PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Barkley (ranked 7110 p4p, 6194 weight class) and Dean Winchester (ranked 603 p4p, 569 weight class). Nick Barkley could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dean Winchester's chin.

Barkley
vs
Winchester

185 cm
19
180
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
193
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Conquer

Urban Fighter

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Winchester!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winchester throws a right hand that Barkley ducks under and follows up with a left that Barkley also avoids with ease.
Barkley looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Barkley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Winchester. That snapped Barkley's head back.
Winchester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barkley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barkley seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Winchester moves into the clinch.
Winchester struggles to land a body shot inside as Barkley controls his hands.
Barkley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Winchester backwards.
Winchester pushes Barkley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Barkley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Barkley blocks an uppercut.
Barkley has a couple of punches blocked by Winchester.
Winchester blocks the elbow strike.
A short left from Barkley.
Winchester can't find room to land a body shot as Barkley controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barkley.
Winchester misses with a punch to the body.
Barkley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barkley.
Still in the clinch, Winchester scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barkley working Winchester over with knees to the body.
Barkley lands a body shot.
Winchester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barkley lands with a short shot to the head.
Barkley presses Winchester against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barkley blocking some punches.
Winchester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Barkley fails to land.
Winchester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Winchester struggles to land a body shot inside as Barkley controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Barkley.
Winchester tries to throw a body punch but Barkley avoids it by throwing Winchester back against the cage.
Barkley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barkley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Winchester misses with a body punch.
Winchester swings wildly with an uppercut but Barkley uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winchester.
Winchester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Barkley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Barkley.
Winchester looks winded!
Winchester gets through Barkley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barkley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Winchester backwards.
Barkley lands with a right to the head.
Barkley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barkley.
Winchester takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Dean Winchester has been cut.
Winchester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barkley's elbow.
Barkley tries to work over Winchester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barkley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Winchester's elbow.
Barkley gets through Winchester's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barkley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winchester.
Barkley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barkley lands a nice shot to the body.
Winchester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barkley blocks a body shot from Winchester.
Barkley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Barkley on the inside.

Winchester is rocked!
Winchester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winchester is still on wobbly legs! Can Barkley finish him?
Winchester struggles to land a body shot inside as Barkley controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley lands with a right to the head.
Barkley blocks a body shot from Winchester.
Barkley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barkley lands with a left to the head.
Winchester lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barkley blocking some punches.
Barkley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barkley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Winchester.
Winchester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winchester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barkley lands an uppercut.
Barkley pushes Winchester against the cage. Barkley is working some dirty boxing. Barkley pushes off with a quick right hook! Winchester goes down! Winchester tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Barkley moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Barkley!
A very excited looking Nick Barkley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.