PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Barnaby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnaby comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hold You Tight kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

St Pierre
vs
Barnaby

185 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Team S.W.A.T.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barney Barnaby!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre throws a head kick but Barnaby moves out of range.
Barnaby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barnaby tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnaby.
Barnaby circles away from the clinch attempt

and Barnaby moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Barnaby has him pressed against the cage.
Barnaby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Barnaby landing some nice looking knees to the body.
St Pierre wants a takedown.
St Pierre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnaby pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnaby.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Pierre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnaby's brow.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnaby has double underhooks.
Barnaby misses with a knee strike.
Barnaby crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
St Pierre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnaby has double underhooks.
Barnaby landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnaby with a knee to the head.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Barnaby is controlling the position.
Barnaby tries a knee to the head but St Pierre blocks it.
Barnaby scores with a knee to the head.
Barnaby stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barnaby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnaby misses with a knee to the head.
St Pierre letting Barnaby take a breather here.
Barnaby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnaby misses with a knee to the head.
Barnaby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnaby unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barnaby pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnaby explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Barnaby clinches but St Pierre breaks the clinch
and St Pierre counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Barnaby explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Barnaby scores with a spinning back kick!
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnaby tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.

Barnaby has taken the fight to the clinch.
St Pierre avoiding damage as Barnaby throws knees to the body.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
St Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barnaby with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barnaby scores a nice knee to the body.
Barnaby lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barnaby tries to land a knee to the head but St Pierre blocks with his arms.
Barnaby tries to land knees in the clinch but St Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
Barnaby lands a knee to the head.
Barnaby trying to land knees to the body.
St Pierre letting Barnaby take a breather here.
Barnaby scores with a knee to the head.
St Pierre wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnaby won't allow it.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
A good leg kick by Barnaby.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnaby is looking to clinch.
Barnaby tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Barnaby counters by clinching up.
St Pierre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Barnaby dominated that round.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barnaby throws a head kick that misses.
St Pierre closes the distance but Barnaby moves to the side
and Barnaby counters with a big head kick but St Pierre shrugs it off.
Barnaby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
George St Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

St Pierre moves into the clinch successfully.
St Pierre wants to break free but Barnaby has control.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnaby has double underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Barnaby gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from St Pierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Barnaby.
Barnaby landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnaby lands a knee to the head.
Barnaby unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnaby connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Pierre's face.
Barnaby tries to land knees in the clinch but St Pierre avoids the damage to the body.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnaby landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnaby unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnaby unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barnaby lands a knee to the head.
Barnaby lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barnaby connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Pierre's face.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barnaby unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnaby missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnaby misses with a knee strike.
St Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barnaby crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Pierre.

St Pierre breaks from the clinch.
Barney Barnaby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnaby looks to clinch
and St Pierre counters with a nice body kick.
Barnaby tries to clinch there but St Pierre circles away.
St Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnaby tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre throws a leg kick

and Barnaby holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
St Pierre is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnaby is keeping busy.
St Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnaby is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barnaby prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
Barnaby slows down the pace here.
St Pierre wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barnaby trying to land knees to the body.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
St Pierre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnaby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barnaby missing with knees to the body.
Barnaby landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
Barnaby scores a nice knee to the body.
St Pierre tries to break the clinch but Barnaby is controlling the position.
Barnaby missing with knees to the body.
Barnaby trying to control the position but instead, St Pierre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barnaby into the cage.
St Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
St Pierre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Barnaby.
Barnaby crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.
Barnaby missing with knees to the body.
St Pierre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Barnaby fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Barnaby circles away from the clinch attempt

and Barnaby counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnaby.
Barnaby looking to throw knees to the head but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
St Pierre is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnaby has double underhooks.
St Pierre managing to block the knees to the body from Barnaby.
Barnaby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre wants to break free but Barnaby has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Barnaby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Barnaby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnaby darts in trying to clinch

and St Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Barnaby's guard.
St Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnaby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Barnaby can do anything to dispel that myth.
St Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnaby controlling St Pierre's posture.
St Pierre 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to get up but he can't break Barnaby's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
St Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Barnaby.
Barnaby has St Pierre pulled in close to control his posture.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Barnaby has St Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Barnaby won't allow it.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
Barnaby stops a takedown attempt from St Pierre.
Barnaby stalling the fight.
Barnaby crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.
Barnaby landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnaby with a knee to the head.
Barnaby unloads a knee to the mid-section. St Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
Barnaby with a knee to the head.
Barnaby scores with a knee to the head.
Barnaby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Pierre.
Barnaby keeps control of St Pierre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Pierre is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnaby is trying to maintain a safe position but St Pierre gets an underhook and turns Barnaby into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is trying to break the clinch but Barnaby has him pressed against the cage.
Barnaby landing knees to the head.
Barnaby misses with a knee to the head.
Barnaby prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
St Pierre wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnaby has him pressed against the cage.

St Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnaby tries to clinch but St Pierre moves away
and St Pierre counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Barnaby is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Barnaby doesn't manage to clinch there - St Pierre circles away.
Barnaby looks to clinch
and St Pierre counters with a head kick.

Barnaby instigates a clinch.
St Pierre wants to break free but Barnaby has control.
Barnaby with a knee to the head.
Barnaby crunches a lovely knee into St Pierre's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
St Pierre is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Barnaby landing knees to the body.
St Pierre tries to pull guard but Barnaby holds him up against the cage and eventually St Pierre drops back down to his feet.
St Pierre is trying to break free.
St Pierre managing to block the knees to the body from Barnaby.

St Pierre manages to pull guard.
Barnaby stops St Pierre from standing up.
Barnaby content to stall in guard here.
Barney Barnaby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barnaby postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Barney Barnaby.
I've got Barnaby 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barney Barnaby!