PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane O Donelly (ranked 4806 p4p, 3363 weight class) and Andrew Barnes (ranked 596 p4p, 468 weight class). Shane O Donelly has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

O Donelly
vs
Barnes

195 cm
20
170
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
176
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Finnish Elite Extreme Science

Voodoo Nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shane O Donelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Donelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
O Donelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
O Donelly drops down looking for a counter takedown but Barnes sprawls and moves away.
Barnes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barnes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barnes throws a right hand that O Donelly ducks under and follows up with a left that O Donelly also avoids with ease.
O Donelly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
O Donelly half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Barnes feints and then cracks O Donelly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Donelly down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice leg kick from Barnes, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Donelly avoids a punch combination nicely.
O Donelly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Some bone on bone action there as O Donelly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barnes connects with the punch.
Barnes scores with a one two! O Donelly had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Barnes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
O Donelly fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is pushing O Donelly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
O Donelly tries to pull guard but Barnes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Barnes slows down the pace here.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Andrew Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes misses with a hook.
O Donelly drops down looking for a counter takedown but Barnes sprawls and moves away.
Barnes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes throws a one two combo.

O Donelly is rocked!
Barnes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oh O Donelly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes misses the jab.
O Donelly half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
O Donelly seems to have got his legs back now.
O Donelly really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Donelly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Barnes misses.
O Donelly drops down looking for a counter takedown but Barnes sprawls and moves away.
Andrew Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes jabs at O Donelly's body.
Barnes scores with a head kick. O Donelly tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barnes lands with an uppercut that bounces O Donelly off the cage and back into range.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Donelly tries to counter with a takedown but Barnes is quick to defend against it.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body. O Donelly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Barnes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and O Donelly is able to avoid easily.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Donelly rather than just go for the knockout.
Barnes throws a series of punches but O Donelly moves out of range.
Barnes has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Barnes wants to slow O Donelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Barnes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Andrew Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barnes cracks O Donelly with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barnes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands with a straight right. O Donelly didn't see that one coming.
Barnes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barnes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping O Donelly at a distance.
Barnes throws a lazy right hand but O Donelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Donelly has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barnes lands a leg kick that knocks O Donelly off balance momentarily.
O Donelly walks into a left hand.
Nice uppercut there from Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Donelly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barnes drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks O Donelly right on the button. O Donelly goes down! Barnes follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Barnes gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Barnes!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Andrew Barnes waved his t-shirt featuring Voodoo Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.