PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Barrera (ranked 2346 p4p, 25572 weight class) and Kino Hatton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kino Hatton has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Barrera
vs
Hatton

187 cm
25
215
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
215
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Barrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kino Hatton!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Barrera closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barrera.
Hatton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hatton.
Barrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrera working aggressively here.
Hatton is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Barrera gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Barrera definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hatton takes a shot to the head.
Barrera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hatton manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hatton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barrera's guard.

Barrera has a closed guard, preventing Hatton from standing up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barrera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Barrera tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Hatton has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Barrera is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hatton tries to control but Barrera wriggling away.
Barrera is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Barrera on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barrera tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barrera can't escape the position.
Barrera wants to control but Hatton is having none of it.
Barrera working to try and regain half guard.
Barrera tries to hold on but Hatton postures up.
Barrera's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatton tries to control but Barrera wriggling away.
Hatton avoids the attempt from Barrera to control.
Barrera tries to reverse the position but Hatton maintains control.
Hatton thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barrera tries to hold on but Hatton pushes him away.
Barrera looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera is desperately trying to improve his position but Hatton has a good base and remains in mount.
Hatton looking to control but Barrera is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Barrera doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Barrera is wriggling around trying to escape.
Barrera holds on, trying desperately to control.
Hatton trying to control but Barrera is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barrera holds of for dear life.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kino Hatton dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barrera gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barrera has a couple of punches blocked by Hatton.
Barrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatton looking for a takedown.
Barrera lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hatton backwards.
Barrera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Barrera.
A head punch on the inside from Barrera fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Barrera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barrera stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hatton is breathing heavily.
Hatton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hatton blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Kino Hatton has been cut.
Barrera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barrera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barrera throws a head punch that misses.
Barrera stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barrera lands with a short shot to the head.
Barrera lands a right hand.
Hatton wants a takedown.
A shot in the inside from Barrera.
Barrera digs a right hand into Hatton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hatton's gas tank.
Barrera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barrera works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrera stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barrera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barrera throws a head punch that misses.
Barrera scores with a hook to the body.
Barrera scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Barrera on the inside.
Barrera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barrera presses Hatton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barrera lands a right hand.
Barrera throws a head punch that misses.
Hatton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Barrera.
A nice left hand lands by Barrera.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barrera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barrera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bruno Barrera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barrera.
Barrera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Barrera.
Barrera lands with a short shot to the head.

Hatton is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Barrera.
Hatton is still on wobbly legs! Can Barrera finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrera lands with a left to the head.
Hatton takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Barrera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera lands a shoulder strike.
Barrera lands an uppercut.
Barrera pushes Hatton against the cage. Barrera is working some dirty boxing. Barrera pushes off with a quick right hook! Hatton goes down! Hatton tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Barrera moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Barrera!