PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tetsuo Shima (ranked 1586 p4p, 2266 weight class) and Adam Barnes (ranked 212 p4p, 288 weight class). Shima comes to the cage accompanied by The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Shima
vs
Barnes

167 cm
26
168
24 - 11 - 1

180 cm
29
169
11 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tetsuo Shima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Shima.
A countering left hand to the body from Barnes misses.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Shima closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shima misses with a straight right.
As Shima backs off Barnes throws a huge counter combo but Shima manages to avoid it all.
Shima looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
A combination from Barnes does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Shima moves out of range.
Shima was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shima tries to clinch up but Barnes circles away and keeps his distance.
Shima misses with a hook
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shima misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shima closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barnes counters with a series of strikes. Shima will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shima looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shima. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adam Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shima jabs Barnes right on the nose. Barnes blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Adam Barnes has been cut.
Shima is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Shima's body. Shima takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barnes lands a right hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Shima blocks the leg kick.
Shima misses the jab.
Shima tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes digs a good body shot into Shima's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shima throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barnes checks a leg kick.
Barnes looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes connects with a jab.
Shima throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Shima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Barnes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barnes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barnes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Shima bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shima misses with a takedown
and Barnes counters with a straight right hand.
Shima misses with a double jab
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adam Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shima throws a solid leg kick but Barnes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shima.
Barnes stalks Shima and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shima's face. Shima staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left lands for Shima.
Barnes lands with an overhand left.
Shima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shima swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.
Shima throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shima.
Barnes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shima doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Barnes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barnes cracks Shima with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barnes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barnes!
Adam Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shima rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes cracks a nice hook into Shima's ribs.
Shima's corner calls for a 1-2. Shima obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barnes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Shima throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shima misses with a looping right.
Barnes clobbers Shima with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Shima.
Barnes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Barnes looks to land a combination. Shima sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Shima lands a left and a right that send Barnes crashing to the mat, dazed. Shima thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Shima tries to move into range but Barnes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes connects with a right hand. Shima shakes it off.
Tetsuo Shima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shima misses the jab.
Barnes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Shima might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Shima swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a low kick but Shima avoids it.
Barnes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A big left from Shima misses.
Barnes is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Shima avoids nicely.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shima takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shima misses with a body shot.
Shima throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Barnes misses.
Barnes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shima steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barnes. That one must have hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Barnes. Those never looked like landing.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shima throws a poor cross that misses
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.
Shima misses with a jab to the body
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes scores with a jab to the head.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shima throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shima throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Shima avoids it well.
Shima was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Barnes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shima.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes misses with a body kick.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Shima.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Barnes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shima takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barnes slips a straight right by Shima.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Barnes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adam Barnes's cut.
That's time! Shima's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Shima stuns Barnes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shima fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shima throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sloppy strikes from Shima. Those never looked like landing.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shima throws a big shot that misses.
Shima is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Despite the aggression on Barnes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shima fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barnes checks it well.
Barnes feints a jab promting Shima to slip. Barnes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Shima slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shima.
A head kick from Barnes lands but Shima takes it in his stride.
Barnes with a nice cross.
Shima is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Barnes's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Shima misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
The fighters circling - Shima throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barnes lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes connects with a body shot that sends Shima's belly button to the back.
Shima takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shima.
Shima takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Some bone on bone action there as Shima checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shima takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Shima connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shima misses with a looping right.
Shima throws a right hand that misses
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shima checks a leg kick nicely.
Barnes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shima is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Shima misses the target.
Barnes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shima is out of range.
Shima throwing a counter right hand but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Shima tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Shima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shima showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnes.
Shima appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Barnes.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Tetsuo Shima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
Barnes lands with a shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Barnes.
Shima misses with a straight left.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Shima is looking for a counter combo.
Shima fails with a takedown attempt.
Barnes throws a counter combo.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barnes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Barnes!
Adam Barnes spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.