PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cullaine Dubhcuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Barclay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dubhcuan
vs
Barclay

176 cm
20
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cullaine Dubhcuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Barclay!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dubhcuan is looking to clinch.
Dubhcuan shoots in but Barclay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice takedown defense from Barclay. No joy for Dubhcuan on that attempt.
Cullaine Dubhcuan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barclay shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Barclay connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barclay lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dubhcuan is working to get back to half guard.
Barclay scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dubhcuan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Dubhcuan trying to control but Barclay is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dubhcuan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Barclay is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barclay controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dubhcuan stops Barclay from standing up.
Barclay is trying to control the position but Dubhcuan postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Barclay fails with a takedown attempt.
Dubhcuan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barclay circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cullaine Dubhcuan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dubhcuan tries for a takedown but Barclay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barclay closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dubhcuan quickly recovers to half guard.
Barclay trying to advance position but Dubhcuan counters by regaining guard.
Barclay throwing strikes but missing.
Barclay wants to stand and escape but instead Dubhcuan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Barclay wants to stand and escape but Dubhcuan is having none of it.

Dubhcuan stands up from Barclay's guard - Dubhcuan perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dubhcuan is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dubhcuan gets caught napping as Barclay dives in and scores a takedown. Dubhcuan manages to retain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubhcuan trying to control the position.
Barclay would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Dubhcuan trying to keep a closed guard but Barclay is proving a slippery customer.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Barclay works over Dubhcuan with some ground and pound from guard.
Barclay trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Dubhcuan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barclay's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barclay wants to pass the guard but Dubhcuan is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barclay throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barclay scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dubhcuan is trying to keep Barclay in close.
Barclay wants to stand but Dubhcuan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dubhcuan working a defensive guard here.
Barclay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barclay working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barclay pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dubhcuan is keeping the position for now.

Barclay stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barclay lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Barclay dominated that round.
That's time! Dubhcuan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barclay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barclay tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dubhcuan swivels and escapes.
Barclay lands a nice shot that snaps Dubhcuan's head back.
Dubhcuan is looking to clinch.
Dubhcuan fails with a takedown attempt.

Barclay looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dubhcuan!
Barclay with the ground and pound from mount.
Barclay is breathing heavily.
Dubhcuan regains half guard.
It looks like Barclay is going to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barclay thows a huge punch but Dubhcuan dodges it nicely.
Dubhcuan is trying to maintain the position but Barclay is very close to passing his half guard.
Dubhcuan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Barclay tries to free his leg and advance position but Dubhcuan is retaining full guard.
Dubhcuan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dubhcuan is on top in guard.

Barclay pushes Dubhcuan off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Barclay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dubhcuan dives in and grabs Barclay's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barclay pushes down on Dubhcuan's head and hops out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barclay closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dubhcuan circles away.
Dubhcuan misses with a takedown attempt - Barclay sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cullaine Dubhcuan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barclay with a jab.
Barclay tries to clinch there but Dubhcuan circles away.
Barclay defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dubhcuan.
Dubhcuan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barclay.

Barclay bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dubhcuan can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barclay landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dubhcuan taking a bit of punishment here - Barclay scoring with strikes.
Barclay tries to advance to mount but can't.
Barclay lands an elbow.
Barclay tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Barclay working the head with strikes.
Barclay scoring with punches and elbows.
Barclay working the head with strikes.
Barclay tries to stand but Dubhcuan is controlling his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barclay is putting a hurting on Dubhcuan here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Dubhcuan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Barclay lands some shots froms side control.
Dubhcuan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Barclay working the head with strikes.
Barclay working the head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barclay tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Barclay working the body and head with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dubhcuan is looking for a sweep.
Dubhcuan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Barclay working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Barclay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Barclay looking to score a takedown here. Dubhcuan is defending well but Barclay drives through and ends up in Dubhcuan's guard.
Barclay postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dubhcuan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barclay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Barclay stands up from Dubhcuan's guard - Barclay perhaps looking for a knockout.
Barclay throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Barclay closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dubhcuan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Barclay is controlling him well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dubhcuan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dubhcuan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Barclay connects with a decent elbow.
Dubhcuan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Barclay looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Barclay is looking to advance position but Dubhcuan won't allow it.
Barclay landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dubhcuan is trying to control but can't.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barclay connects with a nice short shot to Dubhcuan's temple.
Barclay wants to stand up but Dubhcuan has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Dubhcuan wants to improve his position but Barclay is controlling well.
Charles Barclay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barclay winds up and cracks Dubhcuan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barclay wants to get back to his feet.
Barclay working Dubhcuan over with strikes.
Dubhcuan wants to improve his position but Barclay is controlling well.
Dubhcuan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dubhcuan taking some punishment here, with Barclay in his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dubhcuan won't allow Barclay to pass to mount.
Barclay takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Barclay decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Barclay closes the distance and clinches up with Dubhcuan, looking for a takedown. Barclay pushes Dubhcuan against the cage but Dubhcuan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barclay looking to score a takedown here. Dubhcuan is defending well but Barclay drives through and ends up in Dubhcuan's guard.
Barclay wants to stand and escape but instead Dubhcuan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Barclay is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dubhcuan trying to control but Barclay is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barclay pulls Dubhcuan in close to his closed guard and prevents Dubhcuan from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dubhcuan thows a big elbow that misses.
Dubhcuan prevents Barclay from getting back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cullaine Dubhcuan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Dubhcuan misses with a takedown attempt - Barclay sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barclay fails to land the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Barclay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barclay 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Barclay!