PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Noble (ranked 5219 p4p, 5642 weight class) and Eric Barnes (ranked 556 p4p, 570 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Noble
vs
Barnes

180 cm
18
180
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition
MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Reggie Noble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noble lands with a right hand.
Noble scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Noble is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Noble tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Noble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Noble has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Noble breaks the clinch.
Noble misses with a left hand

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.
Barnes prevents Noble from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Noble's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Noble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes looking for a takedown.

Noble pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.

Barnes has managed to clinch.
Barnes is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Noble pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Noble tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.

Noble breaks the clinch.
Noble waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnes.
Noble looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noble misses with a hook.
Noble throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Barnes clinches with his opponent.

Noble manages to break the clinch.
Noble clobbers Barnes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Barnes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barnes feints the counter takedown.

Barnes moves into the clinch successfully.
Noble can't break the clinch.
Barnes working aggressively here.
Barnes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Noble or not.
Noble is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Noble is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Noble's elbow.
Noble working hard to break the clinch.
Noble is trying to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling him.
Noble is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.

Noble breaks the clinch.
Noble throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Noble throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noble uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Noble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been told by Noble's head coaches at Savage Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jab by Barnes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes tries to score with a low kick but Noble moves his leg out of the way.
Noble avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Noble rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Barnes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Noble is trying to break free.
Noble has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Noble is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnes has Noble pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Noble manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Reggie Noble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Barnes.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Noble throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.
Barnes looking for a takedown.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Noble wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes'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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Noble's efforts to push away.

Noble breaks from the clinch.
Barnes moves to clinch but Noble breaks away
and Noble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Noble throws a poor cross that misses

and Barnes counters by clinching up.

Noble is fighting off a takedown attempt but Barnes is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Noble to the mat. Noble regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Noble is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barnes is aware though and is defending well.
Barnes landing some decent shots from guard.
Barnes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Noble's head.
Barnes sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Barnes scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Barnes pushing down on Noble's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Barnes passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noble tries to hold on but Barnes postures up.
Barnes with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Barnes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barnes dives in and scores a takedown into Noble's guard.

It looks like Reggie Noble has been cut.
Noble wants to control the position but Barnes says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Barnes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Barnes slips a nice elbow through Noble's hands, connecting with Noble's forehead.
Barnes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Noble is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Barnes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Noble is rocked!

Reggie Noble's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Reggie Noble's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eric Barnes!
Eric Barnes really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Voodoo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.