PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oakley Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bark comes to the cage accompanied by RUN DMC its like that. Advantage has chosen Drain the Blood as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bark
vs
Advantage

190 cm
37
187 lbs
35 - 17 - 0

180 cm
29
172 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Damnfield clothing
Malicestar

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 17 - 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 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bark throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Advantage's waist but Advantage gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bark off to one side.
Advantage fails to land with a series of punches.
Advantage tries to clinch but Bark is having none of it.
Advantage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bark fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Advantage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Advantage throws a combination that misses
letting Bark counter with a right hand.
Advantage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Advantage throws a right hand that misses
and Bark counters with a nice uppercut.
Bark shoots and misses

and Advantage counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Advantage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oakley Bark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Advantage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck for Bark with that takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown by Bark or perhaps it was just good defense by Advantage which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Advantage displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Advantage misses with a double jab

and Bark moves into the clinch.
Bark wants a takedown.
Bark keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Advantage's efforts to push away.
Bark drops down looking for an ankle pick but Advantage pulls his leg out and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Advantage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bark slips a jab and a cross from Advantage.
A combination from Advantage does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Advantage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Advantage digs a good hook to Bark's body.

Bark fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Advantage sprawls well initially but Bark persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Advantage trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bark trying to control the action but Advantage is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bark trying to work for an americana but Advantage has managed to regain full guard.
Advantage keeping moving, preventing Bark from controlling successfully.
Bark cracks Advantage with a solid left hand.
Advantage wants to get back to his feet but Bark is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bark passes Advantage's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bark works his foot free and advances to mount.
Advantage is working to get back to half guard.
Advantage is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bark thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Bark with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Advantage is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bark in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bark thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Advantage is bucking up trying to escape but Bark cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bark lands a big elbow.

Advantage is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bark softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Advantage is out cold! Bark jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oakley Bark!
Oakley Bark made sure to mention his sponsor, Malicestar in his post fight interview.