PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Yochanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yochanan has chosen Know your Enemy as his entrance music. The key to victory for John Barnes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Barnes
vs
Yochanan

194 cm
22
208 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
24
205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Yochanan!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.

Barnes has Yochanan up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes slowing the pace effectively.
Yochanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yochanan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barnes pulls his leg out and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yochanan.

Barnes takes the fight into the clinch.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Yochanan digs a right hand into Barnes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barnes's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Yochanan.
Yochanan digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yochanan lands a hook that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.

It looks like John Barnes has been cut.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yochanan dodges an elbow strike from Barnes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yochanan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yochanan avoids it.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yochanan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yochanan's face.
Yochanan looking for a takedown.
Barnes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yochanan avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Yochanan missing with knees to the body.
Yochanan can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Yochanan can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Yochanan.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Barnes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yochanan's efforts to push away.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yochanan tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
A body shot lands from Yochanan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yochanan wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Yochanan.
Yochanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yochanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yochanan managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Yochanan prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yochanan struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Yochanan can't break the clinch.
Yochanan is looking to control Barnes's arms but Barnes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yochanan has his back to the cage.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Yochanan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Barnes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
John Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Yochanan.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Yochanan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes is looking to clinch but Yochanan is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yochanan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barnes as he avoids it easily.
Yochanan misses the body punch
and Barnes counters with a right hand to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yochanan, as that shot connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Yochanan misses the target.
John Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes tries to clinch but Yochanan moves out of range.
Yochanan thows a leg kick but Barnes checks it

and Barnes counters by clinching up.
Yochanan looking to stall.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks it.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Yochanan.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yochanan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yochanan backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yochanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Knees to the body from Barnes.
Yochanan looks gassed!
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
Barnes scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barnes with a knee to the head.

It looks like David Yochanan has been cut.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yochanan blocks it with crossed arms.
Yochanan blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yochanan managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes scores with a hook to the body.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yochanan.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Barnes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

That kick from Barnes tenderised Yochanan's leg. Yochanan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barnes.
Yochanan throws the kick towards the body but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yochanan.
Yochanan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes doesn't manage to clinch there - Yochanan circles away.
Barnes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barnes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A clash of legs there as Barnes blocks the low kick.
Yochanan keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnes is looking to slow Yochanan down with leg kicks.

Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yochanan blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Yochanan is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Yochanan avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes prevents Yochanan from breaking the clinch.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks with his arms.
Yochanan wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Yochanan is blocking nicely.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yochanan.
Barnes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yochanan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Yochanan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yochanan is defending well for now.
Yochanan is trying to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling him.
Yochanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Yochanan throws a head punch that misses.
Yochanan can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yochanan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yochanan avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks it.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yochanan avoids it.
Barnes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barnes lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Yochanan is blocking nicely.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yochanan is defending well for now.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yochanan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yochanan is breathing heavily.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Yochanan.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yochanan's face.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yochanan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yochanan misses with a body punch.
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yochanan avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Yochanan is trying to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling him.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yochanan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yochanan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Yochanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Yochanan manages to break the clinch.

Barnes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yochanan, pushing him back against the cage.
Barnes misses with an elbow strike.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yochanan is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yochanans head.
Yochanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Yochanan struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Barnes crunches a lovely knee into Yochanan's ribcage.
Yochanan missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yochanan is defending well for now.
Yochanan wants to break free but Barnes has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yochanan's efforts to push away.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yochanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Yochanan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes stalling in the clinch but Yochanan improves position.
Yochanan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barnes obliges.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yochanan.
Barnes looking to slow down the pace here.
Yochanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Barnes dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Yochanan throws a poor cross that misses
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Barnes drives through and clinches with Yochanan against the cage.
Yochanan working hard to break the clinch.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
John Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yochanan avoids it.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yochanan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks it.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yochanan blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnes digs a right hand underneath Yochanan's ribcage. Yochanan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barnes lands a good knee to the midsection. Yochanan won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Yochanan fails to land.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yochanan tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks with his arms.

Yochanan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yochanan misses with a series of wild punches.
Yochanan throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
David Yochanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yochanan throws a shot to the body.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Yochanan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yochanan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yochanan misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with a nice leg kick.
Yochanan throws a push kick but Barnes slaps the foot to one side.
A leg kick checked by Barnes.
David Yochanan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yochanan throws the kick towards the body but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yochanan misses with a wild combination.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
John Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Yochanan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yochanan misses with a head kick.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yochanan tries to land a front kick but Barnes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barnes scores with a head kick. Yochanan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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!
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yochanan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice body kick from Barnes.
That kick from Barnes tenderised Yochanan's leg. Yochanan is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Barnes closes the distance and pushes Yochanan back into the cage.
Yochanan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes lands a knee to the head.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yochanan's face.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barnes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yochanan up against the cage.
Barnes lands an elbow inside.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Yochanan is blocking nicely.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yochanan avoids it.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yochanan can do to turn this around?
Barnes scores with a shot to the side of Yochanan's head.
Yochanan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yochanan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yochanan managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Yochanan is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Yochanan into the cage.
Barnes has Yochanan pressed against the cage, preventing Yochanan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yochanan is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yochanan managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks with his arms.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yochanan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Yochanan blocks with his arms.
Yochanan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Yochanan managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes crunches a lovely knee into Yochanan's ribcage.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yochanan.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Barnes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnes 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Barnes!
John Barnes decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.