PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simo Supermies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pacman Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Supermies's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, D12 - Fight Music. Barnes has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Supermies
vs
Barnes

180 cm
30
196 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

187 cm
31
210 lbs
25 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Simo Supermies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pacman Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Supermies throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Barnes finds it's target.
Supermies bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barnes's head.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Supermies.
Supermies checks the leg kick.
Supermies looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Supermies moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barnes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Supermies 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.
Supermies gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab lands there for Barnes.
Supermies looks to land a right hand but Barnes moved out of range.
Supermies keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Supermies has closed the distance and engaged Barnes in a clinch.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Supermies misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Supermies.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supermies misses with a hook from the clinch.

Supermies turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Supermies manages to end up in side control.
Barnes is trying to improve his position.
Supermies slows the pace down.
Supermies lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barnes wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Supermies lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Supermies landing strikes.
Supermies working the ground and pound.
Supermies working away.
Supermies tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Supermies working away.
Supermies scores with a couple of short elbows.
Supermies trying to control the action but Barnes is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Supermies stalls from top position.
Supermies landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Supermies advances to mount.
Supermies dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Supermies looking to control but Barnes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Supermies scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barnes?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes wants to try and get back to his feet.
Supermies lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barnes hang on?
Barnes taking shots to the head.

Barnes is rocked!
Barnes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Supermies. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barnes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barnes is still in real trouble! Can Supermies finish him?
Supermies sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Supermies breaks from Barnes's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Supermies landing strikes, looking to finish!
Supermies controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simo Supermies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Simo Supermies's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Barnes misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes seems to have recovered his senses.
Supermies checks the leg kick nicely there.
Simo Supermies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes punishes Supermies's body with a nice straight punch.
Supermies lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barnes's sensitive parts.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Supermies was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Supermies buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Supermies misses.
Supermies doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Supermies fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes swings for the body but Supermies moves out of range.
Supermies lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barnes defending well as Supermies loads up on a big left hand.
Supermies thows a body shot but no joy.

Supermies shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Barnes's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barnes working a defensive guard here.
Supermies trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Supermies content to stall in guard here.
Barnes wants to sweep here but Supermies controlling him for the moment.
Supermies with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Supermies makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barnes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Supermies in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barnes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Supermies with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barnes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Supermies trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Supermies trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Supermies accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Supermies is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Supermies tries to free his leg and advance position but Barnes is retaining full guard.
Supermies is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Simo Supermies has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Supermies misses the target.
Barnes throws a head kick that Supermies semi-blocks.
Supermies scores with a hook to the body. Barnes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Supermies takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes walks into a left hand.
Pacman Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Supermies fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Barnes avoids it really well and circles away.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Supermies.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Supermies.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Supermies buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Supermies throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes throws a hook to the side of Supermies's head but Supermies sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Supermies lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Supermies shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barnes as he avoids it easily.
Supermies misses the shot to the body.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes thows a leg kick but Supermies checks it
and Supermies finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Supermies misses with a looping right.

Supermies bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simo Supermies showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Supermies 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 20:18
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 20:18
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 20:18

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simo Supermies!
Our winner, Simo Supermies, 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.