PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonying Legend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes to the cage accompanied by canceled forever 125. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Barnett
vs
Legend

210 cm
25
206 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

204 cm
23
263 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 19 - 9 - 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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tonying Legend!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Good leg kick by Barnett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barnett looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnett scores with a head kick. Legend tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barnett misses the shot to the body.
Legend scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Barnett clinches with his opponent.
A bit of stalling here from Legend.

Legend breaks the clinch.
Ruiner Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legend misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Legend scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legend manages to avoid it.
Barnett fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Legend looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnett jabs Legend to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barnett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Barnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barnett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barnett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Legend lands with a straight right. Barnett didn't see that one coming.
Legend checks a low kick from Barnett.
Barnett throws a sloppy head kick and Legend moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnett. Legend does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legend lands a really nice looking cross but Barnett seems unphased.
Barnett lands a slapping body shot.
Legend dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Legend fails to land with a series of punches.
Legend lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnett dodges the punch combination from Legend.
Legend wants to clinch.
Legend throws a head kick but Barnett moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legend drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Legend tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
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 circles away from the clinch attempt.
Legend connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnett slips a straight right by Legend.
Legend swings for the body but Barnett moves out of range.
Barnett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnett. Legend does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legend fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnett manages to avoid it.
Legend tries to bum rush Barnett with a series of wild strikes but Barnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Legend connects with a single shot there.
Legend avoids the head kick by Barnett.
Legend keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legend wants to land a leg kick but Barnett is out of range.
Barnett takes one to the side of the head.
Barnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legend.
Legend tries to clinch up.
Barnett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Legend throws a sloppy head kick and Barnett moves out of range easily.
Barnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Legend throws a series of punches but Barnett avoids them all with ease.
A head kick by Barnett misses
and Legend counters with a nice body shot.
Barnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Legend is looking to clinch but Barnett is avoiding it.
Barnett wants to slow Legend down by chopping away at his legs.
Barnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Legend is just out of range.
Barnett closes this distance looking for a takedown but Legend circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruiner Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnett digs a good hook to Legend's body.
Barnett tries to score with a low kick but Legend moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett tries to clinch but Legend is having none of it.

Barnett darts in and clinches Legend up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Legend.
Barnett prevents a body shot from Legend.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legend tries a knee to the head but Barnett blocks it.
Barnett pushes Legend back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnett scores with a shot to the side of Legend's head.
Barnett takes a shot to the head.
Barnett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Legend lands a left hand.
Legend swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Legend misses with some punches.
Legend tries to work over Barnett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Legend lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ruiner Barnett has been cut.
Barnett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Legend backwards.
Legend softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tonying Legend will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Barnett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barnett misses with a body shot
and Legend cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barnett closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barnett ducks under a wild hook from Legend.
Tonying Legend seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barnett works Legend's body with a nice hook.
Barnett misses with a wild body shot.
Barnett blocks a head kick by Legend.
Legend misses with a head kick.
Barnett shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Legend blocks a head kick by Barnett.
Barnett misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Legend.
Legend throws a solid leg kick but Barnett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Legend.
Barnett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Legend was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnett.
Legend tries to clinch but Barnett is having none of it.
Barnett keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Legend.
Barnett misses with a body shot
and Legend counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Legend scores with a jab to the head.
Barnett looks to land a combination but Legend avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Barnett scores with a four punch combination!

Legend gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Legend blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnett has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Legend is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Legend tries to land a knee to the head but Barnett blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Legend as Barnett tries to tie him up.
Barnett drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Legend looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Legend lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Barnett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnett lands with a left to the head.
Legend lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barnett stalling against the cage.
Barnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Legend has him pressed against the cage.
Legend tries to throw a body punch but Barnett avoids it by throwing Legend back against the cage.
Legend throws a knee to the head but misses.

Barnett breaks the clinch.
Barnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonying Legend is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Legend uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnett.
Legend misses with a two punch combination.
Barnett is looking to wear down Legend with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Legend misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Legend. Those never looked like landing.
Barnett scores with a shot to the body.
Barnett tries to clinch up but Legend circles away and keeps his distance.
Legend misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Legend doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Legend was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnett.
Legend moves forwards but Barnett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tonying Legend is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnett is looking to clinch but Legend is avoiding it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Legend.
Barnett wants to clinch.
Barnett swings for the body but Legend moves out of range.
Barnett thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnett scores with a jab to the body.
Legend tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Legend, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legend takes a kick to the side of the head.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Legend misses with a low kick.
Barnett throws a solid leg kick but Legend takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnett.
Legend throws a poor cross that misses
and Barnett counters with an outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legend shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barnett eats them both and turns towards Legend to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Legend is looking to clinch but Barnett is avoiding it.
Barnett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnett misses with a head kick.
Barnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Legend is just out of range.

Barnett drives through and clinches with Legend against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Barnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barnett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legend misses with a hook. Barnett ducked under it nicely.
Legend lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Legend misses with a wild combination.
Barnett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legend moves away.
Barnett plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Barnett shoots in looking for a takedown but Legend manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barnett's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Legend throws a right hand that Barnett ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnett also avoids with ease.
Barnett scoring well with a low kick there.
Legend takes a swing at Barnett's ribcage but misses.
Barnett misses with a wild body shot.
Barnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Legend fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legend tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Legend avoids the body shot from Barnett.
Legend moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Legend throws a nice looking combination but Barnett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legend moves into range and clinches up with Barnett.
A nice left hand lands by Barnett.
Legend scores with a hook to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barnett is trying to break free.
Legend is trying to stall.
Barnett misses with a body punch.
Barnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Legend's elbow.
Legend doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Legend is trying to push Barnett away but Barnett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Legend as Barnett tries to tie him up.
Barnett lands a right hand.
Barnett scores a nice knee to the body.
Legend takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Barnett breaks the clinch.

Barnett shoots in and bounces Legend off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Barnett trying to control but Legend is working from the bottom.
Legend can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Barnett controls the pace.

Ruiner Barnett has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Legend chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barnett can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legend throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Barnett.
Legend tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnett avoids the head kick by Legend.
Barnett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnett digs a good body shot into Legend's ribs.
Legend fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnett digs a good hook to Legend's body.
Barnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Legend tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnett throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Legend keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Legend throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legend manages to avoid it.
Legend connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett works over Legend's head and body with a nice combination.
Barnett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnett swings for the body but Legend moves out of range.
Barnett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnett lands a head kick!
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 fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legend manages to avoid it.
Barnett dodges the punch combination from Legend.
Legend uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnett.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnett misses with a looping right.
Barnett lands a head kick!
Legend throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruiner Barnett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruiner Barnett!
Our winner, Ruiner Barnett, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.