PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brutus Artemis Barracus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aries War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Artemis Barracus
vs
War

198 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brutus Artemis Barracus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aries War!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for War.
War shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barracus but Barracus pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Barracus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with War, pushing him back against the cage.

Barracus pulls guard successfully.
War missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
War keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barracus's head.
Barracus keeping moving, preventing War from controlling successfully.
War tries to free his leg and advance position but Barracus is retaining full guard.
Barracus trying to keep a closed guard but War is proving a slippery customer.
War won't allow Barracus to get back to his feet.
Barracus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for War on the ground.
War thows a big elbow that misses.
War with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barracus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
War advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
War thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barracus's head.
Barracus is not content to let War control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
War prevents Barracus from standing back up.
Barracus is refusing to be controlled, as War sits in half guard.
War working the head and body with strikes.

Barracus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but War pulls his head out easily.
Barracus is breathing heavily.
War frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
War lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
War has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
War can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Barracus is looking to escape.
Barracus tries to reverse the position but War maintains control.
A nice elbow there by War.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
War lands a heavy elbow.
Barracus is bucking up trying to escape but War cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
War is trying to control here but Barracus has managed to regain half guard.
War seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
War controlling the pace.
War is looking to advance position but Barracus won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barracus is positioning himself well to prevent War advancing to mount.
War seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
War missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barracus is looking to escape.
War is looking to advance position but Barracus won't allow it.
War has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
War has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barracus's face.

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.
War with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! War connects with a massive shot to the dome!
War lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Barracus swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Barracus wants to hold on but War pushes him away.
War trying to control but Barracus is having none of it.
War punishing his opponent with strikes.
War landing shots from mount.
Barracus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aries War dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Barracus staying out of range there.

Barracus shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in War's guard.

War scrambles and gets back to his feet.
No joy there for War, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
War misses with a few strikes there.
War throws a right hand that Barracus ducks under and follows up with a left that Barracus also avoids with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as War checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Barracus rushes War and presses him up against the cage.
War tries to score a body lock takedown but Barracus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Barracus lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Barracus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barracus is trying hard to land a takedown here. War sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
War is looking to slow Barracus down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War thumps Barracus with a low kick.

Barracus darts in and clinches War up against the cage.
Barracus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barracus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
War wants a takedown.
War looking for a takedown.
Brutus Artemis Barracus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aries War.

Barracus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
War dives in and grabs Barracus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barracus pushes down on War's head and hops out.
No joy there for Barracus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
War swats away the attempt to clinch by Barracus.
Aries War seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
War connects with the punch.
War fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brutus Artemis Barracus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
War slips a jab and a cross from Barracus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

War closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Barracus to the mat! Barracus manages to get full guard.
War landing with the ground and pound.
Barracus wants to get back to his feet but War is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
War looking to sit in guard and control but Barracus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Barracus throwing strikes but missing.
Barracus content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barracus won't allow War to get back to his feet.

Barracus stands up and waves to War to follow him.
Barracus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
War falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barracus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barracus fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
War displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barracus throws out the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. War darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
War misses with a jab, cross combination.

Barracus darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
War is positioning himself well to prevent Barracus advancing to mount.
War keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barracus trying to control the action but War is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brutus Artemis Barracus dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from War is defended easily by Barracus.
Barracus is looking to clinch.
Barracus misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barracus stalks War and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into War's face. War staggers backwards, shaken.
Barracus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Barracus.
War tries to bum rush Barracus with a series of wild strikes but Barracus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
War scores with a sloppy right hand. Barracus should have avoided that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
War looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barracus is fending him off so far but War persists. Nope, Barracus circles away and we're back to standing.
War tries for a takedown but Barracus circles away easily
and Barracus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brutus Artemis Barracus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aries War.

Barracus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with War, pushing him back against the cage.
Barracus fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barracus is trying to break the clinch but War has him pressed against the cage.

Barracus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
War lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Some bone on bone action there as War checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
War misses with a double jab
and Barracus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barracus keeps the fight on the outside.
War defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barracus.
Barracus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
War lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barracus circles away quickly and effectively.
Barracus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from War.
Decent striking displayed by War there.

War moves into the clinch.

Barracus manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barracus wants to clinch up but War keeps it at a distance.
Horrible takedown by War or perhaps it was just good defense by Barracus which made him look bad.
Barracus looks to land a combination. War sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Barracus shoots for a takedown but War saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

War fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Barracus sprawls well initially but War persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

War is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
War is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Barracus!
War pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
War has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barracus's face.
War looking to finish Barracus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barracus!
War is landing with some decent strikes but Barracus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Barracus is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barracus hang on?
War lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Barracus tries to get back to half guard but can't.
War looking to finish Barracus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barracus!
A nice elbow there by War.
War scoring with strikes but Barracus is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
War connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
War working Barracus over with strikes here.
War with good strikes from the mount here!
War has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barracus's face.

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.
War lands a big shot there that rocks Barracus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
War looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aries War has got the better of the ground game so far.
War lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barracus hang on?
Barracus taking shots to the head.
War pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Barracus is trying to stand.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, War cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
War looking to finish Barracus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barracus!
War postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barracus looks a forlorn figure.
War lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
War landing strikes, looking to finish!

And that's the end of the fight!
Aries War comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think War has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aries War!