PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Trout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barker
vs
Trout

186 cm
23
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

181 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Travis Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mick Trout!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trout shoots in looking for a takedown but Barker manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Trout's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Barker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barker throws a leg kick which misses Trout's front leg but catches the back leg as Trout tries to avoid it.
Barker connects with a crisp jab.

Trout drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Trout advances to full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trout misses with a head shot.
Barker tries to buck Trout off but he can't manage it.
Trout thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Trout misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker blocking the ground and pound.
Trout punching from mount but Barker doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Trout sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Trout landing shots from mount.
Trout breaks from Barker's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trout landing shots from mount.
Trout throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Barker can't escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Trout.
Barker is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Trout is landing with some decent strikes but Barker is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Trout scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trout throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Barker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Trout on the ground.
Barker is breathing heavily.
Trout raining down shots from the mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Trout there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trout looking to ground and pound but Barker is blocking nicely.
Barker blocking the ground and pound.
Trout throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Trout thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Trout with shots to the head and body - Barker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Trout looking to ground and pound but Barker is blocking nicely.
Trout thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Trout cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barker wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Trout.
Poor strikes thrown by Trout there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Barker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barker tries to get out of the position.
Trout connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Barker is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trout looking to ground and pound but Barker is blocking nicely.
Oh Barker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trout connects with a bit shot that sees Barker covering up! More strikes from Trout and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Trout is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Trout!