PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knarles Barkley (ranked 6021 p4p, 188 weight class) and Raphael The Ninja Turtle (ranked 6253 p4p, 198 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barkley
vs
The Ninja Turtle

200 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Knarles Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Raphael The Ninja Turtle!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Barkley crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from The Ninja Turtle - the referee stops the clock and Barkley gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says The Ninja Turtle. Barkley manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Ninja Turtle just misses with a punch to the body.
Barkley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barkley slips a jab and a cross from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley misses with the combination.
Barkley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Ninja Turtle throws a combination that misses
and Barkley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Ninja Turtle avoids the body shot from Barkley.
The Ninja Turtle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barkley.
Barkley connects with a looping right hand.
Barkley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Ninja Turtle takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The Ninja Turtle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barkley throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from The Ninja Turtle misses.
Barkley throws a big counter combination but The Ninja Turtle scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Barkley 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.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley ducks under a wild hook from The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The Ninja Turtle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barkley's calf.
Barkley scores with a punch to the head.
A shot to the liver by Barkley. Beautiful body shot.
The Ninja Turtle delivers a nice body kick.
Barkley is breathing heavily.
Barkley swings widly with a right hand
and Barkley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Knarles Barkley has been cut.
Barkley throws a shot from downtown. The Ninja Turtle moves away and avoids it.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a kick to the midsection.
Barkley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Ninja Turtle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Ninja Turtle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Ninja Turtle misses with a looping right.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a nice body kick.
The Ninja Turtle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A shot to the liver by The Ninja Turtle. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Barkley misses the target.
The Ninja Turtle punishes Barkley's body with a nice straight punch.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Ninja Turtle connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Ninja Turtle looks to land a right hand but Barkley moved out of range.
The Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from The Ninja Turtle. Barkley shrugs it off though.
The Ninja Turtle fakes the leg kick and cracks Barkley in the body.
The Ninja Turtle misses with a two punch combination.
Barkley throwing a counter right hand but The Ninja Turtle manages to avoid it.
Barkley thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Ninja Turtle unleashes a big counter combination but Barkley bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The Ninja Turtle connects with a body shot that sends Barkley's belly button to the back.
Barkley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barkley walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The Ninja Turtle throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Barkley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley moves away from the strike by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barkley counters with a right hand to the body.
The Ninja Turtle lands a slapping body shot.
A slow jab from Barkley misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from The Ninja Turtle misses the target.
Barkley throws a jab but it's blocked by The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nice body kick there by The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle looks to land a right hand but Barkley moved out of range.
Nice body kick there by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a kick to the temple. Barkley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Ninja Turtle tries to bum rush Barkley with a series of wild strikes but Barkley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barkley staying out of range there.
Raphael The Ninja Turtle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle is looking to slow Barkley down with leg kicks.
Barkley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Ninja Turtle scoring well with a low kick there.
Barkley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Barkley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Ninja Turtle manages to avoid it.
The Ninja Turtle is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Barkley with a body shot.
Barkley misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Ninja Turtle missing with a left hand there. Barkley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barkley throws a looping overhand right but The Ninja Turtle ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut. Barkley saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael The Ninja Turtle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Knarles Barkley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The Ninja Turtle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barkley.
The Ninja Turtle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barkley on the side of the head.
Barkley lands a really nice looking cross but The Ninja Turtle seems unphased.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barkley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Ninja Turtle eats them both and turns towards Barkley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The Ninja Turtle misses with a few strikes there.
The Ninja Turtle feints and then cracks Barkley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barkley down.
Barkley dodges the punch combination from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Ninja Turtle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Ninja Turtle connects with a crisp jab.

Knarles Barkley's cut is getting worse.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a shot to the body.
Barkley scores with a one two! The Ninja Turtle had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a jab. Barkley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Ninja Turtle misses with the combination.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Ninja Turtle with a nice cross.
Nice body kick there by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barkley. That did some damage!
Barkley lands a nice shot that snaps The Ninja Turtle's head back.
A slow jab from Barkley misses its intended target.
Barkley takes one on the button.
The Ninja Turtle works Barkley's body with a nice hook.
The Ninja Turtle is looking to land body kicks.
An attempted straight right counter from Barkley misses the target.
The Ninja Turtle throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barkley has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a straight right. Barkley didn't see that one coming.
The Ninja Turtle lets loose with a powerful body kick. Barkley will feel that in the morning.
The Ninja Turtle pushes Barkley away with a front kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle lands a nice shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Ninja Turtle misses with a hook.
Barkley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barkley misses the jab.
The Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut
enabling Barkley to counter with a crisp jab.
Barkley ducks under a wild hook from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Barkley might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The Ninja Turtle ducks under a wild hook from Barkley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Barkley misses the target.
The Ninja Turtle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Ninja Turtle throws a lazy right hand but Barkley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Ninja Turtle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Ninja Turtle looks to land a left hand but Barkley moved out of range nicely.
Barkley misses with a straight left.
The Ninja Turtle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Ninja Turtle pushes Barkley away with a front kick.
The Ninja Turtle thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barkley if he has to take too many more of those.
The Ninja Turtle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barkley circles away quickly and effectively.
The Ninja Turtle fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Barkley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Ninja Turtle feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barkleys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The Ninja Turtle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Ninja Turtle cracks Barkley with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Ninja Turtle 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.
Barkley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Ninja Turtle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The Ninja Turtle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barkley's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Ninja Turtle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barkley's sensitive parts.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a cross.

Knarles Barkley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The Ninja Turtle throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Barkley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a jab. Barkley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - The Ninja Turtle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from The Ninja Turtle - that will leave a mark!
A nice inside leg kick there by The Ninja Turtle. That's going to slow Barkley down.
The Ninja Turtle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael The Ninja Turtle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Knarles Barkley's cut.
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. This is the final round!

The Ninja Turtle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barkley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a push kick.
Barkley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle lands a leg kick that knocks Barkley off balance momentarily.
Barkley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley throws out a loose jab but The Ninja Turtle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barkley stuns The Ninja Turtle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barkley misses with a hook. The Ninja Turtle ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Ninja Turtle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barkley scores with a decent looking hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Ninja Turtle throws a body shot but no joy.
Barkley throws a hook to the side of The Ninja Turtle's head but The Ninja Turtle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Ninja Turtle, right into the meat.
Barkley misses with a double jab.
Barkley misses with a two punch combination.
Nice shot lands for The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle misses with a series of wild punches.
A little feinted left hand from Barkley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barkley throws a hook but The Ninja Turtle blocks it.
The Ninja Turtle throws a counter combo.
Barkley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barkley.
The Ninja Turtle throws an overhand right that lands on Barkley's shoulder, as Barkley tries to avoid the shot.
The Ninja Turtle throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Ninja Turtle throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Ninja Turtle pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Ninja Turtle feints a jab promting Barkley to slip. The Ninja Turtle then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barkley slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
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!
Barkley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a nice body kick.
Barkley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slapping body kick lands there for The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle swinging wildly here.
Barkley looks to land a left hand but The Ninja Turtle moved out of range nicely.
Barkley tries to bum rush The Ninja Turtle with a series of wild strikes but The Ninja Turtle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barkley just misses with a punch to the body.
The Ninja Turtle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barkley misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from The Ninja Turtle on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch combination from The Ninja Turtle misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley looks to land a right hand but The Ninja Turtle moved out of range.
Barkley misses with a looping right.
Barkley slips a jab from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barkley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley walks forward, straight into a front kick from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley throws a hook but The Ninja Turtle avoids it easily.
Barkley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Ninja Turtle connects with a high kick.
The Ninja Turtle ducks under a wild hook from Barkley.
A countering left hand to the body from The Ninja Turtle misses.
Barkley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Ninja Turtle. The Ninja Turtle obviously looking to wear him down.
Barkley slips a jab and a cross from The Ninja Turtle.
The Ninja Turtle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barkley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barkley's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Ninja Turtle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barkley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Ninja Turtle on the side of the head.
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!
Barkley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barkley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut.
Barkley digs a good hook to The Ninja Turtle's body.
The Ninja Turtle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barkley throws out the jab.
Barkley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Ninja Turtle.
Barkley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barkley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Ninja Turtle delivers a nice body kick.
Barkley thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Ninja Turtle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raphael The Ninja Turtle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Ninja Turtle 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raphael The Ninja Turtle!