PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Barney (ranked 6024 p4p, 722 weight class) and Dan Trumpsfeld (ranked 3856 p4p, 531 weight class). Joseph Barney had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barney
vs
Trumpsfeld

194 cm
27
221 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Barney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Trumpsfeld!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trumpsfeld uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barney.
Trumpsfeld lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Trumpsfeld misses with an uppercut
and Barney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trumpsfeld lands a jab to Barney's midsection.
Dan Trumpsfeld seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barney keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Trumpsfeld swinging wildly here.
Barney misses with a wild body shot.
Trumpsfeld misses with a double jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Barney misses the target.
Trumpsfeld misses with a few strikes there.
Barney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trumpsfeld throws a series of punches but Barney avoids them all with ease.
Trumpsfeld throws a head kick but Barney moves out of range.
Trumpsfeld fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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!
No joy there for Trumpsfeld, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trumpsfeld throws a right and a left that Barney avoids nicely.
Trumpsfeld cracks Barney with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barney looks to land a left hand but Trumpsfeld moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Barney misses.
Trumpsfeld throws a right hand that Barney ducks under and follows up with a left that Barney also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Barney misses the target.
Barney avoids the head kick by Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld throws a one two combo.
Barney swinging wildly here.
A jab from Trumpsfeld finds it's way through Barney's defenses.
Trumpsfeld jabs at Barney's body.
Trumpsfeld throws a series of punches but Barney moves out of range.
Barney throws a hook to the side of Trumpsfeld's head but Trumpsfeld sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Trumpsfeld throws a series of strikes that have Barney backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trumpsfeld lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barney looks to land a right hand but Trumpsfeld moved out of range.
Trumpsfeld's corner calls for a 1-2. Trumpsfeld obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barney misses with an uppercut. Trumpsfeld saw that one coming.
Barney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trumpsfeld moves away.
Trumpsfeld bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Trumpsfeld looks to land a combination. Barney sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Some wild striking there from Trumpsfeld.
A quick step to the side and Barney tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barney doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Trumpsfeld avoids the body shot from Barney.
Barney misses with a looping left.
Trumpsfeld throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barney.
Barney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trumpsfeld jabs Barney to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barney's corner calls for a 1-2. Barney obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Barney blocks the low kick.
Barney looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Barney.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld misses with the combination.
Barney throwing a counter right hand but Trumpsfeld manages to avoid it.
Trumpsfeld lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Barney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trumpsfeld 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.
A head kick misses from Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld lands with a cross.
Barney misses with a straight right.
Trumpsfeld takes one to the chin there.
Trumpsfeld lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barney circles away quickly and effectively.
Barney throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trumpsfeld.
Barney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trumpsfeld sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trumpsfeld.
Some wild striking there from Trumpsfeld.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trumpsfeld moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barney throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A big left from Barney misses.
Barney fails to land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Barney.
Barney looks to throw the jab but Trumpsfeld is out of range.
Barney cracks Trumpsfeld with a good jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trumpsfeld swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Trumpsfeld lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barney takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trumpsfeld throws a right hand that Barney ducks under and follows up with a left that Barney also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Trumpsfeld connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Trumpsfeld throws a series of punches but Barney avoids them all with ease.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Barney might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Trumpsfeld throws a series of punches but Barney moves out of range.
Barney misses with a hook. Trumpsfeld ducked under it nicely.
Trumpsfeld throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barney stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Trumpsfeld fails to land with a series of punches.
Trumpsfeld connects with a nice looking jab.
Barney throws out a loose jab but Trumpsfeld uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trumpsfeld connects with a leg kick. Barney looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Trumpsfeld swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trumpsfeld scores with a head kick. Barney tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Trumpsfeld!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barney moves forwards but Trumpsfeld connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barney connects with a body shot.
Trumpsfeld will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dan Trumpsfeld seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trumpsfeld ducks under a wild hook from Barney.
Trumpsfeld shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barney eats them both and turns towards Trumpsfeld to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Trumpsfeld looks to land a combination. Barney sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Barney missing with a left hand there. Trumpsfeld was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trumpsfeld misses with a double jab
and Barney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trumpsfeld misses with a few strikes there.
Barney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trumpsfeld.
Dan Trumpsfeld is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barney scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Trumpsfeld pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barney back to the cage. Trumpsfeld follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A big left from Barney misses.
Trumpsfeld misses with a few strikes there.
Barney throwing a counter right hand but Trumpsfeld manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Barney - just one landing.
Barney looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld throws a counter combo.
Trumpsfeld looks to land a combination. Barney sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Barney misses with a hook. Trumpsfeld ducked under it nicely.
Trumpsfeld is working the combinations to good effect here.
Trumpsfeld works the jab nicely.
Trumpsfeld lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trumpsfeld shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barney eats them both and turns towards Trumpsfeld to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barney takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld cracks a nice hook into Barney's ribs.
Trumpsfeld lands with a nice combination. Barney backs away looking to recover.
Barney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trumpsfeld.
Barney was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld unleashes a big counter combination but Barney bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Some wild striking there from Trumpsfeld.
Barney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trumpsfeld pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barney back to the cage. Trumpsfeld follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Trumpsfeld lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Trumpsfeld has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right-left combo lands from Trumpsfeld.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Barney on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld misses with the combination.
Trumpsfeld throws a nice outside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Trumpsfeld there.
Barney scores with a hook to the body. Trumpsfeld takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barney looks to land a left hand but Trumpsfeld moved out of range nicely.
Trumpsfeld lands with a nice combination. Barney backs away looking to recover.
A big left from Barney misses.
Barney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trumpsfeld takes a swing at Barney's ribcage but misses.
Trumpsfeld connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from Trumpsfeld misses its intended target.
Trumpsfeld misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Trumpsfeld showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Barney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Trumpsfeld lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barney circles away quickly and effectively.
Barney is looking to counter punch.
Trumpsfeld tries a head kick but it misses.
Barney scores with a sloppy right hand. Trumpsfeld should have avoided that one.
Trumpsfeld falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barney counters with a straight right hand.
Trumpsfeld throws a shot to the body.
Trumpsfeld misses with a double jab.
A big left from Trumpsfeld misses.
Trumpsfeld moves away from the strike by Barney.
Nice defenses there by Trumpsfeld.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barney takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trumpsfeld fails to land with a series of punches.
Trumpsfeld misses with a few strikes there.
Barney uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barney lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld misses with a low kick.
Barney was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barney misses with a straight right.
Trumpsfeld throws a series of punches but Barney moves out of range.
Barney misses with a right hand
and Trumpsfeld counters with a one-two to the body.
Trumpsfeld blocks a jab.
Trumpsfeld throws out a counter right but Barney avoids it with no problem.
Trumpsfeld uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barney.
As Barney backs off Trumpsfeld throws a huge counter combo but Barney manages to avoid it all.
Trumpsfeld swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barney counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barney slips a jab and a cross from Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld misses with a double jab.
Trumpsfeld takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trumpsfeld misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trumpsfeld misses with a wild combination.
Barney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trumpsfeld pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barney misses the jab.
Joseph Barney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Barney.
A telegraphed right hand from Barney misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trumpsfeld looks to land a combination but Barney avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Trumpsfeld scores with a four punch combination!
Trumpsfeld throws a jab when Barney was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Trumpsfeld throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Trumpsfeld.
Trumpsfeld throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Trumpsfeld misses with a lunging right hand
and Barney makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Trumpsfeld tries a head kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Barney on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trumpsfeld's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Trumpsfeld duly obliges.
Trumpsfeld connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barney momentarily.
Trumpsfeld throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barney counters with a stiff right hand.
Trumpsfeld looks to land a right hand but Barney moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trumpsfeld.
Barney misses with a straight right.
Trumpsfeld throws a right hand that Barney ducks under and follows up with a left that Barney also avoids with ease.
Barney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trumpsfeld misses with an uppercut. Barney saw that one coming.
Trumpsfeld staying out of range there.
Barney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barney lands a body shot.
Trumpsfeld lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barney circles away quickly and effectively.
Trumpsfeld throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Trumpsfeld connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Trumpsfeld ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barney misses with a looping right.
Barney on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trumpsfeld throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barney.
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!
Barney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trumpsfeld scores with a nice strike.
Barney slips a jab and a cross from Trumpsfeld.
Barney misses with a straight right.
Trumpsfeld lands a really nice looking cross but Barney seems unphased.
Barney dodges the punch combination from Trumpsfeld.
Barney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trumpsfeld defending well as Barney loads up on a big left hand.
Despite the aggression on Trumpsfeld's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Trumpsfeld scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A combination from Trumpsfeld does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trumpsfeld tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barney is able to avoid easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Trumpsfeld comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Trumpsfeld 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Trumpsfeld!
An out of breath Dan Trumpsfeld thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.