PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pacman Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Coleman has chosen Scary Monsters, Nice Sprites as his entrance music. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. On his way into the cage it seems that Pacman Barnes has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pacman Barnes seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Barnes
vs
Coleman

187 cm
31
210 lbs
25 - 18 - 1

225 cm
23
300 lbs
8 - 9 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
BioPharm Nutrition

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 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pacman Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes blocks a head kick by Coleman.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
Coleman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barnes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coleman.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Coleman dodges the punch combination from Barnes.
Coleman moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Coleman is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Coleman blocks a jab.
Coleman moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coleman throws a head kick that half lands.
Barnes works over Coleman's head and body with a nice combination.
Victor Coleman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Coleman lands with a nice body kick.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Barnes throws a body punch but Coleman moves out of range.
Coleman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Coleman avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Coleman looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Nice body kick from Coleman.
Barnes clobbers Coleman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Coleman ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
Coleman just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman misses with a straight right.
Coleman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barnes backs up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Barnes.
Barnes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Coleman throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coleman was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Barnes slips under a jab.
Barnes throws a leg kick which misses Coleman's front leg but catches the back leg as Coleman tries to avoid it.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown but Barnes shows good takedown defense.
Coleman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes.
Barnes thuds a left hand into Coleman's body.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Coleman.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Coleman moves away.
Coleman avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Coleman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes.
Pacman Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A combination from Coleman does no damage.
Barnes misses with a combination
and Coleman counters with a body kick that stops Barnes in his tracks momentarily.
Coleman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A left lands for Coleman.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. Coleman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barnes keeps the fight on the outside.
Coleman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coleman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barnes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barnes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Coleman is able to avoid easily.

Coleman instigates a clinch.
Coleman prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Coleman controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coleman misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pacman Barnes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Barnes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Coleman has time to react.
Barnes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barnes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Coleman counters with a nice leg kick.
Barnes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Coleman jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Coleman throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Pacman Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Coleman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes is looking to wear down Coleman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barnes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Coleman tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Coleman throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barnes. That's going to slow Coleman down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Coleman. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barnes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Coleman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Coleman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barnes takes one on the button.
Barnes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Coleman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Coleman connects with a leg kick. Barnes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Coleman.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes clobbers Coleman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Coleman.
Coleman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coleman is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Coleman works over Barnes's head and body with a nice combination.
Coleman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Coleman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coleman misses with a straight right.
Coleman swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
Barnes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to land a leg kick but Coleman saw it coming and moves away.
Coleman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Coleman checks a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barnes.
Coleman misses the shot to the body.
Victor Coleman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barnes throws a series of punches but Coleman avoids them all with ease.
Coleman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes checks a leg kick.
Coleman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Coleman tries to clinch up.
A combination from Barnes does no damage.
Barnes tries to land a leg kick but Coleman saw it coming and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes staying out of range there.

Coleman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barnes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coleman.
Coleman is nestled in close to Barnes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Coleman is pressing down on Barnes's thigh, looking to free his foot. Barnes is holding on for now.
Coleman working over Barnes with some ground and pound. Barnes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coleman is nestled in close to Barnes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coleman throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Coleman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 19:19
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 19:19
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!