PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trowa Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Oumarou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barton comes to the cage accompanied by Man in the Mirror. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Barton
vs
Oumarou

190 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
22
279 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trowa Barton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Omar Oumarou!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oumarou throws a head kick that Barton semi-blocks.
Barton tries to clinch up.

Barton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Oumarou!
Barton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Barton jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Oumarou manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The strikes coming from Barton are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Oumarou prevents Barton from moving into mount.
Barton trying to control the action but Oumarou is working from the bottom.
Oumarou tries to escape but Barton is in control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barton tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Barton wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Oumarou, who protects the arm well.
Barton wants to control for a moment but Oumarou uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oumarou wants to get back to his feet.
Oumarou prevents Barton from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two 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.

Barton looking for submissions off his back.
Barton trying to control but Oumarou postures up.
Oumarou really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barton tries to get to full guard but Oumarou has control of the leg.
Barton could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Oumarou is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A head kick from Oumarou lands but Barton takes it in his stride.
Barton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Barton slow jab from Oumarou misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oumarou wants to clinch.
Oumarou throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Barton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oumarou.
Barton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oumarou. Oumarou obviously looking to wear him down.
Oumarou tries to clinch up.
Barton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oumarou wants to clinch up but Barton keeps it at a distance.
Barton avoids the head kick by Oumarou.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oumarou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Barton is breathing heavily.
Oumarou throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oumarou fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oumarou misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oumarou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barton swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barton closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Barton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oumarou wants to get back to his feet.
Barton looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Oumarou is trying to stand.
Barton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Oumarou does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Oumarou wants to get back to his feet.
Barton perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oumarou tries a head kick but it misses.

Barton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Oumarou!
Oumarou is squirming around, avoiding Barton's attempts to control the action.
Barton tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Omar Oumarou will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Oumarou tries to clinch but Barton is having none of it.
Barton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oumarou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barton tries for a takedown but Oumarou sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Barton misses with a takedown attempt - Oumarou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oumarou fakes the leg kick and cracks Barton in the body.
Oumarou doesn't manage to clinch there - Barton circles away.
Oumarou wants to clinch up but Barton keeps it at a distance.
Barton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Oumarou is fending him off so far but Barton persists. Nope, Oumarou circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trowa Barton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Barton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Barton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Oumarou defends it well.
Oumarou pushes Barton off looking to stand but Barton dives back in and keeps control.

Barton stands up and beckons Oumarou to join him on the feet.
Oumarou lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oumarou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Oumarou but Oumarou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oumarou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barton shoots in looking for a takedown. Oumarou tries to sprawl out of it but Barton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oumarou manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Oumarou throws a quick inside leg kick.
Barton has a takedown stuffed.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Barton.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oumarou wants to get back to his feet.
Oumarou parries the strikes from Barton easily there. Barton is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Oumarou to escape.

Barton is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Oumarou knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oumarou is trying to buck Barton off.

Barton has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Oumarou wants to clinch.
Oumarou lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barton keeps the fight on the outside.
Barton shoots in but no luck this time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oumarou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oumarou lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Oumarou is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Barton asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Barton wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Oumarou, who protects the arm well.
Oumarou is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Barton asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Barton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oumarou keeps working.
Barton just content to control the position.

Barton wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Oumarou, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton tries to score with some ground and pound. Oumarou controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Barton thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Barton landing strikes.
Oumarou avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Barton.
Barton trying to control the position but Oumarou is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oumarou wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trowa Barton dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Oumarou stuffs the takedown attempt from Barton. Barton gets slowly back to his feet.
Barton misses with a takedown attempt - Oumarou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oumarou throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Barton with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trowa Barton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Barton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Barton is keen to just control but Oumarou is a slippery customer.
Barton wants to pass to mount but Oumarou is defending the position.
Oumarou trying to hold on to Barton's head to control him but Barton postures up.
Barton trying to control the action but Oumarou is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barton has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oumarou in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oumarou is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Barton here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Barton trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Barton is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Barton shoots in but no luck this time.
Oumarou lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oumarou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oumarou fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barton has a takedown stuffed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oumarou lands with a slapping head kick.

Barton scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Barton decides to stand and escape the position.
Barton shoots in and drives through. Oumarou sprawls well.
Oumarou tries to clinch but Barton is having none of it.

Barton moves into range and clinches up with Oumarou.
Barton avoiding damage as Oumarou throws knees to the body.
Oumarou connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barton's face.
Oumarou prevents Barton from breaking the clinch.
Barton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Barton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Oumarou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barton drops down looking for an ankle pick but Oumarou pulls his leg out and moves away.
Oumarou scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Omar Oumarou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oumarou wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oumarou drives through and clinches with Barton against the cage.
Barton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Oumarou with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oumarou misses with a knee strike.
Oumarou tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oumarou tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barton tries to pull guard but Oumarou holds him up against the cage and eventually Barton drops back down to his feet.
Barton tries to pull guard but Oumarou won't allow it.
Barton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oumarou is keeping busy.
Oumarou misses with a knee to the head.
Oumarou landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oumarou lands a knee to the head.
Barton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Barton tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oumarou smiles and moves away.
Oumarou is looking to clinch.
Barton steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Oumarou. That one must have hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Oumarou as he jumps to the side.
Barton misses with a looping right.
Barton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oumarou as he avoids it easily.
Oumarou throws a nice head kick!
Barton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oumarou, right into the meat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oumarou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Barton feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Barton advances to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oumarou is trying to stand.

Barton wants to work for an arm triangle but Oumarou is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Barton looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Trowa Barton.
I think Barton 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trowa Barton!