Wanderlei Silva keeps control and remains in side mount.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Wanderlei fires low kicks
punishing Barnett's legs repeatedly.
Barnett hyper-extended his left leg
Wanderlei wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Wanderlei moves forward and holds Barnett
The fighters are clinching.
Wanderlei tries to take Josh Barnett down... Barnett stumbles backwards and Wanderlei Silva launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Barnett's jaw!
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Wanderlei Silva embrace and tries to move away...
Wanderlei Silva pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Wanderlei Silva postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Barnett hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Hard blow to Barnett's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Wanderlei launches a few hard punches to Josh Barnett's ribs!
Josh Barnett's ribs shows the damage! Wanderlei Silva is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Josh Barnett pushes away Wanderlei trying to keep the fight at striking range
Wanderlei doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Josh Barnett
Barnett clumsily fails here and it's time for Wanderlei Silva to fight back!
Wanderlei Silva pushes away Barnett trying to keep the fight at striking range
Barnett stumbles backwards and Wanderlei Silva circles to get the center of the cage
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Barnett tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Barnett is clinching with Wanderlei.
Wanderlei Silva pushes away Barnett trying to keep the fight at striking range
Barnett stumbles backwards and Wanderlei Silva circles to get the center of the cage
Crisp uppercut by Wanderlei followed by a hard jab
Josh Barnett stumbles back.
Barnett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Josh Barnett is taking out his mouthpiece to breathe...
Josh Barnett launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Wanderlei blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Wanderlei Silva!
Barnett is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Wanderlei moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Barnett's thigh!
Barnett hyper-extended his leg
Josh Barnett seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Wanderlei Silva!
Wanderlei Silva throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Wanderlei Silva!
Barnett is going to have a big headache after that blow!
John McCarthy is asking Barnett to defend himself! John McCarthy jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Barnett.
Barnett has a small cut in his Left cheek
Winner is Wanderlei Silva by TKO (Punch) at 2:56 Round 2
Statistics: Josh Barnett
Punches 4/6 (67%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 247 s
Statistics: Wanderlei Silva
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 5/5 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/13 (62%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 12/16 (75%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 247 s
A decent performance by Josh Barnett today. He read the fight well and wasn't afraid of engaging
Dominating performance by Wanderlei who took his best game against Josh Barnett.
Superb fight! Undoubtedly one of the fights of the year!
Josh Barnett looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Wanderlei Silva raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Middle kick from Wanderlei.
Barnett receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Tremendous strikes from Wanderlei!
Barnett blocks with confidence
Barnett fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Wanderlei Silva didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Josh Barnett is in open guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei Silva launches a few punches to Barnett's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Barnett tries to cover his face,
Josh Barnett is in open guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
John McCarthy didn't see the foul!
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Josh Barnett is in open guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Barnett blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Josh Barnett looks to counter!
Barnett tries to jump to side mount.
Wanderlei Silva closed his guard around Josh Barnett.
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Josh Barnett keeps control and remains in side mount.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Josh Barnett tries a kimura
Wanderlei breaks the lock.
Barnett misses a step and Wanderlei Silva sees an opportunity to counter him!
Wanderlei tries to show some ground skills
Barnett uses his strength to keep Barnett at a disadvantage
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Wanderlei Silva manages to switch to half guard.
Josh Barnett is in half guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei Silva tries to close the guard.
Wanderlei put Josh Barnett in closed guard.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Wanderlei measures the resilience of Barnett's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Barnett's side.
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Barnett is in closed guard... Wanderlei tries to roll on the ground!
Josh Barnett uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Barnett tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Josh Barnett tries to pass Wanderlei Silva's guard...
Josh Barnett passes momentarily but Wanderlei Silva regains full guard.
Josh Barnett is in closed guard over Wanderlei
Barnett is in closed guard... Wanderlei tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Josh Barnett!
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Wanderlei Silva is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Barnett tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Josh Barnett. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Barnett launches a hook to the body
Bang! Wanderlei stops that one with his ribs!
Crushing shot to Wanderlei's body! He's holding his side
Barnett is holding Wanderlei Silva's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Wanderlei Silva loses balance and goes to the ground.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei breaths deeply while on the ground
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Josh Barnett keeps control and remains in side mount.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva launches a few punches to Barnett's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Barnett tries to cover his face,
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva attempts to trap Josh Barnett in his guard.
Josh Barnett keeps control and remains in side mount.
Josh Barnett is in side mount over Wanderlei Silva
Josh Barnett looks to mount Wanderlei Silva...
Josh Barnett slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Josh Barnett is in full mount over Wanderlei Silva
Barnett fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Wanderlei Silva's arm and tries an armbar!
Wanderlei holds his own hand and with pure strength he breaks Wanderlei's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Josh Barnett.
Wanderlei Silva is in side mount over Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett attempts to trap Wanderlei Silva in his guard.
Josh Barnett manages to switch to full guard.
Wanderlei Silva is in closed guard over Barnett
Wanderlei Silva looks to posture up and open Josh Barnett's guard...
Wanderlei Silva forces Josh Barnett to open his guard.
Wanderlei Silva is in open guard over Barnett
Wanderlei Silva pushes Josh Barnett against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Wanderlei jumps and tries to free his leg! Barnett doesn't allow this but Wanderlei Silva is able to get half guard here.
Wanderlei Silva is in half guard over Barnett
Wanderlei is taking this opportunity to rest.
Wanderlei Silva is in half guard over Barnett
Wanderlei Silva tries to pass Josh Barnett's guard...
Wanderlei Silva manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Wanderlei Silva is in side mount over Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett attempts to trap Wanderlei Silva in his guard.
Wanderlei Silva keeps control and remains in side mount.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Wanderlei fires low kicks
punishing Barnett's legs repeatedly.
Barnett hyper-extended his left leg
Wanderlei wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Wanderlei moves forward and holds Barnett
The fighters are clinching.
Wanderlei tries to take Josh Barnett down... Barnett stumbles backwards and Wanderlei Silva launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Barnett's jaw!
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Wanderlei Silva embrace and tries to move away...
Wanderlei Silva pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Wanderlei Silva postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Barnett hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Hard blow to Barnett's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Wanderlei launches a few hard punches to Josh Barnett's ribs!
Josh Barnett's ribs shows the damage! Wanderlei Silva is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Josh Barnett pushes away Wanderlei trying to keep the fight at striking range
Wanderlei doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Josh Barnett
Barnett clumsily fails here and it's time for Wanderlei Silva to fight back!
Wanderlei Silva pushes away Barnett trying to keep the fight at striking range
Barnett stumbles backwards and Wanderlei Silva circles to get the center of the cage
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Barnett tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Barnett is clinching with Wanderlei.
Wanderlei Silva pushes away Barnett trying to keep the fight at striking range
Barnett stumbles backwards and Wanderlei Silva circles to get the center of the cage
Crisp uppercut by Wanderlei followed by a hard jab
Josh Barnett stumbles back.
Barnett studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Josh Barnett is taking out his mouthpiece to breathe...
Josh Barnett launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Wanderlei blocks and tries to circle around his opponent looking for angles.
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Wanderlei Silva!
Barnett is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Wanderlei moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Barnett's thigh!
Barnett hyper-extended his leg
Josh Barnett seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Wanderlei Silva!
Wanderlei Silva throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Wanderlei Silva!
Barnett is going to have a big headache after that blow!
John McCarthy is asking Barnett to defend himself! John McCarthy jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Barnett.
Barnett has a small cut in his Left cheek
Winner is Wanderlei Silva by TKO (Punch) at 2:56 Round 2
Statistics: Josh Barnett
Punches 4/6 (67%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 247 s
Statistics: Wanderlei Silva
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 5/5 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/13 (62%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 12/16 (75%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 247 s
A decent performance by Josh Barnett today. He read the fight well and wasn't afraid of engaging
Dominating performance by Wanderlei who took his best game against Josh Barnett.
Superb fight! Undoubtedly one of the fights of the year!