PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Mogweister (ranked 4067 p4p, 450 weight class) and James Bucky Barnes (ranked 4359 p4p, 469 weight class). Mogweister kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Show me how to live, Audioslave.. Rob Mogweister has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mogweister
vs
Bucky Barnes

185 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Mogweister !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Bucky Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mogweister misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Mogweister .
As Mogweister backs off Barnes throws a huge counter combo but Mogweister manages to avoid it all.
Barnes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mogweister looks for the body kick but Barnes saw that one coming.
Mogweister throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.
A big left from Mogweister misses.
Barnes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barnes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mogweister has him pressed against the cage.
Mogweister lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Mogweister .
Mogweister is leaning against Barnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mogweister misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mogweister lands an uppercut.
Mogweister tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mogweister tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Mogweister tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Mogweister gets underhooks to prevent Barnes's takedown attempt.
Barnes fails to pull guard.
Mogweister misses with a body punch.
Mogweister has Barnes pressed against the cage, preventing Barnes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Mogweister backwards.
Mogweister lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mogweister lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnes looks winded!
Barnes wants to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mogweister obliges.
Mogweister lands an elbow just above Barnes 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Mogweister fails to land.
Mogweister throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barnes blocks it with crossed arms.
Mogweister tries to work over Barnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mogweister .
Mogweister lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is looking to break free of the clinch but Mogweister has double underhooks.
Mogweister throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Mogweister digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mogweister obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mogweister gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mogweister lands an elbow that stopped Barnes in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Mogweister .
Mogweister scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mogweister .
Mogweister works on Barnes's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Mogweister .
Mogweister lands with a light punch inside.
Barnes letting Mogweister take a breather here.
Barnes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mogweister using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Oooooh!!! Mogweister has knocked Barnes down with a huge combo! Mogweister steps away and waves a wobbly Barnes back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like James Bucky Barnes has been cut.
Mogweister throws a leg kick which misses Barnes's front leg but catches the back leg as Barnes tries to avoid it.
Mogweister swinging wildly here.
Barnes shoots in looking for a takedown. Mogweister tries to sprawl out of it but Barnes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mogweister manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rob Mogweister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Bucky Barnes.
Mogweister circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Barnes drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Mogweister follows Barnes to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rob Mogweister !
Rob Mogweister was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.