PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bear Claw (ranked 3007 p4p, 2601 weight class) and Matt Barnes (ranked 332 p4p, 289 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Claw
vs
Barnes

203 cm
30
267
8 - 9 - 0

200 cm
20
265
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bear Claw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes lands with a nice body punch.
Barnes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barnes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Claw misses with a body kick.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Claw has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Advanced Fitness Inc. in the buildup to the fight.
Claw avoids the head kick by Barnes.
Claw throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
Claw throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barnes connects with a leg kick.
A combination from Barnes does no damage.
Claw is looking to clinch.
Claw takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Claw misses with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barnes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Claw.
Barnes connects with a leg kick.
Claw tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Barnes lands a big head kick that sends Claw tumbling to the mat! Barnes takes a step backwards and waves Claw back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Bear Claw has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Claw throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes scores with a sloppy right hand. Claw should have avoided that one.

Claw is rocked!
Barnes moves out of range as Claw throws a body kick.
Claw tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barnes throws a quick head kick that knocks Claw silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Barnes is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Matt Barnes!
Matt Barnes was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.