PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pasquale Barra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barra comes to the cage accompanied by Barriera Armata. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barra
vs
Mayhem

185 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
223 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pasquale Barra!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bryan Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barra.
Barra sets himself, and Mayhem steps forward looking for the clinch! Barra avoids it this time.
Nice defenses there by Mayhem.
Barra misses with a series of wild punches.
Mayhem wants to counter the offense by Barra and move into the clinch position.
Mayhem defending well as Barra loads up on a big left hand.
Mayhem tries to counter by closing the distance.

Mayhem gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barra misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barra prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch on the inside from Barra fails to land.
Barra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Mayhem manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barra wanted to stand there but Mayhem had control of the position.
Mayhem looking for a sweep. Not yet Mayhem, not yet.
Mayhem lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mayhem postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mayhem distracts Barra with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Barra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mayhem on the ground.
Mayhem throws a big right hand that misses.
Barra working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mayhem.
Barra being controlled here, momentarily.
Mayhem postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mayhem has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem wants to pass the guard but Barra is keeping the position.
Mayhem working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mayhem sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mayhem won't allow Barra to get back to his feet.
Mayhem postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem throws a big elbow that misses.
Mayhem sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barra's guard.
Mayhem wants to control but Barra is keeping him busy.
Mayhem winds up and cracks Barra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Barra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mayhem.
Mayhem working Barra over with strikes.
My spies in CT + BJJ & Wrestling sparring gym inform me that Mayhem has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mayhem connects with a nice short shot to Barra's temple.
Mayhem content to control rather than advance.
Ground and pound from Mayhem.
Mayhem content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Barra looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Mayhem winds up and cracks Barra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mayhem winds up and cracks Barra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mayhem looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mayhem working the head and body with strikes.
Mayhem is controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayhem wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barra keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Mayhem dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Barra throws a lazy uppercut

and Mayhem counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Barra taking some punishment here, with Mayhem in his half guard.
Mayhem controlling the action here.
Bryan Mayhem has got the better of the ground game so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mayhem connects with a nice short shot to Barra's temple.
Mayhem throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mayhem stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mayhem drops an elbow to the side of Barra's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem is nestled in close to Barra, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mayhem throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barra on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barra tries to get out of the position.
Barra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mayhem.
Mayhem has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mayhem lands a nice short elbow.
Mayhem landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mayhem looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mayhem scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Barra is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mayhem lands a big elbow - Barra is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Mayhem!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Mayhem!
Bryan Mayhem is the new light heavyweight champion!
Bryan Mayhem managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Irish Collar & Elbow Nutrition and Laundry, into his post fight interview.
Pasquale Barra was interviewed post fight and said 'T'accid a famigl'.