PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Avon Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Big (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big has chosen Biggie Smalls - Juicy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barksdale
vs
Big

175 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

156 cm
22
137 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Avon Barksdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mr Big!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barksdale is looking to clinch.
Barksdale swinging wilding here.
Nice sprawl there from Barksdale as Big shoots in.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barksdale.
Some wild striking there from Barksdale.
Barksdale throws a nice inside leg kick.
Big changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Barksdale tries to avoid it but Big manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Barksdale to the ground. Barksdale escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Barksdale scores with a sloppy right hand. Big should have avoided that one.
Big walks into a stiff left hand from Barksdale.
Big closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barksdale circles away.
Avon Barksdale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Big.
Barksdale displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barksdale scores with a nice head shot.
Barksdale throws a right and a left that Big avoids nicely.
Barksdale throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barksdale throws a nice looking combination but Big bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barksdale throws a head kick that Big semi-blocks.

Big gets a takedown into half guard.
Barksdale is breathing heavily.
Big is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Barksdale looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Big throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barksdale is in trouble now - Big has advanced to mount!
Big wants to control the pace but Barksdale is squirming around nicely.
Big cracks Barksdale with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Barksdale tries to buck Big off but he can't manage it.
Big pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Big dominating with strikes here.
Big controlling from the full mount.
Barksdale knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Big on the ground.
Barksdale taking shots to the head.
Barksdale wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Big lands a big shot there that rocks Barksdale but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barksdale squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Big tries to control but Barksdale wriggling away.
Barksdale really wants to buck Big off and get back to his feet.
Barksdale on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barksdale tries to get out of the position.
Big in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barksdale wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Big.
Barksdale tries to buck Big off but he can't manage it.
Big has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Big 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.
Big thowing shots but they're missing.
Barksdale is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Big with good strikes from the mount here!
Big lands a big elbow.
Big is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Barksdale is rocked!
Barksdale is squirming around, avoiding Big's attempts to control the action.
Barksdale wants to try and get back to his feet.
Big lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oh Barksdale is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Big pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Big with a couple of short strikes.
Big postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Barksdale bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Big and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr Big!