PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arm Ageddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ageddon comes into the arena with bring the pain blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Barnes's choice of entrance music: KEN mode - Counter Culture Complex. The key to victory for Arm Ageddon has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ageddon
vs
Barnes

190 cm
24
257 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

202 cm
20
275 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Versus

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arm Ageddon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barnes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barnes throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes moves out of range of the leg kick from Ageddon.
Barnes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ageddon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barnes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab lands there for Barnes.
Barnes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ageddon lands a nice hook to Barnes's body. Barnes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Ageddon moves out of range.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1-2. Barnes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ageddon connects with a single shot there.
We've been told by Ageddon's head coaches at Vendetta Alliance London Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ageddon appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Barnes misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Ageddon counter with a right hand.
Barnes checks a leg kick nicely.
Ageddon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Arm Ageddon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ageddon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ageddon misses the shot to the body.
Barnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ageddon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ageddon.
Barnes with a nice cross.
Paul Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Ageddon seems unphased.
Ageddon defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
Ageddon misses with a low kick.
Ageddon throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barnes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ageddon counters with an inside 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ageddon connects with an inside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Ageddon.
Ageddon ducks right into an uppercut from Barnes.
Barnes closes the distance but Ageddon moves to the side
and Ageddon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ageddon scores with a nice right hand.
Ageddon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ageddon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ageddon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes works the jab nicely.

Ageddon is rocked!
Ageddon glances at the clock... BAM! Barnes nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Ageddon crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Ageddon is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Barnes!
Paul Barnes very nearly forgot to thank Voodoo Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.