PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guadeloupe Canal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Barnham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Canal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Revientense Todos. 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.

Canal
vs
Barnham

188 cm
27
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

196 cm
22
216 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Guadeloupe Canal !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Barnham!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canal darts in trying to clinch
and Barnham counters with a nice uppercut.

Barnham tries to sprawl but Canal drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Canal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barnham with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Barnham is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Canal pulls his head out easily.
Barnham wants to improve his position but Canal is controlling well.
Barnham is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Canal missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Canal not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Canal connects with a nice short shot to Barnham's temple.
Canal lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canal working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Canal 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.
Canal not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Canal prevents Barnham from improving his position.
Canal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barnham with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Canal passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canal lands a big elbow.
Canal fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Canal lands with some strikes.

Barnham is rocked!
Canal unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Barnham wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Canal celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Guadeloupe Canal !