PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre's entrance music is Memories- Guetta. A fine choice. Barnes has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Andre
vs
Barnes

179 cm
33
174 lbs
38 - 17 - 2

178 cm
36
171 lbs
29 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158
Conviction

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 38 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Andre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Andre throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andre lands with a straight right. Barnes didn't see that one coming.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andre misses with a low kick.
Andre scores with a head kick.

Andre clinches up against the cage.
Andre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnes.
Andre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Andre tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Andre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre scores with a shoulder strike.
Andre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Andre lands a body shot in the clinch.
Andre throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barness head.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes's coach down at Qube Striking was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Barnes's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes misses with some punches.
Barnes trying to stall but Andre improves his position.
Andre misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andre is defending well for now.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Andre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andre leaning against his opponent.
Andre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Andre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes lands a good knee to the midsection. Andre won't want to take too many of those.
Andre managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
A right handed body shot lands from Andre.
Andre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Andre lands a hook that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Andre misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes being controlled against the cage.
Andre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Andre.
Andre avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Andre.
Andre avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Andre.
Barnes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barnes can't break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Andre.
Andre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Andre manages to break the clinch.
Andre tries to clinch but Barnes moves away
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A lazy body kick from Barnes

and Andre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Barnes's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes wants to sweep but no luck.
Andre forces his way into half guard.
Andre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Andre 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.
Andre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barnes's head.
Andre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Andre trying to control the action but Barnes is working from the bottom.
Andre frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Andre lands a big elbow.
Barnes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes taking shots to the head.
Andre is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Andre dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Andre throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
A big right from Andre misses.
Some wild striking there from Andre.
Andre throws a quick inside leg kick.
Andre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Andre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alex Andre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Andre.
Andre lands a front kick.
Andre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes scores with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Andre blocks the low kick.
Andre throws a chopping leg kick but Barnes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Andre connects with a right hand. Barnes shakes it off.
Andre connects with a high kick.
Andre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Andre.
Andre has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Andre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Andre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Andre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Andre throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Andre throws out a powerful jab.
Alex Andre is winning the standup battle so far.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Andre.
Andre throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
Andre throws a low kick but Barnes moves out of range easily.
Andre misses with a kick to the body.
Andre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Andre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Andre.
Left hook, right uppercut from Andre.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andre misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a one-two to the body.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Andre.
Barnes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Andre.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Andre.
Andre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes is looking to chop away at Andre's legs.
Andre moves out of range of the leg kick from Barnes.
Andre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Andre. That one must have hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes slips under a jab.
Andre lands a head shot.
Andre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Andre lands a really nice looking cross but Barnes seems unphased.
Andre misses with a body shot.
Barnes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andre misses with the combination.
Andre misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Andre dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Andre jabs Barnes right on the nose. Barnes blinks but takes it well.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
Andre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andre throws a half hearted mid kick.
Andre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Andre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Andre.
Andre attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Andre throws a wild body kick that Barnes sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Andre.
Barnes throws a solid leg kick but Andre takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barnes.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.

Andre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Andre blocks an elbow strike.
Andre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Barnes misses with an elbow strike.
Barnes blocking some punches.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Andre!
Andre with a nice cross.
Alex Andre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Andre has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Andre misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Andre throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Andre. Andre obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A cross from Barnes lands.

It looks like Alex Andre has been cut.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses.
Andre shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Andre lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Andre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Andre connects with a solid leg kick.
Andre lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Andre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Andre throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barnes.
Andre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Andre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Andre throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andre misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Andre Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some bone on bone action there as Barnes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Andre moves into range and clinches up with Barnes.
Barnes scores with a shot to the side of Andre's head.
Andre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Andre fails to land.
Andre misses with a punch to the body.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Andre misses with a hook to the body

and Barnes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Andre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Andre 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Andre!
A victorious Alex Andre thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.