PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Liars (ranked 4516 p4p, 4551 weight class) and Riley Barnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnstone is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Insane. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Liars
vs
Barnstone

193 cm
18
257
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
268
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christian Liars!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Riley Barnstone!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnstone fails with the takedown
and Liars connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Liars tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnstone was well out of range. Poor timing from Liars.
Liars showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnstone.
Barnstone tries to clinch up.
Liars was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Liars swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnstone.
Liars is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barnstone changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Liars tries to avoid it but Barnstone manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Liars to the ground. Liars escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Barnstone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barnstone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liars manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barnstone shoots in but Liars avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Christian Liars has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riley Barnstone.
Barnstone misses with a combination

and Liars counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Liars scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Liars looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barnstone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnstone is looking to control Liars's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barnstone avoid being mounted?
Liars lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liars scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Liars is thwarting Barnstone's attempts to control the position.
Barnstone looks winded!
Barnstone on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Barnstone on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Barnstone is rocked!
Barnstone has hold of Liars's hands but Liars slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barnstone is still in real trouble! Can Liars finish him?
Liars lands a big elbow - Barnstone is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Liars!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Liars!
Christian Liars 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.
The defeated Riley Barnstone had this to say: 'Close Fight, Gonna Need To Spend Time With My Family, Get Back To The Gym And Keep Grinding, 1 Loss Dosnt define me, Ill Be Back'.