PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafal Dabrowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Frankie Barnes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rafal Dabrowski's chin.

Barnes
vs
Dabrowski

185 cm
27
187 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

197 cm
26
202 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafal Dabrowski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dabrowski misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with an inside leg kick.
Crunch! Barnes slams his shin into Dabrowski's torso.
Barnes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnes.
Barnes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dabrowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dabrowski.
Dabrowski lands a nice hook to Barnes's body. Barnes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Dabrowski gets tackled into the ropes by Barnes. Barnes maintains the clinch.
Dabrowski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dabrowski is defending well for now.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
Barnes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dabrowski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dabrowski fails to land.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dabrowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dabrowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dabrowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Dabrowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dabrowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Dabrowski lands a lovely overhand right.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Dabrowski.

Barnes pushes Dabrowski up against the ropes in a clinch.
Dabrowski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dabrowski is trying to stall.
Barnes works on Dabrowski's body with a couple of short punches.
Dabrowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Barnes prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dabrowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Dabrowski avoids the damage to the body.
Dabrowski cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dabrowski.
Barnes working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dabrowski.
Dabrowski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dabrowski misses with a body punch.
Dabrowski scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Barnes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Rafal Dabrowski has been cut.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Dabrowski.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Dabrowski working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Barnes - that landed with a thud.
Dabrowski tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Dabrowski back against the ropes.
Dabrowski tries to work over Barnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Dabrowski gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Barnes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barnes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Barnes there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dabrowski wants to hold on but Barnes pushes him away.
Barnes sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Barnes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dabrowski because Barnes loaded up on that one.
Barnes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barnes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dabrowski tries to lock up and control but Barnes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dabrowski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barnes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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.
Barnes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dabrowski is looking to get to half guard.
Dabrowski wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Barnes.
Barnes content just to control the position here.
Dabrowski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barnes trying to control but Dabrowski is having none of it.
Dabrowski tries to hold on but Barnes pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dabrowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barnes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafal Dabrowski's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Dabrowski.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dabrowski.
Dabrowski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barnes feints and then cracks Dabrowski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dabrowski down.
Barnes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barnes tries to clinch but Dabrowski moves out of range.
Dabrowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dabrowski.
Barnes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dabrowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Dabrowski's body. Dabrowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dabrowski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barnes can pounce on him.
Dabrowski throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dabrowski throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a head kick but Dabrowski moves out of range.
Barnes scores with a leg kick.
Barnes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dabrowski momentarily.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dabrowski.
Barnes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dabrowski takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dabrowski cracks Barnes with a right hand to the side of the head.
No joy there for Dabrowski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Dabrowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dabrowski tries to land a leg kick but Barnes saw it coming and moves away.
Rafal Dabrowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes slips a jab from Dabrowski.

Barnes closes the distance and clinches.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dabrowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dabrowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes lands an elbow just above Dabrowski 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Dabrowski takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice left hand lands by Dabrowski.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Dabrowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Dabrowski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Barnes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A knee to the head by Barnes.
Dabrowski is breathing heavily.
Dabrowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Dabrowski.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnes blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes misses with some punches.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dabrowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Dabrowski.
Nice elbow from Barnes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dabrowski.
Dabrowski lands a body shot.
Barnes trying to stall but Dabrowski improves his position.
Dabrowski works on Barnes's body with a couple of short punches.
Dabrowski stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dabrowski.
Dabrowski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dabrowski or not.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dabrowski in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Barnes tries to work over Dabrowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Dabrowski avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dabrowski tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barnes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Barnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dabrowski's brow.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Frankie Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dabrowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dabrowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Dabrowski is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Dabrowski into the ropes.
Dabrowski blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Dabrowski controls the action.
Barnes working Dabrowski over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnes taking a breather.
Barnes is trying to maintain a safe position but Dabrowski gets an underhook and turns Barnes into the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dabrowski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dabrowski misses with some punches.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body.
Dabrowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Barnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafal Dabrowski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dabrowski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barnes to score with a decent uppercut.
Dabrowski blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dabrowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dabrowski has time to react.
Dabrowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Dabrowski as he connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barnes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barnes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barnes throws a series of strikes that have Dabrowski backpedaling.
Barnes lands the left hand.
Dabrowski throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dabrowski slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Dabrowski.
Dabrowski misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barnes is looking to clinch but Dabrowski is avoiding it.
Dabrowski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Dabrowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barnes finds it's way round the side to connect with Dabrowski's head.
Dabrowski lands a jab to Barnes's midsection.
A lazy left from Barnes finds it's target.
Barnes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dabrowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Dabrowski moved out of range.
Barnes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dabrowski fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Dabrowski throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Rafal Dabrowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barnes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dabrowski cracks Barnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Dabrowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes is looking to slow Dabrowski down with leg kicks.
Dabrowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes misses with a few strikes there.
Dabrowski jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Dabrowski pushes him off.
Dabrowski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Dabrowski circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dabrowski takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes thows a leg kick but Dabrowski checks it
and Dabrowski counters with a nice body kick.
Barnes throws a low kick, looking for Dabrowski's leg but Dabrowski calmly moves out of range.
Dabrowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Dabrowski tries to land a front kick but Barnes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dabrowski throws a leg kick that is checked
and Barnes counters with a leg kick.
Frankie Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Dabrowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Dabrowski ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barnes lands a slapping body shot.
Dabrowski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dabrowski swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Dabrowski.
Dabrowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Barnes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dabrowski throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dabrowski misses with a hook
and Barnes counters with a three punch combo that has Dabrowski backing up. Dabrowski nods at Barnes to acknowledge the strikes.
Dabrowski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dabrowski.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dabrowski throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dabrowski takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dabrowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.
Some bone on bone action there as Barnes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dabrowski misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dabrowski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dabrowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Dabrowski.
Barnes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Frankie Barnes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dabrowski takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frankie 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Barnes!
A less than humble Frankie Barnes misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.