PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaylen Barkley (ranked 4347 p4p, 24965 weight class) and Mark Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barkley
vs
Hunt

187 cm
18
197
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
23
188
0 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

PWNAGE™

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaylen Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barkley feinted with a counter takedown.

Barkley looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hunt is not content to let Barkley control the position.
Barkley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hunt is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Barkley prevents Hunt from standing back up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hunt manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
Barkley's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hunt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hunt throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Barkley wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Barkley fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hunt to the ground. Barkley is now in Hunt's guard.
Barkley trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
Barkley lands a couple of elbows.
Barkley connects with a couple of short punches.
Barkley stops Hunt from standing up.
Barkley with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunt is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Barkley is controlling him.
Barkley tries to free his leg and advance position but Hunt is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Barkley from controlling successfully.
Barkley stops Hunt from standing up.
Barkley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hunt on the ground.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Barkley from controlling successfully.
Hunt is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hunt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barkley as he jumps to the side.

Barkley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barkley showed some decent athleticism there.
Hunt is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Barkley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Barkley lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley prevents Hunt from improving his position.
Barkley is controlling the pace.
Hunt is looking to control Barkley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hunt avoid being mounted?
Barkley is looking to advance position but Hunt won't allow it.
Hunt has hold of Barkley's hands but Barkley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barkley working the head and body with strikes.
Barkley is looking to advance position but Hunt won't allow it.
Barkley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking for a sweep. Barkley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barkley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hunt trying to hold on to Barkley's head to control him but Barkley postures up.
Hunt gets full guard.
Hunt wants to stand but Barkley is controlling the position.

Hunt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barkley defends well.
Hunt looks winded!
Barkley trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barkley won't allow Hunt to get back to his feet.
Barkley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hunt gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Barkley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hunt wants to get back to his feet but Barkley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Barkley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunt can do to turn this around?
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Barkley from controlling successfully.
Hunt trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jaylen Barkley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hunt escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barkley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Barkley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
Barkley stops Hunt from standing up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Barkley from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nice sprawl there from Barkley as Hunt shoots in.

Barkley throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hunt was covering up waiting for the punch and Barkley finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Barkley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Barkley trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barkley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barkley trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.

Hunt looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hunt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Barkley looking to sit in guard and control but Hunt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Barkley looking to control.
Barkley looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Barkley controls Hunt momentarily but Hunt frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley is really struggling to control Hunt but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Barkley throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hunt throws an elbow that misses. Barkley uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hunt's guard. Nice move by Barkley!

Hunt tries to strike from the bottom.
Barkley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Barkley from controlling successfully.
Barkley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Barkley preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hunt can't keep his opponent in guard - Barkley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Barkley is trying to control. Hunt wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Barkley is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hunt flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barkley connects with a nice short shot to Hunt's temple.
Barkley is trying to control. Hunt wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hunt won't allow Barkley to pass to mount.
Barkley stops Hunt from getting back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barkley controlling the pace.
Hunt wants to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Barkley shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaylen Barkley dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Barkley drives through with a takedown into Hunt's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Hunt scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Barkley drives through with a takedown into guard.
Barkley is looking to advance position but Hunt has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barkley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hunt misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Barkley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hunt throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Barkley wants to control but Hunt is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hunt.
Barkley is trying to escape the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Hunt there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hunt throwing strikes here but Barkley is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hunt unloads with some shots from mount but Barkley bucks and avoids them well.
Barkley tries to hold on but Hunt postures up.
Hunt throws some wild stikes that Barkley manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hunt sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hunt avoids the attempt from Barkley to control.
Barkley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hunt.
Barkley avoids a strike by Hunt and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Hunt's guard! Fantastic escape!
Hunt looking to control.
Hunt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barkley manages to get himself to full guard.

Hunt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throwing strikes from guard but Barkley blocks nicely.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Barkley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barkley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Barkley seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Barkley looking for a sweep. Not yet Barkley, not yet.
Barkley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Barkley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hunt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hunt throwing strikes from guard but Barkley blocks nicely.
Barkley keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
Barkley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jaylen Barkley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hunt drops back looking for a leg! Barkley is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Barkley manages to kick Hunt off! Hunt jumps back into Barkley's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Barkley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mark Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barkley is controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Hunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barkley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaylen Barkley!