PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Barzagli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hernandez
vs
Barzagli

182 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
186 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Oliver Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruno Barzagli!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Hernandez tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Barzagli manages to circle out of the way.
Hernandez throws an overhand right that lands on Barzagli's shoulder, as Barzagli tries to avoid the shot.
Hernandez throws a looping overhand right but Barzagli ducks down to avoid it.
As Hernandez backs off Barzagli throws a huge counter combo but Hernandez manages to avoid it all.
Barzagli works Hernandez's body with a nice hook.
A right-left combo lands from Barzagli.
Hernandez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barzagli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hernandez throws a body shot but no joy.
Barzagli looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Barzagli jabs Hernandez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barzagli scores with a nice strike.
Barzagli scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barzagli connects with a right hand. Hernandez shakes it off.
No joy there for Hernandez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Barzagli avoids it well.
Barzagli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut. Barzagli saw that one coming.
Barzagli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
Despite the aggression on Barzagli's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hernandez misses with a body shot.
Hernandez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 14 Elite Boxing Fitness Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A big left from Hernandez misses.
Barzagli takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
Barzagli throws a nice looking combination but Hernandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barzagli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barzagli cracks a nice hook into Hernandez's ribs.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barzagli! But no joy.
Hernandez throws a hook to the side of Barzagli's head but Barzagli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barzagli slips under a jab from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hernandez misses the target.
Barzagli is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hernandez with a body shot.
Barzagli lands with a straight right. Hernandez didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barzagli displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barzagli slips a straight right by Hernandez.
Barzagli missing with a left hand there. Hernandez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hernandez is looking to counter the offense by Barzagli and move into the clinch.
Hernandez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.
Hernandez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hernandez duly obliges.

It looks like Bruno Barzagli has been cut.
Barzagli lands a nice looking body shot.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Barzagli.
Hernandez misses with a hook. Barzagli ducked under it nicely.
Barzagli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
Barzagli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barzagli moves away from the strike by Hernandez.
A little jabbing left from Barzagli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hernandez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hernandez throws a lazy uppercut
letting Barzagli counter with a right hand.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.
Hernandez throws out a powerful jab.
Barzagli tests Hernandez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hernandez throws a looping overhand right but Barzagli ducks down to avoid it.
Barzagli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
The fighters circling - Hernandez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barzagli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barzagli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barzagli connects with a nice looking jab.
Hernandez throws a jab when Barzagli was well out of range.
Hernandez swings for the body but Barzagli moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barzagli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barzagli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barzagli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hernandez.
Barzagli slips under a jab.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernandez misses with a lunging right hand
and Barzagli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hernandez misses with a jab to the body
and Barzagli counters with a nice uppercut.
Hernandez throws a body shot but no joy.
Barzagli moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barzagli scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barzagli misses with a looping right.
Barzagli scores with a sloppy right hand. Hernandez should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruno Barzagli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruno Barzagli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hernandez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barzagli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barzagli scores with a decent looking hook.
Hernandez throws a hook but Barzagli blocks it.
Barzagli has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Barzagli looks to land a right hand but Hernandez moved out of range.
Oliver Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Hernandez.
Barzagli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Bruno Barzagli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barzagli scores with a sloppy right hand. Hernandez should have avoided that one.
Barzagli throws a one two combo.
Barzagli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barzagli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hernandez.
Barzagli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barzagli looks to throw the jab but Hernandez is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Barzagli does it's job there.
Hernandez misses with a left hand
and Barzagli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hernandez swings for the body but Barzagli moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barzagli.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barzagli lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hernandez dodges the punch combination from Barzagli.
Hernandez misses with a hook.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut
and Barzagli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hernandez misses with a body punch
enabling Barzagli to counter with a crisp jab.
Hernandez throws a right hand that misses
and Barzagli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barzagli swings for the body but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez throws a lazy right hand but Barzagli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Barzagli was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barzagli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut. Barzagli saw that one coming.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez misses with a left hand
and Barzagli counters with a straight right hand.
Barzagli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hernandez throws a lazy uppercut
and Barzagli counters with a straight right hand.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A left and a right from Barzagli both land. Nice combination.
Hernandez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hernandez slips under a jab from Barzagli.
Barzagli throws a nice looking combination but Hernandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hernandez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hernandez swings widly with a right hand
letting Barzagli counter with a right hand.
Barzagli just misses with a punch to the body.
Barzagli misses with the combination.
Hernandez throws a hook but Barzagli avoids it easily.
Barzagli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hernandez throws a hook to the side of Barzagli's head but Barzagli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barzagli moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Barzagli. Those never looked like landing.
Hernandez throws a jab but it's blocked by Barzagli.
Bruno Barzagli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barzagli lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Barzagli misses.
Hernandez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hernandez misses the jab.
Barzagli lands a nice looking body shot.
Barzagli slips under a jab from Hernandez.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barzagli.
Barzagli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barzagli.
Hernandez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A combination from Barzagli does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Barzagli.
Barzagli fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a big shot that misses.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barzagli moves away.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barzagli looks to land a combination. Hernandez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hernandez misses with a hook to the body
and Barzagli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barzagli.
Barzagli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
Barzagli looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Hernandez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hernandez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barzagli throws a body shot but no joy.
Barzagli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Barzagli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruno Barzagli'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. This is the final round!

A shot to the body from Hernandez misses
and Barzagli counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice defenses there by Barzagli.
Barzagli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hernandez misses with a body shot.
Barzagli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Decent striking displayed by Barzagli there.
Barzagli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Barzagli misses.
Hernandez throws a jab when Barzagli was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Hernandez misses.
Barzagli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hernandez.
Barzagli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barzagli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barzagli lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernandez misses with a lunging right hand
and Barzagli counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hernandez thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barzagli throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barzagli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barzagli scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hernandez.
Barzagli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barzagli throws out a counter right but Hernandez avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circling - Hernandez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barzagli is looking for the big counter here.
Hernandez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hernandez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hernandez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barzagli counters with a three punch combo that has Hernandez backing up. Hernandez nods at Barzagli to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barzagli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
Oliver Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barzagli lands a jab to Hernandez's midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Barzagli. Those never looked like landing.
Barzagli looks to land a combination. Hernandez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hernandez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barzagli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barzagli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hernandez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hernandez throws a looping overhand right but Barzagli ducks down to avoid it.
Barzagli lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Barzagli is working the combinations to good effect here.
Barzagli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barzagli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hernandez.
Barzagli avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barzagli ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.
Barzagli misses with a wild body shot.
Hernandez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barzagli throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barzagli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
A telegraphed right hand from Hernandez misses the target.
Barzagli appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hernandez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Barzagli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barzagli looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Barzagli lands a slapping body shot.
Hernandez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hernandez misses with a jab to the body
and Barzagli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hernandez misses with a few strikes there.
Hernandez throws the left hand but Barzagli avoids the punch easily.
Barzagli is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Barzagli lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barzagli manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barzagli misses with the combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barzagli slips a jab from Hernandez.
Hernandez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barzagli counters with a series of strikes. Hernandez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hernandez throws a hook to the side of Barzagli's head but Barzagli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barzagli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hernandez.
Hernandez looks to land a left hand but Barzagli moved out of range nicely.
Hernandez throws a right hand that misses
and Barzagli counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hernandez thinking.
Hernandez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barzagli counters with a right hand to the body.
Hernandez throws a shot to the body.
Hernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruno Barzagli is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Barzagli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Barzagli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barzagli has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Barzagli!