PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between leeroy barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Pudzian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pudzian has chosen Toony - Los (Feat. Pih & Fabuła) as his entrance music. Johny Pudzian will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

barker
vs
Pudzian

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

215 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, leeroy barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johny Pudzian!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
barker throws a head kick but Pudzian moves out of range.
barker throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pudzian's waist but Pudzian gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing barker off to one side.
barker shoots for a double leg takedown but Pudzian sprawls well. He's pushed barker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pudzian shoots and misses

and barker counters with a shoot takedown. Pudzian fights it but they end up in guard.
Pudzian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pudzian looking to hit a scissor sweep but barker is one step ahead there.
Pudzian looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pudzian wants to stand and escape but barker is having none of it.
barker throws and elbow that misses. Pudzian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in barker's guard. Nice move by Pudzian!
Pudzian with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
barker is trying to keep Pudzian in close.

barker escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pudzian gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

barker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
barker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pudzian's guard.

barker has gone for a leg lock! Pudzian slips out almost immediately though and dives into barker's guard.
barker will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzian has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of barker is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pudzian advances to half guard.
Pudzian wants to take a breather but barker is having none of it.
Pudzian looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
barker trying to hold on to Pudzian's head to control him but Pudzian postures up.
Pudzian prevents barker from improving his position.
barker works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pudzian stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Pudzian tries to clinch up.
barker tries for a takedown but Pudzian circles away easily

and Pudzian moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for leeroy barker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pudzian takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
barker tries to pull guard but Pudzian won't allow it.
Pudzian has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. barker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
barker goes for a takedown attempt but Pudzian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pudzian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but barker moves away.
Pudzian fails with the takedown
letting barker counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pudzian darts in and clinches barker up against the cage.
Pudzian has barker pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. barker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
barker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pudzian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pudzian gets underhooks to prevent barker's takedown attempt.
Pudzian effectively controlling the action here.

Pudzian breaks the clinch.
Pudzian looks gassed!

barker drives through with a takedown into guard.
barker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Pudzian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Pudzian has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes barker off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

barker looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

leeroy barker dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Pudzian.
A shot to the body from Pudzian misses
and barker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pudzian throws a right hand that barker ducks under and follows up with a left that barker also avoids with ease.
barker misses with a head kick.
barker looks to throw a body kick

and Pudzian moves into the clinch.
barker looking to slow down the pace here.

Pudzian manages to break the clinch.
leeroy barker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by barker or perhaps it was just good defense by Pudzian which made him look bad.
Pudzian has his takedown stuffed

and barker counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pudzian won't be happy with that.
barker trying to control the position but Pudzian is working away.
barker in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pudzian is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

barker tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no barker has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
barker trying to control the position but Pudzian is working away.
Pudzian is looking for a sweep.
barker advances to mount.
Pudzian in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzian throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
barker throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
barker looking to control but Pudzian is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pudzian wants to hold on but barker pushes him away.
barker throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pudzian wants to hold on but barker pushes him away.
Pudzian really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
barker controlling from mount.
Pudzian avoids a series of strikes thrown by barker.
Pudzian wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by barker.
barker 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.
Pudzian is looking to improve his position but barker isn't that keen on the idea.
Pudzian squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
barker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pudzian is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
barker avoids the attempt from Pudzian to control.
barker misses with a head shot.
Pudzian is desperately trying to improve his position but barker has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
barker trying to control but Pudzian is having none of it.
Pudzian manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

leeroy barker dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

An inside leg kick from barker misses.
barker throws a half hearted mid kick.
barker tries to clinch but Pudzian moves away

so Pudzian counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Pudzian is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pudzian looking to sit in guard and control but barker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
barker looking to pass the guard.

Pudzian is looking for a triangle but barker pushes his legs off easily.
barker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

barker stands up and waves to Pudzian to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pudzian closes the distance and clinches.
barker tries to pull guard but Pudzian holds him up against the cage and eventually barker drops back down to his feet.
barker looking to stall.
Pudzian is pressed up against the cage. barker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pudzian down to the mat. Pudzian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pudzian tries for a takedown but barker circles away easily

and barker counters with a single leg into guard. Pudzian didn't expect that.
Pudzian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
barker trying to control the position from guard on top but Pudzian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
barker is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pudzian is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
leeroy barker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
barker advances to half guard.
Pudzian is looking for a sweep. barker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
barker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pudzian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pudzian wants to get back to full guard but barker has mounted him!
Pudzian is squirming around, avoiding barker's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzian tries to hold on but barker pushes him away.
Pudzian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with barker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
barker thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
barker wants to control the pace but Pudzian is squirming around nicely.
Pudzian trying desperately to get to his feet.
barker thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
barker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
barker misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pudzian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
barker tries to control but Pudzian wriggling away.
Pudzian has given up his back here.
barker tries to keep control of the position but Pudzian is staying busy.
Pudzian looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
barker trying to control momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to leeroy barker.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for barker, 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... leeroy barker!