PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Pentti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pentti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Perhosveitsi-Heikki & Lika-Aki. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pentti
vs
Barker

184 cm
21
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
198 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Perkele!

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arvo Pentti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Barker!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker slips a straight right by Pentti.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pentti!
Pentti is looking to clinch.
Pentti misses with a hook. Barker ducked under it nicely.
Pentti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pentti takes a swing at Barker's ribcage but misses.
Pentti throws a jab when Barker was well out of range.
A shot to the liver by Barker. Beautiful body shot.
A shot to the liver by Pentti. Beautiful body shot.
Pentti throws a sloppy head kick and Barker moves out of range easily.
Pentti swinging wildly here.
Pentti throws a head kick that Barker semi-blocks.
Barker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Barker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pentti.
Barker slips a jab from Pentti.
Pentti moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
Barker keeps the fight on the outside.
Pentti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Barker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pentti.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barker. Pentti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barker scores with a decent looking hook.
Good exchange - Barker coming out on top.
Pentti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pentti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barker.
Barker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barker misses with a hook. Pentti ducked under it nicely.
Pentti throws an overhand right that lands on Barker's shoulder, as Barker tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barker.
Pentti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barker misses with a looping left.
Barker slips a straight right by Pentti.
A jab from Pentti does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pentti looks to land a combination. Barker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Nate Barker has been cut.
Barker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pentti throws a jab when Barker was well out of range.
Nice jab there from Barker.

Pentti clinches with his opponent.
Barker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pentti is trying to break free.
Come on Pentti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pentti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barker is keeping busy.
Pentti misses with an elbow strike.
Barker tries to break the clinch but Pentti is controlling the position.
Pentti working aggressively here.
Pentti misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Barker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pentti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pentti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pentti missing with knees to the body.
Pentti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Barker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barker slips a jab and a cross from Pentti.
Pentti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pentti.
Pentti lands a jab-cross combination.
Pentti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Pentti clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pentti is stalling here.
Barker takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvo Pentti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Barker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pentti cracks Barker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barker loads up on a big right hand but Pentti slips the punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pentti is trying to break the clinch but Barker has him pressed against the cage.
Barker can't break the clinch.
Pentti has a couple of punches blocked by Barker.
Pentti working aggressively here.
Pentti missing with knees to the body.
Pentti misses with a punch on the inside.
Pentti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barker.
Nice elbow from Pentti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pentti is looking to control Barker's arms but Barker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pentti has his back to the cage.
Pentti has a couple of punches blocked by Barker.
Pentti tries to break free but Barker pushes him back against the cage.
Pentti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barker.

Barker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pentti tries to clinch there but Barker circles away.
Pentti moves away from the strike by Barker.
Barker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pentti scores with a push kick.
Pentti lands a nice hook to Barker's body. Barker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pentti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pentti scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Pentti - just one landing.
Pentti misses with a series of wild punches.
Pentti tries to clinch but Barker is having none of it.
A head kick from Pentti lands but Barker takes it in his stride.
Arvo Pentti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pentti throws a right hand that misses
and Pentti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice body kick there by Pentti.
Barker lands with a right hand.
Barker looks to score with a jab to the body but Pentti is just out of range.
Pentti throws a big shot that misses.
Barker takes a swing at Pentti's ribcage but misses.
Barker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pentti throws an off balance right hand
and Barker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barker misses with a right hand
and Pentti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barker is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pentti lands a head kick!
Barker throws a looping overhand right but Pentti ducks down to avoid it.

Pentti has Barker up against the cage in a clinch.
Pentti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Pentti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pentti wants to clinch up but Barker keeps it at a distance.
Pentti swinging wildly here.
Pentti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barker.
Pentti scores with a sloppy right hand. Barker should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pentti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barker at a distance.
Barker misses with a hook. Pentti ducked under it nicely.
Barker slips under a jab.
Pentti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pentti. That's going to slow Barker down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pentti throws an overhand right that lands on Barker's shoulder, as Barker tries to avoid the shot.
Pentti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pentti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pentti takes a swing at Barker's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Pentti.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pentti moves out of range as Barker strikes.
Jab from Pentti.
Pentti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvo Pentti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nate Barker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Barker misses the target.
Pentti tries to clinch there but Barker circles away.
Barker ducks right into an uppercut from Pentti.
Pentti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barker blocks a jab.
Barker throws a hook to the side of Pentti's head but Pentti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pentti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pentti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pentti tries to clinch up.
Barker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pentti doesn't seem bothered though.
Pentti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pentti throws the left hand but Barker avoids the punch easily.
Barker cracks Pentti with an open hand slap.
Barker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barker lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barker ducks under a wild hook from Pentti.
Pentti looks to clinch
and Barker counters with a nice body shot.
Pentti misses with an uppercut.
Barker cracks Pentti with an open hand slap.
Sloppy strikes from Pentti. Those never looked like landing.
Barker takes a swing at Pentti's ribcage but misses.
Pentti throws a jab when Barker was well out of range.
Barker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pentti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barker.
Barker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pentti was well out of range. Poor timing from Barker.
Arvo Pentti is winning the standup battle so far.
Pentti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barker.
Pentti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barker is out of range.
Pentti looks to score with a jab to the body but Barker is just out of range.
Pentti just misses with a punch to the body.
Barker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pentti throws a combination that misses
and Barker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pentti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Pentti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pentti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barker.
Pentti throws a hook but Barker blocks it.
Pentti misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pentti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barker counters with a nice body shot.
A nice combination there by Barker.
Barker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barker scores with a nice strike.
Barker misses with a series of wild punches.
Arvo Pentti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pentti.
Pentti moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
Pentti misses with a looping right.
Barker misses with a straight left.
Barker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pentti misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pentti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barker to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barker looks to land a combination. Pentti sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Pentti is rocked!
Pentti moves forwards but Barker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oh Pentti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pentti throws a head kick but Barker moves out of range.
Pentti lands with a nice body kick.
Barker is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Barker shuts the power down on Pentti. Lights out, game over! Barker is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nate Barker!
During a confident post fight interview, Nate Barker thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.