PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brady Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Born in the USA. Bruce Sanders is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Barnes
vs
Sanders

170 cm
29
166 lbs
23 - 8 - 1

176 cm
26
155 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 23 - 8 - 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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes ducks right into an uppercut from Sanders.
Sanders throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes tries to counter by clinching up but Sanders breaks away and moves out of range.
Sanders goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanders throws out the jab.
Barnes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Barnes connects with a body shot that sends Sanders's belly button to the back.
Sanders walks into a straight right hand from Barnes.
Barnes tries to work over Sanders's front leg with a kick but Sanders checks it.
Jab, jab by Barnes - just one landing.
Sanders lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Barnes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barnes showed some decent athleticism there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanders is looking for a sweep. Barnes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes working the head and body with strikes.
Sanders is trying to maintain the position but Barnes is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanders moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Barnes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanders works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Sanders is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barnes defends well.
Barnes is in close to Sanders's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sanders utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barnes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barnes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanders is on top in guard.

Barnes is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barnes is on top in guard.

Sanders keeping moving, preventing Barnes from controlling successfully.

Sanders working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Barnes has passed into half guard!
Barnes throwing shots but Sanders is blocking nicely.
Barnes wants to take a breather but Sanders is having none of it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Barnes lands a nice short elbow.
Sanders is concentrating on defense, preventing Barnes from advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Barnes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Barnes lands a nice short elbow.
Sanders is staying active underneath Barnes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Barnes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Barnes stands up and beckons Sanders to join him on the feet.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanders manages to avoid it.
Barnes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sanderss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Barnes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barnes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.

Sanders tries to keep at a distance but Barnes has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pushes Sanders back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Come on Sanders - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Sanders blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barnes as Sanders tries to tie him up.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes working aggressively here.
Sanders on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanders looks winded!
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Sanders fails to land.
Sanders lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Barnes dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Barnes.
Sanders misses with a double jab.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
Sanders takes one on the button.
Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Sanders pushes him off.
Barnes wants to clinch.
Sanders throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanders. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanders moves away.
Barnes digs a good hook to Sanders's body.
Barnes lands a jab to the nose.
Barnes throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a combination
and Sanders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Sanders misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnes misses the target.
Barnes loads up on a big right hand but Sanders slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sanders.

Barnes gets a clinch.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanders lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee calls for Sanders to work.
Barnes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanderss head.
Sanders is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sanders is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Sanders into the cage.
Barnes is looking for a takedown.
Sanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanders breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanders can do to turn this around?
Barnes wants to clinch but Sanders slips to the side
and Sanders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barnes throws out a loose jab but Sanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSanders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanders takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Barnes lands a jab to the head.

Sanders is rocked!

Barnes closes the distance and clinches.
Sanders misses with the head strike.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanders avoids it.
Sanders on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanders on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanders avoids it.
Sanders leaning against his opponent.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Barnes looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Barnes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Sanders blocks with his arms.

Sanders manages to break the clinch.
Brady Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanders.
Barnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanders.
Barnes attempts a counter takedown but Sanders avoids it well and moves away.
Sanders throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Sanders throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes scores with a decent looking hook.
Barnes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sanders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes is looking to counter the offense by Sanders and move into the clinch.

Barnes forces Sanders back against the cage and clinches.
Sanders wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Sanders is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Sanders blocking some punches.
Barnes with a knee to the head.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Barnes creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sanders's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sanders drops to his knees and Barnes pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brady Barnes!
Brady Barnes opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.