PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buddy Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arbi Minasian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett's entrance music is Stand Up. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Barnett
vs
Minasian

182 cm
26
194 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
216 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buddy Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arbi Minasian!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barnett drives through with a takedown into guard.
Barnett postures up and lands a big shot to Minasian's brow.
Minasian looking to control.
Barnett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Barnett postures up and lands a big shot to Minasian's brow.
Minasian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barnett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Minasian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Minasian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barnett looking to pass the guard.
Minasian keeping moving, preventing Barnett from controlling successfully.
Barnett is in close to Minasian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barnett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnett stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Minasian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Minasian controls Barnett momentarily but Barnett frees himself.
Minasian throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Barnett throwing strikes from guard but Minasian blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Minasian seems keen to control Barnett's posture.
Barnett landing with the ground and pound.
Minasian keeping moving, preventing Barnett from controlling successfully.
Barnett looking to pass the guard.
Minasian controls Barnett momentarily but Barnett frees himself.
Barnett wants to control from the top but Minasian keeps moving.
Minasian looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnett trying to control but Minasian is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Buddy Barnett wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Barnett closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Minasian's guard.
Barnett trying to control the position from guard on top but Minasian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barnett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Minasian's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barnett's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barnett wants to control from the top but Minasian keeps moving.
Barnett throws a big elbow that misses.
Barnett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Minasian looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Barnett puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Minasian is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barnett pulls his head out easily.
Minasian is staying active underneath Barnett, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Minasian flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Minasian is refusing to be controlled, as Barnett sits in half guard.
Barnett takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Minasian thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Barnett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Minasian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Minasian wants to sweep but no luck.
Barnett tries to free his leg and advance position but Minasian is retaining full guard.
Barnett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Minasian's head.
Minasian bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barnett's guard.
Barnett is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Minasian wants to control but Barnett is keeping busy.

Minasian looking for submissions off his back.
Barnett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett works his way into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnett breaks from Minasian's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Minasian is in a horrible position here. Barnett smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Minasian is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Barnett lands a nice shot to the head.
Barnett landing strikes from the mount.
Minasian working to try and regain half guard.
Minasian is in a horrible position here. Barnett smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Minasian wants to control but Barnett is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buddy Barnett dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as Barnett checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Barnett shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Minasian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barnett working the head and body with strikes.
Barnett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barnett is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Minasian is looking to improve his position.
Minasian gets full guard.
Barnett preventing the sweep.
Minasian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Minasian is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Barnett decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Barnett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Minasian's head.

Barnett is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Minasian sees it coming and defends easily.
Minasian flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Minasian misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Minasian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Minasian actively working from the bottom here.
Minasian is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Minasian defending well though.
Minasian wants to improve his position but Barnett is controlling well.
Barnett passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Minasian!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett lands with some strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Minasian is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Barnett looking to finish Minasian with some ground and pound. This is bad for Minasian!
Minasian is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barnett postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Minasian looks a forlorn figure.
Buddy Barnett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barnett lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Barnett trying to control the action but Minasian is working from the bottom.
Minasian trying to control but Barnett postures up.
Barnett trying to control from half guard but Minasian is working away.
Barnett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barnett is looking to take a break and control but Minasian is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Minasian wants to control but Barnett is keeping busy.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Barnett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Minasian trying to control here.
Minasian throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Minasian manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Barnett is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Minasian is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Minasian has escaped and now he's on top!
Barnett manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Barnett prevents Minasian from getting the reversal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barnett in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett lands a nice shot to the head.
Barnett cracks Minasian with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Barnett goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Minasian turns into him and now he's in Barnett's guard.
Minasian has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Barnett is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buddy Barnett dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Barnett shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Barnett passes into side control, despite Minasian's attempt to control the position.
Minasian is not content to let Barnett control the position.
Minasian prevents Barnett from improving position.
Barnett tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett tries to advance to mount but can't.
Minasian taking a bit of punishment here - Barnett scoring with strikes.
Barnett is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Minasian's shoulder. That is not cool.

Barnett is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Minasian has escaped the position, nice work there.
Minasian can't do much from the bottom here.
Minasian trying to control but Barnett flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Minasian can't escape the position.
Minasian wants to control his opponent's hands but Barnett gets his hands free.
Barnett is punishing Minasian with strikes - can he finish him?!
Minasian wants to escape the position.
Buddy Barnett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnett's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Barnett is hanging on to Minasian's back as he tries to escape.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Good control from Barnett.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Buddy Barnett just wasn't active enough.
Barnett moves out of range of the body kick from Minasian.
Barnett checks a low kick from Minasian.
Buddy Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Minasian thows a leg kick but Barnett checks it
and Barnett counters with a body kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Barnett.
Minasian is holding Barnett down, trying to stall.
Barnett trying to control the position but Minasian is working away.
Minasian is being controlled here.
Barnett trying to control the action but Minasian is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett is staying tight to Minasian's torso, preventing him from escaping.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Buddy Barnett.

Barnett shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Barnett was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Barnett trying to control the position but Minasian is working away.
Minasian can't do much from the bottom here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnett happy to just control the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Minasian wants to control but Barnett postures up.
Arbi Minasian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Minasian tries to buck Barnett off but Barnett is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buddy Barnett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnett 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 Aafke Stam 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... Buddy Barnett!
Buddy Barnett seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.