Photo credit rating: AEW
Damaged-down UFC fighter Josh Barnett defeated AEW neatly-known person Jon Moxley within the principle occasion of Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 6 for Game Changer Wrestling at The Cuban Club in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday evening.
Thursday marked the third time Moxley headlined Bloodsport, but he could well now not transfer his chronicle to 3-0 after beforehand beating Chris Dickinson and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
The first Bloodsport occasion used to be held in 2018 below the determine Matt Riddle’s Bloodsport, which took place earlier than Riddle signed a contract with WWE.
Since then, the next six Bloodsport reveals maintain been referred to as Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport, and Thursday represented the third time Barnett headlined undoubtedly one of many events—and the first time since Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 2 in 2019.
Like Mox, Barnett used to be undefeated at Bloodsport earlier than Thursday’s bout, as he fought Minoru Suzuki to a time-limit blueprint and beat Dickinson by knockout.
Whereas both Moxley and Barnett are slit out for the shoot-vogue fights that Bloodsport is made out of, they’ve critically assorted backgrounds.
Moxley is simplest identified for his success within the realm of educated wrestling. After thriving on the honest scene, Moxley signed with WWE in 2011 and used to be fragment of the principle roster as Dean Ambrose from 2012 to ’19.
As properly as to being one-third of The Shield with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, Moxley went on to develop to be a one-time WWE champion, three-time Intercontinental champion, two-time Tag Group champion and one-time United States champion.
After leaving WWE in 2019, he went help to his Moxley determine and signed with AEW. Mox is undoubtedly one of many faces of AEW and a ragged AEW World champion, as well to being the reigning IWGP United States champion with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Barnett has some journey in educated wrestling as properly, competing in NJPW, Inoki Genome Federation and TNA, but his absolute most realistic success got here within the Octagon.
The 43-365 days-primitive Barnett owns a profession MMA chronicle of 35-8 and used to be a neatly-known person within the early years of the UFC earlier than returning there later in his profession.
Barnett owns victories over some of the greatest names within the history of MMA, in conjunction with Dan Severn, Randy Couture, Frank Mir and Roy Nelson.
Thanks to his success in MMA, Barnett is the good representative for Bloodsport, as it focuses on the MMA vogue.
As anticipated, Moxley and Barnett took the fight to one any other Thursday evening, and it used to be Barnett who prevailed and maintained an undefeated chronicle at his trademark occasion.
Hear to Ring Rust Radio for all of the sizzling wrestling topics. Clutch the latest episode within the player below (warning: some language NSFW).
