PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Frankie Barnes had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barnes
vs
Bosh

185 cm
37
206 lbs
39 - 13 - 0

194 cm
35
202 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Barnes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Bosh!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes looks to clinch
letting Bosh counter with a right hand.

Bosh pushes Barnes up against the ropes in a clinch.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Barnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been informed that Bosh has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Barnes.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bosh is defending well for now.
Bosh takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Chris Bosh has been cut.
Barnes working hard to break the clinch.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barnes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes has Bosh pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Bosh is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Barnes - that's hurt Bosh badly! Oh, another knee lands and Bosh is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Bosh doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Frankie Barnes!
Frankie Barnes retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Frankie Barnes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.