PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Morales (ranked 1882 p4p, 3037 weight class) and Ugo Barnes (ranked 253 p4p, 391 weight class). Ricardo Morales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morales
vs
Barnes

187 cm
20
210
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
180
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

PWNAGE
Conviction

Voodoo Nutrition
MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ugo Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barnes pushes Morales up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Morales as the two fighters clinch.
Morales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Morales lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morales lands a nice uppercut.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Morales prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Morales lands with a right to the head.
Barnes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morales is keeping busy.
I was talking to Morales's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Morales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Morales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Ugo Barnes has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Morales.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barnes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Morales is defending well.
Morales lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands a body shot.
Morales lands a right hand.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Barnes tries a body shot but Morales blocks it.
Morales lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnes or not.
Barnes looks winded!
Nice body punch from Morales - that landed with a thud.
Morales lands an uppercut.
Morales lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Barnes is rocked!
A short uppercut from Morales.
Barnes is still on wobbly legs! Can Morales finish him?
Morales lands with a right to the head.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Morales creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Barnes's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Barnes drops to his knees and Morales pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Morales!
A relieved looking Ricardo Morales thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.