PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Barr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Pierce has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Steve Barr's chin.

Barr
vs
Pierce

206 cm
25
295 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
225 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Barr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Pierce!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barr.
Decent striking displayed by Barr there.

It looks like Paul Pierce has been cut.
Barr thows a body shot but no joy.
Steve Barr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierce throws a head kick that Barr semi-blocks.
Barr misses with a lunging right hand
and Pierce counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pierce fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barr throws a hook to the side of Pierce's head but Pierce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pierce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Barr.
Barr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barr misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Barr misses the target.
Pierce is looking to slow Barr down with leg kicks.
Barr misses with a straight left.
Good standup being displayed there by Pierce as he connects with a hook.
Barr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pierce.
Barr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barr fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce dips to his left and cracks Barr with an uppercut!
Pierce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pierce scores with a head kick. Barr tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barr tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pierce counters with a nice body shot.
Barr takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pierce scores with a hook.
Barr throws the left hand but Pierce avoids the punch easily.
Barr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pierce circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barr lands with a right hand.
Pierce throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierce swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barr.
Barr misses with a looping right.
Barr looks to score with a jab to the body but Pierce is just out of range.
Barr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barr tries to clinch but Pierce moves away
and Barr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Pierce.
Barr loads up on a big right hand but Pierce slips the punch.
Barr tries to clinch but Pierce moves out of range.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pierce.
Barr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pierce connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pierce lands a jab to the head.
Pierce lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barr is breathing heavily.
Barr swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pierce counters with a low kick, right behind Barr 's knee.
Pierce lunges at Barr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barr's hand.
Barr looks to land a right hand but Pierce moved out of range.
Pierce lands with a slapping head kick.
Barr takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pierce lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Barr looks to throw the jab but Pierce is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barr momentarily.
A jab from Barr does it's job there.
Pierce misses with a two punch combination.
Pierce cracks Barr with a good jab.
Barr throws a looping overhand right but Pierce ducks down to avoid it.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barr doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierce circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pierce.
Barr throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Barr is looking to clinch.
Barr has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pierce finds it's way round the side to connect with Barr's head.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pierce avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Pierce blocks the leg kick.
Barr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pierce swats away the attempt to clinch by Barr.
Barr misses with a straight left.
Barr misses with a body shot.
Barr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pierce manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pierce is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pierce staying out of range there.
Barr has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pierce finds it's way round the side to connect with Barr's head.
Pierce throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Barr blocks a head kick by Pierce.
Pierce lands with an uppercut that bounces Barr off the cage and back into range.
That kick from Pierce tenderised Barr's leg. Barr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pierce manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barr tries to bum rush Pierce with a series of wild strikes but Pierce uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barr wants to slow Pierce down by chopping away at his legs.
Donk. Pierce catches Barr right on the button with a cross.
Pierce bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barr's head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pierce sizes up Barr with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barr wants to clinch up but Pierce keeps it at a distance.
Pierce swats away the attempt to clinch by Barr.
Pierce smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pierce connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barr momentarily.
Pierce avoids the body shot from Barr.
Pierce with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barr is looking to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pierce - that will leave a mark!
Barr throws out a loose jab but Pierce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierce lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pierce scores with a three punch combo!
Barr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pierce jabs at Barr's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pierce lands a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Pierce.
Pierce works the jab nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pierce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barr misses with a looping left.
Pierce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pierce.
Pierce connects with the punch.
Barr throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pierce counters with a thumping low kick.
Pierce lands a front kick.
Barr walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pierce lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pierce lands a jab.
Barr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barr has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pierce.
Pierce scores with a punch to the head.
Pierce lands a jab.
Barr wants to clinch up but Pierce keeps it at a distance.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pierce lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pierce lands a head kick!
Pierce throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barr takes a swing at Pierce's ribcage but misses.
Barr throws a head kick that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierce, as that shot connected.
Barr throws a shot from downtown. Pierce moves away and avoids it.
Pierce stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice body punch from Pierce.
Pierce fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pierce scores with a body shot.
Pierce thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barr if he has to take too many more of those.
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!
Pierce lands with a nice body punch.
Pierce fails to land with a series of punches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pierce connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barr's hands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pierce dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barr. That did some damage!
Barr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pierce looks to land a combination. Barr sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pierce dips to his left and cracks Barr with an uppercut!
Pierce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barr.
A cross from Pierce lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pierce.
Barr throws a leg kick but Pierce sees it coming and moves out of range.
Barr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierce was well out of range. Poor timing from Barr.
Pierce bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barr's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierce, as that shot connected.
Barr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pierce connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barr scrambles back to his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pierce fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barr.
Barr is looking to clinch.
Barr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pierce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pierce.
Barr tries to clinch
and Pierce counters with a nice body shot.
Barr throws an off balance right hand
and Pierce counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Pierce finds it's way through Barr's defenses.
Pierce connects with a solid leg kick.
Barr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barr moves in looking to clinch but Pierce pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pierce connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barr momentarily.
Steve Barr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barr misses with a left hand
and Pierce counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Pierce comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pierce has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge James Glass scores the fight for Paul Pierce!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Paul Pierce!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Paul Pierce!

Paul Pierce wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Paul Pierce made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.