PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Gruver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Little bit Counrty. Gruver is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Van Halen-Hot For Teacher . This should be a great matchup!

Barker
vs
Gruver

189 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Fast

Apocalypse Clothing

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Gruver!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gruver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barker.
Barker lands with a kick to the temple. Gruver shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Barker throws a nice head kick!
Barker misses with a series of wild punches.
Barker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Barker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gruver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gruver.
Gruver walks into a straight right hand from Barker.
Gruver stalks Barker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barker's face. Barker staggers backwards, shaken.

Barker shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barker showed some decent athleticism there.
Barker blocks the strikes from Gruver.
Gruver is refusing to be controlled, as Barker sits in half guard.
Barker is really struggling to control Gruver but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Gruver trying to control here.
Gruver tries to get to full guard but Barker has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruver gets full guard.
Barker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Barker trying to control but Gruver is working from the bottom.
Gruver wants to sweep here but Barker controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gruver has his takedown stuffed
and Barker counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gruver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gruver with a lazy takedown attempt
and Barker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bob Barker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Gruver.
Gruver looks gassed!
Barker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barker throws a one two combo.
Barker closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gruver is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Barker.
Gruver with a poor takedown
enabling Barker to counter with a crisp jab.
Barker connects with a single shot there.
Gruver fails with the takedown
and Barker counters with a left and a right that stings Gruver.
No joy there for Barker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gruver shoots and misses
and Barker counters with a two punch combo.

Gruver tries to keep at a distance but Barker has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gruver.
Gruver wants to break the clinch but can't.

Gruver pulls Barker into guard.
Gruver tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gruver lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Gruver looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gruver is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Barker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gruver wants to stand but Barker is controlling the position.

Gruver kicks Barker off and gets to his feet.
Gruver slips a jab and a cross from Barker.

Gruver scores with a takedown into Barker's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gruver stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gruver has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Barker is proving hard to escape from.

Gruver stands up and waves to Barker to follow him.
Barker is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gruver gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Barker counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker lands with a nice combination. Gruver backs away looking to recover.

Gruver darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gruver is trying to control the action in half guard but Barker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gruver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barker is trying to stand up here but Gruver is controlling him well.
Barker works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gruver trying to control the position from guard on top but Barker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gruver slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Barker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gruver is one step ahead there.
Barker is looking to stand up but Gruver isn't so interested in that idea.

Gruver stands and steps away. Barker gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gruver looks for a takedown but Barker sprawls well.
Barker misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barker throws a combination that misses

and Gruver counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Barker uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Barker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gruver.
Gruver wants to slow Barker down by chopping away at his legs.
Barker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gruver shoots in but no luck this time.
Gruver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barker misses with the combination.
Barker with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gruver counters with a shoot takedown. Barker fights it but they end up in guard.
Barker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gruver's guard.
Gruver looking for a sweep. Not yet Gruver, not yet.
Barker looking to pass the guard.
Barker postures up and lands a big shot to Gruver's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gruver is looking to stand up but Barker isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gruver is on top in guard.
Gruver landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edward Gruver will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gruver drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gruver tries to advance to mount but Barker denies him.
Gruver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gruver prevents Barker from escaping the position.
Barker working the head with strikes.
Gruver wants to control but Barker postures up.
Barker cracks Gruver with a big elbow.

Barker stands up and beckons Gruver to his feet.
Gruver shoots in but no luck this time.
Gruver shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barker pinned against the cage. Barker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Gruver clinches.

Gruver has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Barker regains guard immediately.
Gruver trying to control but Barker is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gruver advances position into side control!
Gruver lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruver scores with punches from side control.
The strikes coming from Gruver are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Barker struggling a bit here.
Gruver in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Barker is not content to let Gruver control the position.
Gruver is trying to ground and pound but Barker uses the momentary lack of control by Gruver to regain half guard.
Barker is pressing down on Gruver's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Barker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gruver is one step ahead there.

Barker pushes Gruver off and scrambles back to his feet.
Barker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gruver tries for a takedown but Barker circles away easily
and Barker counters with a two punch combo.
Bob Barker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Gruver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gruver doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barker counters with a left and a right that stings Gruver.
A combination from Barker does no damage.
Gruver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gruver closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barker circles away.

Gruver bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gruver lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Barker is rocked!
Check out the look on Gruver's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Barker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gruver passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Barker!
Gruver has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barker's face.
Gruver looking to finish with strikes here!
Gruver thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gruver looking to finish Barker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barker!
Gruver in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas. Gruver putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gruver unloading with bombs!
Gruver lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Barker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Barker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gruver working the ground and pound effectively.
Gruver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gruver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Gruver connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Gruver connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gruver lands a big shot there that rocks Barker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gruver has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Barker's face.
Gruver scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barker?
Gruver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gruver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Edward Gruver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barker tries to hold on but Gruver pushes him away.
Gruver landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gruver with shots to the head and body - Barker looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gruver lands a nice shot to the head.
Gruver with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Gruver.
Gruver lands a nice shot to the head.
Gruver lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barker hang on?
Gruver scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gruver with shots to the head and body - Barker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gruver landing shots from mount.
Barker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barker is in a horrible position here. Gruver smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gruver lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barker hang on?
Gruver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gruver landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Gruver.
Barker is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Gruver working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Gruver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gruver tries to bum rush Barker with a series of wild strikes but Barker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barker staying out of range there.
Gruver shoots in for a takedown but Barker shows good takedown defense.
Gruver fails with the takedown

and Barker counters with a shoot takedown. Gruver fights it but they end up in guard.
Gruver throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gruver striking off his back but it's not causing Barker any problems.
Gruver tries to strike from the bottom.
Gruver wants to sweep but no luck.
Gruver throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Gruver throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gruver doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gruver trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gruver lands with a right and another and another! Barker is in big trouble! Gruver lands again and this time it's lights out for Barker! A quality knockout there for Gruver.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Edward Gruver!