PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thunder Lips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mills Barber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lips's entrance music is Burning down the House by Talking Heads. A fine choice. Thunder Lips has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lips
vs
Barber

193 cm
21
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
218 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Balco Boys - Hilo
Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thunder Lips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mills Barber!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lips swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barber.
Lips lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lips sizes up Barber with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lips connects with a crisp jab.
Barber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barber throws a leg kick which misses Lips's front leg but catches the back leg as Lips tries to avoid it.
Lips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barber circles away quickly and effectively.
Lips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barber scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lips takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lips closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lips lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barber misses with a straight left.
Barber has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barber walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lips connects with a crisp jab.
Barber getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mills Barber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barber moves away from the strike by Lips.
Barber tries to clinch there but Lips circles away.
Lips throws a right and a left that Barber avoids nicely.
Barber connects with a solid leg kick.
Lips on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A slow jab from Lips misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barber throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barber tries to score with a low kick but Lips moves his leg out of the way.
Barber misses with an uppercut. Lips saw that one coming.
Lips blocks a low kick nicely.
Barber throws the kick towards the body but Lips avoids it.

Barber fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lips, pushing him back against the cage.
Barber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lips backwards.
Barber working aggressively here.
Lips wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barber works on Lips's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Barber.
Barber misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lips wants to break free but Barber has control.
Barber working aggressively here.
Barber lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Barber scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lips has Barber pressed against the cage.
Lips blocking some punches.
Barber blocks an uppercut.
Barber throws a punch but it's blocked by Lips.
Barber gets through Lips's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barber lands a left hand.
Lips scores a nice knee to the body.
Barber lands a shot to the body.
Lips is breathing heavily.
Lips digs a right hand underneath Barber's ribcage. Barber let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barber misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barber presses Lips against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Barber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Lips.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barber.
Barber just misses with a punch to the body.
Barber connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barber is looking to slow Lips down with leg kicks.
A slapping body kick lands there for Barber.
Barber feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lipss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barber connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lips is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lips throws a combination that misses
and Lips takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lips.
Barber is looking to clinch but Lips is avoiding it.
Barber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lips.
Barber lands a nice hook to Lips's body. Lips takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barber misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Lips.
Lips is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Barber.
Barber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lips misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Lips. Beautiful body shot.
Barber throws a nice looking combination but Lips bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barber throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barber throws a nice looking combination but Lips bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barber throws a body kick that misses.
Barber cracks Lips with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lips avoids the body shot from Barber.
Lips ducks under a wild hook from Barber.
Barber tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lips misses with a wild combination.
Lips is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A jab lands there for Barber.
Lips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lips throws an overhand right that lands on Barber's shoulder, as Barber tries to avoid the shot.
Lips throws a hook but Barber avoids it easily.
That kick from Barber tenderised Lips's leg. Lips is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barber slips under a jab.
Lips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lips lands with a good body shot.
Barber jabs Lips to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lips takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lips has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lips there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lips tests Barber's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barber!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barber drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barber loads up on a big right hand but Lips slips the punch.
Barber looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barber lands a high kick!
Barber swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lips counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barber throws a hook but Lips blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barber looks to land a right hand but Lips moved out of range.
Barber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lips throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mills Barber dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barber moves in looking to clinch but Lips pushes him off.
Lips connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barber takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barber sizes up Lips with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lips swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barber takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barber.
Barber takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barber throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good work by Lips as he checks the leg kick.
Lips drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Barber - that will leave a mark!
Barber cracks Lips with an open hand slap.
Barber goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lips looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barber throws a nice outside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Lips.
Barber takes a swing at Lips's ribcage but misses.
Lips walks into a stiff left hand from Barber.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barber.
Mills Barber seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A lazy left from Barber finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Lips.
Barber cracks Lips with a good jab.
Lips takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Barber throws a body punch but Lips moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barber. That's going to slow Lips down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lips throws out the jab.
Lips throws the left hand but Barber avoids the punch easily.
Lips throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barber counters with a straight right hand.
Barber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Barber. Those never looked like landing.
Barber throws a leg kick which misses Lips's front leg but catches the back leg as Lips tries to avoid it.
Barber's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lips under the eye.
Barber slips a jab from Lips.
Lips looks to clinch

and Barber counters by moving into the clinch.
Barber misses with a punch on the inside.
Barber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barber.
A shot in the inside from Barber.
Lips scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Barber.
Lips tries to throw a body punch but Barber avoids it by throwing Lips back against the cage.
Lips misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barber manages to break the clinch.
Barber swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barber lands with an overhand left.
Barber misses with a low kick.
Lips moves out of range of the body kick.
Barber looks for the body kick but Lips saw that one coming.
Barber moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barber.
Lips waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barber.
A shot to the liver by Barber. Beautiful body shot.
Barber throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lips scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barber cracks Lips with an open hand slap.
Barber throws a low kick but Lips avoids it.
Lips swings for the body but Barber moves out of range.
Lips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barber swats away the attempt to clinch by Lips.

Barber darts in and clinches Lips up against the cage.
Barber lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lips trying to control the position but instead, Barber has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lips into the cage.
Barber scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Mills Barber has been cut.
Lips will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lips backwards.
Lips softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lips can't break the clinch.

Barber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lips misses with a wild combination.
Lips takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Barber rushes Lips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Barber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barber avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lips throws a hook but Barber blocks it.
Lips works the jab nicely.
Barber throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barber connects with a jab.

Barber gets a clinch.
Barber has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barber misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Barber.
Lips looking to stall.
Lips misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lips avoiding damage.
Barber lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lips lands a body punch.
Barber makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barber lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barber has a couple of punches blocked by Lips.
Barber gets through Lips's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barber throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lipss head.
Lips is trying to break free.

Barber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A lazy left from Lips finds it's target.

Barber fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lips, pushing him back against the cage.
Barber swings wildly with an uppercut but Lips uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lips throws a punch but it's blocked by Barber.
Barber swings wildly with an uppercut but Lips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barber lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barber swings wildly with an uppercut but Lips uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barber misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Lips.
Barber lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barber.
Barber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mills Barber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mills Barber's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Barber throws a right and a left that Lips avoids nicely.
Lips with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barber to score with a decent uppercut.
Lips lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barber backs up against the cage.
Barber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Lips.
Lips feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barbers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Lips finds it's way through Barber's defenses.
Lips misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barber counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lips's knee momentarily.
Lips ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lips slips a jab and a cross from Barber.
Lips scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lips takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barber counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lips thinking.
Barber ducks under a wild hook from Lips.
Barber misses with an uppercut.
Barber moves out of range of the strikes.
Lips is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barber.
Lips misses with a body shot.
Barber jabs Lips to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lips tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barber was well out of range. Poor timing from Lips.
Lips wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barber cracks Lips with an open hand slap.
Lips with a jab.
Barber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lips scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Barber - just one landing.
Barber throws out a loose jab but Lips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lips slips a jab and a cross from Barber.
Barber throws a low kick but Lips avoids it.
Lips cracks Barber with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lips lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab, jab by Barber - just one landing.
Barber misses with a body kick.
Barber throws a hook but Lips blocks it.
Barber closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barber moves away.
Barber uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barber connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lips momentarily.
Lips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barber.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lips.
Lips jabs at Barber's body.
Barber scores with a leg kick.
Lips ducks under a wild hook from Barber.
Nice straight punches there by Barber. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barber.
Barber throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Barber fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Barber. Those never looked like landing.
Barber takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lips takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lips throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Barber moves into the clinch.
Barber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lips is looking to control Barber's arms but Barber gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lips has his back to the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barber.
Barber digs a right hand into Lips's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lips's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lips wants a takedown.
Barber throws a punch but it's blocked by Lips.
Lips blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barber lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lips looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barber lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lips or not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Barber breaks from the clinch.
Barber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barber throws a body kick that misses.
Lips moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barber tries to clinch up.
Lips slips under a jab from Barber.
Barber connects with a single shot there.

Barber rushes Lips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barber lands a nice uppercut.
Lips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barber swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Barber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barber throws out a loose jab but Lips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lips looks to land a combination but Barber avoids it well.
Lips feints a jab promting Barber to slip. Lips then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barber slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Barber missing with a left hand there. Lips was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barber sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barber throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big right from Lips misses.
Thunder Lips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lips works Barber's body with a nice hook.
Barber walks into a stiff left hand from Lips.
Barber throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lips.
Lips staying out of range there.
Barber misses the jab.
Lips getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lips throws a hook but Barber blocks it.
Lips lands with a good body shot.
Barber takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lips takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lips misses with an uppercut. Barber saw that one coming.
Barber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lips manages to avoid it.
Lips digs a good body shot into Barber's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barber doesn't manage to clinch there - Lips circles away.
Lips scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mills Barber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lips ducks right into an uppercut from Barber.
Barber misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mills Barber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barber has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mills Barber!