PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes into the arena with The Game-360 Bars blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barnes
vs
West

190 cm
29
195 lbs
15 - 7 - 2

180 cm
27
194 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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 15 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Harrison Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Will West!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
West fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barnes checks it well.
West throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barnes with a jab.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
West scoring well with a low kick there.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
West takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.
Barnes thows a body kick. West tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
West looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Barnes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barnes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Barnes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between West's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a body shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by West.
West cracks Barnes with a big right hand but Barnes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
West looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Barnes is avoiding damage well.
West is trying to ground and pound but Barnes uses the momentary lack of control by West to regain half guard.
West throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
West throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
West thows a huge punch but Barnes dodges it nicely.
West throws a strike but Barnes avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
West trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West controlling from the top position.
West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
West working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barnes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst West is controlling him.
West is pushing down on Barnes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barnes is fighting to maintain full guard but West has managed to sneak the leg through.
Barnes is pressing down on West's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
West is pushing down on Barnes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barnes is fighting to maintain full guard but West has managed to sneak the leg through.
West winds up and cracks Barnes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to roll over but West keeps him under control.
Barnes is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

West is looking for a kimura here.
West is trying to control. Barnes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
West throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
West is just content to waste time from the top position. Barnes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West wants to control from the top but Barnes keeps moving.
West is stalling in the full guard.
West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes keeping moving, preventing West from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will West dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A jab from West does it's job there.
West throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnes scores with a push kick.
Barnes is looking to score with low kicks.
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Barnes connects with a body shot that sends West's belly button to the back.
West throws out a powerful jab.
Barnes staying out of range there.
West takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barnes scores with a body shot.
Barnes works the jab nicely.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
West lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barnes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barnes connects with a jab.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes lands an overhand right.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
West looks to land a combination but Barnes avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
West takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barnes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
West is breathing heavily.
Barnes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
West attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Barnes jabs West right on the nose. West blinks but takes it well.

West is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barnes.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops West! Barnes dives in looking to finish! West is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison Barnes!
Harrison Barnes made sure to mention his sponsor, Firebird Designs in his post fight interview.