PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between That Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guy comes to the cage accompanied by Walk by Pantera. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Guy
vs
Barnes

180 cm
33
205 lbs
22 - 30 - 0

190 cm
35
210 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 22 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, That Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Clifton Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clifton Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guy tries to clinch up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barnes.
Guy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barnes swivels and escapes.
Barnes feints and then cracks Guy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Guy down.
Guy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Guy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
No luck for Guy with that takedown attempt.
Barnes connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy shoots in but Barnes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barnes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for That Guy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guy shoots and misses
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
Guy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Barnes 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 moves into range and connects with a jab.
Guy with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Guy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy throws a lazy head kick
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.

Guy is rocked!
Barnes scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Guy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guy is breathing heavily.
Barnes fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Guy to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Guy looks to clinch but Barnes throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Guy taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Clifton Barnes!
Clifton Barnes decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated That Guy had this to say: 'Sorry guys, I'll come back better next time!'.