PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Kray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronald Kray will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Barnes
vs
Kray

175 cm
21
160 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

170 cm
25
158 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ronald Kray!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes stuffs the takedown attempt from Kray. Kray gets slowly back to his feet.
Kray swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barnes.
Barnes leaves Kray with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Barnes takes the fight into the clinch.
Kray blocking some punches.
Barnes has Kray pressed against the cage, preventing Kray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kray looking to slow down the pace here.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kray backwards.
Kray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes cracks Kray with a nice body shot.

Kray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Barnes takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Kray.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kray taking a breather.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Kray is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Kray into the cage.
Barnes working aggressively here.
Kray wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Barnes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Kray manages to break the clinch.
Barnes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kray can pounce on him.
Kray fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Joe Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronald Kray.

Barnes drives through and clinches with Kray against the cage.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Kray.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
The referee calls for Barnes to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kray.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Kray controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with some punches.
Kray prevents a body shot from Barnes.

Kray breaks from the clinch.
Barnes tries to clinch up.
Kray misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kray throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Ronald Kray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kray.

Kray shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kray was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kray looks gassed!
Kray dominating with strikes here.
Barnes working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is bucking up trying to escape but Kray cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kray prevents Barnes from getting the reversal.
Kray connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barnes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barnes tries to get out of the position.
Barnes sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Barnes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Barnes wants to get back to full guard.
Barnes is not content to let Kray control the position.
Barnes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barnes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Barnes is trying to get back to full guard.
Kray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barnes keeps working.

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.
Kray winds up and cracks Barnes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kray fails to land with a series of punches.
Kray shoots in and drives through. Barnes sprawls well.
Kray dives in and grabs Barnes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barnes pushes down on Kray's head and hops out.
Kray fails with the takedown.

Barnes pushes Kray up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes taking a breather.
Barnes prevents Kray from breaking the clinch.
Barnes effectively controlling the action here.
Kray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joe Barnes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Kray swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kray fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A combination from Kray does no damage.

Barnes moves into the clinch.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Barnes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kray prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Kray blocks a body shot from Barnes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kray wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kray just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnes's brow.
Barnes is working Kray over against the cage.
Kray is breathing heavily.

Kray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Kray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes tries to clinch but Kray moves out of range.
Barnes wants to clinch.
Kray swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barnes.

Barnes pushes Kray up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes keeps control of Kray as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kray avoiding damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Barnes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Barnes.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.

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

Barnes clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Kray controls the action.

Kray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joe Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Kray circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kray.
Joe Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronald Kray.
Kray fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Kray tries to keep at a distance but Barnes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Kray blocks an uppercut.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barnes.
Kray is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Kray wants to stall.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Kray controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands with a light punch inside.
Barnes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kray tries to stall but Barnes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right hook to the body lands for Barnes.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Kray.
Kray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes works on Kray's body with a couple of short punches.
Barnes slows down the pace here.
Kray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kray blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Kray blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kray wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Barnes.
Kray managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kray's efforts to push away.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Kray.
Stalling in the clinch from Barnes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kray.
Kray wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes tries to stall but Kray uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Kray.
Barnes stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Barnes dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kray shoots for a takedown but Barnes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barnes wants to clinch up but Kray keeps it at a distance.
Kray looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barnes is fending him off so far but Kray persists. Nope, Barnes circles away and we're back to standing.
Kray fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Joe Barnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronald Kray.
Kray looks for a takedown but Barnes sprawls well.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Kray circles away and keeps his distance.

Kray tries to keep at a distance but Barnes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barnes has Kray pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Kray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kray wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Kray tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
Kray wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Barnes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Kray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Kray controls the action.
Kray is trying to force a seperation but Barnes has the dominant position.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Kray avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Kray.

Kray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes wants to clinch.
Kray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ronald Kray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Kray fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Barnes avoids it really well and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barnes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kray tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barnes swivels and escapes.
Barnes stuffs the takedown attempt from Kray. Kray gets slowly back to his feet.
Barnes doesn't manage to clinch there - Kray circles away.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kray fails with the takedown.
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.

Barnes gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes working aggressively here.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A body shot lands from Barnes.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kray.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Kray leaning against his opponent.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Kray controls his hands.

Kray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kray shoots in looking for a takedown. Barnes tries to sprawl out of it but Kray keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Barnes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Barnes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Kray's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kray wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.
Barnes keeps control of Kray as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
Joe Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Barnes.
A short uppercut from Barnes.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnes misses with some punches.
Barnes stalling in the clinch.
Barnes gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barnes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Kray on the inside.
Joe Barnes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice left hand lands by Barnes.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Kray avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Barnes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Barnes, 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Barnes!