PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xing Ling (ranked 2804 p4p, 3410 weight class) and Drew Barnes (ranked 364 p4p, 433 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ling
vs
Barnes

178 cm
25
265
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
270
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xing Ling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drew Barnes!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ling misses with a looping left.
Barnes with the counter takedown but Ling avoids it easily.
Barnes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ling drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Barnes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ling blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barnes.
Barnes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ling defending well though.
Barnes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ling's head.
Barnes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barnes is looking to take a break and control but Ling is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes thows a huge punch but Ling dodges it nicely.
Barnes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barnes moves nicely into side control.
Barnes cracks Ling with a big right hand but Ling just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a nice forearm strike.
Barnes looks up at the clock and then as Ling takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Barnes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Ling is rocked!

It looks like Xing Ling has been cut.
Ling is breathing heavily.
A big shot lands for Barnes! That's hurt Ling! Will he recover? Barnes fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drew Barnes!
After winning the bout, Drew Barnes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.