PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clifton Barnes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barnes
vs
Garcia

190 cm
28
210 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

192 cm
22
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Divinity 160Q
KAISER

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Clifton Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rickson Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia misses with a straight right.

Garcia rushes Barnes and presses him up against the cage.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barnes tries to work over Garcia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnes tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barnes up against the cage.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barnes up against the cage.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia taking a breather.
Garcia prevents Barnes from breaking the clinch.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Barnes scores a nice knee to the body.
Garcia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnes throws an elbow but it misses.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.

Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rickson Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia throws a leg kick but Barnes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Garcia tries to clinch but Barnes moves away
and Barnes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garcia takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Rickson Garcia has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to stall.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes scores with a shoulder strike.
Barnes digs a right hand into Garcia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia's gas tank.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes with a nice cross.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garcia.
Garcia looks to clinch
and Barnes counters with a good low kick that Garcia was not able to check.
Garcia throws a front kick aimed at Barnes's knee but Barnes avoids it well.
Barnes swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Barnes throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Barnes should have avoided that one.

It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
Garcia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barnes moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Good work by Garcia as he checks the leg kick.
Garcia throws a leg kick
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Barnes counters by clinching up.
Garcia trying to stall but Barnes improves his position.
Barnes working Garcia over with knees to the body.
Garcia looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Barnes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Nice elbow from Barnes.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes lands a body punch.
Barnes presses Garcia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Garcia drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barnes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Barnes moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garcia.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Garcia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifton Barnes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Garcia shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Barnes's guard.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barnes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Garcia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Barnes looking to control.
Garcia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Garcia throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia landing some decent shots from guard.
Garcia with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garcia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Garcia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Garcia cracks Barnes with a solid left hand.
Garcia working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barnes's head.
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Garcia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Barnes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Garcia is controlling him.
Barnes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Garcia on the ground.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Barnes is keeping the position.
Garcia throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stands up over Barnes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Barnes keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Barnes being controlled here, momentarily.
Garcia looking to pass the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia scoring with some ground and pound.
Barnes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Barnes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Garcia tries to lock up and control but Barnes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barnes looking to control but Garcia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Garcia is desperately trying to improve his position but Barnes has a good base and remains in mount.
Garcia sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Barnes stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Garcia closes the distance and clinches up with Barnes, looking for a takedown. Garcia pushes Barnes against the cage but Barnes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Garcia's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barnes under the eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
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!
Barnes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Garcia shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Barnes keeping control of the position.
Barnes moves into full guard.
Barnes is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garcia stands and throws Barnes's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Garcia takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.

Garcia has managed to clinch.
Garcia stalling in the clinch but Barnes improves position.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia throws a lazy head kick
and Barnes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Garcia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.
Barnes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clifton Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes misses with a low kick as Garcia jumps back.
Garcia throws a body kick that misses.
Garcia jabs at Barnes's body.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barnes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barnes throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Garcia crashing down! Garcia tries to stagger back to his feet but Barnes just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Garcia asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clifton Barnes!
A relieved looking Clifton Barnes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.