PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marty Atkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Barybin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barybin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Primus - My Name is Mud. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Atkinson
vs
Barybin

154 cm
24
140 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marty Atkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Barybin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barybin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Atkinson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Barybin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Atkinson!
Atkinson trying to remain calm as Barybin controls from the top position.
Atkinson gets back to half guard.
Atkinson is trying to stand back up but Barybin is controlling him
Atkinson desperately trying to maintain half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atkinson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Barybin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Barybin's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkinson is trying to stick to Barybin's back but Barybin is turning into Atkinson. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Atkinson's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Barybin.
Barybin wants to stand but Atkinson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Atkinson is controlling Barybin's posture.
Atkinson working a defensive guard here.
Barybin wants to stand but Atkinson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Barybin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Barybin wants to pass the guard but Atkinson is keeping the position.
Atkinson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Atkinson has a closed guard, preventing Barybin from standing up.
Atkinson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Atkinson managing to control the position.
Barybin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Barybin sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Barybin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Atkinson looking for a sweep. Not yet Atkinson, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barybin looking to sit in guard and control but Atkinson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Atkinson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barybin's head.
Atkinson postures up.
Barybin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Atkinson is controlling him.
Atkinson throws a strike but Barybin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barybin is looking to stand up but Atkinson won't let him.
Barybin throws an elbow that misses. Atkinson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barybin's guard. Nice move by Atkinson!

Atkinson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Barybin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barybin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Barybin engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Atkinson looking for a sweep. Not yet Atkinson, not yet.
Barybin wants to control from the top but Atkinson keeps moving.
Alexander Barybin has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atkinson controls Barybin momentarily but Barybin frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Atkinson manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Barybin dives in and scores a takedown into Atkinson's guard.
Atkinson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Atkinson wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Atkinson holds on and takes a little breather.
Barybin trying to move into half guard but instead Atkinson has managed to sweep!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Atkinson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Atkinson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barybin. That did some damage!
Atkinson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barybin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Atkinson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barybin moves in looking to clinch but Atkinson pushes him off.
Atkinson misses with a body kick.
Barybin wants to counter the offense by Atkinson and move into the clinch position.
Barybin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Barybin misses with an uppercut.

Barybin darts in and clinches Atkinson up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Atkinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barybin. Atkinson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barybin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Barybin looking to pass the guard.
Barybin throws a big elbow that misses.
Barybin being controlled here momentarily.
Barybin stopping the sweep attempt from Atkinson.
Atkinson pulls Barybin in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barybin is looking to stand up but Atkinson won't let him.
Barybin showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Barybin fails to land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atkinson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Barybin scores with a takedown into Atkinson's guard.
Barybin is breathing heavily.
Atkinson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Barybin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Barybin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Barybin throws a nice looking combination but Atkinson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barybin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkinson is looking to counter the offense by Barybin and move into the clinch.
Barybin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Atkinson.
Atkinson tries for a takedown but Barybin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Atkinson moves into the clinch.
Atkinson digs a right hand underneath Barybin's ribcage. Barybin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barybin blocks an elbow strike.
Atkinson is trying to pull guard but Barybin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marty Atkinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Atkinson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Atkinson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Atkinson drops back looking for a leg! Barybin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Barybin manages to kick Atkinson off! Atkinson jumps back into Barybin's guard.
Barybin looking to control.

Atkinson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Atkinson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Atkinson postures up.

Barybin is working an open guard so Atkinson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Barybin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Atkinson wants to control but Barybin is keeping busy.

Barybin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Atkinson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson is refusing to be controlled, as Barybin sits in half guard.
Barybin might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Atkinson haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Atkinson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Atkinson is looking to control Barybin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Atkinson avoid being mounted?

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Atkinson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Atkinson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Barybin has taken the fight to the clinch.
A body shot lands from Atkinson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Barybin gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Atkinson regains guard.
Barybin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Atkinson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barybin defends well.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Atkinson holds on and takes a little breather.
Barybin wants to stand and escape but instead Atkinson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barybin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Atkinson.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alexander Barybin.
I've got Barybin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Barybin!
A less than humble Alexander Barybin misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.