PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nasir Prince (ranked 3376 p4p, 3267 weight class) and Alex Barnes (ranked 189 p4p, 183 weight class). Prince comes to the cage accompanied by Nas- N.Y. State of Mind. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Prince
vs
Barnes

171 cm
25
145
8 - 7 - 1

170 cm
25
145
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasir Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a solid leg kick but Prince takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnes.
Prince slips a jab and a cross from Barnes.
Prince feinted with a counter takedown.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Prince tries to counter with a takedown but Barnes is quick to defend against it.
Prince keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prince moves away.
Prince appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Barnes misses with a looping left.
Prince tries to counter with a takedown but Barnes is quick to defend against it.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws out a loose jab but Prince uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
Prince feinted with a counter takedown.

Barnes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Prince!
Sloppy strikes there by Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Barnes creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Prince sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Prince is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Barnes off and has taken his back!
Prince has the hooks in. Barnes is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Prince knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Barnes on the ground.
Barnes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Barnes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Prince's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a big elbow that misses.
Prince preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barnes throws a strike but Prince rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Barnes looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Barnes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barnes is adopting a defensive guard.
Barnes looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnes is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Prince defends well.
Barnes looking to control.
Prince wants to get up but he can't break Barnes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Prince preventing the sweep.
Our spies down at at Mentor Gym inform us that Barnes has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Barnes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barnes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Prince is one step ahead there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barnes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Barnes dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Prince does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prince tries to counter with a takedown but Barnes is quick to defend against it.
Barnes digs a good hook to Prince's body.

Barnes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barnes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes lands with a punch from half guard.
Prince avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barnes.
Prince keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barnes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barnes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barnes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barnes is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Prince!
Barnes with shots to the head and body - Prince looks very uncomfortable down there.
Barnes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prince hang on?
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Barnes thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the head.
Barnes misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Prince is in a horrible position here. Barnes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barnes lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Prince is rocked!
Barnes dominating with strikes here.
Oh Prince is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barnes with the ground and pound from mount.
Barnes dominating with strikes here.
Barnes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Prince is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Prince avoids a series of strikes thrown by Barnes.
Prince seems to have got his legs back now.
Alex Barnes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barnes thowing shots but they're missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes lands a couple of good shots and Prince has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Barnes throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Prince wants to get back to his feet.
Prince covering up well and avoiding damage.
Prince is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Prince is trying to get back to his feet but Barnes has full control of the position and if anything, Prince has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Barnes thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Prince is taking damage to the body and head.
Barnes missing with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Can Prince hold on?! Barnes is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Barnes has the hooks in. Prince is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Barnes lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Barnes thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Barnes misses with a punch to the head.
Prince is taking damage to the body and head.
Barnes is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Prince up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes lands a shot to the body.
Barnes lands a series of strikes from the back and Prince goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Barnes!
A victorious Alex Barnes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.