PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thioon Phitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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!

Phitch
vs
Barnes

174 cm
31
163 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

178 cm
43
171 lbs
29 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thioon Phitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phitch throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Phitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Phitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barnes tries to counter by closing the distance.
Phitch misses with a hook.
Barnes slips under a jab.
Phitch lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Phitch misses with a hook
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Phitch.
Phitch throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Phitch swinging wildly here.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Phitch is just out of range.
Barnes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Phitch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phitch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Phitch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Phitch fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barnes, pushing him back against the cage.
Phitch wants to stall.
Phitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Phitch stalling in the clinch but Barnes improves position.
Phitch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phitch misses with some punches.
Phitch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Phitch avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Phitch backwards.
Phitch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phitch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Phitch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Phitch tries to break free but Barnes pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Phitch fails to land.
Phitch blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Phitch prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Phitch lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Phitch manages to break the clinch.
Phitch throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes tries to score with a low kick but Phitch moves his leg out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Phitch throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Phitch saw that one coming.
Barnes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnes misses with a body punch
letting Phitch counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phitch throws a jab but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phitch.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phitch missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phitch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barnes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A jab from Barnes misses.
A little feinted left hand from Phitch on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A good leg kick by Barnes.
Phitch misses with a hook to the body
and Barnes counters with a left to the body.
Barnes cracks Phitch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Phitch swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Phitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phitch closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Phitch gets a clinch.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Phitch avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Phitch wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
A shot in the inside from Phitch.
Phitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phitch avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Phitch takes a shot to the head.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Phitch.
Phitch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnes is keeping busy.
Phitch effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thioon Phitch dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Phitch is just out of range.
Phitch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Phitch looks to land a right hand but Barnes moved out of range.
Barnes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Phitch with a body shot.
Phitch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Phitch lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Phitch.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Phitch.
Barnes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Phitch.
Barnes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phitch cracks Barnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Phitch throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phitch misses with a hook.
Barnes wants to counter the offense by Phitch and move into the clinch position.
Phitch just misses with a punch to the body.
Phitch wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Nice cross by Phitch.
Barnes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barnes lands a right hook to the body.
Phitch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thioon Phitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Phitch.
Phitch misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Phitch scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Barnes is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phitch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Phitch clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phitch misses with a body punch.
Thioon Phitch has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Phitch blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.

Phitch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phitch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phitch misses with a wild combination.
Thioon Phitch is winning the standup battle so far.
Phitch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barnes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Phitch on the side of the head.
A combination from Barnes does no damage.
Phitch scores with a jab to the body.
Phitch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Phitch misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Phitch has closed the distance and engaged Barnes in a clinch.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Phitch.
Barnes pushes Phitch back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Phitch takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Phitch.
Barnes lands a nice knee to the body.
Phitch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Phitch.
Phitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barnes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Phitch's defenses.

Phitch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phitch throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Barnes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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!
Phitch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barnes is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Barnes! Phitch is backing up but he can't get away as Barnes lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Phitch and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Andre Barnes!
Andre Barnes thanked the fans post fight for their support.