PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wade Dew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswaldo Barra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dew
vs
Barra

169 cm
22
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wade Dew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oswaldo Barra!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Dew scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Oswaldo Barra has been cut.
Barra throws a nice looking combination but Dew bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barra with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Dew counter with a right hand.

Barra has closed the distance and engaged Dew in a clinch.
Barra is trying to drag Dew to the mat but Dew just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dew is trying to push Barra away but Barra has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Dew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barra was well out of range. Poor timing from Dew.
Dew thuds a left hand into Barra's body.
Dew fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barra looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barra dives in and grabs Dew's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dew pushes down on Barra's head and hops out.
Wade Dew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oswaldo Barra.
Barra tries to close the distance and clinch but Dew swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barra's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barra duly obliges.
Barra ducks under a wild hook from Dew.
Barra shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No joy there for Dew, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dew misses with the combination.
Dew thows a body shot but no joy.
Barra closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dew counters with a left and a right that stings Barra.

Dew closes the distance and clinches.
Barra has Dew pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dew manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Dew manages to break the clinch.

Dew rushes Barra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barra has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dew after a bit of a struggle.

Dew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dew scores with a hook to the body. Barra takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wade Dew is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dew throws a series of punches but Barra avoids them all with ease.
Barra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dew manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Dew.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Dew has managed to clinch.
Barra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dew wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Dew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barra fails with the takedown.
Dew misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dew will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dew ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barra moves away.
Dew avoids the head kick by Barra.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dew darts in and clinches Barra up against the cage.
Barra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Dew's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Dew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Dew.
Barra fails with a takedown attempt.

Dew moves into range and clinches up with Barra.
Dew has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dew looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Dew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dew scores with a nice head shot.
Barra throws a head kick but Dew moves out of range.
Barra walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dew checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dew. Barra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dew scores with a body shot.

Dew moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dew tries to break the clinch but Barra is controlling the position.
Dew is trying to push Barra away but Barra has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barra has Dew pressed against the cage, preventing Dew from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barra stalling.
Barra drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A frustrated look appears on Dew's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Dew dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oswaldo Barra's cut.
That's time! Dew's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dew throws a series of punches but Barra moves out of range.

Barra drives through and clinches with Dew against the cage.
Dew gets underhooks to prevent Barra's takedown attempt.

Dew manages to break the clinch.
Dew is looking to wear down Barra with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dew digs a good body shot into Barra's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Dew.
Dew moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dew leaves Barra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wade Dew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oswaldo Barra.
Barra is breathing heavily.
Dew ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barra moves away.
Dew looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Barra closes the distance and clinches.
Barra effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dew wants to break free but Barra has control.

Dew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barra tries to clinch up.
Dew avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dew throws a right hand that Barra ducks under and follows up with a left that Barra also avoids with ease.
Barra avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dew swats away the attempt to clinch by Barra.
A combination from Dew does no damage.
Dew smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Barra looks for a takedown but Dew sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barra looks to clinch
and Dew counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dew misses with a wild body shot.
Barra takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dew misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dew jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wade Dew is winning the standup battle so far.
Barra closes the distance but Dew moves to the side
and Dew counters with a stiff right hand.
Dew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barra shoots in but Dew avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sloppy strikes from Dew. Those never looked like landing.
Barra walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dew avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dew throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Dew gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barra trying to land knees to the body.
Dew on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Dew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barra takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dew throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dew throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dew's corner calls for a 1-2. Dew obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barra tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dew swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Dew pushes Barra up against the cage in a clinch.
Barra is looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barra shoots for a double leg takedown but Dew sprawls well. He's pushed Barra's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dew lands a nice shot to the body.
Dew lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dew scores with a three punch combo!

Barra is rocked!
BOOM! Dew lands a beautiful left hook that drops Barra. Barra tries to recover but Dew is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Barra lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wade Dew!
A relieved looking Wade Dew thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.