PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Borgato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes to the cage accompanied by canceled forever. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barnett
vs
Borgato

210 cm
23
206 lbs
14 - 4 - 1

215 cm
24
276 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

MERKIN FIGHTWEAR
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruiner Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luca Borgato!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruiner Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barnett throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Borgato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnett.

Borgato clinches.
Nice elbow from Borgato.

It looks like Ruiner Barnett has been cut.
Barnett is working for takedown but Borgato is calmly controlling the position for now.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but Borgato blocks with his arms.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Borgato tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnett avoids the damage to the body.
Borgato throws an elbow that misses.
Barnett takes an elbow to the temple.
Barnett working aggressively here.
Barnett blocks the elbow strike.
Barnett lands an uppercut.
Barnett really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borgato missing with knees to the body.
Borgato pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borgato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnett misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett misses with a body punch.
Borgato throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borgato avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barnett.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike.
Barnett is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruiner Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Barnett.
Barnett lands a shoulder strike.
Barnett can't find room to land a body shot as Borgato controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Barnett.
Borgato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnett scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnett is working Borgato over against the cage.
Barnett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barnett lands a knee to the head.
Borgato looks gassed!
Barnett tries a body shot but Borgato blocks it.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike.
Barnett digs a right hand into Borgato's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Borgato's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett lands a knee to the head.
Barnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borgato's elbow.
Barnett tries to score a body lock takedown but Borgato shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Barnett avoids the elbow strike from Borgato, against the cage.
Borgato tries a body shot but Barnett blocks it.
Barnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Borgato blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Borgato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnett tries to work over Borgato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnett blocks a body shot from Borgato.
Barnett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barnett has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Borgato avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Barnett prevents a body shot from Borgato.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnett.
Barnett drops down looking for an ankle pick but Borgato pulls his leg out and moves away.
Barnett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borgato manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borgato.
Barnett lands a nice shot to the body.
Borgato misses with a kick to the body.
Borgato stuffs the takedown.
Borgato tries a head kick but it misses.
Borgato takes a shot to the body in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Borgato.
Borgato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borgato.
Barnett misses with a hook. Borgato ducked under it nicely.
Barnett 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett connects with an inside leg kick.
Barnett throws a body kick that misses.
Borgato blocks a leg kick.
Barnett throws a leg kick but Borgato moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Borgato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Borgato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Borgato feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barnetts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barnett tries to clinch but Borgato is having none of it.
Borgato throws out a loose jab but Barnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barnett jabs Borgato to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barnett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Barnett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnett misses the target.
Barnett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Borgato.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett avoids the head kick by Borgato.
Barnett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiner Barnett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
That's time! Barnett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Borgato closes the distance and pushes Barnett back into the cage.
Barnett blocks the elbow strike.
Barnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borgato lands a nice elbow.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but Borgato blocks with his arms.
Borgato trying to land knees to the body.
Barnett takes an elbow to the temple.
Barnett avoids the elbow strike from Borgato, against the cage.
Barnett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Borgato backwards.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Barnett here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike.
Ruiner Barnett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Borgato blocks an uppercut.
Barnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnett misses with a knee to the head.
Borgato trying to land knees to the body.
Barnett scores with a shot to the side of Borgato's head.
Barnett misses with a body punch.
Borgato lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borgato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnett's brow.
Barnett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borgato.
Borgato lands an elbow inside that Barnett shrugs off.
Borgato lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
Barnett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barnett is working for takedown but Borgato is calmly controlling the position for now.
A right hand to the body from Barnett.
Borgato tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnett is working for takedown but Borgato is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Borgato.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but Borgato blocks with his arms.
Borgato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ruiner Barnett's cut is getting worse.
Borgato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett working aggressively here.
Barnett lands an uppercut.
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!
Borgato lands an elbow just above Barnett 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Barnett fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgato prevents a body shot from Barnett.
Borgato blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Barnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnett tries a body shot but Borgato blocks it.
Barnett can't find room to land a body shot as Borgato controls the action.
Barnett avoids the elbow strike from Borgato, against the cage.
Borgato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
Barnett tries to land knees in the clinch but Borgato avoids the damage to the body.
Borgato lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Borgato.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borgato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnett's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Barnett.
Barnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Borgato controls his hands.
Barnett tries a body shot but Borgato blocks it.
Barnett working aggressively here.
Barnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borgato lands an elbow inside.

Ruiner Barnett's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barnett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borgato is defending well for now.
Barnett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnett lands with a right to the head.
Borgato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnett lands an uppercut.
Borgato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barnett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Borgato controls his hands.
Barnett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borgato blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnett can't find room to land a body shot as Borgato controls the action.
Borgato lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Borgato.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnett.
Barnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Borgato misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borgato blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Barnett has a couple of punches blocked by Borgato.
Barnett digs a right hand underneath Borgato's ribcage. Borgato let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Borgato blocks an uppercut.
Borgato misses with a knee strike.
Barnett lands a right hand.
Borgato misses with a knee to the head.
Barnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borgato's elbow.
Borgato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barnett avoids a wild elbow strike from Borgato.
Barnett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borgato.
Barnett has a couple of punches blocked by Borgato.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borgato is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barnett is defending well for now.
Barnett tries to work over Borgato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borgato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnett's brow.
Borgato missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ruiner Barnett will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Barnett misses with a body shot.
Borgato on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barnett. Barnett obviously looking to wear him down.
Barnett throws a hook but Borgato blocks it.
Borgato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barnett throws a body kick that misses.
Borgato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borgato.
Good leg kick by Borgato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barnett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A clash of legs there as Barnett blocks the low kick.
Borgato takes a swing at Barnett's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Barnett is predictable there
enabling Borgato to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Barnett chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Borgato can pounce on him.
Barnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borgato.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barnett is looking to wear down Borgato with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barnett throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borgato lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Borgato attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Borgato instigates a clinch.
Barnett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnett misses with a body punch.
Borgato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barnett tries a body shot but Borgato blocks it.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borgato avoids it.
Borgato tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnett avoids the damage to the body.
Barnett misses with a punch to the body.
Barnett tries to work over Borgato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Borgato missing with knees to the body.
Barnett can't find room to land a body shot as Borgato controls the action.
Borgato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Barnett as the two fighters clinch.
Borgato lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Borgato prevents a body shot from Barnett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgato lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Ruiner Barnett's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A short uppercut from Borgato.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Borgato blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Borgato lands an elbow inside that Barnett shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Borgato.
Barnett has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Borgato after a bit of a struggle.
Borgato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ruiner Barnett's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luca Borgato!
Luca Borgato managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Springfield HW Nutrition, into his post fight interview.