PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brady Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlo Stanfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanfield has chosen Legendary as his entrance music. Marlo Stanfield will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Barnes
vs
Stanfield

170 cm
28
153 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

173 cm
31
155 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

The Empire Clothing and Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brady Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlo Stanfield!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanfield connects with a jab.
Brady Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barnes clinches up with Stanfield and pushes him back against the cage.
Barnes crunches a lovely knee into Stanfield's ribcage.
Stanfield wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Stanfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stanfield avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Stanfield blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stanfield can't break the clinch.
Barnes lands with a light punch inside.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Stanfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Stanfield blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes just leaning against Stanfield, taking a breather.
Stanfield avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Stanfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Stanfield controls his hands.

Stanfield breaks from the clinch.
Stanfield has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield throws a series of strikes that have Barnes backpedaling.

It looks like Brady Barnes has been cut.
Stanfield misses with a two punch combination.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stanfield.
It seemed like Stanfield was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barnes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Stanfield lands a left and a right that send Barnes crashing to the mat, dazed. Stanfield thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Barnes is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stanfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.
Oh Barnes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stanfield takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barnes seems to have got his legs back now.

Barnes clinches.
Barnes has Stanfield pushed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pushes Stanfield back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.
Stanfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stanfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes effectively controlling the action here.
Stanfield can't break the clinch.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Stanfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee calls for Barnes to work.
Stanfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A body shot lands from Barnes.
A frustrated look appears on Stanfield's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Stanfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stanfield misses with an uppercut
and Barnes counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barnes pushes Stanfield up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stanfield's face.
Stanfield is trying to break free.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Stanfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.
Barnes prevents Stanfield from breaking the clinch.
Barnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Stanfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
Barnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Barnes lands a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.

Stanfield manages to break the clinch.
Stanfield misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Barnes closes the distance but Stanfield moves to the side
and Stanfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stanfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barnes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Stanfield moved out of range.
Stanfield throws a lazy right hand but Barnes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stanfield digs a good hook to Barnes's body.
Stanfield defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
Barnes throws a sloppy body shot
and Stanfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Stanfield does no damage.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Stanfield.
Barnes defending well as Stanfield loads up on a big left hand.
Stanfield throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brady Barnes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barnes throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stanfield. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stanfield lands a head shot.
A punch combination from Barnes misses.

Barnes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stanfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stanfield tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Barnes.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanfield takes a shot to the head.
Barnes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.

Stanfield manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanfield misses with a few strikes there.
Stanfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes scores with a nice right hand.

Stanfield is rocked!
Barnes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stanfield throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Barnes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stanfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stanfield fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barnes on the side of the head.
Stanfield is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Barnes just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Stanfield has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brady Barnes!
Brady Barnes very nearly forgot to thank The Empire Clothing and Laundry 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.