PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Uriah Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart. The key to victory for Uriah Barnes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Barnes
vs
Roberts

175 cm
25
140 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

182 cm
30
154 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uriah Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes slaps away a takedown attempt from Roberts, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roberts has his takedown stuffed
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.

Barnes pushes Roberts up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Roberts has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes pushes Roberts back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Roberts works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Roberts stands up over Barnes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roberts pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnes is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roberts controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Roberts throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Barnes keeps moving.
Roberts throws a big right hand that misses.
Barnes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Roberts is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Barnes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roberts is controlling him.
Roberts looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Roberts stands up over Barnes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roberts is working Barnes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Roberts has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roberts is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Barnes is looking to stand up but Roberts isn't so interested in that idea.
Roberts works over Barnes with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes has momentary wrist control but Roberts slips an elbow through the middle.
Barnes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Roberts on the ground.
Roberts lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Roberts's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roberts distracts Barnes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Roberts postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Roberts scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Roberts prevents Barnes from getting back to his feet.
Roberts scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Roberts stands up over Barnes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roberts lands a couple of elbows.

Barnes is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberts lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oh Barnes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Roberts postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Barnes is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Roberts, into his guard.

Roberts is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Barnes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Uriah Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Roberts.
Barnes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roberts backwards.
Barnes seems to have got his legs back now.
Roberts is trying to pull guard but Barnes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barnes.

Roberts drags the fight down to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes won't allow Roberts to sweep him here.

Barnes stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Barnes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Uriah Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roberts walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Barnes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Roberts checks it well.
Uriah Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes scores with a nice strike.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Roberts seems unphased.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Roberts fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts tries for a takedown but Barnes circles away easily
and Roberts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roberts with a poor takedown
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Jeff Roberts has been cut.
Roberts with a poor takedown
and Barnes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Roberts looks winded!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roberts is defended easily by Barnes.
Roberts shoots for a takedown but Barnes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Barnes moves into the clinch.
Barnes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barnes stops a takedown attempt from Roberts.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uriah Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Roberts's cut.
That's time! Barnes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barnes throws a body kick that misses.
Good exchange - Barnes coming out on top.
Roberts shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Roberts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roberts misses with a takedown attempt - Barnes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barnes lands with a straight right. Roberts didn't see that one coming.
Roberts drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Roberts shoots and misses
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Uriah Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Roberts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barnes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Barnes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Roberts misses with a takedown attempt - Barnes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
Roberts takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes wants to clinch up but Roberts keeps it at a distance.
Roberts has his takedown stuffed
and Barnes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Roberts.
Roberts takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Roberts with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barnes to score with a decent uppercut.
Barnes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Roberts is rocked!
Barnes throws a right and a left that Roberts avoids nicely.
Roberts fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes scores with a one two! Roberts had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts tries to move into range but Barnes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roberts is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Roberts shoots for a takedown but Barnes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Roberts seems to have recovered his senses.
Barnes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes sizes up Roberts with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Roberts gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jeff Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes tests Roberts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barnes tried to score with a low kick but Roberts checks it.
Roberts tries for a takedown but Barnes circles away easily
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barnes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roberts shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Roberts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Uriah Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.

Barnes cracks Roberts with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Roberts looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Barnes finish him?

That has opened up Jeff Roberts's cut even more.
Roberts doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barnes counters with a big right hand! Oh Roberts is in trouble here! Barnes follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Uriah Barnes!