PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arm Barr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Jake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Arm Barr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barr
vs
Jake

188 cm
24
270 lbs
2 - 11 - 0

189 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arm Barr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iron Jake!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barr slips under a jab.
Jake punishes Barr's body with a nice straight punch.
Barr takes one on the button.
Jake misses with a two punch combination.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch but Jake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jake listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jake looks gassed!
Horrible takedown by Barr or perhaps it was just good defense by Jake which made him look bad.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jake paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barr tries to clinch but Jake moves out of range.
Jake misses with an uppercut.
Barr tries to clinch but Jake moves out of range.
Jake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jake throws a hook but Barr blocks it.
Arm Barr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jake cracks Barr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barr really is a fat lump.
Jake fails to land with a series of punches.
Jake swats away the attempt to clinch by Barr.
Jake tries to bum rush Barr with a series of wild strikes but Barr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barr wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Barr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jake tries to break the clinch but Barr is controlling the position.
Barr stalling.
Barr lands a nice elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barr.
Nice elbow from Barr.

Barr manages to break the clinch.
Barr fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jake avoids it really well and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Barr.

Barr clinches.

Barr jumps guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jake trying to control but Barr is working from the bottom.
Jakeis looking to pass into half guard but Barr pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Barr is in guard.

Barr gets to his feet - Jake follows without any prompting.
Barr misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arm Barr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jake looks to land a combination. Barr sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Barr clinches.
Barr goes for a takedown attempt but Jake pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Iron Jake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jake scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barr misses with a straight right.
Jake lands a right hook to the body.
Barr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jake pinned against the cage. Jake gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
No joy there for Jake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barr shoots for a double leg takedown but Jake sprawls well. He's pushed Barr's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barr tries to clinch there but Jake circles away.
Barr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jake throws a head kick that misses.
Barr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jake keeps the fight on the outside.
Barr is looking to clinch.
Jake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jake cracks Barr with a good jab.
Jake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jake throws a right hand that Barr ducks under and follows up with a left that Barr also avoids with ease.
Jake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barr circles away quickly and effectively.

Barr moves into the clinch.
Barr prevents Jake from breaking the clinch.
Barr keeps control of Jake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Barr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Iron Jake will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Barr tries to clinch but Jake moves out of range.
Barr ducks right into an uppercut from Jake.
Barr doesn't manage to clinch there - Jake circles away.
Nice shot by Jake.
Jake throws a series of punches but Barr avoids them all with ease.

Barr forces Jake back against the cage and clinches.

Barr breaks the clinch.

Barr has taken the fight to the clinch.

Barr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Jake does no damage.
Jake ducks under a wild hook from Barr.
Jake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barr shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jake as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barr tries to clinch up but Jake circles away and keeps his distance.
Jake scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Barr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jake tries to hold on but Barr pushes him away.
You get the feeling that Jake really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jake is desperately trying to improve his position but Barr has a good base and remains in mount.
Barr tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jake tries to reverse the position but Barr maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Barr looking to control but Jake is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jake is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jake tries to lock up and control but Barr gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barr tries to control but Jake wriggling away.
Jake throwing hammer fists to the chest of Barr. What's that going to do exactly?
Barr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Barr tries to control but Jake wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Barr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Barr throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barr tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barr trying to control but Jake is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arm Barr dominated that second round.
That's time! Barr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Barr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barr tries to clinch there but Jake circles away.
Jake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jake avoids the head kick by Barr.
Arm Barr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barr dives in and grabs Jake's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jake pushes down on Barr's head and hops out.
Barr has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barr avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barr wants to clinch.
Jake scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jake cracks a nice hook into Barr's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jake lands a nice looking body shot.
Jab from Jake.
Jake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jake slaps away a takedown attempt from Barr, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Barr wants to clinch.
Barr will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arm Barr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jake listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jake stuffs the takedown.
A nice combination there by Jake.

Barr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barr lands an elbow just above Jake 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jake's defenses.
Nice elbow from Barr.
Barr lands a damaging elbow.
Barr lands a knee to the head.
Jake wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barr tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jake working hard to break the clinch.
Barr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barr is working for takedown but Jake is calmly controlling the position for now.

Barr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Barr scores with a takedown into Jake's guard.
Barr trying to control but Jake is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jake wants to stand but Barr is controlling the position.
Barr pushes down on Jake's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jake wants to improve his position but Barr is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jake is looking to escape.
Jake is trying to escape back to his feet but Barr uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Jake is trying to buck Barr off.
Jake is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arm Barr showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Barr 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight for Arm Barr!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Arm Barr!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Arm Barr!

Arm Barr wins by unanimous decision!