PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jace Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noak Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes to the cage accompanied by It's My Life. Haze has chosen Hell song as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barnett
vs
Haze

174 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

UCF Clothing
HATE Technologies

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jace Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noak Haze!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Haze gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Barnett to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Haze is trying to keep Barnett in close.
Haze preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Haze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haze managing to control the position.
Haze utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barnett trying to control but Haze is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett tries to stand but Haze is controlling from the bottom.
Haze will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jace Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haze is looking to clinch.

Haze moves into the clinch.
Haze content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Haze looking to throw knees to the head but Barnett is blocking nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barnett as Haze tries to tie him up.
Haze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barnett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haze slowing the pace effectively.
Barnett wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett being controlled against the cage.
Haze lands a knee to the head.
Haze stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Noak Haze.
Barnett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haze tries to clinch up but Barnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnett sizes up Haze with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barnett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Noak Haze has been cut.
Barnett throws out a leg kick but Haze moves out of range and Barnett only half commits.
Barnett thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haze.
Haze is looking to clinch but Barnett is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barnett keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnett scores with a kick to the midsection.
Barnett is breathing heavily.
A combination from Barnett does no damage.
Haze falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barnett counters with a straight right hand.
Barnett misses with a series of wild punches.
Haze fails to land the takedown.
Barnett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt.
Barnett catches Haze with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett misses with the combination.
Barnett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haze tries to clinch up.
Haze is looking to clinch but Barnett is avoiding it.
Barnett swinging wilding here.
Haze throws a front kick that sends Barnett stumbling back into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnett misses with an uppercut.
Barnett throws a right hand that Haze ducks under and follows up with a left that Haze also avoids with ease.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jace Barnett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noak Haze's cut.
That's time! Barnett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barnett swats away the attempt to clinch by Haze.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haze moves in looking to clinch but Barnett pushes him off.
Haze moves away from the strike by Barnett.
Some wild striking there from Barnett.
Haze throws a series of punches but Barnett avoids them all with ease.
Haze misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barnett 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 Haze has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Haze and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnett misses with a combination

and Haze counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Haze.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haze trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haze holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Haze tries to stall but Barnett uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Haze is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Haze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barnett is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barnett as Haze tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Noak Haze.
Haze takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barnett misses with a looping right.
Barnett displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jace Barnett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnett lands with an overhand left.
Barnett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barnett keeps Haze at a distance using the push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett misses with a low kick.
Barnett throws a left and a right that both miss
and Haze counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Haze showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnett.
Barnett closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barnett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick misses from Barnett.
Haze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barnett.
Haze tries to clinch up.
Haze is looking to clinch but Barnett is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett lands a head shot.
Barnett swats away the attempt to clinch by Haze.
Barnett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Haze is out of range.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haze slips a straight right by Barnett.
Barnett tries to clinch but Haze moves out of range.
Barnett tries to work over Haze's front leg with a kick but Haze checks it.
Haze clinches but Barnett breaks the clinch
and Barnett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haze tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Haze closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barnett counters with a series of strikes. Haze will be more careful next time no doubt.
Haze looks to clinch
and Barnett counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Haze shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Haze showed some decent athleticism there.
Haze is looking to stall here but Barnett recovers full guard.

Haze gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jace Barnett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noak Haze's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Barnett cracks Haze with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haze defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barnett.
Haze tries to clinch but Barnett moves out of range.
Haze throws a sloppy head kick and Barnett moves out of range easily.
Haze tries to clinch but Barnett is having none of it.
Barnett swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haze closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barnett circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barnett tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Haze smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Barnett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Haze forces Barnett back against the cage and clinches.
Haze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Haze.
Haze is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnett gets an underhook and turns Haze into the cage.
Barnett prevents a takedown attempt there.
Barnett managing to block the knees to the body from Haze.
Barnett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haze stalling the fight.
Haze looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Haze.
Haze is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnett has double underhooks.
Barnett is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Haze throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barnett up against the cage.
Haze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Barnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Haze has him pressed against the cage.

Haze turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Haze is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Barnett knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Barnett might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Haze is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Barnett knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Barnett is trying to buck Haze off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Haze is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Barnett is surviving well by controlling Haze's body position as best he can.

Haze goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Barnett turns into him and now he's in Haze's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze trying to keep a closed guard but Barnett is proving a slippery customer.
Haze is trying to hold Barnett in close to prevent damage but Barnett has managed to pass into half guard.
Jace Barnett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haze is trying to control but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noak Haze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barnett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jace Barnett!