PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Lowry (ranked 2505 p4p, 333 weight class) and James Bucky Barnes (ranked 4345 p4p, 483 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lowry
vs
Bucky Barnes

185 cm
26
200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Lowry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Bucky Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.
Lowry definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lowry throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Barnes darts in trying to clinch
and Lowry counters with a right hand to the body.
A combination from Lowry does no damage.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Lowry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lowry swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lowry clinches with his opponent.
Lowry stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Lowry.
Lowry scores with a hook to the body.
Lowry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lowry landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes is trying to break free.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Lowry slows down the pace here.
Lowry misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes jumps guard but Lowry stands there with Barnes around his waist. Barnes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lowry prevents the takedown attempt.
Lowry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barnes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lowry is defending well.
Fred Lowry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Bucky Barnes.
Lowry scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lowry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lowry lands a knee to the body.
Barnes looks winded!
Lowry gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lowry connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like James Bucky Barnes has been cut.
Lowry lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lowry.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lowry.
Lowry's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lowry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lowry lands a hook that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Lowry scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnes.
Lowry stalling in the clinch.
Lowry will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barnes up against the cage.
Barnes is trying to maintain a safe position but Lowry gets an underhook and turns Barnes into the cage.
Lowry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Lowry.
Barnes tries to circle away but Lowry has him pinned against the cage.
Lowry leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lowry blocking some punches.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lowry taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Barnes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lowry has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Lowry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lowry pushes Barnes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lowry keeps control of Barnes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lowry prevents Barnes from breaking the clinch.
Barnes jumps guard but Lowry stands there with Barnes around his waist. Barnes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Good body shot from Lowry.
Barnes has Lowry pressed against the cage.
Lowry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barness head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Lowry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Bucky Barnes'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.

Lowry dodges the punch combination from Barnes.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes tries to clinch but Lowry moves out of range.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lowry.
Barnes unleashes a big counter combination but Lowry bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lowry slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barnes fails to land the takedown.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Lowry avoids it well.

Lowry forces Barnes back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lowry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lowry.
Fred Lowry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lowry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lowry is pushing Barnes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lowry stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes takes an elbow to the temple.
Lowry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barnes tries to break free but Lowry pushes him back against the cage.
Barnes fails to pull guard.
Fred Lowry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Bucky Barnes.
Barnes tries to break free but Lowry pushes him back against the cage.
Lowry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Lowry lands an elbow that stopped Barnes in his tracks for a moment.
Barnes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lowry moves into range and clinches up with Barnes.
Come on Lowry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lowry stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barnes is trying to maintain a safe position but Lowry gets an underhook and turns Barnes into the cage.
Lowry connects with a knee to the head.
Lowry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnes takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lowry takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Come on Lowry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lowry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barnes is trying to push Lowry away but Lowry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lowry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Lowry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Barnes is rocked!
Lowry lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Barnes to his knees! Lowry keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fred Lowry!