PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Opas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Opas has chosen AC/DC - Thunderstruck as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barnes
vs
Opas

178 cm
20
160 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Opas!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes scores with a hook.
Opas throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barnes lands a head shot.
Barnes drops his hands momentarily and Opas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Opas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Opas moves into the clinch.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Opas misses with a low kick as Barnes jumps back.
Nice shot lands for Barnes.
Barnes throws a solid leg kick but Opas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnes.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Opas.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Opas moved out of range.
Barnes throws a combination that misses
and Opas counters with a one-two to the body.

It looks like Mike Barnes has been cut.
Opas moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Opas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barnes on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Don Opas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Barnes finds it's way through Opas's defenses.
Opas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barnes.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Opas moved away.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Opas.
Barnes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnes throws a leg kick that misses.
Opas throws a combination that misses

and Barnes counters with a single leg into guard. Opas didn't expect that.
Opas pulls Barnes in close to prevent any damage.
Barnes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barnes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barnes wants to control from the top but Opas keeps moving.
Barnes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Opas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is fighting to break Opas's control of his arms but Opas is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Opas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Barnes is looking to work some ground and pound but Opas has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Opas scores with a body shot.
Barnes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Opas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnes shoots in looking for a takedown. Opas tries to sprawl out of it but Barnes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Opas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Opas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Opas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opas stuffs the takedown attempt from Barnes. Barnes gets slowly back to his feet.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barnes lands with a straight right. Opas didn't see that one coming.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Opas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Opas throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Barnes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Opas misses with a looping left.
Barnes throws a leg kick
and Opas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Opas thuds his right hand into Barnes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barnes misses the shot to the body.
Opas throws a predictable looking body shot

and Barnes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Opas won't be happy with that.
Barnes throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Opas is trying to improve his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Opas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barnes is looking to take a break and control but Opas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Opas keeping his opponent close.
Barnes looks up at the clock and then as Opas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Barnes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Barnes working away.
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 Mike Barnes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Barnes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Opas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Opas thuds his right hand into Barnes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barnes scores with a decent looking hook.
A jab from Barnes misses.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Opas misses with a wild combination.
Opas throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnes loads up on a big right hand but Opas slips the punch.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Opas is just out of range.
Opas throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Good leg kick by Barnes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barnes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Opas connects with a crisp jab.
Barnes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Barnes takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Opas misses.
Barnes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Opas.
Opas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barnes digs a good body shot into Opas's ribs.
Opas throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Opas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Opas throws a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Opas misses with a straight right.
Barnes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Opas's hands.
Barnes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Opas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnes scores with a spinning back kick!
Barnes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Opas.
Barnes throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Opas to counter with a crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Opas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barnes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barnes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barnes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Opas manages to avoid it.
Opas cracks Barnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Don Opas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot by Barnes.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Opas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Opas scoring well with a low kick there.

Opas moves into the clinch.
Opas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barnes avoids a wild elbow strike from Opas.
Barnes wants to stall.
Opas keeps control of Barnes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barnes dodges an elbow strike from Opas.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Opas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnes's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opas tries to stall but Barnes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Opas lands an elbow inside.
Barnes tries to break free but Opas pushes him back against the cage.
Opas lands an elbow inside that Barnes shrugs off.
Opas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barnes blocks an elbow strike from Opas.
Opas lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Opas.
Barnes jumps guard but Opas stands there with Barnes around his waist. Barnes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Opas misses with a punch on the inside.
Opas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barnes tries to break the clinch but Opas is controlling the position.
Good body shot from Barnes.
Opas lands a damaging elbow.
Barnes is looking to break free of the clinch but Opas has double underhooks.
Opas blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes dodges an elbow strike from Opas.
Opas misses with some punches.
Barnes has had enough of the clinch but Opas keeps him there for the moment.
Opas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Opas is breathing heavily.
Barnes dodges an elbow strike from Opas.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Opas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Opas misses with a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Opas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Opas saw that one coming.
Opas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes lands a with a good body shot.
Barnes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Opas can pounce on him.
Opas throws a low kick, looking for Barnes's leg but Barnes calmly moves out of range.
Barnes lands with a straight right. Opas didn't see that one coming.
Opas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A slow jab from Opas misses its intended target.
Good work by Barnes as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Opas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Barnes swings for the body but Opas moves out of range.
Opas fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Barnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Barnes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Opas needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
Opas scores with a sloppy right hand. Barnes should have avoided that one.
Opas misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Opas misses.
Opas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Opas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Opas wants it to stay on the feet.
Barnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barnes misses with a kick to the body
and Opas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Opas misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Opas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Opas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Opas misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Opas thinking.
Opas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
A big left from Opas misses.
Opas throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes takes a swing at Opas's ribcage but misses.
Barnes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barnes throws a body punch but Opas moves out of range.
Opas defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Opas, as that shot connected.
Opas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Opas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Opas misses with an uppercut.
Barnes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Opas has time to react.
Opas lands with a right hand.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Opas was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Opas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a nice looking body shot.
Barnes lands with a cross.
Opas takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barnes has a takedown stuffed.
Decent striking displayed by Opas there.
Opas misses with a wild combination.
A low kick from Barnes misses
and Opas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Barnes thinking.
Opas tries to land a leg kick but Barnes saw it coming and moves away.
Opas throws a front kick that sends Barnes stumbling back into the cage.
Opas swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Opas cracks the inside of Barnes's front leg.
Opas looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Barnes coming out on top.
Opas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Opas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barnes throws a front kick aimed at Opas's knee but Opas avoids it well.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Opas.
Opas misses with a looping left.
Don Opas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice shot lands for Opas.
The fighters circling - Opas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barnes throws a low kick but Opas avoids it.
Barnes moves out of range as Opas throws a body kick.
Barnes throws out a loose jab but Opas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Opas misses with a body shot.
Opas throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.

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.
Opas throws a combination that misses
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Opas throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes slips a straight right by Opas.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Opas moved out of range nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Opas checks a leg kick.
Barnes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barnes lands a head shot.
Opas misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Opas misses with a looping right.
Barnes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Opas tries to bum rush Barnes with a series of wild strikes but Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Opas thows a body shot but no joy.
Mike Barnes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barnes slips a straight right by Opas.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Don Opas.
I think Barnes 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!