PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oakley Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Cabollaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bark comes into the arena with shut em down blaring out of the sound system. Cabollaro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKy611o_3KA&feature=related kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bark
vs
Cabollaro

190 cm
32
175 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

195 cm
28
275 lbs
10 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oakley Bark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Javier Cabollaro!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabollaro with a poor takedown

and Bark counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cabollaro's guard now.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bark trying to control but Cabollaro is working from the bottom.
Cabollaro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bark lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bark working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Bark thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cabollaro is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cabollaro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cabollaro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bark is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabollaro controls Bark momentarily but Bark frees himself.
Cabollaro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bark. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Cabollaro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bark defends it easily.

Cabollaro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bark landing with the ground and pound.
Bark is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bark lands a couple of digs.
Bark working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bark working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Cabollaro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bark defends well.
Bark trying to control but Cabollaro is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabollaro has momentary wrist control but Bark slips an elbow through the middle.
Bark 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.
Bark lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bark trying to control but Cabollaro is working from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bark is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bark lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bark wants to pass the guard but Cabollaro is keeping the position.

Cabollaro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bark gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bark passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Bark there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bark lands with a punch from half guard.
Bark wants to take a breather but Cabollaro is having none of it.

Bark in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Cabollaro tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Bark!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Oakley Bark!
After winning the bout, Oakley Bark thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.