PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heel Jando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jando comes to the cage accompanied by The Strokes - Someday. Heel Jando has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jando
vs
Barksdale

174 cm
25
165 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
163 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Rusty Cage Fightwear

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heel Jando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Barksdale!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Jando.

Jando has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barksdale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barksdale jumps guard but Jando stands there with Barksdale around his waist. Barksdale gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Barksdale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jando landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barksdale has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barksdale avoiding damage as Jando throws knees to the body.
Barksdale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jando gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barksdale swings wildly with an uppercut but Jando uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jando with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barksdale is trying to force a seperation but Jando has the dominant position.
Jando pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jando missing with knees to the body.
Jando lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barksdale lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Barksdale fails to land.
Jando wants a takedown but no success here.
Jando keeps control of Barksdale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barksdale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barksdale is looking to break free of the clinch but Jando has double underhooks.
Barksdale jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jando walks away with a smile on his face. Barksdale gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barksdale throws a hook but Jando blocks it.
Barksdale comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Barksdale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jando lands a nice looking body kick.
Jando moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jando looks for the body kick but Barksdale saw that one coming.
Barksdale misses with a jab, cross combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jando.
Barksdale takes a swing at Jando's ribcage but misses.
Barksdale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jando.
Good leg kick by Jando there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barksdale lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jando at a distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jando.
Barksdale looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jando moves in looking to clinch but Barksdale pushes him off.
Jando tries to clinch up.
Jando goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jando misses with a few strikes there.
Barksdale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jando.
Jando stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jando wants it to stay on the feet.
Heel Jando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Barksdale.
Jando takes a jab right on the kisser.

Barksdale darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jando wants to control but Barksdale is keeping busy.

Jando looking for submissions off his back.
Jando tries to roll over but Barksdale keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale passes to full mount!
Jando regains half guard.
Jando wants to control but Barksdale is keeping busy.
Jando avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barksdale.
Barksdale is looking to take a break and control but Jando is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jando wants to control but Barksdale is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jando is looking for a sweep. Barksdale is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jando manages to get to full guard.
Barksdale missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barksdale working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jando's head.
Barksdale connects with a couple of short punches.
Barksdale works over Jando with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barksdale is looking to work some ground and pound but Jando has wrist control.
Barksdale throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jando works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barksdale trying to control the position from guard on top but Jando is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Heel Jando will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Barksdale shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jando as he jumps to the side.
Barksdale thows a body shot but no joy.
Barksdale shoots in looking for a takedown. Jando tries to sprawl out of it but Barksdale keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jando manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jando closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jando blocks a body shot from Barksdale.
Jando slowing the pace effectively.
Jando creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barksdale's defenses.

It looks like Omar Barksdale has been cut.
Jando creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barksdale's defenses.
Barksdale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jando unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barksdale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jando with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barksdale fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Heel Jando has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Barksdale.
Barksdale is looking to break free of the clinch but Jando has double underhooks.
Jando keeps control of Barksdale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jando prevents Barksdale from breaking the clinch.
Jando landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barksdale is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jando keeps control of Barksdale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barksdale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jando is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jando is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barksdale is keeping busy.
Barksdale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jando.
Jando lands a good knee to the midsection. Barksdale won't want to take too many of those.
Jando is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barksdale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jando lands a nice elbow.
Jando is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jando lands a knee to the body.
Barksdale tries to break the clinch but Jando is controlling the position.
Jando unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barksdale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jando stalls.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jando taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jando lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jando is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barksdale is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by Jando.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jando just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jando working Barksdale over with knees to the body.

Jando has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Barksdale clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
A lull in the action here.
Jando is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Barksdale is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jando struggling to land strikes to the head as Barksdale covers up.
Barksdale is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Jando struggling to land strikes to the head as Barksdale covers up.
Barksdale rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Barksdale wants to get back to full guard but Jando has passed into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jando wants to control the action but instead Barksdale gets a body lock and reverses into Jando's guard! Nice work!
Barksdale in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barksdale trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barksdale is in close to Jando's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barksdale throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barksdale accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Jando escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barksdale gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Barksdale passes Jando's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barksdale working the head and body with strikes.
Barksdale has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barksdale missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jando wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barksdale thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jando wants to improve his position but Barksdale is controlling well.

Barksdale is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Barksdale is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jando doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Barksdale.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heel Jando dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Omar Barksdale's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Crunch! Jando slams his shin into Barksdale's torso.
Jando pushes Barksdale away with a front kick.
Jando misses with a kick to the body.
Jando lands a front kick.
Jando plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jando misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Jando.
Barksdale lands with a hook. Jando tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jando throws a sloppy head kick and Barksdale moves out of range easily.
Barksdale fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Barksdale closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jando did well to prevent Barksdale getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jando is trying to control but can't.

Barksdale wants to work for an arm triangle but Jando is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jando keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Jando wants to control but Barksdale is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Barksdale is trying to control the action in half guard but Jando is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jando is looking for a sweep. Barksdale is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jando is looking to get back to full guard here but Barksdale has managed to pass to side control instead.
Barksdale lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barksdale working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Barksdale lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barksdale can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jando is looking to escape.
Jando is trying to escape the mount.

Barksdale looking to secure an arm triangle but Jando defends it well.
Jando tries to hold on but Barksdale postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
BOOM! Barksdale connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jando in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Barksdale is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Jando has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jando is trying desperately to improve position.
Jando is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Barksdale is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Jando has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Jando!
Jando trying to control the position from guard on top but Barksdale is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barksdale has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jando can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jando missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barksdale being controlled here, momentarily.
Jando stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barksdale swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jando postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Omar Barksdale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jando has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Heel Jando!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Heel Jando!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Heel Jando!

Heel Jando wins by unanimous decision!