PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cheyenne Little Dove (ranked 4705 p4p, 4867 weight class) and Mike Barnes (ranked 276 p4p, 284 weight class). Mike Barnes struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Little Dove
vs
Barnes

175 cm
18
140
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
147
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Brooklyn Apothecary

Mile High

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cheyenne Little Dove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little Dove takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barnes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barnes throws a right hand that misses
and Little Dove counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice leg kick from Barnes, right into the meat of the thigh.

Little Dove closes the distance and clinches.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Little Dove.
Barnes is trying to maintain a safe position but Little Dove gets an underhook and turns Barnes into the cage.
Little Dove goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Little Dove lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes wants to get back to striking at distance but Little Dove won't allow it.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Little Dove has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Little Dove.
Little Dove tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Little Dove has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Little Dove.
Little Dove throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barness head.
Barnes is looking to break free of the clinch but Little Dove has double underhooks.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Little Dove has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Little Dove.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little Dove misses with a body punch.
Little Dove throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Little Dove.
Little Dove keeps control of Barnes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Little Dove fails to land.
Little Dove fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Little Dove has him pressed against the cage.
Little Dove has Barnes pressed against the cage, preventing Barnes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barnes stalling the fight.
Barnes working hard to break the clinch.
Little Dove has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Little Dove has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Little Dove has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Little Dove gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Little Dove.
Barnes wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Little Dove fails to land.
Little Dove misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Barnes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barnes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Little Dove scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A frustrated look appears on Barnes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Little Dove.
Barnes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little Dove tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Little Dove has him pressed against the cage.
Little Dove lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Barnes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Little Dove lands with a cross.

Barnes is rocked!
Little Dove tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barnes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes is still on wobbly legs! Can Little Dove finish him?
Barnes moves out of range of the strikes.
Little Dove ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Barnes seems to have recovered his senses.
Little Dove keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Little Dove sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Little Dove misses.
Little Dove uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
Barnes connects with a jab.
Little Dove ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Little Dove scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cheyenne Little Dove showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Little Dove 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 10:9
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 10:9
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cheyenne Little Dove!