PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Audley Barristan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and D Z Canon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barristan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Round the (Yoshi) Twist. On his way into the cage it seems that Audley Barristan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Audley Barristan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Barristan
vs
Z Canon

165 cm
26
144 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
140 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

On Tap w/ laundry
Voodoo Nutrition

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Audley Barristan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, D Z Canon!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barristan ducks under a wild hook from Canon.
Canon looks to land a left hand but Barristan moved out of range nicely.
Canon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barristan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Canon's corner calls for a 1-2. Canon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barristan throws a hook but Canon blocks it.
Canon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barristan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Canon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barristan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Canon throws a jab when Barristan was well out of range.
Canon just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBarristan.
Canon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barristan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barristan closes the distance and clinches.
Barristan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Barristan.
Canon avoiding damage as Barristan throws knees to the body.
Barristan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barristan unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barristan trying to land knees to the body.
Canon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Canon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barristan crunches a lovely knee into Canon's ribcage.
Barristan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Canon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barristan.
Canon has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Canon looks winded!
Barristan lands a good knee to the midsection. Canon won't want to take too many of those.
Barristan misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Barristan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Barristan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barristan.
Come on Barristan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barristan lands a knee to the head.
Barristan controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barristan tries to land a knee to the head but Canon blocks with his arms.
Barristan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Canon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barristan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Canon is defending well for now.
Barristan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Canon blocks it with crossed arms.
Barristan landing knees to the head.
Barristan is stalling here.
Canon tries to break the clinch but Barristan is controlling the position.
Barristan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barristan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barristan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barristan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canon's efforts to push away.
Barristan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barristan scores a nice knee to the body.
Barristan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Canon is defending well for now.
Barristan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barristan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Canon trying to control the position but instead, Barristan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Canon into the cage.
Canon managing to block the knees to the body from Barristan.
Barristan swings wildly with an uppercut but Canon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canon throws a punch but it's blocked by Barristan.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Canon working hard to break the clinch.
Canon tries a body shot but Barristan blocks it.
Barristan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Canon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barristan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canon's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canon taking a breather.
Barristan crunches a lovely knee into Canon's ribcage.
Canon tries a body shot but Barristan blocks it.
Canon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barristan's elbow.
Barristan lands a knee to the head.
Barristan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canon.
Canon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Canon dodges an elbow strike from Barristan.
Canon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Canon pushes Barristan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barristan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barristan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canon.
Canon working hard to break the clinch.
Canon managing to block the knees to the body from Barristan.
Barristan stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Audley Barristan dominated that round.
That's time! Barristan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Canon looks to land a combination. Barristan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Audley Barristan has been cut.
Canon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barristan doesn't seem bothered though.
Barristan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barristan is looking to clinch.
Barristan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Canon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Canon misses with a looping left.
That kick from Barristan tenderised Canon's leg. Canon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Canon misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barristan lands the left hand.
Barristan lands with a right hand.
Barristan lands with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Canon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barristan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Canon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barristan was well out of range. Poor timing from Canon.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Canon throws a jab when Barristan was well out of range.
Barristan ducks under a wild hook from Canon.
Barristan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Canon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
D Z Canon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Canon throws a shot from downtown. Barristan moves away and avoids it.
Canon swings for the body but Barristan moves out of range.
Barristan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
D Z Canon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Canon throws a hook but Barristan avoids it easily.
Barristan is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Canon.
Canon avoids the head kick by Barristan.
Barristan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Canon is looking for the big counter here.
Canon blocks a head kick by Barristan.
No joy there for Canon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Canon looks to land a right hand but Barristan moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barristan misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Barristan.
Canon throws a counter combo.
Canon throws out a loose jab but Barristan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barristan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Canon throws out the jab.
Barristan throws a counter high kick but Canon was just alert enough to avoid it.
Canon misses with a few strikes there.
Barristan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barristan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Canon throws a jab when Barristan was well out of range.
Canon lands with a straight right. Barristan didn't see that one coming.
Barristan lands with a nice body kick.
Good exchange - Canon coming out on top.
Canon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barristan throws a quick counter head kick but Canon was just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Canon misses.
Canon throws a poor cross that misses
and Barristan counters with a head kick.
Barristan throws a body kick that misses.
Barristan looks to land a body kick but Canon moved away.
Canon connects with a right hand. Barristan shakes it off.
Barristan throws a sloppy head kick and Canon moves out of range easily.
Canon blocks a jab.
D Z Canon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Canon just misses with a punch to the body.
Barristan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Canon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barristan.
Canon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barristan lands a head kick. Canon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Barristan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Canon misses the jab.
Canon tries to bum rush Barristan with a series of wild strikes but Barristan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barristan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Barristan throws a wild body kick that Canon sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barristan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Canon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Canon scores with a shot to the body.
Barristan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barristan looks to throw a body kick
enabling Canon to counter with a crisp jab.
Barristan ducks right into an uppercut from Canon.
Barristan loads up on a big right hand but Canon slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

D Z Canon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Audley Barristan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Canon throws a body shot but no joy.
Barristan misses with a kick to the body
and Canon counters with a stiff right hand.
No joy there for Canon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barristan throws out a loose jab but Canon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canon avoids the head kick by Barristan.
Barristan connects with a solid leg kick.
Canon misses with a double jab.
Barristan slips under a jab from Canon.
Barristan throws a sloppy head kick and Canon moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canon misses the shot to the body.
Barristan throws a jab when Canon was well out of range.
Canon tests Barristan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Canon misses with a looping left.
Barristan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Canon can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Canon.
Barristan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Canon.
A head kick by Barristan misses
letting Canon counter with a right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Barristan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barristan throws a leg kick which misses Canon's front leg but catches the back leg as Canon tries to avoid it.
Canon lands a nice hook to Barristan's body. Barristan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
No joy there for Canon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Canon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barristan.

Barristan rushes Canon and presses him up against the cage.
Canon looking to stall.
Barristan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canon's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Canon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barristan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Canon's face.
Barristan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Barristan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barristan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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!
Barristan misses with a knee to the head.
Barristan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Canon's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barristan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barristan tries to land a knee to the head but Canon blocks with his arms.
Canon lands a shot to the body.
Barristan looking to stall.
Barristan prevents Canon from breaking the clinch.
Canon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Canon blocks the elbow strike.
Canon wants to break free but Barristan has control.
Canon struggles to land a body shot inside as Barristan controls his hands.
Canon working hard to break the clinch.
Canon managing to block the knees to the body from Barristan.
Barristan lands an elbow that stopped Canon in his tracks for a moment.
Canon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barristan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barristan tries a knee to the head but Canon blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barristan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barristan obliges.
Barristan landing knees to the head.
Canon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Canon wants to get back to striking at distance but Barristan won't allow it.
Canon avoiding damage as Barristan throws knees to the body.
Barristan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Canon.
Barristan trying to land knees to the body.
Barristan with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Canon misses with some punches.
Barristan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barristan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Canon blocks a body shot from Barristan.
Canon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Audley Barristan clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Audley Barristan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Barristan moves forwards but Canon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Canon misses the shot to the body.
Barristan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Barristan moves out of range of the strikes.
Canon looks to throw the jab but Barristan is out of range.
Barristan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canon.
Barristan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Canon.
Canon misses with an uppercut.
Barristan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Canon.
Barristan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Canon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Canon throws a right and a left that Barristan avoids nicely.
Canon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barristan throws a lazy head kick
and Canon counters with a nice body shot.
Canon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barristan. That one must have hurt.
Canon scores with a one two! Barristan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barristan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No joy there for Canon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big right from Canon misses.
Canon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Canon is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Canon throws a left and a right that both miss

and Barristan counters with a head kick that drops Canon to the mat! Canon scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Canon is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barristan loads up on a big right hand but Canon slips the punch.
Canon is still on wobbly legs! Can Barristan finish him?
Canon misses with a straight right.
Canon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barristan.
Barristan lands a brutal head kick. Canon looks out on his feet and Barristan throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Audley Barristan!
Audley Barristan retains his bantamweight title!
Audley Barristan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, On Tap w/ laundry, into his post fight interview.