PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pirate Dan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hughtavious Barkevious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dan
vs
Barkevious

185 cm
18
209 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

193 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pirate Dan!
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, Hughtavious Barkevious!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barkevious is out of range.
Dan throws a leg kick but Barkevious checks it.
Dan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barkevious scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Some wild striking there from Barkevious.
Dan motions for Barkevious to come forward. Dan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barkevious thows a body shot but no joy.
Barkevious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dan takes one to the side of the head.
Dan tried to score with a low kick but Barkevious checks it.
Dan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barkevious.
Barkevious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dan throws a low kick but Barkevious moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barkevious jabs Dan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hughtavious Barkevious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan throws a low kick but Barkevious moves out of range easily.
Barkevious moves out of range of the body kick.
Barkevious slips under a jab.
Barkevious pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dan back to the cage. Barkevious follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
We've been hearing reports that Dan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Barkevious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Barkevious gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barkevious is keeping the position for now.
Dan lands a couple of elbows.
Dan postures up and lands a big shot to Barkevious's brow.
Barkevious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barkevious not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barkevious keeping moving, preventing Dan from controlling successfully.
Dan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dan trying to control but Barkevious is working from the bottom.
Barkevious has momentary wrist control but Dan slips an elbow through the middle.

Barkevious has his foot on Dan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dan works his way back into a safe position though.
Dan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barkevious can't keep his opponent in guard - Dan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Barkevious can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dan is thwarting Barkevious's attempts to control the position.
Barkevious keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barkevious wants to get back to full guard.
Dan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Dan seems to be looking for submissions.
Barkevious has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dan is working away from the top position though.
Dan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barkevious on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Barkevious is looking to improve his position.
Dan slips a nice elbow through Barkevious's hands, connecting with Barkevious's forehead.

Barkevious is defending against the submission attempts here by Dan.
Dan slips a nice elbow through Barkevious's hands, connecting with Barkevious's forehead.
Dan trying to control from half guard but Barkevious is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barkevious wants to improve his position but Dan is controlling well.
Dan is keen to just control but Barkevious is a slippery customer.

Barkevious looking for submissions off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barkevious has hold of Dan's hands but Dan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barkevious won't allow Dan to pass to mount.
Barkevious tries to roll over but Dan keeps him under control.
Barkevious is trying to maintain the position but Dan is very close to passing his half guard.
Dan passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barkevious wants to control but Dan is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pirate Dan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Barkevious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barkevious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dan manages to avoid it.
Barkevious connects with the punch.
A jab from Dan misses.
Dan throws a front kick aimed at Barkevious's knee but Barkevious avoids it well.
Dan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barkevious counters with a stiff right hand.
Barkevious looks to land a left hand but Dan moved out of range nicely.
Dan thows a body shot but no joy.
Barkevious misses with a two punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Barkevious. Beautiful body shot.
Dan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barkevious connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dan scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hughtavious Barkevious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkevious uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dan.
Dan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barkevious fails to land with a series of punches.
Barkevious does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dan wants to slow Barkevious down by chopping away at his legs.
Barkevious has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dan looks to score with a jab to the body but Barkevious is just out of range.
Barkevious looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barkevious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dan.
Barkevious steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dan.
Dan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dan moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkevious keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dan.
Barkevious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barkevious throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Dan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Barkevious to the mat! Barkevious manages to get full guard.
Dan chips away with some ground and pound.
Barkevious trying to keep a closed guard but Dan is proving a slippery customer.
Dan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barkevious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dan looking to sit in guard and control but Barkevious gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Barkevious must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dan working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkevious trying to control the position from guard on top but Dan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pirate Dan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barkevious stopping the sweep attempt from Dan.
Dan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Dan is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Barkevious has his hands clasped together but Dan extends and breaks Barkevious's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Dan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pirate Dan!
A victorious Pirate Dan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Hughtavious Barkevious spoke after the fight, saying 'Hughtavious don't lose dis fight. If Hughtavious was so inclined, Hughtavious could'a put dis foo' in the ground, but Hughtavious done gone all gracious on y'all and let dis dude have himself a win over Hughtavious. Hughtavious like to make otha brothas feel good 'bout deyselves e'ry now'n ag'.