PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Barnes (ranked 2622 p4p, 3484 weight class) and Bison Jury (ranked 331 p4p, 415 weight class). Jury has chosen DMX's Intro - It's Dark and Hell is Hot as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Barnes
vs
Jury

193 cm
23
209
5 - 4 - 0

206 cm
30
205
6 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bison Jury!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jury tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Jury wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Jury misses with a double jab
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
Jury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bison Jury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jury stuns Barnes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A quick step to the side and Barnes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jury scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jury looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barnes throws a leg kick that misses.
Jury is looking for the big counter here.
A big left from Jury misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barnes.
Jury is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Jury.
It looked like Barnes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jury misses with a wild body shot.
As Jury looks to move away, Barnes throws a big counter combo but Jury just gets out of the way.
Jury is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body. Jury takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barnes lands with a nice body punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Jury.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Jury does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jury misses with a looping right.
Jury is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Barnes tried to counter with a leg kick but Jury avoided it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jury has taken the fight to the clinch.

Jury pulls guard effortlessly.

Jury has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Barnes is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Jury.
Barnes working away.
Barnes tries to stand but Jury is controlling his head.
Jury is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Barnes decides to stand back up. Barnes steps back and let's Jury get back to his feet.
Jury just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Barnes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jury just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Jury misses.
Jury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Jury.
Jury digs a good body shot into Barnes's ribs.
Jury missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barnes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jury throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes throws a right hand that Jury ducks under and follows up with a left that Jury also avoids with ease.
Jury looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jury tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes is looking to wear down Jury with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Barnes finds it's way through Jury's defenses.
Jury fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jury falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barnes counters with a low kick, right behind Jury 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jury.
Barnes connects with a looping right hand.
Jury tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.
Jury tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jury.
Barnes throws a leg kick which misses Jury's front leg but catches the back leg as Jury tries to avoid it.
Barnes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Jury checks a low kick from Barnes.
Jury throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jury tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barnes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jury.
Jury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Jury.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bob Barnes will probably get the nod.
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.

Jury misses the shot to the body.
Barnes is looking for a counter combo.
Jury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes looks to land a left hand but Jury moved out of range nicely.
Jury throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Jury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bob Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Jury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes tried to counter with a leg kick but Jury avoided it.

Jury clinches up with Barnes and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jury jumps guard but Barnes turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Jury moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Jury does no damage.
Jury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Barnes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jury steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barnes. That one must have hurt.
Jury misses with a double jab
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
Bob Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jury throws a big shot that misses.
Jury throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Jury throws a poor cross that misses
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jury is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jury.
Good work by Jury as he checks the leg kick.
Barnes throws a leg kick which misses Jury's front leg but catches the back leg as Jury tries to avoid it.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jury throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jury misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Barnes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Barnes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes throws a front kick aimed at Jury's knee but Jury avoids it well.
Jury's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barnes thuds his right hand into Jury's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jury tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barnes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jury throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Barnes misses the target.
Jury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jury misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Barnes takes a swing at Jury's ribcage but misses.
Jury just misses with a punch to the body.
As Jury looks to move away, Barnes throws a big counter combo but Jury just gets out of the way.
Jury misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Jury sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab by Jury.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jury moves away.
Jury just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes throwing a counter right hand but Jury manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Jury misses.
Jury takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jury.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Jury looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barnes throws a hook to the side of Jury's head but Jury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Jury on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Jury clinches.
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!

Barnes manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jury jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barnes tries to land a leg kick but Jury saw it coming and moves away.
Barnes thows a leg kick but Jury checks it
and Jury counters with a nice uppercut.
Jury comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jury rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jury stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barnes.
Barnes scores with a three punch combo!
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Jury.
Jury lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Barnes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jury pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jury checks a low kick from Barnes.
Jury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jury misses the shot to the body.
Barnes throwing a counter right hand but Jury manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bob Barnes will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Barnes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jury tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Barnes tries to keep at a distance but Jury has taken the fight into the clinch.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.
Jury misses the shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes feints and then cracks Jury's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jury down.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Jury.
Barnes scores with a one two! Jury had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jury tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes slips under a jab from Jury.
As Jury looks to move away, Barnes throws a big counter combo but Jury just gets out of the way.
Jury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jury scores with a sloppy right hand. Barnes should have avoided that one.
Jury looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Barnes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barnes throws out a leg kick but Jury moves out of range and Barnes only half commits.
Jury stuns Barnes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jury throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
Jury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes digs a good hook to Jury's body.
Jury throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jury fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes throws a head kick that Jury semi-blocks.
Barnes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jury needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
Barnes cracks Jury with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jury wants to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Jury lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barnes doesn't seem phased though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jury misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Jury. Those never looked like landing.
Jury wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Barnes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.

Jury moves into the clinch successfully.
Jury tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Barnes just stands there and leans against the cage.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Jury throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes works Jury's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jury takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jury avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Jury misses with a body shot
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes scores with a shot to the body.
Jury is looking to clinch.
Jury misses with a combination
and Barnes counters with a left to the body.
Jury takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jury misses with a body shot.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jury.
Barnes keeps the fight on the outside.
Bison Jury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jury throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Barnes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Barnes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Barnes!
A relieved looking Bob Barnes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Bison Jury spoke after the fight, saying 'I want a rematch!'.