PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dell Trotter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barnes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Barnes
vs
Trotter

178 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dell Trotter!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a series of punches but Trotter moves out of range.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trotter.
Trotter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Trotter.
Trotter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trotter circles away quickly and effectively.
Trotter throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Barnes does no damage.
Trotter throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Barnes lands a with a good body shot.
Dell Trotter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trotter connects with a right hand. Barnes shakes it off.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Trotter moved out of range nicely.
Trotter throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Trotter.
Barnes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes punishes Trotter's body with a nice straight punch.
Trotter misses with a combination
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trotter slips under a jab from Barnes.
Mike Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trotter misses with a combination
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Trotter fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut there from Barnes.
Barnes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Barnes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Trotter avoids nicely.
Barnes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Trotter.
Trotter throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Trotter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Trotter backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Trotter sees it coming and moves out of range.
Trotter moves forwards but Barnes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barnes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trotter.
Barnes digs a good hook to Trotter's body.
Barnes slips a jab from Trotter.
Trotter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trotter misses with a straight left.
Barnes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trotter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trotter misses with a jab to the body
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Trotter thinking.
Trotter looks gassed!
Barnes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Trotter avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Barnes wants to slow Trotter down by chopping away at his legs.
Barnes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnes connects with a body shot.
Barnes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
Barnes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Trotter checks a leg kick.
Barnes lands a nice shot that snaps Trotter's head back.
Barnes jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trotter lands a jab to the head.
Barnes digs a good hook to Trotter's body.
Barnes stuns Trotter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Trotter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Trotter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Barnes as he connects with a hook.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Trotter seems unphased.
Barnes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barnes lands the left hand.
A nice combination there by Barnes.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes lands with a straight right. Trotter didn't see that one coming.
Barnes lands a jab to Trotter's midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left lands for Barnes.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trotter avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Barnes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Trotter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mike Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trotter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trotter misses with a straight right.
Trotter shoots in for a takedown but Barnes shows good takedown defense.
Barnes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Trotter throws a combination that misses
and Trotter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mike Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Barnes duly obliges.

Trotter is rocked!
Trotter misses with a combination
and Barnes counters with a crisp right that sends Trotter to the canvas! Barnes follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Barnes!