PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kris Bradfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett has chosen Song of the South as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bradfield
vs
Barnett

190 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 New York, Kris Bradfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett stuffs the takedown attempt from Bradfield. Bradfield gets slowly back to his feet.
Barnett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bradfield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnett.
Bradfield changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Barnett tries to avoid it but Bradfield manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Barnett to the ground. Barnett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A punch combination from Barnett misses.
Barnett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kris Bradfield. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnett throws a jab when Bradfield was well out of range.
Barnett throws a jab when Bradfield was well out of range.

Bradfield rushes Barnett and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bradfield can't get the takedown.
Barnett has had enough of the clinch but Bradfield keeps him there for the moment.

Bradfield gets control of Barnett's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bradfield will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bradfield trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Barnett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bradfield's head.
Barnett preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bradfield working for submissions but it's allowed Barnett to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradfield is trying to get back to full guard.

Bradfield looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Barnett wants to take a breather but Bradfield is having none of it.
Bradfield wants to get back to his feet.
Bradfield trying to control from the bottom.
Barnett throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bradfield wants to get back to full guard but Barnett has passed into side control.
Barnett in side control, throwing shots but Bradfield defends.
Barnett sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bradfield is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnett misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Barnett trying to control the action but Bradfield is working from the bottom.
Bradfield takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Barnett decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bradfield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnett.
Barnett throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Bradfield moves into the clinch.
Barnett wants to take the fight to the mat but Bradfield manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Barnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnett is trying to break the clinch but Bradfield has him pressed against the cage.

Barnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnett throws a right hand that Bradfield ducks under and follows up with a left that Bradfield also avoids with ease.
Barnett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradfield throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barnett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bradfield ducks under a wild hook from Barnett.
Nice defenses there by Bradfield.
Barnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnett shoots in looking for a takedown. Bradfield tries to sprawl out of it but Barnett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bradfield manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bradfield doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnett circles away.
The fighters circling - Barnett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barnett misses with an uppercut

and Bradfield moves into the clinch.
Bradfield is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Barnett breaks from the clinch.
Bradfield throws a leg kick but Barnett moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barnett looks to land a combination but Bradfield avoids it well.
Barnett misses with the combination.
Barnett scores with the left hand. Bradfield knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett misses the shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bradfield.
Bradfield is breathing heavily.
Bradfield moves out of range of the body kick.
Barnett throws a looping overhand right but Bradfield ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bradfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bradfield tries to score with a low kick but Barnett moves his leg out of the way.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown but Bradfield shows good takedown defense.
Bradfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Barnett dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bradfield defending well as Barnett loads up on a big left hand.

Bradfield has Barnett up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnett is trying to force a seperation but Bradfield has the dominant position.
Bradfield tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Bradfield pulls guard effortlessly.

Bradfield is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bradfield keeping moving, preventing Barnett from controlling successfully.
Bradfield trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Barnett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barnett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bradfield doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bradfield bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barnett's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barnett pushes Bradfield off and gets back to his feet.
Kris Bradfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnett slaps away a takedown attempt from Bradfield, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Barnett might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bradfield ducks under a wild hook from Barnett.
Bradfield slaps away a takedown attempt from Barnett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Barnett misses.
Bradfield fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kris Bradfield. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Barnett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bradfield wants to clinch up but Barnett keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett misses with a shot to the body

and Bradfield moves into the clinch.
Barnett is trying to break free.

Bradfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bradfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bradfield as he jumps to the side.
Bradfield misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bradfield misses with a takedown attempt - Barnett sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Barnett drops Bradfield with a nice combination! Barnett dives into Bradfield's guard, looking to finish!

Bradfield is rocked!

It looks like Kris Bradfield has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnett arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Bradfield's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rob Barnett!
During a confident post fight interview, Rob Barnett thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.