PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manfred Yuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flash Barger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Yuri
vs
Barger

188 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

183 cm
20
188 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manfred Yuri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Flash Barger!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barger instigates a clinch.
Yuri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barger lands a left hand.
Barger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yuri landing knees to the head.

It looks like Flash Barger has been cut.
Yuri looking to slow down the pace here.
Barger throws a punch but it's blocked by Yuri.
A short right from Barger on the inside.
Yuri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Barger.
Barger works on Yuri's body with a couple of short punches.
Yuri blocks a body shot from Barger.
Barger misses with a body punch.
Yuri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've been hearing reports that Yuri has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Yuri is looking to control Barger's arms but Barger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yuri has his back to the cage.
Barger lands with a right to the head.
Barger digs a right hand underneath Yuri's ribcage. Yuri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barger tries to work over Yuri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barger lands a right hand.
Barger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barger.
Barger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yuri tries a knee to the head but Barger blocks it.
Yuri letting Barger take a breather here.
Barger dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Barger's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Barger.
Yuri is breathing heavily.
Barger pushes Yuri back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Barger.
Barger lands a shoulder strike.
Barger lands with a light punch inside.
Barger throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barger pushes Yuri back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barger lands a hook to the side of the head.

Yuri is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Barger fails to land.
Barger pushes Yuri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Yuri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barger working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yuri.
Yuri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Come on Barger - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barger has a couple of punches blocked by Yuri.
Yuri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barger misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barger.
Barger swings wildly with an uppercut but Yuri uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barger.
Yuri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yuri blocks an uppercut.
Barger working aggressively here.
Barger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barger misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Barger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yuri tries a knee to the head but Barger blocks it.
Yuri blocking some punches.
Barger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barger has a couple of punches blocked by Yuri.
Yuri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yuri seems to have got his legs back now.
Barger managing to block the knees to the body from Yuri.
Barger presses Yuri against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barger misses with some punches.
Barger lands a shoulder strike.
Barger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barger cracks Yuri with a nice body shot.
Barger cracks Yuri with a nice body shot.
Barger throws a big uppercut that drops Yuri! More strikes from Barger and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Yuri lies dazed against the cage as Barger celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flash Barger!
In defeat, Manfred Yuri stepped up to the mic, saying 'Time to train harder'.