PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes's entrance music is Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. A fine choice. Barnes has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. On his way into the cage it seems that Brad Barnes has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Brad Barnes seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Barnes
vs
Wood

180 cm
32
190 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

185 cm
32
250 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, BJ Wood!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wood on the side of the head.
Barnes scores with a push kick.
Barnes throws a hook but Wood avoids it easily.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes blocks the body kick.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnes cracks Wood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wood tries to score with a low kick but Barnes moves his leg out of the way.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Barnes instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wood just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnes's brow.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Wood.
Barnes blocks an elbow strike.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Wood controls his hands.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Barnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Barnes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Barnes blocks with his arms.
A short left from Barnes.
Barnes managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Wood blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnes.
Wood creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wood just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnes's brow.
A shot in the inside from Wood.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Barnes trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barnes into the cage.
A short uppercut from Barnes.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes gets through Wood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wood throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes lands with a straight right. Wood didn't see that one coming.
Wood connects with a solid leg kick.
Barnes cracks Wood with an open hand slap.
Barnes throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnes.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick.
Wood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barnes cracks Wood with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Good work by Barnes as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good work by Barnes as he checks the leg kick.
Wood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes defending well as Wood loads up on a big left hand.
Wood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
Barnes tries to clinch but Wood moves out of range.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Wood shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wood misses with a body kick.
Barnes misses with a few strikes there.
Wood lands a slapping body shot.
Barnes misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wood.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes blocks the body kick.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Wood lands a jab.
Wood avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Barnes thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes is looking to wear down Wood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wood misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Wood.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Wood.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barnes wants to clinch
and Wood counters with a slapping leg kick.
Barnes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but BJ Wood will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Wood throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barnes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wood slips a jab from Barnes.
Brad Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood misses with a hook.
Barnes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A big left from Wood misses.
Wood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a kick to the body.
Wood tries to land a front kick but Barnes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wood throws a chopping leg kick but Barnes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barnes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Wood.
That kick from Wood tenderised Barnes's leg. Barnes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wood lands with a right hand.
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Wood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Wood.
Barnes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes throws a lazy right hand but Wood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot lands for Barnes.
Wood looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barnes misses with a body kick.
Wood avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Nice jab there from Barnes.
Barnes throws an overhand right that lands on Wood's shoulder, as Wood tries to avoid the shot.
Barnes doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barnes.

Wood gets tackled into the cage by Barnes. Barnes maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes blocks a jab.
BJ Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barnes wants to clinch.
Barnes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick from Barnes misses.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wood.
Wood missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wood staying out of range there.
Wood throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood tries to move into range but Barnes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes moves out of range of the leg kick from Wood.
A good leg kick by Wood.
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
Barnes thuds his right hand into Wood's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wood cracks Barnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wood avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Brad Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barnes moves out of range of the strikes.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wood slips under a jab.
Barnes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood motions for Barnes to come forward. Wood throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wood throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Wood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barnes's calf.
Barnes moves out of range as Wood throws a body kick.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
BJ Wood is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Barnes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wood in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An inside leg kick lands from Wood.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wood.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wood.
Wood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes moves out of range as Wood throws a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood lands with a kick to the temple. Barnes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wood digs a good body shot into Barnes's ribs.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wood.

And that's the end of the fight!
BJ Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wood has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 18:20
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 19:19
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 18:20

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... BJ Wood!
BJ Wood thanked the fans post fight for their support.