PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dante Fiaschi (ranked 5006 p4p, 541 weight class) and Cornelius Barnaby (ranked 5500 p4p, 572 weight class). Barnaby has chosen There Will Be Blood as his entrance music. Dante Fiaschi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fiaschi
vs
Barnaby

187 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dante Fiaschi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cornelius Barnaby!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnaby lands a nice shot to the body.
Fiaschi dips to his left and cracks Barnaby with an uppercut!
Fiaschi tries to bum rush Barnaby with a series of wild strikes but Barnaby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fiaschi misses with a straight right.
Fiaschi moves in looking to clinch but Barnaby pushes him off.
Fiaschi misses with a wild combination.
Nice defenses there by Barnaby.
Fiaschi misses with a left hand
and Barnaby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barnaby takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fiaschi moves out of range of the leg kick from Barnaby.
Barnaby will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Good standup being displayed there by Fiaschi as he connects with a hook.
Barnaby misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fiaschi tries to clinch there but Barnaby circles away.
Barnaby slips a jab from Fiaschi.
Fiaschi throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnaby throws a right hand that Fiaschi ducks under and follows up with a left that Fiaschi also avoids with ease.
Fiaschi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnaby was well out of range. Poor timing from Fiaschi.
Fiaschi works Barnaby's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Barnaby misses.
Fiaschi throws a hook but Barnaby avoids it easily.
Barnaby jabs Fiaschi right on the nose. Fiaschi blinks but takes it well.

Barnaby closes the distance and clinches.

Barnaby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fiaschi works the jab nicely.
Barnaby slips a jab and a cross from Fiaschi.
Fiaschi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnaby.
Fiaschi avoids the body shot from Barnaby.
Barnaby looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barnaby works Fiaschi's body with a nice hook.
Fiaschi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnaby.

Fiaschi clinches up against the cage.
Fiaschi misses with a body punch.
Fiaschi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fiaschi swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnaby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnaby is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fiaschi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barnaby walks away with a smile on his face. Fiaschi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fiaschi wants to clinch up but Barnaby keeps it at a distance.
Fiaschi throws out a loose jab but Barnaby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fiaschi lands a jab to Barnaby's midsection.
The fighters circling - Barnaby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barnaby throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fiaschi on the side of the head.
Fiaschi scores with a hook.
Fiaschi cracks Barnaby with a good jab.
Fiaschi looks to throw the jab but Barnaby is out of range.
Fiaschi takes a swing at Barnaby's ribcage but misses.
Fiaschi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnaby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barnaby jabs Fiaschi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barnaby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnaby lands with a right hand.
Fiaschi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barnaby lands with a straight right. Fiaschi didn't see that one coming.
Fiaschi throws a right hand that misses
and Barnaby counters with a nice uppercut.
Fiaschi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barnaby swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fiaschi throws an overhand right that lands on Barnaby's shoulder, as Barnaby tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiaschi throws a poor cross that misses
and Barnaby counters with a stiff right hand.
Barnaby steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fiaschi.

Fiaschi clinches up against the cage.
Fiaschi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barnaby walks away with a smile on his face. Fiaschi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fiaschi misses with an uppercut. Barnaby saw that one coming.
Barnaby is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Barnaby clinches with his opponent.
Fiaschi misses with the head strike.
Fiaschi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fiaschi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnaby.
Fiaschi has a couple of punches blocked by Barnaby.
Barnaby stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Barnaby.
Fiaschi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fiaschi misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnaby.
Fiaschi tries to work over Barnaby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fiaschi has a couple of punches blocked by Barnaby.
A short right from Barnaby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fiaschi gets control of Barnaby's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fiaschi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fiaschi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Fiaschi looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Barnaby is defending well. Fiaschi quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Barnaby has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Fiaschi celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dante Fiaschi!
Dante Fiaschi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.