PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barnes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Frankie Barnes had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Barnes
vs
Stone

185 cm
32
186 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

172 cm
30
184 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Barnes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Stone!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Stone
and Barnes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stone.
Stone throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes scores with a jab.
Stone misses the jab.
A jab lands there for Barnes.
Barnes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Stone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
Stone throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Stone.
Stone misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Stone rushes Barnes and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Barnes with a knee to the head.

It looks like Chris Stone has been cut.
A short right from Barnes on the inside.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stone fails to pull guard.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Barnes stalling.
A short right from Barnes.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Stone has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Frankie Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Stone.
Stone looks winded!
Stone is trying to break free.
Stone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.
Stone throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes pushes Stone back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.
Barnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Stone is rocked!
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stone is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Stone wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes gets through Stone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barnes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stone blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barnes scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barnes.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barnes.
Barnes lands a shot to the body.
Barnes with a knee to the head.

Barnes drops Stone onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Stone is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Barnes with the Thai clinch, moves his hips back and unleashes a brutal knee to the head! Stone drops to the mat in a crumpled heap! Huuuuuuge knee there! WOW!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Frankie Barnes!
Frankie Barnes is the new welterweight champion!
Post fight, Frankie Barnes took to the microphone: 'I watched Stone give that vicious head kick before my fight at AFLC 64 and I knew I would meet up with him sooner or later. I want to thank him for the opportunity to fight him and I want to thank the fans for all the support you have given.'.