PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fergal Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rock
vs
Barnes

190 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

183 cm
20
177 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Bling Bling

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Fergal Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Barnes as Rock shoots in.
Barnes lands with a cross.

It looks like Fergal Rock has been cut.
Barnes cracks a nice hook into Rock's ribs.
Barnes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rock tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barnes swivels and escapes.
Barnes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Barnes wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fergal Rock. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rock drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Rock. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Rock closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Barnes to the mat! Barnes manages to get full guard.
Rock is breathing heavily.
Barnes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Barnes throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Barnes is trying to control the position but Rock postures up.

Barnes has his feet on Rock's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Rock feints and as Barnes raises his hands in defense, Rock changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rock landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes looking to control.
Barnes wants to stand and escape but Rock is having none of it.

Rock drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Barnes dives on top into guard.
Barnes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rock keeping full guard, as Barnes tries to pass.
Barnes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barnes.
Barnes is pushing down on Rock's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rock is fighting to maintain full guard but Barnes has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rock is looking to control Barnes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rock avoid being mounted?
Barnes seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throwing shots but Rock is blocking nicely.
Barnes thows a huge punch but Rock dodges it nicely.
Barnes throwing shots but Rock is blocking nicely.
Rock is not content to let Barnes control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rock is in trouble now - Barnes has advanced to mount!
Rock working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Rock that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barnes looking to control but Rock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes controlling from the full mount.
Barnes prevents Rock from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barnes scoring with strikes but Rock is staying in there.
Rock holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Barnes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Barnes takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rock is squirming around, avoiding Barnes's attempts to control the action.
Rock is desperately trying to improve his position but Barnes has a good base and remains in mount.
Rock regains half guard.
Rock wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rock with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rock is looking for a sweep. Barnes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fergal Rock's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnes slaps away a takedown attempt from Rock, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Barnes moves into range and clinches up with Rock.
Barnes lands an uppercut.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.
Barnes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barnes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rock fails with a takedown attempt.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barnes lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Rock falls backwards - clearly groggy! Barnes dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Barnes!