PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjarne Sluggo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bjarne Sluggo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Clifton Barnes's chin.

Sluggo
vs
Barnes

207 cm
28
286 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

192 cm
25
267 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Bjarne Sluggo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Clifton Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes lands an overhand right.

It looks like Bjarne Sluggo has been cut.
Barnes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barnes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Barnes pushes Sluggo up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Sluggo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Sluggo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Sluggo is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sluggo is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sluggo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sluggo misses the shot to the body.
Sluggo dips to his left and cracks Barnes with an uppercut!
Sluggo digs a good hook to Barnes's body.
Sluggo connects with a nice looking jab.
Barnes slips a straight right by Sluggo.
Sluggo throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Barnes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
Barnes jabs Sluggo right on the nose. Sluggo blinks but takes it well.
Bjarne Sluggo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barnes instigates a clinch.
Barnes has Sluggo pressed against the cage.
Sluggo tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnes lands a nice knee to the body.
Sluggo trying to stall but Barnes improves his position.
Barnes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sluggo backwards.
Sluggo is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sluggo wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Sluggo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.

Sluggo breaks the clinch.
Sluggo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
Sluggo swinging wildly here.
Sluggo loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
Sluggo misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Sluggo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes connects with a right hand. Sluggo shakes it off.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Barnes lands a lovely overhand right.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Sluggo is just out of range.
Barnes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sluggo is breathing heavily.
Sluggo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sluggo looks for the body kick but Barnes saw that one coming.
Sluggo swings widly with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sluggo.
Sluggo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Sluggo checks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Barnes misses.
Sluggo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barnes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sluggo lands the left hand.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Sluggo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sluggo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Barnes clinches with his opponent.
Sluggo blocks an elbow strike.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Sluggo moved out of range.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Sluggo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sluggo.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A left and a right from Sluggo both land. Nice combination.

Barnes clinches up with Sluggo and pushes him back against the cage.
Sluggo is trying to break free.
Barnes landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes cracks Sluggo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barnes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sluggo manages to avoid it.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sluggo manages to avoid it.

Barnes clinches with his opponent.
Sluggo has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Sluggo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sluggo tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Barnes works on Sluggo's body with a couple of short punches.
Barnes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sluggo backwards.

Bjarne Sluggo's cut is getting worse.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnes lands a damaging elbow.
Sluggo avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sluggos head.

Bjarne Sluggo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Barnes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Barnes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barnes lands an elbow inside that Sluggo shrugs off.

Jeez, Bjarne Sluggo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Sluggo tries to keep at a distance but Barnes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sluggo blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sluggo blocking some punches.
Sluggo misses with the head strike.
Sluggo working hard to break the clinch.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes scores with a body shot.
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sluggo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes throws a hook but Sluggo avoids it easily.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Sluggo moves out of range.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes misses with a double jab
and Sluggo counters with a nice body shot.
Sluggo misses with a few strikes there.

Barnes rushes Sluggo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sluggo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sluggo blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Sluggo tries to circle away but Barnes has him pinned against the cage.
Sluggo tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sluggo blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifton Barnes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sluggo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sluggo keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Sluggo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes scores with a sloppy right hand. Sluggo should have avoided that one.
Sluggo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barnes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Sluggo's body. Sluggo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barnes looks to throw the jab but Sluggo is out of range.
Barnes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barnes.
Sluggo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Sluggo avoids them all with ease.
Sluggo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnes's hands.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Sluggo pushes him off.
Barnes throws a right hand that Sluggo ducks under and follows up with a left that Sluggo also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sluggo was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Clifton Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sluggo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barnes.
Barnes tries a low kick but Sluggo avoids it.
Sluggo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sluggo.
Sluggo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barnes to score with a decent uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bjarne Sluggo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Clifton Barnes!