PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Barnham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Bowtie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Graham Bowtie enters the cage!

Barnham
vs
Bowtie

196 cm
26
216 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Barnham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Graham Bowtie!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowtie misses with a body punch

and Barnham counters by clinching up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bowtie.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bowtie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bowtie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barnham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bowtie crunches a lovely knee into Barnham's ribcage.
Barnham missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bowtie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barnham blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnham avoids the elbow strike from Bowtie, against the cage.
Barnham throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnham is struggling to control the position.
A head punch on the inside from Barnham fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barnham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bowtie avoids it.
Bowtie lands a hook that snaps the head of Barnham backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bowtie obliges.
Barnham looking to slow down the pace here.
A body shot lands from Bowtie.
Barnham is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowtie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bowtie.
Bowtie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bowtie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short body shot lands from Bowtie as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie stalls.
Bowtie dodges an elbow strike from Barnham.
Bowtie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bowtie throws an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bowtie stalling in the clinch but Barnham improves position.
Bowtie lands an elbow just above Barnham 's eye.
Bowtie trying to control the position but instead, Barnham has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bowtie into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Graham Bowtie.
Bowtie lands a head shot.
Barnham fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bowtie connects with a solid leg kick.
Bowtie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie with a nice cross.
Good leg kick by Bowtie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Bowtie clinches with his opponent.
Barnham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bowtie struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnham controls his hands.
Barnham stalling the fight.
Bowtie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bowtie lands an elbow that stopped Barnham in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ben Barnham has been cut.
Barnham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bowtie blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnham trying to control the position but instead, Bowtie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barnham into the cage.
Barnham blocks an elbow strike from Bowtie.
Bowtie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnham taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Bowtie.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bowtie.
Bowtie stalling against the cage.
Bowtie lands a nice elbow.
Bowtie with a knee to the head.
Barnham is trying to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bowtie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnham backwards.
Barnham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bowtie is keeping busy.
Bowtie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bowtie lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnham tries to stall but Bowtie uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Bowtie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Barnham's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnham takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bowtie cracks Barnham with a good jab.
Bowtie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bowtie lands a nice shot to the body.
Bowtie scores with a nice strike.
Sloppy strikes from Barnham. Those never looked like landing.
Bowtie lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnham stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bowtie.
Bowtie blocks a low kick nicely.
Bowtie lands a jab.
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!
Bowtie scores with a leg kick.
Bowtie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bowtie scores with a push kick.
Barnham on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bowtie. Bowtie obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bowtie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnham doesn't seem bothered though.
Bowtie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowtie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bowtie lands an overhand right.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bowtie stalling in the clinch but Barnham improves position.
Graham Bowtie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bowtie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bowtie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnham.
Barnham misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bowtie as Barnham tries to tie him up.
A short uppercut from Bowtie.
Barnham managing to block the knees to the body from Bowtie.
Bowtie lands a body shot.
Barnham looking to slow down the pace here.
Bowtie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnham's defenses.
Bowtie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnham's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnham is trying to maintain a safe position but Bowtie gets an underhook and turns Barnham into the cage.
Barnham working Bowtie over with knees to the body.
Bowtie struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnham controls his hands.
Barnham is pushing Bowtie up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bowtie lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnham is trying to maintain a safe position but Bowtie gets an underhook and turns Barnham into the cage.
Bowtie misses with a knee strike.
Bowtie is struggling to control the position.
Bowtie misses with a knee strike.
Barnham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bowtie is keeping busy.
Barnham blocks an elbow strike from Bowtie.
Still in the clinch, Bowtie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnham is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie tries a knee to the head but Barnham blocks it.
Bowtie stalling in the clinch.
Bowtie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bowtie tries a knee to the head but Barnham blocks it.
Barnham throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bowtie looking to throw knees to the head but Barnham is blocking nicely.
Barnham misses with a knee strike.
Bowtie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barnham tries to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling the position.
Barnham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bowtie backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Barnham.
Barnham takes an elbow to the temple.
Bowtie missing with knees to the body.
Bowtie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bowtie lands a nice elbow.

Barnham is rocked!
Bowtie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Barnham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bowtie managing to block the knees to the body from Barnham.
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!
Nice body punch from Bowtie.
Bowtie jerks Barnham's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Barnham drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bowtie goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bowtie because Barnham was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Graham Bowtie!
Graham Bowtie took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hell's Balls Recovery (160) for their support in the buildup to the fight.