PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Joyal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Joyal has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hank Barry's chin.

Barry
vs
Joyal

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Joyal!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joyal doesn't manage to clinch there - Barry circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Joyal as Barry shoots in.

Joyal gets caught napping as Barry dives in and scores a takedown. Joyal manages to retain guard.
Barry forces his way into half guard.
Barry is nestled in close to Joyal, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Barry lands with a punch from half guard.
Barry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Barry tries to pass to full mount but Joyal defends it.
Barry frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joyal tries to hold on but Barry postures up.
Joyal looks gassed!
Barry lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joyal is looking to get to half guard.
Barry scoring with strikes but Joyal is staying in there.
Barry lands a big elbow.
Barry is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barry landing strikes from the mount and Joyal is in trouble!
Barry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Joyal?
Joyal really wants to buck Barry off and get back to his feet.
The referee warns Joyal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Joyal's face.

Barry is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Joyal is surviving well by controlling Barry's body position as best he can.

Barry is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Joyal has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Joyal defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Barry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joyal bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Barry lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Joyal!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry landing strikes from the mount and Joyal is in trouble!
Joyal really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Joyal is trying desperately to improve position.
Barry is landing with some decent strikes but Joyal is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Barry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Barry working Joyal over with strikes here.
Barry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Barry prevents Joyal from getting the reversal.

Barry has hold of Joyal's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Joyal manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Barry lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joyal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barry with shots to the head and body - Joyal looks very uncomfortable down there.
Joyal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Joyal is working to get back to half guard.

Barry working for a submission but Joyal is keeping him at bay.
Barry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barry cracks Joyal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Barry with a couple of short strikes.
Barry cracks Joyal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Barry working the ground and pound effectively.
Barry scoring with strikes but Joyal is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barry raining down shots from the mount!
Joyal's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Joyal is looking to get to half guard.

Barry working for a submission but Joyal is keeping him at bay.
Joyal is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Barry unloading with bombs!
Barry with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Barry landing strikes from the mount and Joyal is in trouble!
The referee warns Joyal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barry punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Barry dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Barry tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Joyal swivels and escapes.
No luck for Barry with that takedown attempt.
Hank Barry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Barry or perhaps it was just good defense by Joyal which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hank Barry. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Joyal looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Barry!
Barry is desperately trying to improve his position but Joyal has a good base and remains in mount.
Hank Barry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barry is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barry is working hard here to advance position.
Barry swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Joyal is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Barry to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Barry shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Barry gets back to full guard.
Barry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Barry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Barry is working for a guillotine from mount but Joyal frees his head quite easily.
Barry landing strikes from the mount and Joyal is in trouble!
Barry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Barry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Barry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barry landing shots from mount.
Joyal is working to get back to half guard.
Barry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Joyal is trying to stand up.
Barry lands a heavy elbow.
Barry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Joyal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Barry swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hank Barry!