PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Day (ranked 2264 p4p, 1219 weight class) and Adam Barnes (ranked 283 p4p, 174 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Day
vs
Barnes

181 cm
24
166
12 - 12 - 0

180 cm
30
169
13 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sonny Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Day throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Day has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Barnes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Barnes thuds a left hand into Day's body.
Barnes moves out of range as Day strikes.
Barnes tries to bum rush Day with a series of wild strikes but Day uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Day takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barnes throws a hook but Day avoids it easily.
Day throws a lazy body kick
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Day takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Day thows a left - swing and a miss!
Day keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes throws a big shot that misses.
Day throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
Barnes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Day throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes slips under a jab.
Day throws a poor cross that misses
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
Day throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Day lunges at Barnes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barnes's hand.
Day tries a low kick but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes lands an overhand right.
Barnes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Day swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Day misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Day finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barnes duly obliges.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes moves out of range as Day strikes.
Barnes is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Day comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Barnes connects with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes scores with a three punch combo!
Day misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Barnes throws a low kick but Day avoids it.
Day misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Barnes misses.
Day moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barnes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Day throws a low kick, looking for Barnes's leg but Barnes calmly moves out of range.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Day.
Day misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Day pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes is looking for the big counter here.
Day tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnes is able to avoid easily.
Day backing away here, and Barnes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Day slips a straight right by Barnes.
A nice combination there by Day.
Barnes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Day swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Day. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Barnes slips a straight right by Day.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Day throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Barnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Day avoids it well.
Day swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes feints a counter leg kick.
Day misses with a jab, cross combination.
Day missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Day scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnes in his tracks.
Day throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Day avoids them all with ease.
Day looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Day throws a big shot that misses.
Day swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Day swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Day fails to land with a series of punches.
Day jabs at Barnes's body.
Day tries a low kick but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barnes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barnes throws a leg kick which misses Day's front leg but catches the back leg as Day tries to avoid it.
Barnes needs to keep his hands up - Day had a free shot at his head there.
Sonny Day seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Day slips a jab and a cross from Barnes.
Barnes looks for the body kick but Day saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Barnes.
Day lands an overhand right.
Day misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some bone on bone action there as Barnes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Day misses with an uppercut
and Day takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barnes throws a solid leg kick but Day takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnes.
Day misses with a few strikes there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sonny Day will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Day chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big right from Day misses.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Day moved out of range.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Day misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barnes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Adam Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big left from Barnes misses.
Day blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Day throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Day stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barnes tries to bum rush Day with a series of wild strikes but Day uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barnes.
Barnes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Day is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Day misses with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a big right hand! Oh Day is in trouble here! Barnes follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Barnes!
Adam Barnes tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.