PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Barg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Connely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barg
vs
Connely

195 cm
21
280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
275 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wayne Barg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Connely!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barg looks to land a body kick but Connely moved away.

Connely looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Connely is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Connely is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Barg is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Barg is looking to improve his position but Connely isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Connely lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Connely putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Connely controlling his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Connely looking to finish Barg with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barg!
A nice elbow there by Connely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barg really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Connely lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barg hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connely landing punches.
Connely postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barg looks a forlorn figure.
Connely cracks Barg with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Barg is rocked!
Connely landing strikes from the mount and Barg is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Oh Barg is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Barg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Connely pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Connely with shots to the head and body - Barg looks very uncomfortable down there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barg is looking to improve his position but Connely isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Connely controlling his opponent.
Barg seems to have got his legs back now.
Connely with shots to the head and body - Barg looks very uncomfortable down there.
Connely lands a heavy elbow.
Barg is trying to escape the mount.
Connely landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connely in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Connely connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Connely working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Connely landing strikes from the mount and Barg is in trouble!
Barg is breathing heavily.
Connely lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Connely landing strikes from the mount.
Barg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Connely is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Connely lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barg hang on?
Connely unloading with bombs!
Connely fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Connely scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Connely working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Barg is working to get back to half guard.
Connely postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barg looks a forlorn figure.
Barg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Connely on the ground.
Barg taking shots to the head.
Connely with shots to the head and body - Barg looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connely working the ground and pound effectively.
Connely lands a heavy elbow.
Connely landing shots from mount.
Barg working to try and regain half guard.
Barg takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barg takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Connely looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barg taking shots to the head.
Connely landing shots from mount.
Barg is wriggling around trying to escape.
Connely with good strikes from the mount here!
Barg is trying desperately to improve position.
Barg is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barg wants to hold on but Connely pushes him away.
Barg is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Barg manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Connely scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Connely trying to control the action but Barg is working from the bottom.
Connely missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Barg is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Connely pulls his head out easily.
Barg punching from the bottom.
Connely scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Connely drops an elbow to the side of Barg's head.
Barg missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Connely moves nicely into side control.
Barg is looking to regain half guard here but Connely keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Connely dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Connely paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barg looks to score with a jab to the body but Connely is just out of range.
Barg throws a low kick but Connely avoids it.
Wayne Barg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Connely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Connely misses with a jab to the body
enabling Barg to counter with a crisp jab.
Connely lands a nice hook to Barg's body. Barg takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Connely swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barg throws a right and a left that Connely avoids nicely.

Connely shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Barg trying to control here.
Connely blocks the strikes from Barg.
Connely is trying to control the action in half guard but Barg is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Barg wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Connely scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Connely moves into full mount! Barg won't be happy about that!
Connely raining down shots from the mount!
Dan Connely has got the better of the ground game so far.
Connely controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connely wants to control the pace but Barg is squirming around nicely.
Connely controlling from the full mount.
Connely scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Connely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Barg is looking to escape.
Connely is landing with some decent strikes but Barg is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Barg wants to control but Connely is having none of it.
Connely has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Connely postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barg looks a forlorn figure.
Connely landing shots from mount.
Connely has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barg taking shots to the head.
Barg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barg takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connely lands a big elbow.
Connely postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barg looks a forlorn figure.
Connely trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Connely breaks from Barg's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barg flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Connely working the ground and pound effectively.
Barg on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barg tries to get out of the position.
Barg is in all sorts of trouble here.
Connely landing strikes, looking to finish!
Barg can't escape the position.
Barg gets back to half guard.
Barg wants to get back to his feet.
Barg tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Barg is not content to let Connely control the position.
Barg misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barg tries to get to full guard but Connely has control of the leg.
Connely is trying to control the action in half guard but Barg is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Barg misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Connely stops Barg from getting back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barg throws an off balance right hand

and Connely counters with a takedown into side control.
Barg throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Barg has control of an arm but Connely manages to advance to Connely's back!
Connely is hanging on to Barg's back as he tries to escape.
Connely lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Barg hold on?!
Connely is hanging on to Barg's back as he tries to escape.
Connely softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Connely connects with a big shot to the side of Barg's head.
Connely loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Barg hold on?
Connely scores with punches and elbows.
Connely scores with strikes from the back.
Barg controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barg staying busy and making it hard for Connely to control.
Connely keeps control of the position as Barg tries to break free.
Barg turns into Connely and is now in his guard.
Barg looking to pass the guard.
Barg has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Connely is proving hard to escape from.
Barg trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Barg throws a right and a left that Connely avoids nicely.
Barg throws a series of punches but Connely moves out of range.
Connely moves out of range of the strikes.
Barg takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Connely with a jab.
Dan Connely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Connely lands a head shot.
Barg needs to keep his hands up - Connely had a free shot at his head there.
Connely keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wayne Barg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barg drops his hands momentarily and Connely takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Connely throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barg on the side of the head.
Barg attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Connely showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Connely digs a good body shot into Barg's ribs.
Connely connects with a looping right hand.

Connely closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Connely working the ground and pound from side control.
Connely lands a nice forearm strike.
Barg wants to get back to his feet.
Connely is putting a hurting on Barg here, landing some big shots from side control.
Connely lands a few punches from side control.
Connely is looking to take a break and control but Barg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Barg is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Connely is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Connely avoids the attempt from Barg to control.
Connely connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Connely is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barg can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Connely breaks from Barg's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barg takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barg keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Connely avoids the attempt from Barg to control.
Connely connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barg is desperately trying to improve his position but Connely has a good base and remains in mount.
Connely dominating with strikes here.
Connely unloading with bombs!
Barg manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Barg is looking to escape.
Barg wants to control but Connely is keeping busy.
Connely is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Barg!
Connely trying to control but Barg is having none of it.
Connely with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Connely in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barg is looking to get to half guard.
Connely trying to control but Barg is having none of it.
Barg tries to hold on but Connely postures up.
Connely punishing his opponent with strikes.
Connely lands a big shot there that rocks Barg but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Connely landing shots from mount.
Connely raining down shots from the mount!
Connely is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barg can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barg is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connely looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barg working to try and regain half guard.
Barg wants to control but Connely is having none of it.
Barg can't escape the position.
Connely landing strikes from the mount.
Barg throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Barg is in a horrible position here. Connely smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barg is looking to improve his position but Connely isn't that keen on the idea.
Connely looking to finish Barg with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barg!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barg keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Connely postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barg looks a forlorn figure.
Barg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Connely trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Connely cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barg tries to reverse the position but Connely maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Connely breaks from Barg's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Connely is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Barg working to try and regain half guard.
Barg is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Connely comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Connely winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Connely!