PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drake Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guifre Casiraghi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry comes to the cage accompanied by 3 AM. The crowd seem to be enjoying Casiraghi's choice of entrance music: Dream Evil - Doomlord. Guifre Casiraghi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Drake Barry's chin.

Barry
vs
Casiraghi

180 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drake Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Guifre Casiraghi!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casiraghi fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casiraghi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Barry gets the takedown into side control.

Barry tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Barry has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Casiraghi is trying to control Barry's posture but Barry avoids it.
Barry lands some shots froms side control.
Barry scores with a couple of short elbows.
Casiraghi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Barry wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Barry tries for a kimura but Casiraghi is defending well.
Casiraghi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casiraghi struggling a bit here.
Barry sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Casiraghi is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Barry moves into full mount!
Barry with good strikes from the mount here!
Barry 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.
Casiraghi wants to get back to his feet.

Barry working for a guillotine from mount but Casiraghi is in no mood to give up.
Casiraghi tries to lock up and control but Barry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Barry postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Casiraghi looks a forlorn figure.
Barry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Casiraghi?
Barry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barry avoids the attempt from Casiraghi to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry looking to finish Casiraghi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Casiraghi!

Casiraghi is rocked!
Barry looking to finish Casiraghi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Casiraghi!
Casiraghi is still in real trouble! Can Barry finish him?
The referee warns Casiraghi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barry with a couple of short strikes.

Barry is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Casiraghi is surviving well by controlling Barry's body position as best he can.
Barry is breathing heavily.
Casiraghi tries to lock up and control but Barry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Casiraghi seems to have recovered his senses.
Casiraghi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Barry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Casiraghi wants to hold on but Barry pushes him away.

Barry is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Casiraghi is surviving well by controlling Barry's body position as best he can.
Casiraghi is desperately trying to improve his position but Barry has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Casiraghi taking shots to the head.
Casiraghi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Barry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Casiraghi is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Casiraghi wants to control but Barry is having none of it.
Barry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Casiraghi is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Barry looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Barry looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Casiraghi wants to control but Barry is having none of it.
Barry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Casiraghi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barry landing shots from mount.
Casiraghi tries to reverse the position but Barry maintains control.
Barry lands a big elbow.
Barry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Barry punishing his opponent with strikes.

Barry has control of Casiraghi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Casiraghi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Casiraghi is trying desperately to improve position.
Casiraghi wants to hold on but Barry pushes him away.
Barry unloading with bombs!
Casiraghi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barry prevents Casiraghi from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Barry dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Barry shoots for a takedown but Casiraghi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barry tries to clinch up but Casiraghi circles away and keeps his distance.
Barry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Casiraghi tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Barry counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Casiraghi is looking to escape.
Nice strikes from Barry there.
Barry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Barry working over Casiraghi with some ground and pound. Casiraghi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Barry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Barry has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Drake Barry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Casiraghi is squirming around, avoiding Barry's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry avoids the attempt from Casiraghi to control.
Casiraghi is breathing heavily.
Barry landing punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Barry with a couple of short strikes.
Casiraghi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Casiraghi taking shots to the head.
Casiraghi tries to hold on but Barry pushes him away.
Casiraghi is trying to stand.

Barry is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Barry!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Drake Barry!