PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank Gibiatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music. 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.

Gibiatti
vs
Barnes

165 cm
30
155 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

178 cm
40
153 lbs
34 - 26 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
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Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Gibiatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 26 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gibiatti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Barnes looks to land a body kick but Gibiatti moved away.
Gibiatti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnes.
Barnes scores with a sloppy right hand. Gibiatti should have avoided that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gibiatti!
Barnes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gibiatti misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes throws out a counter right but Gibiatti avoids it with no problem.
Gibiatti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barnes slips under a jab from Gibiatti.
A head kick misses from Gibiatti.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gibiatti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gibiatti misses with a straight right.
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!
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gibiatti circles away quickly and effectively.
Gibiatti feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Barnes swings for the body but Gibiatti moves out of range.
Barnes pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti misses with a hook.
Barnes tries to counter with a clinch but Gibiatti shakes him off and moves away.
Gibiatti is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Barnes's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gibiatti.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Gibiatti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gibiatti. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gibiatti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gibiatti looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes moves out of range as Gibiatti strikes.
Gibiatti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gibiatti misses with a kick to the body.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Gibiatti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gibiatti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barnes counters with a nice leg kick.
Gibiatti lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gibiatti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gibiatti throwing a counter right hand but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Gibiatti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barnes on the side of the head.
Gibiatti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barnes checks a leg kick.
Barnes swings for the body but Gibiatti moves out of range.
Gibiatti lands a head shot.
Gibiatti throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Gibiatti misses its intended target.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Gibiatti.
Gibiatti throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Gibiatti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gibiatti sets himself, and Barnes steps forward looking for the clinch! Gibiatti avoids it this time.
Gibiatti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti tries to land a front kick but Barnes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barnes misses with a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barnes.
Gibiatti missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Gibiatti lands with a shot to the body.
Gibiatti fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gibiatti.
Barnes slips a straight right by Gibiatti.
Barnes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barnes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barnes slips a straight right by Gibiatti.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gibiatti.
Gibiatti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes.
Barnes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gibiatti swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gibiatti misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gibiatti thinking.
Gibiatti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Barnes moves out of range of the leg kick from Gibiatti.
A punch combination from Gibiatti misses.
Frank Gibiatti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gibiatti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Gibiatti dominated that round.
That's time! Gibiatti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gibiatti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gibiatti throws a body shot but no joy.
Gibiatti misses with a low kick.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Gibiatti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gibiatti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes.
Barnes looks to land a combination. Gibiatti sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Danga de danga de dang - Gibiatti scores with a four punch combination!
Gibiatti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gibiatti.
Gibiatti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Barnes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Barnes might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gibiatti has got the better of the exchanges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibiatti connects with a solid leg kick.
No joy there for Gibiatti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gibiatti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gibiatti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti scores with a kick to the body.
Barnes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gibiatti can pounce on him.
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Gibiatti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Barnes.
Gibiatti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Gibiatti.
Barnes throws out a counter right but Gibiatti avoids it with no problem.
Gibiatti misses with a body shot.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Gibiatti.
Frank Gibiatti is winning the standup battle so far.
Gibiatti scores with a nice right hand.
Barnes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gibiatti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gibiatti swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Barnes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Gibiatti moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Gibiatti misses.
Barnes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gibiatti to score with a decent uppercut.
Gibiatti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnes is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Decent striking displayed by Barnes there.
Gibiatti checks a low kick from Barnes.
Gibiatti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gibiatti misses with a low kick.
Gibiatti throws a leg kick but Barnes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gibiatti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes is looking to score with low kicks.
Gibiatti lands a jab to Barnes's midsection.
Gibiatti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Gibiatti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gibiatti with a body shot.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Gibiatti.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Gibiatti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Gibiatti sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good shot there by Barnes.
Barnes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Gibiatti misses with a head kick.
Barnes shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gibiatti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gibiatti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Gibiatti.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Gibiatti misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gibiatti.
Some wild striking there from Gibiatti.
Gibiatti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
As Gibiatti backs off Barnes throws a huge counter combo but Gibiatti manages to avoid it all.
Barnes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barnes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes takes a swing at Gibiatti's ribcage but misses.
Barnes throws a combination that misses
and Gibiatti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gibiatti.
A counter left hand to the body from Gibiatti misses its target.
Barnes moves out of range as Gibiatti strikes.
Gibiatti misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Gibiatti dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gibiatti misses with a low kick.
Gibiatti moves forwards but Barnes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Gibiatti as he connects with a hook.
Barnes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gibiatti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gibiatti throws a right and a left that both miss.
A low kick from Gibiatti misses
and Barnes counters with a nice leg kick.
Barnes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
An inside leg kick lands from Gibiatti.
Gibiatti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gibiatti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gibiatti lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barnes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barnes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barnes appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barnes misses with a low kick as Gibiatti jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws the left hand but Gibiatti avoids the punch easily.
Gibiatti jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Barnes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gibiatti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Gibiatti moved out of range nicely.
Gibiatti misses with the combination.
Gibiatti misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Gibiatti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barnes at a distance.
Gibiatti looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Gibiatti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barnes. That's going to slow Gibiatti down.
Barnes misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gibiatti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes lands a high kick!
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Gibiatti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gibiatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Gibiatti throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
Gibiatti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barnes.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gibiatti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes throws a hook but Gibiatti avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Gibiatti finds it's target.
Barnes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Gibiatti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes throws a body punch but Gibiatti moves out of range.
Barnes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barnes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gibiatti lands a jab-cross combination.
Barnes throws a lazy right hand but Gibiatti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barnes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gibiatti. That did some damage!
Gibiatti misses with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gibiatti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gibiatti misses with a straight right.
Mike Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gibiatti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barnes tries a low kick but Gibiatti avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Gibiatti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gibiatti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnes unleashes a big counter combination but Gibiatti bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barnes lands a jab to Gibiatti's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibiatti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barnes at a distance.
Gibiatti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barnes.
Gibiatti misses with a lunging right hand
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.
Gibiatti lands a jab to the head.
Gibiatti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
Gibiatti scores with a one two! Barnes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barnes walks into a straight right hand from Gibiatti.
Gibiatti swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frank Gibiatti.
Well Gibiatti has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Gibiatti!
A less than humble Frank Gibiatti misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Mike Barnes spoke after the fight, saying 'I love to stand up and bang. Even though I lost this was the fight for the fans'.