Post by The Sandmen on Feb 16, 2014 14:09:19 GMT -5
Travis Browne looks very relaxed.
Josh Barnett glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Josh Barnett is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Travis Browne comes with a 3 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Hapa throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Barnett is holding Travis Browne's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Travis Browne shows great balance while pushing away Josh Barnett
Travis Browne leans forwards and tries to grapple with Barnett
Hapa shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Josh Barnett pushes away Hapa trying to keep the fight at striking range
Hapa doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Josh Barnett
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Hapa pushes Josh Barnett againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Barnett tries to block Travis Browne punches...
Travis Browne gets sloppy and Josh Barnett tries to take advantage...
Big mistake from Travis Browne! Barnett tries to finish him off with a RNC!
Barnett is unable to lock that and Hapa breaks the lock
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Travis Browne embrace and tries to move away...
Travis Browne pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Hapa pushes Josh Barnett against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Barnett's chin! His legs are wobbling!
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Travis Browne embrace and tries to move away...
Travis Browne pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Hapa is launching some bone breaking punches to Barnett's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Josh Barnett's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Barnett launches a few hard punches to Travis Browne's ribs!
Hapa struggles and protects himself.
Poorly executed technique. Travis Browne looks to counter!
Hapa pushes Josh Barnett againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Barnett cannot escape Travis Browne's clinch! Travis Browne is just brutalizing Barnett with punches time and time again!
The fighters are clinching.
Barnett tries to take Travis Browne to the ground from the clinch...
Hapa shows his sprawl skills and remains on his feet.
The fighters are clinching.
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Travis Browne embrace and tries to move away...
Travis Browne pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Hapa doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Josh Barnett embrace and tries to move away...
Josh Barnett pushes Hapa forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Hapa misses a step and Josh Barnett sees an opportunity to counter him!
Josh Barnett gets control of Travis Browne's neck and attempts a guillotine!
Travis Browne shakes him off and staves off danger.
The fighters are clinching.
Josh Barnett tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Hapa is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Barnett clumsily fails here and it's time for Travis Browne to fight back!
Travis Browne tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Hapa circles out and slips free of Josh Barnett's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Barnett is holding Travis Browne's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Travis Browne shows great balance while pushing away Josh Barnett
Barnett wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Barnett moves forward and holds Hapa
Travis Browne pushes away Barnett trying to keep the fight at striking range
Barnett stumbles backwards and Travis Browne circles to get the center of the cage
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Hapa leads with a punch
Josh Barnett evades but whiffs with a counter.
Superb haymaker by Hapa
that lands on Barnett's face like a cannon ball!
Barnett has a small cut in his Mouth
Travis Browne attempts a sweep single...
Travis Browne catches Josh Barnett's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Hapa.
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa tries to open up Josh Barnett's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Barnett in the side of the head
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
Barnett eyes him warily.
Barnett is trying to counter now!
Hapa is in closed guard... Barnett tries to roll on the ground!
Travis Browne uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
He clobbers Josh Barnett's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Barnett has a small cut in his Chin
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Hapa is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Josh Barnett, who is barely covering up!
Barnett's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
He clobbers Josh Barnett's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
He clobbers Josh Barnett's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Stand up! This is what Barnett's cornermen are shouting. Travis Browne is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Hapa use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Budweiser Gardens (London, Ontario) is cheering him!
Travis Browne is in side mount over Josh Barnett
Travis Browne looks to mount Josh Barnett...
Travis Browne slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Hapa tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Travis Browne controls the situation despite Josh Barnett efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Barnett's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Hapa
Travis Browne takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Josh Barnett shoulder and pushes his arm againts the mat!
Crippling lock!
Barnett's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Hapa is locking that Americana...
Barnett struggles to free himself
That Americana from Travis Browne appears to be unbreakable
That Americana looks tight...
Josh Barnett breaks that americana attempt!
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Hapa is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Hapa fires a barrage of punches at Barnett's head!
This is bad! Hapa is just pounding on Josh Barnett's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
That brutal impact left Barnett laid out on the mat! Travis Browne's corner come in to congratulate him!
Barnett's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Winner is Travis Browne by KO (GnP) at 4:49 Round 1
Statistics: Travis Browne
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/15 (67%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 15/18 (83%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 115 s
Statistics: Josh Barnett
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/4 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 115 s
Very similar to their real life fight. I still think Josh is somewhat close to breaking through that barrier between meh and good (shall we call it the Coleman Barrier?). Ya know where someone is good, but just needs a bit of massaging into form to be all they can be? Yeah, that.
Josh Barnett glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Josh Barnett is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Travis Browne comes with a 3 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Hapa throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Barnett is holding Travis Browne's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Travis Browne shows great balance while pushing away Josh Barnett
Travis Browne leans forwards and tries to grapple with Barnett
Hapa shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Josh Barnett pushes away Hapa trying to keep the fight at striking range
Hapa doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Josh Barnett
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Hapa pushes Josh Barnett againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Barnett tries to block Travis Browne punches...
Travis Browne gets sloppy and Josh Barnett tries to take advantage...
Big mistake from Travis Browne! Barnett tries to finish him off with a RNC!
Barnett is unable to lock that and Hapa breaks the lock
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Travis Browne embrace and tries to move away...
Travis Browne pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Hapa pushes Josh Barnett against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Barnett's chin! His legs are wobbling!
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Travis Browne embrace and tries to move away...
Travis Browne pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Hapa is launching some bone breaking punches to Barnett's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Josh Barnett's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Barnett launches a few hard punches to Travis Browne's ribs!
Hapa struggles and protects himself.
Poorly executed technique. Travis Browne looks to counter!
Hapa pushes Josh Barnett againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Barnett cannot escape Travis Browne's clinch! Travis Browne is just brutalizing Barnett with punches time and time again!
The fighters are clinching.
Barnett tries to take Travis Browne to the ground from the clinch...
Hapa shows his sprawl skills and remains on his feet.
The fighters are clinching.
Barnett doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Travis Browne embrace and tries to move away...
Travis Browne pushes Barnett forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Hapa doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Josh Barnett embrace and tries to move away...
Josh Barnett pushes Hapa forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Hapa misses a step and Josh Barnett sees an opportunity to counter him!
Josh Barnett gets control of Travis Browne's neck and attempts a guillotine!
Travis Browne shakes him off and staves off danger.
The fighters are clinching.
Josh Barnett tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Hapa is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Barnett clumsily fails here and it's time for Travis Browne to fight back!
Travis Browne tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Hapa circles out and slips free of Josh Barnett's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Barnett is holding Travis Browne's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Travis Browne shows great balance while pushing away Josh Barnett
Barnett wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Barnett moves forward and holds Hapa
Travis Browne pushes away Barnett trying to keep the fight at striking range
Barnett stumbles backwards and Travis Browne circles to get the center of the cage
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Hapa leads with a punch
Josh Barnett evades but whiffs with a counter.
Superb haymaker by Hapa
that lands on Barnett's face like a cannon ball!
Barnett has a small cut in his Mouth
Travis Browne attempts a sweep single...
Travis Browne catches Josh Barnett's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Hapa.
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa tries to open up Josh Barnett's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Barnett in the side of the head
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
Barnett eyes him warily.
Barnett is trying to counter now!
Hapa is in closed guard... Barnett tries to roll on the ground!
Travis Browne uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
He clobbers Josh Barnett's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Barnett has a small cut in his Chin
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Hapa is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Josh Barnett, who is barely covering up!
Barnett's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
He clobbers Josh Barnett's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Hapa leans back...
He clobbers Josh Barnett's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Travis Browne is in closed guard over Barnett
Stand up! This is what Barnett's cornermen are shouting. Travis Browne is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Hapa use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Budweiser Gardens (London, Ontario) is cheering him!
Travis Browne is in side mount over Josh Barnett
Travis Browne looks to mount Josh Barnett...
Travis Browne slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Hapa tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Travis Browne controls the situation despite Josh Barnett efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Barnett's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Hapa
Travis Browne takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Josh Barnett shoulder and pushes his arm againts the mat!
Crippling lock!
Barnett's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Hapa is locking that Americana...
Barnett struggles to free himself
That Americana from Travis Browne appears to be unbreakable
That Americana looks tight...
Josh Barnett breaks that americana attempt!
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Hapa is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
Travis Browne is in full mount over Josh Barnett
Hapa fires a barrage of punches at Barnett's head!
This is bad! Hapa is just pounding on Josh Barnett's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
That brutal impact left Barnett laid out on the mat! Travis Browne's corner come in to congratulate him!
Barnett's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Winner is Travis Browne by KO (GnP) at 4:49 Round 1
Statistics: Travis Browne
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/15 (67%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 15/18 (83%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 115 s
Statistics: Josh Barnett
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/4 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 115 s
Very similar to their real life fight. I still think Josh is somewhat close to breaking through that barrier between meh and good (shall we call it the Coleman Barrier?). Ya know where someone is good, but just needs a bit of massaging into form to be all they can be? Yeah, that.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!