PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Barkley (ranked 1517 p4p, 1277 weight class) and Tyson Law (ranked 226 p4p, 191 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Law's choice of entrance music: Country Boy Can Survive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barkley
vs
Law

185 cm
26
180
12 - 7 - 0

185 cm
28
189
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Conquer
Conviction

Neon Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyson Law!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Law 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Law is looking to clinch.
Barkley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Law shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've been told by Barkley's head coaches at Primal Concrete Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Law tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barkley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Law takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barkley throws a nice inside leg kick.

Barkley closes the distance and pushes Law back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barkley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barkley tries a body shot but Law blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Barkley fails to land.

Barkley is fighting off a takedown attempt but Law is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Barkley to the mat. Barkley regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Law throws a big right hand that misses.
Barkley wants to stand and escape but Law is having none of it.
Law makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barkley wants to get back to his feet but Law passes into half guard.
Law working Barkley over with strikes.
Barkley is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Law is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barkley has hold of Law's hands but Law slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley is looking to get back to is feet but Law passes into side control.

Law is working to tighten his grip on Barkley's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Barkley has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Law is really squeezing tight and eventually Barkley passes out! Law breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tyson Law!
A very excited looking Tyson Law rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.