PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hezekiah Munson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munson's entrance music is Showdown. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Barnett's choice of entrance music: canceled forever 125. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Munson
vs
Barnett

187 cm
32
230 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

210 cm
26
275 lbs
24 - 14 - 1

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ADCC Champion
World class MT
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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 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hezekiah Munson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruiner Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Munson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Munson lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ruiner Barnett has been cut.
Munson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Munson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barnett blocks it with crossed arms.
Come on Barnett - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Munson lands a knee to the body.
Munson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
Munson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barnett up against the cage.
Munson lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnett looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munson misses with an elbow strike.
Munson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barnett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Munson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.
Munson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Munson landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson trying to land knees to the body.
Munson is struggling to control the position.
Munson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Munson.
Munson is looking for a takedown.
Barnett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnett avoiding damage as Munson throws knees to the body.
Munson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barnett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Munson effectively controlling the action here.

Munson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Barnett is trying to keep an underhook but Munson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Barnett is trying to control but Munson passes into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munson scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson working the ground and pound.
Barnett struggling a bit here.
Munson is putting a hurting on Barnett here, landing some big shots from side control.
Munson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnett struggling a bit here.
Munson throws an elbow but Barnett slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson misses with the ground and pound.
Barnett is looking to reverse the position.
Munson working away.
Barnett takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Munson working the ground and pound.
Munson misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Munson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barnett keeps working.
Munson scoring with punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Munson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson is looking to take a break and control but Barnett is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Munson taking a breather here.
Munson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Barnett is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett struggling a bit here.
Barnett is looking to regain half guard here but Munson keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hezekiah Munson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Barnett throws out a leg kick but Munson moves out of range and Barnett only half commits.
Barnett thumps Munson with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Munson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Munson dives in and scores a takedown into Barnett's guard.

Barnett has his foot on Munson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Munson works his way back into a safe position though.
Barnett keeping moving, preventing Munson from controlling successfully.
Barnett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Barnett has his foot on Munson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Munson works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Munson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barnett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Munson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barnett swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Barnett looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Munson passes into half guard.
Munson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson trying to control but Barnett is having none of it.
Munson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barnett sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Munson.
Munson throwing shots but Barnett is blocking nicely.
Munson winds up and cracks Barnett with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Munson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Munson controlling the pace.
Munson is nestled in close to Barnett, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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!
Barnett regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Munson.
Munson trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnett had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Munson defends it easily.
Barnett is trying to keep Munson in close.
Munson throws a strike but Barnett rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Munson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnett can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Munson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hezekiah Munson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
That's time! Munson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Barnett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Munson.

Munson clinches with his opponent.
Munson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Munson pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barnett tries to pull guard but Munson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Munson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Ruiner Barnett's cut even more.
Barnett tries a knee to the head but Munson blocks it.
Barnett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Munson misses with an elbow strike.

Munson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Barnett gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett trying to hold on to Munson's head to control him but Munson postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett is staying active underneath Munson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Munson misses with a head shot. Barnett uses the momentum to regain guard.

Barnett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Munson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hezekiah Munson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Munson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barnett swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett is trying to keep Munson in close.
Munson trying to control but Barnett is working from the bottom.
Munson is fighting to break Barnett's control of his arms but Barnett is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Munson landing with the ground and pound.

Barnett throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Munson escapes and throws Barnett's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Barnett is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Munson off and has taken his back!
Munson trying to control the hands but Barnett won't let him.
Munson turns into Barnett and is now in his guard.
Ruiner Barnett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hezekiah Munson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett is trying to keep Munson in close.
Munson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munson trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hezekiah Munson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Munson 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hezekiah Munson!
A relieved looking Hezekiah Munson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.