PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nacho El Hombre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Bars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

El Hombre
vs
Bars

184 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nacho El Hombre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lars Bars!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bars will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
El Hombre moves in looking to clinch but Bars pushes him off.
Nacho El Hombre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bars tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. El Hombre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.
Bars misses with a series of wild punches.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Bars circles away and keeps his distance.

El Hombre tries to sprawl but Bars drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bars seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
El Hombre is looking to control Bars's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can El Hombre avoid being mounted?
Bars sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. El Hombre defending well though.
El Hombre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bars.
Bars misses with a head shot. El Hombre uses the momentum to regain guard.
Bars throws an elbow that misses. El Hombre uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bars's guard. Nice move by El Hombre!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bars avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Hombre is looking to stand up but Bars won't let him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as El Hombre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
El Hombre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bars throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
El Hombre stops Bars from standing up.
Bars utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bars wants to get back to his feet but El Hombre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
El Hombre preventing the sweep.
El Hombre throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bars is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
El Hombre trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bars's guard.
El Hombre is fighting to break Bars's control of his arms but Bars is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
El Hombre is looking to stand up but Bars won't let him.
El Hombre throwing strikes but missing.
El Hombre with a flurry of punches that miss.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bars holds on and takes a little breather.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Lars Bars hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bars has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Hombre circles away from the clinch attempt.
El Hombre tries to clinch but Bars is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bars will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
El Hombre lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bars with a jab.
El Hombre connects with a jab.
El Hombre throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from El Hombre does no damage.
El Hombre is breathing heavily.
Bars tries for a takedown but El Hombre sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bars scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. El Hombre doesn't seem bothered though.
Bars throws a nice looking combination but El Hombre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
El Hombre fails to land with a series of punches.
El Hombre with a jab.
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from El Hombre as Bars shoots in.
Nacho El Hombre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Bars.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bars misses with the combination.
El Hombre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Hombre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
El Hombre moves in looking to clinch but Bars pushes him off.
Bars throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Bars circles away and keeps his distance.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Bars circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for El Hombre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
El Hombre fails in his attempt to clinch.

El Hombre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bars, pushing him back against the cage.
El Hombre lands an elbow just above Bars 's eye.

El Hombre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Hombre misses with a wild combination.
Bars tries to clinch up.
Bars is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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 Nacho El Hombre will probably get the nod.
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.

El Hombre throws a series of punches but Bars moves out of range.
Bars dodges the punch combination from El Hombre.

El Hombre has Bars up against the cage in a clinch.
El Hombre is trying to break free.

El Hombre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bars misses with a two punch combination.
Bars darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
El Hombre scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
El Hombre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bars swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bars fails with a takedown attempt.
El Hombre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from El Hombre does no damage.
Bars scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Nacho El Hombre has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Hombre swats away the attempt to clinch by Bars.
Bars throws a right hand that El Hombre ducks under and follows up with a left that El Hombre also avoids with ease.
El Hombre is looking to clinch but Bars is avoiding it.
Nacho El Hombre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Hombre lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by El Hombre!
Nacho El Hombre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
El Hombre tries to clinch but Bars is having none of it.
Bars throws a combination but it was largely blocked by El Hombre.
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.
El Hombre stalks Bars and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bars's face. Bars staggers backwards, shaken.
Bars takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bars looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bars fails to land with a series of punches.
El Hombre shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bars eats them both and turns towards El Hombre to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bars is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Hombre fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Hombre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bars is looking to clinch but El Hombre is avoiding it.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Bars circles away and keeps his distance.
A big left from Bars misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from El Hombre.
The crowd cheers as El Hombre lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bars doesn't seem phased though.
El Hombre throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
El Hombre scores with a hook.
El Hombre looks to land a combination but Bars avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Bars scores with a four punch combination!
El Hombre misses with a few strikes there.
El Hombre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bars swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bars looks to land a combination but El Hombre avoids it well.
Bars doesn't manage to clinch there - El Hombre circles away.
Bars fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

El Hombre instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on El Hombre's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bars fails to pull guard.
Nacho El Hombre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Bars.

El Hombre breaks the clinch.
El Hombre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
El Hombre plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
El Hombre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Hombre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bars lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

El Hombre gets a clinch.
El Hombre makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

El Hombre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
El Hombre is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bars misses with a series of wild punches.
El Hombre thuds a left hand into Bars's body.
Bars tries to clinch but El Hombre moves out of range.
Bars is trying hard to land a takedown here. El Hombre sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nacho El Hombre is winning the standup battle so far.
El Hombre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
El Hombre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Hombre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bars's head.
El Hombre wants to clinch.
Bars tries to clinch there but El Hombre circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
El Hombre wants to clinch.

El Hombre gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nacho El Hombre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nacho El Hombre's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

El Hombre tries to clinch there but Bars circles away.

Bars gets tackled into the cage by El Hombre. El Hombre maintains the clinch.
El Hombre wants to break the clinch but can't.

El Hombre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
El Hombre moves in looking to clinch but Bars pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from El Hombre.
Bars looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? El Hombre is fending him off so far but Bars persists. Nope, El Hombre circles away and we're back to standing.
Bars misses with the combination.
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.
Bars tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. El Hombre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

El Hombre drives through and clinches with Bars against the cage.
Bars tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
El Hombre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
El Hombre landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by El Hombre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bars wants a takedown.
Nacho El Hombre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Bars.
A right handed body shot lands from El Hombre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

El Hombre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Hombre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bars paws at him with a jab and circles away.
El Hombre lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.
El Hombre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Hombre throws a series of strikes that have Bars backpedaling.
Bars throws a hook to the side of El Hombre's head but El Hombre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bars avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.
El Hombre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bars. That did some damage!
El Hombre swats away the attempt to clinch by Bars.
El Hombre stalks Bars and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bars's face. Bars staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Hombre is looking to clinch.
El Hombre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bars lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bars dives in and grabs El Hombre's left leg, looking for a takedown. El Hombre pushes down on Bars's head and hops out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bars is on the wrong end of a nice combination from El Hombre.
Bars throws a series of punches but El Hombre avoids them all with ease.
El Hombre tries to clinch but Bars is having none of it.
Bars tries to clinch up.
El Hombre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bars swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bars just misses with a punch to the body.
El Hombre tries to clinch up but Bars circles away and keeps his distance.
Bars has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bars looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bars fails with an attempt to clinch.

El Hombre forces Bars back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Hombre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
El Hombre tries to circle away but Bars has him pinned against the cage.
El Hombre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
El Hombre has had enough of the clinch but Bars keeps him there for the moment.
El Hombre can't break the clinch.
Bars working hard to break the clinch.
El Hombre tries to break the clinch but Bars is controlling the position.
Bars looking for a takedown.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. El Hombre obliges.
El Hombre is trying to force a seperation but Bars has the dominant position.
El Hombre is looking to break free of the clinch but Bars has double underhooks.
El Hombre is trying to break the clinch but Bars is controlling him.
Bars tries to score a body lock takedown but El Hombre shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bars takes a knee to the side of the body.
El Hombre landing knees to the head.

El Hombre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bars tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Hombre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
El Hombre wants to clinch up but Bars keeps it at a distance.
El Hombre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bars swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bars misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
El Hombre doesn't manage to clinch there - Bars circles away.
Bars thows a body shot but no joy.
El Hombre fails with an attempt to clinch.
El Hombre throws a series of punches but Bars avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bars stalks El Hombre and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into El Hombre's face. El Hombre staggers backwards, shaken.
Bars circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bars uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lars Bars has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bars keeps the fight on the outside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nacho El Hombre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for El Hombre, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight for Nacho El Hombre!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Nacho El Hombre!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Nacho El Hombre!

Nacho El Hombre wins by unanimous decision!