PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rollin'--Limp Bizkit. White has chosen Atreyu- You were the king, now your unconcsious as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Barnes
vs
White

193 cm
26
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

192 cm
28
265 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

XTREME PWNAGE

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harrison Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John White!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from White.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
White lands a two punch combo.
White misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
White lands a jab.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
Barnes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnes cracks White with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barnes throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
A combination from White does no damage.
White misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Barnes to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barnes momentarily.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Barnes counters with a left and a right that stings White.
White misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
Barnes misses with a left hand
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
A big left from White misses.
White thuds his right hand into Barnes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big right from White misses.
White lands a jab-cross combination.
Barnes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
John White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barnes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Barnes is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
White looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
White lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White misses with a left hand
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
White is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barnes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Good exchange - White coming out on top.
White's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and White duly obliges.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
White connects with a body shot.
White digs a good body shot into Barnes's ribs.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
White loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
White digs a good hook to Barnes's body.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and White connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barnes scrambles back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for White.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
White throws a one two combo.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
White cracks a nice hook into Barnes's ribs.
Barnes walks into a stiff left hand from White.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
White paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
White moves into range and connects with a jab.
White closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White misses with a hook.
White scores with a jab. Barnes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barnes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from White finds it's way round the side to connect with Barnes's head.
A cross from White lands.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Barnes ducks right into an uppercut from White.
White tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White cracks Barnes with a right hand to the side of the head.
White swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barnes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
White scores with a three punch combo!
Barnes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
White connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnes's hands.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
White throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Barnes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barnes falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John White dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

White jabs at Barnes's body.
White getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White throws a combination that misses
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
John White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes slips under a jab from White.
White throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes slips a straight right by White.
White lands a jab.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White connects with a single shot there.
Barnes throws a shot to the body.
Barnes throws a series of strikes that have White backpedaling.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
White lands a jab to Barnes's midsection.
Barnes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and White connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barnes scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Barnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
White misses with an uppercut

and Barnes moves into the clinch.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from White - that landed with a thud.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.

White manages to break the clinch.
White blocks a leg kick.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice shot by White.
Barnes walks into a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab lands there for White.
White looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from White in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
White scores with a shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by White as he connects with a hook.
Barnes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice cross by White.
White scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
White listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White with a hook.
White scores with a shot to the body.
White scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Barnes is rocked!
White lands a jab to the nose.
Oh Barnes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
White throws an uppercut from hell that sends Barnes clean off his feet! He's out cold! White stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John White!