PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bj Barrackas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harding
vs
Barrackas

185 cm
22
230 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
265 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clayton Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bj Barrackas!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harding wants to clinch but Barrackas slips to the side
and Barrackas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harding tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barrackas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A low kick from Barrackas misses

and Harding holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barrackas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding missing with knees to the body.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harding looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barrackas has Harding pressed against the cage.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harding obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barrackas blocks it with crossed arms.
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barrackas blocks it with crossed arms.
Harding is breathing heavily.
Harding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barrackas lands a hook that snaps the head of Harding backwards.

It looks like Clayton Harding has been cut.
Harding avoids a wild elbow strike from Barrackas.
Barrackas looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrackas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harding backwards.
Barrackas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrackas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harding or not.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barrackas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barrackas lands with a left to the head.
Barrackas wants a takedown.
Barrackas avoids the elbow strike from Harding, against the cage.
Barrackas struggles to land a body shot inside as Harding controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harding using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Barrackas lands a hook that snaps the head of Harding backwards.
Barrackas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Barrackas blocks it.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Barrackas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harding throws an elbow that misses.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Barrackas is blocking nicely.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barrackas's face.
Barrackas digs a right hand into Harding's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harding's gas tank.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barrackas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barrackas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harding is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrackas lands a body punch.
Barrackas tries to throw a body punch but Harding avoids it by throwing Barrackas back against the cage.
Barrackas stalling in the clinch but Harding improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harding throws an elbow but misses.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Barrackas blocks it.
Barrackas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barrackas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barrackas misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barrackas.
Barrackas lands a right hand.
Barrackas digs a right hand into Harding's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harding's gas tank.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barrackas is trying to break the clinch but Harding has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Barrackas on the inside.
Barrackas has had enough of the clinch but Harding keeps him there for the moment.
Barrackas just leaning against Harding, taking a breather.
Barrackas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barrackas avoids a wild elbow strike from Harding.
Barrackas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Barrackas wants a takedown but no success here.
Clayton Harding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bj Barrackas.
Good body shot from Barrackas.
Barrackas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrackas lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harding just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barrackas's brow.
A short uppercut from Barrackas.
Barrackas gets through Harding's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Barrackas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harding is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barrackas is defending well for now.
Harding prevents Barrackas from breaking the clinch.
Harding gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barrackas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barrackas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harding just stands there and leans against the cage.
Barrackas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harding is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Barrackas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harding has him pressed against the cage.
Barrackas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrackas avoids a wild elbow strike from Harding.
Barrackas is working Harding over against the cage.
Barrackas lands a nice shot to the body.

Barrackas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harding ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrackas works Harding's body with a nice hook.
Barrackas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice cross by Barrackas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrackas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barrackas misses with a body shot.
Barrackas fails to land the takedown.
Barrackas misses with a low kick.
Harding tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barrackas counters with a leg kick.
Barrackas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrackas lands with a shot to the body.
Barrackas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harding is out of range.
Harding moves to clinch but Barrackas breaks away
and Barrackas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harding wants to clinch
and Harding takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harding moves to clinch but Barrackas breaks away
and Barrackas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bj Barrackas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clayton Harding's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barrackas throws a jab when Harding was well out of range.
Barrackas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Harding tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barrackas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clayton Harding seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harding tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Barrackas counter with a right hand.

Clayton Harding's cut is getting worse.
Barrackas misses with a hook to the body

and Harding counters by clinching up.
Harding prevents the takedown attempt.
Harding gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barrackas.
Harding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barrackas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harding gets underhooks to prevent Barrackas's takedown attempt.
Clayton Harding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bj Barrackas.
Harding lands an elbow that stopped Barrackas in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Barrackas.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harding.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Barrackas is blocking nicely.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barrackas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harding lands a nice knee to the body.
Barrackas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barrackas is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barrackas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harding up against the cage.

Barrackas has clasped his hands together around Harding's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Harding regains half guard.
Harding tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Barrackas has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Harding has given up his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harding is having to fend off submission attempts from Barrackas, who is looking to sink in the choke. Barrackas doesn't have the hooks in though and Harding manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Barrackas is looking to sweep but instead, Harding has passed into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrackas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Barrackas.
Barrackas looking for a sweep. Not yet Barrackas, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barrackas has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Harding has passed into side control.
Barrackas is trying to escape the position but Harding is controlling the position.
Harding working away.
Barrackas tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Harding presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Barrackas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Barrackas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bj Barrackas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Clayton Harding's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Harding uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barrackas.
Barrackas misses with a body punch

and Harding moves into the clinch.

Barrackas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barrackas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harding tries to clinch up
and Barrackas counters with a stiff right hand.
Harding tries to clinch up
and Barrackas counters with a nice uppercut.
Harding tries to clinch up
and Barrackas counters with a one-two to the body.
Harding closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harding takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrackas misses with a hook to the body

and Harding counters by clinching up.
Nice elbow from Harding.
Barrackas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harding throws an elbow but it misses.
Barrackas dodges an elbow strike from Harding.
Barrackas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harding lands a knee to the body.
Barrackas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harding.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barrackas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barrackas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Barrackas is blocking nicely.
Harding gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barrackas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.

Barrackas pulls Harding into guard.
Harding is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Harding preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barrackas is on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harding manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barrackas manages to get himself to full guard.
Barrackas controls Harding momentarily but Harding frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding stopping the sweep attempt from Barrackas.
Harding looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Barrackas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bj Barrackas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Barrackas trying to control but Harding is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrackas controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bj Barrackas.
I've got Barrackas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bj Barrackas!