PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Hollywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hollywood kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bang! - Shooting star (Alex Megane Remix) . The crowd seem to be enjoying Barnes's choice of entrance music: The Game-360 Bars. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hollywood
vs
Barnes

188 cm
35
196 lbs
32 - 15 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps
Conviction

Firebird Designs
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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 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Hollywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harrison Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a poor cross that misses
and Hollywood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barnes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barnes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hollywood checks it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Barnes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hollywood punishes Barnes's body with a nice straight punch.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hollywood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes throws a leg kick
and Barnes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hollywood lands a head shot.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hollywood.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Hollywood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hollywood cracks the inside of Barnes's front leg.
Hollywood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hollywood lands with a cross.
Hollywood takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Hollywood throws out a leg kick but Barnes moves out of range and Hollywood only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollywood wants to slow Barnes down by chopping away at his legs.
Hollywood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hollywood was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Barnes takes a swing at Hollywood's ribcage but misses.
Barnes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hollywood circles away.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes throws the left hand but Hollywood avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollywood. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barnes checks a leg kick.
Barnes shoots for a double leg takedown but Hollywood sprawls well. He's pushed Barnes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
Hollywood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hollywood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barnes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barnes jabs at Hollywood's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollywood. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Hollywood.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hollywood throws a leg kick but Barnes moved away.
Barnes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hollywood misses with a wild body shot.
Hollywood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hollywood. Hollywood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hollywood throws out a powerful jab.
A clash of legs there as Hollywood blocks the low kick.
Hollywood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Hollywood is looking to wear down Barnes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hollywood throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Hollywood cracks the inside of Barnes's front leg.
Barnes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hollywood has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barnes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hollywood.
Barnes throws out a leg kick but Hollywood moves out of range and Barnes only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barnes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hollywood thumps Barnes with a low kick.
Hollywood throws a right hand that misses
and Barnes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hollywood's knee momentarily.
Hollywood looks to land a right hand but Barnes moved out of range.
Barnes thumps Hollywood with a low kick.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hollywood is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Hollywood sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hollywood misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
Hollywood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barnes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barnes walks into a left hand.
Hollywood slips under a jab from Barnes.
Nice uppercut there from Hollywood.
Hollywood attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Hollywood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hollywood takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
A leg kick checked by Barnes.

Barnes throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hollywood was covering up waiting for the punch and Barnes finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hollywood preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barnes trying to control the position from guard on top but Hollywood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hollywood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes trying to control but Hollywood is working from the bottom.
Barnes passes Hollywood's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hollywood dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hollywood throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Barnes closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hollywood quickly recovers to half guard.
Barnes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hollywood is controlling Barnes's trapped leg to prevent Barnes from advancing to side control.
Barnes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Barnes throwing shots but Hollywood is blocking nicely.
Barnes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barnes frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Barnes looking to ground and pound but Hollywood is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hollywood is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barnes landing punches.
Barnes thowing shots but they're missing.
Barnes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hollywood keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barnes thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barnes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a big shot there that rocks Hollywood but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barnes throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hollywood is working to get back to half guard.
Barnes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Barnes landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Harrison Barnes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barnes looking to finish with strikes here!
Hollywood is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes unloading with bombs!
Barnes looking to finish Hollywood with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hollywood!
Barnes content just to control the position here.
Hollywood tries to reverse the position but Barnes maintains control.
Hollywood is working hard here to advance position.
Barnes raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hollywood regains half guard.
Hollywood is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollywood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barnes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Barnes seems to be working for a kimura but Hollywood defends the submission attempt.
Hollywood won't allow Barnes to pass to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hollywood trying to control here.
Barnes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hollywood defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Barnes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Barnes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Hollywood misses.
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Hollywood.
A swing and a miss from Hollywood.
Decent striking displayed by Hollywood there.
Hollywood doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hollywood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hollywood walks forward, straight into a front kick from Barnes.
Hollywood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Barnes.
Hollywood throws a leg kick
and Hollywood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hollywood.
A punch lands to the side of Hollywood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A shot to the body from Barnes misses
and Hollywood counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A big right from Hollywood misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barnes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hollywood.
Hollywood has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barnes finds it's way round the side to connect with Hollywood's head.
David Hollywood is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes swings for the body but Hollywood moves out of range.
Hollywood drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hollywood misses with a body punch
and Barnes counters with a low kick, right behind Hollywood 's knee.
Hollywood lands a body shot.
Hollywood cracks Barnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hollywood misses with a leg kick.
Hollywood looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Barnes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hollywood throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Hollywood misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves out of range as Hollywood throws a body kick.
Hollywood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes tries to land a front kick but Hollywood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hollywood blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Hollywood will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barnes fails with a takedown attempt.
Barnes throws a lazy right hand but Hollywood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Barnes.
Hollywood lands with a slapping head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Hollywood swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with a leg kick.
Hollywood throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barnes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hollywood throws a shot to the body.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Hollywood moved out of range nicely.
Hollywood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hollywood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hollywood misses with a kick to the body.
Barnes wants to slow Hollywood down by chopping away at his legs.
Hollywood misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Barnes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barnes.
Hollywood walks forward, straight into a front kick from Barnes.
Barnes slips a straight right by Hollywood.
Barnes lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Barnes.
Hollywood lands a really nice looking cross but Barnes seems unphased.
Barnes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hollywood avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barnes is looking to chop away at Hollywood's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hollywood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barnes's calf.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hollywood throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hollywood is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hollywood tries to avoid it but Barnes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hollywood to the ground. Hollywood escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
David Hollywood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hollywood takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hollywood moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harrison Barnes.
I think Barnes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harrison Barnes!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Harrison Barnes made sure he mentioned Firebird Designs, along with how happy he was to win his fight.