PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Mera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mera comes to the cage accompanied by The Automatic - Monster. Barnes has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mera
vs
Barnes

170 cm
24
160 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
160 lbs
8 - 15 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danny Mera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Barnes wants to clinch
and Mera counters with an inside leg kick.
Barnes looks gassed!

Mera steps into range and cracks Barnes with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Barnes flops backwards and Mera dives into his guard looking to finish!

Barnes is rocked!
Mera passes into half guard.
Barnes is still in real trouble! Can Mera finish him?
Mera slows the pace down in half guard.
Mera working the head and body with strikes.
Barnes taking some punishment here, with Mera in his half guard.
Mera lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mera working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mera lands a nice short elbow.
Mera scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes is not content to let Mera control the position.
Mera drops an elbow to the side of Barnes's head.
Mera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mera lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mera in particular looking to stall.
Mera has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mera is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mera unloading with bombs!
Barnes seems to have recovered his senses.
Mera has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mera lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mera drops a big elbow. That's hurt Barnes! More shots from Mera and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Mera!