PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dux (ranked 1344 p4p, 3176 weight class) and Sonny Barella (ranked 97 p4p, 194 weight class). Dux comes to the cage accompanied by Bloodsport. Sonny Barella has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Dux's chin.

Dux
vs
Barella

183 cm
25
146
13 - 4 - 1

167 cm
26
135
8 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Silverback Sweatshop

Furnace Performance 🔥
Silverguard Outfitters 🛡

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonny Barella!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barella throws a right and a left that Dux avoids nicely.
Dux tries to counter with a takedown but Barella is quick to defend against it.
Barella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dux attempts a counter takedown but Barella avoids it well and moves away.
Dux closes the distance and clinches up with Barella, looking for a takedown. Dux pushes Barella against the cage but Barella circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Dux scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dux tries to score with some ground and pound. Barella controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Barella is letting Dux control him for a moment.
Barella is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dux is controlling him well.
Dux will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dux working away.
Dux cracks Barella with a big elbow.
Dux has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Check out the look on Dux's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dux working the head and body with strikes.
Dux in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux wants to control but Barella is keeping him busy.
Dux lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barella taking a bit of punishment here - Dux scoring with strikes.
Dux working the ground and pound.
Dux throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dux is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dux really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dux creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dux lands some shots froms side control.
Barella trying to remain calm as Dux controls from the top position.
Dux landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dux working the ground and pound from side control.
Barella takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dux scoring with punches and elbows.
Dux scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barella to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux scoring with punches and elbows.
Dux is looking to take a break and control but Barella is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Barella wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barella takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dux controlling the position from side mount.
Dux working the ground and pound.
Dux prevents Barella from escaping the position.
Barella tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dux happy to just control the position for now.
Dux wants to control but Barella is keeping him busy.
We've been informed that Barella has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dux landing strikes.
Dux is putting a hurting on Barella here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dux dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dux clinches.
Dux tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barella smiles and moves away.
Dux misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barella throws a hook but Dux blocks it.
Dux looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dux avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dux swats away the attempt to clinch by Barella.
Barella is looking to clinch but Dux is avoiding it.

Dux moves into range and clinches up with Barella.
Dux is trying to pull guard but Barella has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Dux. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dux has hold of one of Barella's legs. Barella is fighting the takedown attempt but Dux gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dux's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barella avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dux with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dux slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barella's head.
Dux works over Barella with some ground and pound from guard.
Dux lands a couple of digs.
Barella is trying to keep Dux in close.
Dux with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barella wants to get back to his feet but Dux is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dux postures up and lands a big shot to Barella's brow.
Dux trying to control the position from guard on top but Barella is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barella wants to stand but Dux is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dux controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dux pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barella is keeping the position for now.
Dux makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dux is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barella trying to keep a closed guard but Dux is proving a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barella swinging wildly here.

Dux closes the distance and clinches.
Dux is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dux has Barella pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Barella manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Dux successfully pulls guard.
Dux is pulling down on Barella's head. It's preventing any offense from Barella, at least for the moment.
Barella trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dux's guard.
Barella wants to control from the top but Dux keeps moving.
Dux is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barella can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frank Dux overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barella is fighting to break Dux's control of his arms but Dux is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Barella trying to control but Dux is working from the bottom.
Barella must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dux dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A right-left combo lands from Barella.
Barella throws a right and a left that Dux avoids nicely.
Barella misses with a few strikes there.
Barella throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Dux counters with a shoot takedown. Barella fights it but they end up in guard.
Dux postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dux controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Barella keeping full guard, as Dux tries to pass.
Dux stays in close to Barella's body and controls the position.
Dux lands a couple of elbows.
Barella is trying to control the position but Dux postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dux lands a couple of elbows.
Dux slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dux prevents Barella from getting back to his feet.
Dux scoring with some ground and pound.
Dux cracks Barella with a solid left hand.
Dux is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dux passes into half guard.
Dux keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Barella wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barella tries to get to full guard but Dux has control of the leg.
Barella wants to get back to his feet.
Dux lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Still in half guard, Dux seems content to control.
Dux lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Barella is trying to control but can't.
Dux trying to control the pace.
Dux seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Barella for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dux lands strikes from half guard.
Dux takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dux throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dux with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Barella works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dux slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dux stops Barella from getting back to his feet.
Barella wants to get back to full guard.
Dux lands with a punch from half guard.
Barella is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dux scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dux scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Barella won't allow Dux to pass to mount.
Sonny Barella has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dux controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dux seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Frank Dux is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ground and pound from Dux.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Dux showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dux, 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Dux!
During a confident post fight interview, Frank Dux thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.