PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Binky Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Burn This City. Mikey Ness will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Barnes
vs
Ness

179 cm
22
179 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Binky Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikey Ness!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ness throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barnes's waist but Barnes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ness off to one side.

Barnes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ness's half guard.
Ness is looking to control Barnes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ness avoid being mounted?
Barnes is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Barnes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ness for as long as he can get away with.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Binky Barnes wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ness shoots and misses
and Barnes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ness looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ness is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
Barnes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ness counters with a three punch combo that has Barnes backing up. Barnes nods at Ness to acknowledge the strikes.
Ness tries to move into range but Barnes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Ness shoots and misses

and Barnes counters with a takedown into side control.
Binky Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Ness.

Barnes decides to stand back up. Barnes steps back and let's Ness get back to his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barnes, as that shot connected.

Barnes scores with a takedown into Ness's guard.
Ness looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ness being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Binky Barnes has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Barnes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barnes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ness takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.
Barnes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ness tries to avoid it but Barnes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ness to the ground. Ness escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Barnes misses with a jab to the body
and Ness counters with a left and a right that stings Barnes.
Ness misses with a takedown attempt - Barnes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barnes throws a chopping leg kick but Ness manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ness tries to clinch up

and Barnes counters by clinching up.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ness shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes throws a body punch but Ness moves out of range.
Ness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ness doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Barnes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Binky Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness misses with a takedown

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
Ness tries for a takedown but Barnes circles away easily

and Barnes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barnes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Ness counter with a right hand.
Barnes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Barnes takes the fight into the clinch.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes misses with a hook
and Ness counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes misses with a takedown attempt - Ness sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ness gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Binky Barnes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ness tries to clinch up
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ness closes the distance looking to clinch

and Barnes counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes won't allow Ness to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ness being controlled here, momentarily.
Ness looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Barnes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Ness tries to clinch but Barnes moves away
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Ness tries to clinch up

and Barnes counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands an uppercut.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ness moves away.

Barnes has managed to clinch.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
Barnes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barnes misses with a hook
and Ness counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ness slips under a jab.
Ness has a takedown stuffed.
Ness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Binky Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ness on the side of the head.
Binky Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ness circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ness counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes shoots in looking for a takedown but Ness manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barnes's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ness moves to clinch but Barnes breaks away
and Barnes counters with a three punch combo that has Ness backing up. Ness nods at Barnes to acknowledge the strikes.
Ness closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barnes circles away.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt

and Barnes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ness is trying to keep Barnes in close.

Barnes stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Barnes closes the distance and pushes Ness back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ness throws a solid leg kick but Barnes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ness.
Barnes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ness's head.
Ness closes the distance but Barnes moves to the side
and Barnes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barnes.
Ness doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Binky Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Ness.
Ness with a poor takedown
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ness shoots in looking for a takedown. Barnes tries to sprawl out of it but Ness keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Barnes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ness dives in and grabs Barnes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barnes pushes down on Ness's head and hops out.
Ness thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Barnes does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnes rushes Ness and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ness.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes throws a jab when Ness was well out of range.
Barnes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ness.
Ness moves out of range of the strikes.
Barnes stalks Ness and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ness's face. Ness staggers backwards, shaken.
Ness with a lazy takedown attempt

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes throws a sloppy head kick and Ness moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ness shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Barnes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Barnes scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Binky Barnes dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Some wild striking there from Barnes.
Barnes throws out a leg kick but Ness moves out of range and Barnes only half commits.
Ness with a poor takedown

and Barnes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes dips to his left and cracks Ness with an uppercut!
Barnes stuffs the takedown attempt from Ness. Ness gets slowly back to his feet.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Ness is trying desperately to land a takedown but Barnes is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Ness.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes throws a poor cross that misses
and Ness counters with a two punch combo.
Ness throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ness circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes cracks Ness with a good jab.
Ness wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Ness to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ness looks for a takedown but Barnes sprawls well.
Binky Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikey Ness.
Ness tries to clinch but Barnes moves away

and Barnes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Barnes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Ness wants to clinch but Barnes slips to the side

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes loads up on a big right hand but Ness slips the punch.
Ness has his takedown stuffed

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.

Barnes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ness is looking to control Barnes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ness avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ness can do to turn this around?
Ness regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Barnes.

Barnes gets to his feet. Ness looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Ness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Barnes shoots in and bounces Ness off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Barnes gets to his feet - Ness follows without any prompting.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Ness seems unphased.
A shot to the body from Barnes misses
and Ness counters with a head kick. That will keep Barnes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Ness takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barnes misses with a shot to the body
and Ness counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Ness gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Barnes stopping the sweep attempt from Ness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes controlling from the top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Binky Barnes just wasn't active enough.

Barnes pushes Ness up against the cage in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Binky Barnes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight for Binky Barnes!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Binky Barnes!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight for Binky Barnes!

Binky Barnes wins by unanimous decision!