PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elly Barnard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarton McFukur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFukur is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Riddin round with yo bitch. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Barnard
vs
McFukur

225 cm
20
290 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

211 cm
27
280 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elly Barnard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tarton McFukur!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McFukur tries to keep at a distance but Barnard has taken the fight into the clinch.
McFukur has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Barnard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
McFukur tries to score a body lock takedown but Barnard shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
McFukur is looking to take this one to the mat.
Elly Barnard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarton McFukur.
Barnard stops a takedown attempt from McFukur.

Barnard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Barnard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Elly Barnard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barnard closes the distance and clinches.

Barnard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barnard fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFukur throws out a loose jab but Barnard uses good head movement to avoid it.

Barnard closes the distance and clinches.

Barnard breaks from the clinch.
Barnard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Tarton McFukur has been cut.
Elly Barnard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnard throws a series of punches but McFukur avoids them all with ease.
Barnard looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McFukur throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnard.

Barnard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Barnard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Barnard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Barnard clinches with his opponent.

Barnard breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Barnard misses.
McFukur with the counter takedown but Barnard avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnard digs a good hook to McFukur's body.
Barnard misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot lands for Barnard.

Barnard clinches with his opponent.
McFukur wants a takedown.

Barnard manages to break the clinch.
Barnard stuffs the takedown attempt from McFukur. McFukur gets slowly back to his feet.

Barnard gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barnard manages to break the clinch.
McFukur fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Barnard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Barnard breaks from the clinch.
McFukur lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barnard throws a right hand that McFukur ducks under and follows up with a left that McFukur also avoids with ease.

McFukur drives through with a takedown into Barnard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
McFukur is standing up over Barnard. Barnard looks to escape but McFukur dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

McFukur is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Barnard knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Barnard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McFukur on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McFukur is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Barnard's shoulder. That is not cool.
Barnard wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Barnard trying to remain calm as McFukur controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elly Barnard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tarton McFukur's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

McFukur is trying hard to land a takedown here. Barnard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Barnard moves into the clinch.

Barnard breaks from the clinch.
Elly Barnard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Barnard clinches up against the cage.
McFukur drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Barnard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Barnard prevents the takedown attempt.
Elly Barnard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarton McFukur.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barnard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barnard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barnard moves into the clinch.
McFukur is trying to drag Barnard to the mat but Barnard just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
McFukur goes for a takedown attempt but Barnard pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Barnard closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnard tries to clinch there but McFukur circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McFukur is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Barnard is defending well.
McFukur is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Barnard is defending well.

Barnard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McFukur's hands.
Barnard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McFukur can do to turn this around?

Barnard clinches up with McFukur and pushes him back against the cage.
McFukur tries for a takedown. No joy.

Barnard manages to break the clinch.
McFukur missing with a left hand there. Barnard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McFukur looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Barnard clinches with his opponent.

Barnard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McFukur fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnard rushes McFukur and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Barnard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McFukur displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barnard looks to score with a jab to the body but McFukur is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnard misses with a right hand
and McFukur counters with a three punch combo that has Barnard backing up. Barnard nods at McFukur to acknowledge the strikes.

It looks like Elly Barnard has been cut.
McFukur fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barnard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McFukur circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnard is looking to clinch but McFukur is avoiding it.
Barnard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Barnard does no damage.
McFukur lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elly Barnard dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Barnard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barnard fails in his attempt to clinch.

Barnard has closed the distance and engaged McFukur in a clinch.
McFukur wants a takedown but no success here.

Barnard breaks the clinch.
McFukur shoots for a takedown but Barnard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

McFukur drives through with a takedown into Barnard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

McFukur drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and McFukur jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnard is looking to stand back up but McFukur counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Barnard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barnard manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. McFukur keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
McFukur is looking for a takedown.
Elly Barnard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarton McFukur.
McFukur drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barnard pulls his leg out and moves away.
Barnard misses with a jab, cross combination.

McFukur gets tackled into the cage by Barnard. Barnard maintains the clinch.

Barnard breaks the clinch.
Barnard tries to clinch but McFukur moves away

and McFukur counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
McFukur 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.
Barnard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barnard tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFukur pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnard is keeping the position for now.
McFukur engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
McFukur passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFukur trying to control the position but Barnard is working away.
McFukur controlling the position from side mount.
McFukur trying to control the position but Barnard is working away.
A lull in the action here as McFukur stalls from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McFukur tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
McFukur prevents Barnard from escaping the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tarton McFukur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McFukur shoots in but no luck this time.

Barnard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Elly Barnard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McFukur tries to throw a body punch but Barnard avoids it by throwing McFukur back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elly Barnard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Barnard, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elly Barnard!
The defeated Tarton McFukur had this to say: 'Expletives fixed, the corporate champ and ur fanboy favorite Rome Bland here's undoubtedly juicing and it's obvious the refs clearly on the pay roll and I'm sure two of the three judges are also. Since there too cheap too buy all three but don't trip I got one of the higher ups on my squad and I'l'.