PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clinton West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sgt Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clinton West has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

West
vs
Barnes

193 cm
31
210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Spartan Nutrition

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clinton West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sgt Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes goes for a double leg but West avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as West continues to drive forward.
Barnes shoots and misses

and West counters by moving into the clinch.
West prevents the takedown attempt.
Clinton West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sgt Barnes.
West goes for a takedown attempt but Barnes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Barnes goes for a double leg but West avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as West continues to drive forward.
West has a takedown stuffed.
Horrible takedown attempt by West or perhaps it was just good defense by Barnes, which made it look bad.
Barnes feints the counter takedown.
Barnes with a lazy takedown attempt

and West counters by moving into the clinch.
West drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barnes pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. West manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes wants to clinch
and West counters with a left to the body.

Barnes closes the distance and clinches.
West lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barnes looks winded!

West turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Barnes is working to avoid the ground and pound but West connects with a decent elbow.
Barnes taking punishment in the form of punches.
West lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Barnes down.
Barnes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Barnes is rocked!
Barnes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Barnes is still in real trouble! Can West finish him?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
A big shot lands for West! That's hurt Barnes! Will he recover? West fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clinton West!
Clinton West bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.