PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esa Wideroos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Barnes
vs
Wideroos

190 cm
28
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 11 - 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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Esa Wideroos!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wideroos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wideroos throws a solid leg kick but Barnes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wideroos.
Wideroos swinging wildly here.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wideroos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barnes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wideroos. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Esa Wideroos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wideroos wants to slow Barnes down by chopping away at his legs.
Wideroos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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!
Wideroos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wideroos swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wideroos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barnes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wideroos tries to land a knee to the head but Barnes blocks with his arms.
Barnes can't break the clinch.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes managing to block the knees to the body from Wideroos.
Barnes leaning against his opponent.
Wideroos avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Wideroos misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wideroos's brow.
Wideroos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wideroos lands with a right to the head.
Wideroos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wideroos.
Wideroos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wideroos missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
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!
Wideroos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barnes is defending well for now.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Wideroos looks winded!
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Wideroos backwards.
Wideroos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wideroos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wideroos is defending well for now.
Barnes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wideroos avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Wideroos fails to land.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Wideroos trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes tries to circle away but Wideroos has him pinned against the cage.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos's corner calls for a 1-2. Wideroos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A head kick misses from Wideroos.

Barnes gets tackled into the cage by Wideroos. Wideroos maintains the clinch.
Barnes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barnes.
Nice elbow from Wideroos.

Wideroos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wideroos trying to control but Barnes is working from the bottom.
Wideroos won't allow Barnes to sweep him here.
Wideroos advances position into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes is pushing Wideroos's head away, looking to escape. Wideroos manages to hold on to the position though.
Wideroos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Barnes is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos trying to control the position but Barnes is working away.
Barnes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wideroos.
Barnes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Wideroos goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Barnes has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Wideroos but great work by Barnes.
Barnes advances to full mount.
Barnes punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wideroos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barnes wants to control the pace but Wideroos is squirming around nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wideroos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wideroos is squirming around, avoiding Barnes's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Clifton Barnes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Clifton Barnes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnes moves into the clinch successfully.
Wideroos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnes managing to block the knees to the body from Wideroos.
Wideroos tries for a takedown but Barnes manages to get underhooks.
Wideroos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnes is keeping busy.
Wideroos seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Barnes tries to circle away but Wideroos has him pinned against the cage.
Barnes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wideroos tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes tries to work over Wideroos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wideroos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Barnes after a bit of a struggle.
A right hook to the body lands for Barnes.
Nice elbow from Barnes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes has had enough of the clinch but Wideroos keeps him there for the moment.
Clifton Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wideroos is breathing heavily.
Barnes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barnes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wideroos backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes is trying to force a seperation but Wideroos has the dominant position.
Barnes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wideroos.
Wideroos prevents Barnes from breaking the clinch.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Barnes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barnes is working Wideroos over against the cage.
Wideroos misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Barnes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barnes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Barnes.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Wideroos avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes tries to break free but Wideroos pushes him back against the cage.
Wideroos managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes misses with an elbow strike.
Barnes lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barnes's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barnes obliges.
Barnes lands a shot to the body.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Wideroos avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Barnes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wideroos landing knees to the body.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wideroos.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wideroos is defending well for now.
Barnes pushes Wideroos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wideroos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wideroos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wideroos avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Barnes tries a body shot but Wideroos blocks it.
Barnes lands an elbow inside that Wideroos shrugs off.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Wideroos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barnes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wideroos backwards.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Wideroos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes.
Wideroos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barnes.
Wideroos tries a head kick but it misses.
Wideroos looks to clinch
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Wideroos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Clifton Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wideroos throws out the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Barnes drops Wideroos with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wideroos looks back up at him and smiles so Barnes waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Wideroos is rocked!
Barnes cracks Wideroos with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Clifton Barnes!
A very excited looking Clifton Barnes 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.