PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Nye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Barrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Nye
vs
Barrow

180 cm
22
187 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

200 cm
22
194 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Nye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny Barrow!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nye moves in looking to clinch but Barrow pushes him off.
Barrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Nye.
Barrow with a hook.
Nye wants to clinch.
Barrow throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Nye counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barrow is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nye is controlling him.

Nye stands up from Barrow's guard - Nye perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nye tries to clinch up but Barrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Barrow misses with an uppercut
and Nye counters with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Barrow.
Barrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barrow.

Nye gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barrow takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Danny Barrow has been cut.
Barrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barrow is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Nye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nye walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Danny Barrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Nye has taken the fight to the clinch.

Nye jumps guard.
Barrow wants to get up but he can't break Nye's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Barrow tries to free his leg and advance position but Nye is retaining full guard.
Nye manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barrow manages to get himself to full guard.
Nye is standing up over Barrow. Barrow looks to escape but Nye dives into side control.
Barrow wants to get back to his feet but Nye drags him back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nye stands up and we're back to a striking position.
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!
Barrow stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Barrow wants it to stay on the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barrow is trying to force a seperation but Nye has the dominant position.
Barrow is trying to break free.
Barrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Barrow is trying to force a seperation but Nye has the dominant position.

Nye breaks the clinch.
Nye tries to close the distance and clinch but Barrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barrow misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barrow.
Nye throws a leg kick which misses Barrow's front leg but catches the back leg as Barrow tries to avoid it.
Nye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nye tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barrow misses with a left hand

and Nye holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nye has Barrow pressed against the cage, preventing Barrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barrow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nye keeps control of Barrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nye slows down the pace here.
Barrow can't break the clinch.
Barrow tries to circle away but Nye has him pinned against the cage.
Barrow is trying to break the clinch but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Barrow tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.
Barrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nye goes for a takedown attempt but Barrow pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nye tries to clinch there but Barrow circles away.
Barrow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow moves out of range.
Nye tries to clinch up but Barrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Nye moves in looking to clinch but Barrow pushes him off.
Nye wants to clinch up but Barrow keeps it at a distance.

Nye closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Barrow breaks the clinch.
Nye shoots for a takedown but Barrow saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Nye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nye tries to close the distance and clinch but Barrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danny Barrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Nye.
Nye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barrow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barrow throws a lazy uppercut

and Nye counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Barrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nye connects with a knee to the head.
Barrow tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Barrow's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Barrow misses with a lunging right hand

and Nye moves into the clinch.
Nye keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barrow's efforts to push away.
Barrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Nye has double underhooks.

Nye pulls guard.
Barrow tries to free his leg and advance position but Nye is retaining full guard.
Nye is pulling down on Barrow's head to control his posture.
Barrow looking to sit in guard and control but Nye gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nye wants to stand and escape but instead Barrow has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Nye has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Barrow off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrow misses with a straight right.
Nye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barrow might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nye takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Bill Nye has been cut.
Nye tries to clinch up.
Nye gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barrow loads up on a big right hand but Nye slips the punch.
Nye tries to clinch there but Barrow circles away.
Barrow misses with a hook

and Nye counters by clinching up.
Nye jumps guard but Barrow turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Barrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Barrow wants to break free but Nye has control.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nye.
Nye prevents Barrow from breaking the clinch.
Barrow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Nye escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Barrow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrow throws an off balance right hand

and Nye holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Barrow has had enough of the clinch but Nye keeps him there for the moment.
Barrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barrow working hard to break the clinch.

Nye gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Barrow regains guard.

Nye stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow is having none of it.

Nye closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Barrow's guard.
Nye prevents Barrow from getting back to his feet.

Nye gets to his feet - Barrow follows without any prompting.
Nye ducks under a wild hook from Barrow.
Nye tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barrow misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow is having none of it.
Nye fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow moves out of range.
Barrow keeps the fight on the outside.

Nye closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Barrow's guard.
Nye might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Barrow wriggles free and stands up.
Nye ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barrow throws a shot from downtown. Nye moves away and avoids it.
Danny Barrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nye tries to clinch but Barrow is having none of it.
Barrow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab from Barrow misses.
Barrow looks to throw the jab but Nye is out of range.

Nye clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nye using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nye closes the distance and clinches up with Barrow, looking for a takedown. Nye pushes Barrow against the cage but Barrow circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bill Nye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barrow throws a lazy uppercut

and Nye moves into the clinch.
Nye is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barrow is keeping busy.
Barrow is trying to force a seperation but Nye has the dominant position.
Barrow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barrow is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Nye scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nye.
Barrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Bill Nye has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Nye has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Barrow is trying to keep an underhook but Nye manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Barrow is looking to escape.
Barrow is breathing heavily.

Nye postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Barrow to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nye dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nye ducks under a wild hook from Barrow.
Nye avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nye doesn't manage to clinch there - Barrow circles away.
Nye doesn't manage to clinch there - Barrow circles away.
Nye ducks under a wild hook from Barrow.
Nye displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barrow throws out the jab.

Nye has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barrow tries to break free but Nye pushes him back against the cage.
Nye makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nye tries a knee to the head but Barrow blocks it.
Barrow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Barrow wants to break free but Nye has control.
Barrow tries to break free but Nye pushes him back against the cage.
Nye is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barrow tries to break the clinch but Nye is controlling the position.
Barrow has had enough of the clinch but Nye keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nye'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.
Barrow tries to break free but Nye pushes him back against the cage.
Nye lands a good knee to the midsection. Barrow won't want to take too many of those.
Nye lands a nice knee to the body.
Barrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barrow tries to break free but Nye pushes him back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Barrow can't break the clinch.

Nye breaks the clinch.
Barrow misses with a straight right.
Barrow looks to land a right hand but Nye moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrow looks to land a right hand but Nye moved out of range.

Nye instigates a clinch.
Barrow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nye scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barrow is trying to break the clinch but Nye has him pressed against the cage.
Nye prevents Barrow from breaking the clinch.

Nye pulls Barrow into guard.
Nye trying to control the position.
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!
Barrow wants to stand and escape but instead Nye has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Barrow is looking to stand up but Nye isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nye trying to control but Barrow is working from the bottom.
Bill Nye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nye won't allow Barrow to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Barrow wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Nye manages to pass to side control.
Barrow pushes Nye off looking to stand but Nye dives back in and keeps control.
Bill Nye overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Nye escapes and gets back to his feet.
Barrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barrow misses with an uppercut. Nye saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nye.
Barrow throws a hook to the side of Nye's head but Nye sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Nye rushes Barrow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nye manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nye has Barrow pressed against the cage, preventing Barrow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nye pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nye keeps control of Barrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Danny Barrow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barrow tries to circle away but Nye has him pinned against the cage.
Nye blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bill Nye.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nye, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Nye!
An out of breath Bill Nye thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.