PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oakley Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by "Irish Drinking Song" - Dropkick Murphys. Bark has chosen Bring Um Out as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Oakley Bark enters the cage!

Smith
vs
Bark

178 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Demonic Clothing
Non-Stop Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taylor Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oakley Bark!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bark misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Bark tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Smith clinches up against the cage.

Smith successfully pulls guard.
Bark postures up.
Smith throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bark looking to pass the guard.
Bark trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Bark stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Bark is pushing down on Smith's leg trying to pass to half guard. Smith is fighting to maintain full guard but Bark has managed to sneak the leg through.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Bark is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bark moves into full mount! Smith won't be happy about that!
You get the feeling that Smith really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Bark is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Smith has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Bark wants to take Smith's back but he can't do it this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is in all sorts of trouble here.

Bark has hold of Smith's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Smith manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Smith wants to control but Bark is having none of it.

Bark is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bark paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith throws a head kick that half lands.
Bark tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Smith moves into the clinch.
Bark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Smith breaks from the clinch.

Bark darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Bark is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Smith defends it well.

Bark is working for a submission of some sort.
Bark looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bark trying to mount his opponent but Smith defends it.
Bark works his way into side control.
Smith prevents Bark from moving into mount.

Bark tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bark has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Smith tries to bench press Bark off him but Bark keeps the position.
Smith sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Bark is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Bark is working for a kimura but Smith is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bark is looking to take a break and control but Smith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bark preventing the sweep.
Bark trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Bark pushing down on Smith's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bark drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith is not content to let Bark control the position.
Bark blocks the strikes from Smith.
Smith is looking to control Bark's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Smith tries to get to full guard but Bark has control of the leg.
Bark passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Smith!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bark jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Smith is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Smith and Bark has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Bark tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Smith wants to control but Bark postures up.
Smith is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Bark is looking for a kimura here.
Bark looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bark tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Smith is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bark's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bark's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oakley Bark dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bark misses with a takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a big head kick but Bark shrugs it off.

Smith darts in and clinches Bark up against the cage.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bark.

Bark darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Bark is trying to work for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Bark is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bark wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Bark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smith tries to pass to full mount but Bark defends it.
Bark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bark blocking the ground and pound attempt from Smith.
Smith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bark is trying to get back to full guard.

Bark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bark slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bark working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Bark keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Smith thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bark's head.
Smith trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bark's guard.

Bark looking for a guillotine here but Smith defends easily.

Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Oakley Bark has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.

Bark escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Smith gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Bark is retaining full guard.
Bark not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control but Bark is working from the bottom.
Bark throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bark will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bark fails with the takedown

and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Taylor Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oakley Bark.
Bark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bark misses with a takedown

and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Smith manages to break the clinch.
Bark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bark tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Bark shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Bark keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith lands a two punch combo.
Bark with a poor takedown

and Smith counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bark fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bark tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Smith pushes Bark up against the cage in a clinch.
Bark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Bark ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bark no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bark not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Bark working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.

Smith is sitting in close to Bark's body. Bark has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Smith is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Smith is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bark.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Oakley Bark!