PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jae Barnes (ranked 25559 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Suarez (ranked 6655 p4p, 0 weight class). Aaron Suarez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jae Barnes's chin.

Barnes
vs
Suarez

210 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

176 cm
22
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jae Barnes!
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, Aaron Suarez!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suarez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Suarez.
Suarez is staying tight to Barnes's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Suarez might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Barnes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Suarez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Suarez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Suarez content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez tries to stand but Barnes is controlling his head.
Barnes struggling a bit here.
Suarez wants to stand but Barnes is controlling his arm.

Suarez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Barnes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Suarez working away.
Barnes is looking for a sweep.
Barnes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Suarez tries to move to mount but Barnes blocks the move with his legs.
Suarez wants to stand but Barnes has his arm trapped.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Suarez working away.
Suarez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barnes to see if he's OK.

Suarez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Barnes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Barnes struggling a bit here.
Suarez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Barnes is trying to control Suarez's posture but Suarez avoids it.
Barnes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Suarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Suarez controls the position.
Suarez tries to advance to mount but Barnes instead regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Suarez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Barnes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Suarez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Suarez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Barnes!
Suarez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Barnes wants to control but Suarez is having none of it.
Suarez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes working to try and regain half guard.
Barnes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Suarez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Barnes tries to hold on but Suarez pushes him away.
Suarez controlling from mount.
Barnes has given up his back here.
Barnes is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Suarez.

Suarez looking to break Barnes's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Barnes remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Suarez will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barnes grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Suarez controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Suarez dominated that round.
That's time! Barnes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A bone on bone clash there as Barnes blocks the leg kick.
Aaron Suarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Suarez misses with a low kick.
Suarez fails with the takedown
and Barnes counters with a head kick. That will keep Suarez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Barnes wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Suarez pushes Barnes up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Barnes just stands there and leans against the cage.
Suarez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jae Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Suarez.
Come on Suarez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Suarez jumps guard but Barnes turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Suarez breaks from the clinch.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Suarez.
Barnes is looking to counter with a body kick.
Suarez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barnes but Barnes pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Barnes is looking to counter with a body kick.
Suarez is breathing heavily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Suarez.
Suarez working away.
Barnes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Suarez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Barnes is looking for a sweep.
Barnes prevents Suarez from moving into mount.
Barnes tries to improve position but can't.
Suarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez working away.
Suarez wants to control but Barnes is keeping him busy.
Barnes gets back to half guard.
Suarez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Suarez is thwarting Barnes's attempts to control the position.
Suarez seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Barnes is looking for a sweep. Suarez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barnes has his hands clasped together around Suarez's back. He's all about the action.
Barnes trying to control from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Barnes gets caught flat footed, as Suarez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Suarez wanted to stand there but Barnes had control of the position.
Suarez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Suarez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Barnes's guard.
Suarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barnes is trying to keep Suarez in close.
Barnes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Suarez's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Suarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Suarez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Barnes was covering up waiting for the punch and Suarez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Suarez wants to stand but Barnes has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Suarez with a nice head shot there.
Suarez wants to stand but Barnes is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes controls Suarez momentarily but Suarez frees himself.
Suarez wanted to stand there but Barnes had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Suarez sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Suarez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Barnes is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Suarez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Suarez looking to pass the guard.
Suarez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Barnes has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Suarez has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is looking to take a break and control but Barnes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aaron Suarez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Suarez working away.

Suarez tries for a kimura but Barnes is defending well.
Suarez scoring with punches from side control.
Barnes struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez wants to stand but Barnes has his arm trapped.
Suarez cracks Barnes with a big right hand but Barnes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Barnes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Suarez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Suarez working the ground and pound.
Barnes is letting Suarez control him for a moment.
Suarez is looking to take a break and control but Barnes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Suarez controlling from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes can't do much from the bottom here.
Suarez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Barnes regains half guard.
Barnes is looking for a sweep. Suarez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Suarez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Suarez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Suarez wants to stand up but Barnes is controlling the position.
Suarez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Suarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Suarez 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 25:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Suarez!