PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shelby Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rippo El Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barron
vs
El Grande

185 cm
20
214 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

191 cm
24
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shelby Barron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rippo El Grande!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barron shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Barron was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barron scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at El Grande to see if he's OK.

Barron is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but El Grande is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Barron lands an elbow.
Barron 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.

Barron looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
El Grande tries to improve position but can't.

Barron is trying to get an arm triangle but El Grande is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barron is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. El Grande knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Barron moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barron tries for a kimura but El Grande is defending well.
Barron with the ground and pound but El Grande regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Barron throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Barron wants to work for an arm triangle but El Grande is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

El Grande is defending against the submission attempts here by Barron.
Barron is thwarting El Grande's attempts to control the position.

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.
Barron takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
El Grande is looking to improve his position.

Barron is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, El Grande has managed to free his arm - good work.

Barron is working for a submission of some sort.

Barron is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. El Grande doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Barron.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barron is trying to work for a kimura but El Grande is defending well.
Barron looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
El Grande tries to kick Barron off but Barron keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
El Grande is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Well, if Barron is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Barron looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Grande keeping moving, preventing Barron from controlling successfully.
El Grande avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barron with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barron chips away with some ground and pound.
Barron chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barron accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barron wants to stand and escape but instead El Grande has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Barron bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in El Grande's guard.

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barron lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barron throws a big elbow that misses.
Barron landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelby Barron dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

El Grande lands a big head kick that sends Barron tumbling to the mat! El Grande takes a step backwards and waves Barron back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Barron is rocked!

It looks like Shelby Barron has been cut.

El Grande closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oh Barron is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
El Grande avoiding damage.
The referee calls for El Grande to work.
Barron working hard to break the clinch.
El Grande is stalling here.
El Grande scores a nice knee to the body.
El Grande has Barron pushed against the cage.
El Grande scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
El Grande lands a big knee to the head and Barron goes down! El Grande pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rippo El Grande!