PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between mattez barrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gyorgy Lipin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gyorgy Lipin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

barrington
vs
Lipin

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
179 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, mattez barrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gyorgy Lipin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Lipin finds it's way through barrington's defenses.
Lipin misses with a wild combination.

barrington shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

barrington looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lipin is not content to let barrington control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
barrington is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Lipin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by barrington.
Lipin is trying to escape the mount.
barrington punching from mount but Lipin doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two 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.
Lipin reaches up to try and control the position but barrington seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Lipin rolls and tries to escape and now barrington has his back!
barrington misses with punches from the back.

barrington is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
barrington trying to control.
Lipin wants to escape the position.
barrington throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Lipin is really stuck here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lipin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - barrington's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Lipin covering up well under a series of strikes from barrington.
Lipin grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
barrington misses with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
barrington missing with strikes.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - barrington's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
barrington looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
barrington is looking to control Lipin but Lipin is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Lipin is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
barrington gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mattez barrington dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lipin.
Lipin digs a good body shot into barrington's ribs.
Lipin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from barrington.
barrington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lipin keeps the fight on the outside.
Lipin scores with a shot to the body.
Lipin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches barrington on the side of the head.
barrington takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lipin looks to land a left hand but barrington moved out of range nicely.
Lipin scores with a sloppy right hand. barrington should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from barrington.
Lipin lands with a straight right. barrington didn't see that one coming.
Lipin connects with a single shot there.
barrington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lipin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by barrington.
barrington misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lipin lands a nice looking body shot.
Lipin lands with a hook. barrington tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lipin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
barrington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lipin counters with a two punch combo.
barrington shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lipin counters with a nice body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Lipin there.
Lipin lands a right hook to the body.
Lipin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like mattez barrington has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lipin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lipin with a nice cross.
Lipin throws out a powerful jab.

barrington is rocked!
Lipin throws a shot from downtown. barrington moves away and avoids it.
Oh barrington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right from Lipin misses.
barrington seems to have got his legs back now.
barrington moves forwards but Lipin connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lipin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lipin lands with an uppercut that bounces barrington off the cage and back into rage.
Lipin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gyorgy Lipin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Lipin does it's job there.
Lipin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lipin scores with a nice strike.
barrington gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lipin.
Lipin lands an uppercut out of nowhere! barrington falls backwards - clearly groggy! Lipin dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gyorgy Lipin!