PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pacman Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by F.A.M.E. Barnes has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Holmes
vs
Barnes

189 cm
33
221 lbs
29 - 16 - 1

187 cm
37
210 lbs
36 - 25 - 2

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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 29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Pacman Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Holmes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Holmes.
Holmes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barnes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barnes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.
Holmes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes throws a hook but Holmes blocks it.
Holmes drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Holmes misses with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Holmes.
Holmes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holmes.
Barnes misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Holmes.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.

Holmes forces Barnes back against the cage and clinches.
Barnes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Holmes lands with a right to the head.
Holmes pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Holmes.
Holmes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holmes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Holmes.
Holmes throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barnes up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Holmes.
Holmes blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Holmes lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Holmes.
Holmes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holmes presses Barnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barnes working Holmes over with knees to the body.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holmes's elbow.

Holmes drops Barnes with a big knee straight up the middle! Barnes is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Barnes is rocked!

It looks like Pacman Barnes has been cut.
Holmes throws a pinpoint strike between Barnes's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Barnes crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Holmes scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rodney Holmes!
Rodney Holmes was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Pacman Barnes stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sorry to all my fans. I'll come back more determined and ready to get that knockout of the night.'.