PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Sasquatch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Barrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren Barrow looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Sasquatch
vs
Barrow

185 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Sasquatch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darren Barrow!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sasquatch closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Barrow's guard.
Sasquatch controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sasquatch thows a big elbow that misses.
Barrow can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sasquatch controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barrow looks gassed!

We're going to have a standup here because Daniel Sasquatch wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Sasquatch shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Barrow manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sasquatch lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasquatch is stalling in the full guard.
Barrow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sasquatch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sasquatch slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The referee asks Sasquatch politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sasquatch prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasquatch creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sasquatch is staying tight to Barrow's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Barrow takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Barrow struggling a bit here.
Barrow is trying to escape the position but Sasquatch is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sasquatch is trying to get an arm triangle but Barrow is defending well.
Sasquatch in side control, just content to control the action for now.
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!
Sasquatch has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Daniel Sasquatch wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sasquatch scores with a nice body kick.
Sasquatch lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Sasquatch shoots in and bounces Barrow off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
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!
Barrow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sasquatch landing some decent shots from guard.
Sasquatch working some strikes from top position.
Sasquatch is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasquatch landing some decent shots from guard.
Sasquatch postures up.
Sasquatch sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sasquatch seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Barrow for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Daniel Sasquatch.

Sasquatch looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Sasquatch dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sasquatch feints and as Barrow raises his hands in defense, Sasquatch changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sasquatch forces his way into half guard.
Sasquatch lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sasquatch stalling.
Sasquatch thows a huge punch but Barrow dodges it nicely.
Sasquatch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barrow can do to turn this around?
Sasquatch is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Barrow is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrow won't allow Sasquatch to pass to mount.
Daniel Sasquatch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sasquatch missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barrow taking some punishment here, with Sasquatch in his half guard.
Sasquatch seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sasquatch takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sasquatch content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Daniel Sasquatch has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Sasquatch shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Barrow's guard.
Sasquatch forces his way into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasquatch takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Barrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sasquatch is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrow is trying to control but can't.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sasquatch looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sasquatch distracts Barrow with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sasquatch working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sasquatch content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasquatch is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sasquatch slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sasquatch's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Daniel Sasquatch just wasn't active enough.

Sasquatch instigates a clinch.

Sasquatch manages to break the clinch.

Barrow gets tackled into the cage by Sasquatch. Sasquatch maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Sasquatch dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Sasquatch shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sasquatch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sasquatch landing punches.
Sasquatch controlling the position easily from mount.
Sasquatch scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sasquatch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sasquatch is landing with some decent strikes but Barrow is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Barrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sasquatch is landing with some decent strikes but Barrow is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasquatch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barrow?
Sasquatch controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sasquatch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sasquatch controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Barrow that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sasquatch lands a big elbow.
Sasquatch landing punches.
Sasquatch controlling the pace for now.
Sasquatch cracks Barrow with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasquatch controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Sasquatch connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sasquatch controlling the pace for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasquatch landing shots from mount.
Sasquatch controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasquatch dominating with strikes here.
Sasquatch has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barrow's face.
Sasquatch is landing with some decent strikes but Barrow is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sasquatch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Barrow is in a horrible position here. Sasquatch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasquatch controlling from mount.
Sasquatch working Barrow over with strikes here.
Barrow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sasquatch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasquatch lands a big elbow.
Sasquatch with a couple of short strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sasquatch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sasquatch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Darren Barrow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daniel Sasquatch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Sasquatch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sasquatch has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:24
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:24
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Sasquatch!