PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nothing comes to the cage accompanied by Vegan Reich - The Way It Is. Barron has chosen Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. All or Nothing could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Phillip Barron's chin.

or Nothing
vs
Barron

175 cm
28
182 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

180 cm
29
185 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, All or Nothing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phillip Barron!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barron.
Barron connects with a solid leg kick.
Barron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barron thumps Nothing with a low kick.
Barron scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nothing fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barron throws a combination that misses

and Nothing holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nothing letting Barron take a breather here.
Barron lands with a left to the head.
Nothing tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nothing fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice body punch from Barron - that landed with a thud.
Nothing has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Barron avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for All or Nothing. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Still in the clinch, Barron scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barron lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nothing changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Barron fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nothing is breathing heavily.
Barron lands with a hook. Nothing tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Nothing 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.
Barron controls Nothing momentarily but Nothing frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nothing manages to get himself to full guard.
Barron wants to stand but Nothing is controlling his posture from full guard.

Barron stands up from Nothing's guard - Barron perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nothing shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Barron sprawls well. Barron wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nothing gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab lands there for Barron.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barron dodges the punch combination from Nothing.
Barron throws an off balance right hand

and Nothing counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nothing.
Nothing wants to control from the top but Barron keeps moving.
Barron wants to sweep but no luck.
Nothing trying to control the position from guard on top but Barron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barron is pulling down on Nothing's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Barron looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nothing puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Barron moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Barron is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nothing slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nothing preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nothing controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Barron is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Barron wants to get back to his feet.
Barron wants to take a breather but Nothing is having none of it.
Nothing trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nothing is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Barron's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Barron's back!
Barron wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phillip Barron dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Barron swings for the body but Nothing moves out of range.
Barron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barron. Nothing shrugs it off though.
Barron is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nothing.
Nothing closes the distance but Barron moves to the side
and Barron counters with a leg kick.
Nothing tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barron counters with a good low kick that Nothing was not able to check.
Barron tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barron misses with a low kick.
Barron avoids the head kick by Nothing.
Barron misses with a wild combination.
Phillip Barron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron avoids a kick to the body.
Nothing misses with a few strikes there.

Nothing scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barron wants to control but Nothing is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nothing controlling the pace.
Barron is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Barron trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Barron is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Nothing is staying active.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Phillip Barron was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nothing lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barron circles away quickly and effectively.
Barron looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Nothing.
Nothing tries to close the distance and clinch but Barron swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nothing looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barron works Nothing's body with a nice hook.
Nothing takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nothing takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barron misses with a lunging right hand
and Nothing connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nothing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barron.
Barron circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Nothing drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Barron follows Nothing to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phillip Barron!