PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Barkley (ranked 94 p4p, 159 weight class) and Jack Spratt (ranked 12 p4p, 19 weight class). Spratt has chosen Fit But You Know It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barkley
vs
Spratt

185 cm
35
186
28 - 15 - 0

189 cm
40
187
32 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Conquer

NARCOS
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 28 - 15 - 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 32 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Spratt!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barkley cracks Spratt with an open hand slap.
Barkley ducks right into an uppercut from Spratt.
Barkley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Spratt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Barkley - the referee stops the clock and Spratt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Barkley. Spratt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Spratt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barkley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Spratt will feel that in the morning.
Barkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Spratt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spratt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barkley quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Barkley blocks the low kick.
Barkley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Spratt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spratt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Barkley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Spratt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Spratt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barkley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spratt backwards.

Spratt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spratt walks into a left hand.
Barkley has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Primal Concrete Gym in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spratt.
Barkley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Spratt throws a right hand that misses
and Barkley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barkley misses with a body shot.
Spratt raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Barkley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spratt. That did some damage!
Barkley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nick Barkley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barkley instigates a clinch.
Barkley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spratt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spratt lands a shoulder strike.
Barkley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barkley lands a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spratt working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barkley.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spratt.
Barkley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spratt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barkley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Spratt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Barkley.
We've been informed that Spratt has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Barkley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spratt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barkley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barkley misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Spratt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spratt cracks Barkley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Barkley.

Barkley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barkley lands a nice uppercut.

Spratt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barkley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Spratt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barkley throws a good cross that connects.
Barkley checks a low kick from Spratt.
Spratt walks into a left hand.
Spratt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barkley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barkley, as that shot connected.
Barkley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
An inside leg kick from Spratt misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Barkley misses the target.
Spratt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barkley fails to land with a series of punches.
Barkley throws an off balance right hand
and Spratt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barkley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barkley's corner calls for a 1-2. Barkley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barkley throws a push kick but Spratt slaps the foot to one side.
Barkley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Spratt.
Spratt keeps the fight on the outside.
Spratt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barkley.
Spratt misses with a hook
and Barkley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Spratt throws a lazy right hand but Barkley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barkley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barkley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spratt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barkley struggles to land a body shot inside as Spratt controls his hands.
Spratt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barkley backwards.
Spratt prevents a body shot from Barkley.
Barkley tries to work over Spratt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Barkley.
Spratt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barkley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Barkley as the two fighters clinch.
Spratt blocks a body shot from Barkley.
A shot in the inside from Barkley.
Spratt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barkley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barkley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barkley misses with a body punch.
Barkley lands with a right to the head.
Barkley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barkley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Barkley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Barkley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spratt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut there from Barkley.
Spratt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barkley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Spratt lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barkley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barkley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barkley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barkley tries to land a front kick but Spratt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barkley swings widly with a right hand
and Spratt counters with a nice leg kick.
Barkley staying out of range there.
Barkley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spratt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barkley walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spratt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A jab from Barkley finds it's way through Spratt's defenses.
Barkley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley misses with a looping right.
Spratt throws out a leg kick but Barkley moves out of range and Spratt only half commits.
Barkley connects with an inside leg kick.
Barkley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spratt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barkley swings widly with a right hand
and Spratt counters with an outside leg kick.
Spratt scores with a leg kick.
Barkley jabs Spratt right on the nose. Spratt blinks but takes it well.
Spratt loads up on a big right hand but Barkley slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from Barkley misses the target.
Nick Barkley is winning the standup battle so far.
Barkley throws a poor cross that misses
and Spratt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Spratt misses with a hook to the body
and Barkley counters with a big head kick but Spratt shrugs it off.
Spratt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barkley throwing a counter right hand but Spratt manages to avoid it.
Barkley throws a body kick that misses.
Spratt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barkley misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Spratt counters with a head kick that drops Barkley to the mat! Barkley scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Barkley is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A telegraphed right hand from Barkley misses the target.
Spratt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Oh Barkley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barkley avoids the body shot from Spratt.
Barkley tries to clinch up but Spratt circles away and keeps his distance.
Barkley seems to have got his legs back now.
Spratt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barkley is out of range and Spratt settles back down.
Barkley tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Spratt to counter with a crisp jab.
Barkley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Spratt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Spratt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barkley is able to avoid easily.
Spratt walks into a stiff left hand from Barkley.
Barkley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spratt can do to turn this around?
Barkley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spratt.
Barkley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Spratt has time to react.
A low kick lands for Barkley.
Spratt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spratt blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barkley sizes up Spratt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spratt throws a body punch but Barkley moves out of range.
Spratt misses with a head kick.
Barkley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barkley connects with a solid leg kick.
Barkley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spratt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barkley swings for the body but Spratt moves out of range.
Barkley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spratt.
Barkley throws a body shot but no joy.
Spratt throws a hook but Barkley avoids it easily.
Spratt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barkley.
Spratt misses with the combination.
As Spratt backs away, Barkley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spratt swats away the attempt to clinch by Barkley.
Spratt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barkley throws a leg kick which misses Spratt's front leg but catches the back leg as Spratt tries to avoid it.
Barkley throws a quick inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Spratt.
Spratt misses with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spratt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barkley jabs at Spratt's body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Spratt in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Barkley fakes the leg kick and cracks Spratt in the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Barkley.
Spratt misses with a few strikes there.
Spratt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nick Barkley will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Barkley cracks Spratt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jack Spratt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spratt misses with a body shot.
As Spratt backs away, Barkley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Barkley clinches up against the cage.
Barkley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barkley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spratt's elbow.
Spratt misses with some punches.
Barkley misses with a punch on the inside.
Spratt avoiding damage as Barkley throws knees to the body.
Barkley throws a head punch that misses.
Spratt avoiding damage as Barkley throws knees to the body.

Spratt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barkley tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley blocks a low kick nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Barkley misses its target.
Barkley misses the shot to the body.
Barkley blocks a jab.
Spratt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barkley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barkley delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley lands a nice shot that snaps Spratt's head back.
Barkley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spratt checks it well.
Barkley lands a slapping body shot.
Barkley misses with the combination.
Spratt checks a low kick from Barkley.
Spratt was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barkley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Spratt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Spratt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barkley missing with a left hand there. Spratt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spratt tries a quick counter leg kick but Barkley is wise to it.
Barkley lands with an overhand left.
Spratt throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Spratt misses its intended target.
Barkley connects with a body shot that sends Spratt's belly button to the back.
Spratt misses with a body punch
and Barkley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Spratt's hands.
Barkley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barkley moves away from the strike by Spratt.
Spratt misses with a body shot.
Barkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Spratt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spratt raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Barkley thumps Spratt with a low kick.
Barkley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Spratt looks to land a right hand but Barkley moved out of range.
Barkley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Spratt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barkley quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Spratt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barkley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barkley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spratt throws a low kick, looking for Barkley's leg but Barkley calmly moves out of range.
Barkley seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice jab there from Barkley.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barkley. Spratt shrugs it off though.
Barkley checks a leg kick nicely.
Spratt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barkley thows a body kick. Spratt tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Spratt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barkley.
Spratt takes one on the button.
Barkley with a nice cross.
Barkley connects with an inside leg kick.
Barkley throws a body punch but Spratt moves out of range.
Spratt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barkley scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spratt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spratt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barkley throws an overhand right that lands on Spratt's shoulder, as Spratt tries to avoid the shot.
Barkley jabs at Spratt's body.
Barkley lands a really nice looking cross but Spratt seems unphased.
Barkley connects with an inside leg kick.
Spratt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barkley.
And Spratt responds with a good body kick, but Barkley manages to step out the way in time.
Spratt throws a looping overhand right but Barkley ducks down to avoid it.
Spratt swings for the body but Barkley moves out of range.
Spratt throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barkley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spratt feints a counter leg kick.
Spratt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barkley.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Barkley showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Barkley!
An out of breath Nick Barkley thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.