PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrea Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Butane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barone
vs
Butane

215 cm
21
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
21
242 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Amped Performance

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrea Barone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hulk Butane!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Butane.
Barone goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barone misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Barone catches Butane right on the button with a cross.
Barone throws a lazy head kick
letting Butane counter with a right hand.
Butane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Butane on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barone. Barone obviously looking to wear him down.
Butane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andrea Barone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barone lands with a hook. Butane tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Butane throws a leg kick but Barone sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Butane takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Butane. Barone shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butane throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barone.
Barone does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Andrea Barone has been cut.
Barone wants to clinch.
Butane moves out of range as Barone strikes.
Barone shoots for a double leg takedown but Butane sprawls well. He's pushed Barone's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Butane on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Butane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barone changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Butane tries to avoid it but Barone manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Butane to the ground. Butane escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Barone misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Butane counters with a stiff right hand.
Butane lands a nice shot to the body.
Butane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barone was well out of range. Poor timing from Butane.

Barone shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Butane is trying to defend but Barone finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butane is pressing down on Barone's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Barone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Butane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Butane keeping moving, preventing Barone from controlling successfully.
Barone pushes down on Butane's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Butane is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butane is trying to maintain the position but Barone is very close to passing his half guard.
Barone wants to pass to mount but Butane is defending the position.
Butane is trying to control but Barone manages to pass to mount!
Butane is looking to get to half guard.
Barone tries to control but Butane wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Butane working to try and regain half guard.
Barone throwing strikes here but Butane is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Barone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Barone sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Butane reaches up and holds on to Barone to control the position.

Barone working for a guillotine from mount but Butane is in no mood to give up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Barone trying to control but Butane is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrea Barone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrea Barone's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Butane fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Butane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Butane takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Butane throws a jab when Barone was well out of range.
Butane cracks Barone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A left lands for Butane.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barone misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Butane to counter with a crisp jab.
Butane feints and then cracks Barone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barone down.
Hulk Butane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barone feints and then cracks Butane's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Butane down.
Nice shot by Barone.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butane bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barone walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Butane checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little jabbing left from Butane on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Butane misses with an uppercut. Barone saw that one coming.
Barone appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Butane misses with a straight right.
Butane cracks Barone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barone tries to clinch up but Butane circles away and keeps his distance.
Barone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Butane misses with a wild body shot.
Barone is looking to counter the offense by Butane and move into the clinch.
Butane throws a body kick that misses.
Butane explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Barone goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barone tries to move into range but Butane moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Barone is rocked!
Butane cracks Barone with a left hook right on the temple and Barone goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Butane lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Barone is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hulk Butane!