PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raul Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes into a darkened arena with his song building. canceled forever kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Barnett 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.

Gonzalez
vs
Barnett

180 cm
27
230 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

210 cm
23
206 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition
Sharon Needles Nutrition (Donation givebacks PROMO

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

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 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raul Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruiner Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnett manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez blocks a leg kick.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnett moves away.
Gonzalez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barnett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnett moves away.

Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gonzalez unloads with some shots from mount but Barnett bucks and avoids them well.
Barnett avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gonzalez.
Barnett looks gassed!
Gonzalez throwing strikes here but Barnett is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzalez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gonzalez controlling the position easily from mount.
Barnett tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gonzalez thowing shots but they're missing.
Gonzalez landing shots from mount.
Gonzalez controlling from mount.
Gonzalez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barnett wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gonzalez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gonzalez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gonzalez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gonzalez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Barnett because Gonzalez loaded up on that one.
Gonzalez throwing strikes here but Barnett is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gonzalez scoring with strikes but Barnett is staying in there.
Gonzalez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Barnett is in a horrible position here. Gonzalez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barnett is squirming around, avoiding Gonzalez's attempts to control the action.
BOOM! Gonzalez connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gonzalez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gonzalez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gonzalez trying to control but Barnett is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez punching from mount but Barnett doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gonzalez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gonzalez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Barnett blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez unloading with bombs!
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!
Gonzalez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gonzalez looking to control but Barnett is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gonzalez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gonzalez dominating with strikes here.
Gonzalez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gonzalez postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Barnett in real trouble here! The ref calls for Barnett to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raul Gonzalez!