PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shelby Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dolph Kruger Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Shelby Barron has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Shelby Barron seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Barron
vs
Kruger Jr

185 cm
20
214 lbs
3 - 6 - 1

191 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shelby Barron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dolph Kruger Jr!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barron tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kruger Jr defends well and Barron ends up having to push Kruger Jr into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kruger Jr wants to counter with a clinch but Barron pushes him away.
Kruger Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Kruger Jr clinches up with Barron and pushes him back against the cage.

Kruger Jr manages to break the clinch.
Barron shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kruger Jr sprawls well. Kruger Jr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barron gets slowly back to his feet.

Kruger Jr gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barron is looking to improve his position.
Kruger Jr content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barron is holding on to half guard well.
Kruger Jr is looking to advance position but Barron won't allow it.
Kruger Jr is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Barron manages to get to full guard.
Barron pulls Kruger Jr in to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kruger Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kruger Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kruger Jr trying to control but Barron is working from the bottom.
Barron is trying to keep Kruger Jr in close.
Barron lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Barron is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kruger Jr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kruger Jr looking for a guillotine here but Barron defends easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barron's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kruger Jr working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barron doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barron manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Barron wants to control from the top but Kruger Jr keeps moving.

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.
Barron keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kruger Jr's head.

Barron decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Kruger Jr scores with a takedown into Barron's guard.
Barron is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barron managing to control the position.
Kruger Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Barron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barron not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dolph Kruger Jr dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kruger Jr scores with a takedown into Barron's guard.
Barron looking to control.
Kruger Jr throws a strike but Barron rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kruger Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barron connects with a couple of short punches.
Barron in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barron throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kruger Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Barron drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barron jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Barron works over Kruger Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barron is looking to work some ground and pound but Kruger Jr has wrist control.
Barron wants to control from the top but Kruger Jr keeps moving.
Barron throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barron drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barron jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Barron postures up.
Barron postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kruger Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barron is one step ahead there.
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.
Kruger Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kruger Jr pulls Barron in to control the position.
Barron with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Barron is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Barron stands up over Kruger Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kruger Jr is trying to control the position but Barron postures up.
Barron working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Barron darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Barron is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kruger Jr defends it well.

Barron wants to work for an arm triangle but Kruger Jr is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kruger Jr tries to get to full guard but Barron has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron is thwarting Kruger Jr's attempts to control the position.

Kruger Jr looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kruger Jr is breathing heavily.

Barron is working for a kimura but Kruger Jr is defending it quite comfortably.

Barron is looking for a kimura here.

Barron is looking for a kimura but Kruger Jr is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Barron to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Barron takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Barron is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Barron not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Barron is thwarting Kruger Jr's attempts to control the position.
Kruger Jr tries to roll over but Barron keeps him under control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Barron is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kruger Jr sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelby Barron dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barron.

Barron shoots in and gets a takedown into Kruger Jr's guard.
Barron with a nice head shot there.
Kruger Jr keeping moving, preventing Barron from controlling successfully.
Kruger Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barron scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kruger Jr holds on and takes a little breather.
Barron throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kruger Jr 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barron accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barron chips away with some ground and pound.
Kruger Jr looking for a sweep. Not yet Kruger Jr, not yet.
Shelby Barron overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kruger Jr is pulling down on Barron's head. It's preventing any offense from Barron, at least for the moment.
Barron works over Kruger Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Barron throws a big right hand that misses.
Barron looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Barron closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kruger Jr did well to prevent Barron getting side control.

Barron is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Kruger Jr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kruger Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kruger Jr has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barron is working away from the top position though.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barron is nestled in close to Kruger Jr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kruger Jr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barron is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kruger Jr can do to turn this around?

Barron seems to be looking for submissions.
Barron not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Barron is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Barron lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Barron is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kruger Jr sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Barron wants to work for an arm triangle but Kruger Jr is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kruger Jr is trying to stand up here but Barron is controlling him well.

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

Barron is trying to work for a kimura but Kruger Jr is defending well.
Barron trying to control the action but Kruger Jr is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barron trying to control the pace.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shelby Barron showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Barron has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shelby Barron!