PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Binky Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes has chosen Arthur Theme Song as his entrance music. 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.

Oliveira
vs
Barnes

190 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Binky Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes lands the left hand.

Barnes has closed the distance and engaged Oliveira in a clinch.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes has Oliveira pressed against the cage.
Oliveira takes a shot to the head.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes tries to bum rush Oliveira with a series of wild strikes but Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Barnes pushes Oliveira up against the cage in a clinch.
Barnes scores with a shoulder strike.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Marcus Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira throws a shot to the body.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
A lazy left from Barnes finds it's target.
Oliveira sizes up Barnes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliveira.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barnes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barnes thows a body shot but no joy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barnes.
Oliveira looks to clinch
and Barnes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Barnes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Oliveira avoids nicely.
Oliveira tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a straight right hand.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barnes throws a one two combo.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Oliveira at a distance.

Barnes forces Oliveira back against the cage and clinches.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Barnes scores with a shot to the side of Oliveira's head.
Oliveira is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
Barnes throws a series of strikes that have Oliveira backpedaling.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Oliveira avoids it well.
Oliveira walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oliveira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Barnes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.
Barnes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira takes one on the button.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss

and Barnes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barnes.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.
Barnes takes one on the button.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oliveira circles away quickly and effectively.

Oliveira drops Barnes with a left right combo! Oliveira follows him down to the ground into side control.

It looks like Binky Barnes has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Barnes explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Barnes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Barnes.
Oliveira misses with a wild combination.
Barnes thuds a left hand into Oliveira's body.
Oliveira throws a lazy right hand but Barnes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oliveira misses with a combination
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes lands with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcus Oliveira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Binky Barnes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Oliveira misses with a double jab
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.

Barnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Oliveira throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes lands with a straight right. Oliveira didn't see that one coming.
Barnes blocks a jab.
Oliveira tries to clinch but Barnes moves away

and Barnes counters by clinching up.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira misses with a hook.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnes.
Oliveira throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes throws a one two combo.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Oliveira tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Barnes lands with a right hand.
Barnes scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes connects with a nice looking jab.
Oliveira is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A combination from Oliveira does no damage.

Barnes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oliveira misses with some punches.
The referee calls for Barnes to work.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnes scores with a one two! Oliveira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes cracks Oliveira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oliveira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oliveira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barnes scores with a one two! Oliveira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barnes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barnes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Barnes counters with a three punch combo that has Oliveira backing up. Oliveira nods at Barnes to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marcus Oliveira is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Oliveira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barnes scores with a decent looking hook.
Barnes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Barnes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barnes lands a two punch combo.
A slow jab from Oliveira misses its intended target.

Barnes rushes Oliveira and presses him up against the cage.
Oliveira looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barnes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.

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.
Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice straight punches there by Barnes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barnes.

Barnes moves into range and clinches up with Oliveira.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Oliveira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oliveira loads up on a big right hand but Barnes slips the punch.
Oliveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes throws out a powerful jab.
Oliveira tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barnes counters with a series of strikes. Oliveira will be more careful next time no doubt.
Oliveira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barnes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oliveira looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes scores with a one two! Oliveira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Barnes.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Barnes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oliveira backs up against the cage.
Barnes connects with a looping right hand.
Barnes scores with a nice strike.

Barnes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barnes scores with a shoulder strike.
Barnes lands with a light punch inside.
Oliveira is trying to break free.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barnes scores with a shoulder strike.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marcus Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira tries to clinch up
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
Barnes throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Binky Barnes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Binky Barnes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Barnes lands a slapping body shot.
Oliveira tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Oliveira.
Barnes misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oliveira.
Oliveira wants to clinch
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Barnes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Barnes.
Barnes stalling the fight.
Barnes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barnes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Oliveira 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Barnes gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Barnes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barnes.
Oliveira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oliveira blocking some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Barnes.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes lands a hook that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.

Barnes breaks the clinch.

Barnes closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barnes.
Oliveira is trying to maintain a safe position but Barnes gets an underhook and turns Oliveira into the cage.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.

Barnes closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Barnes.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
Oliveira closes the distance but Barnes moves to the side
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Oliveira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barnes to score with a decent uppercut.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut. Barnes saw that one coming.

Barnes gets a clinch.
Barnes lands with a left to the head.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Barnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Oliveira takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A nice combination there by Barnes.
Barnes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Oliveira misses.
Barnes tests Oliveira's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Barnes has closed the distance and engaged Oliveira in a clinch.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira takes one on the button.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes cracks a nice hook into Oliveira's ribs.

Barnes clinches with his opponent.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Barnes moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oliveira throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Barnes looks to land a combination. Oliveira sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Oliveira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barnes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Barnes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Oliveira needs to keep his hands up - Barnes had a free shot at his head there.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

And that's the end of the fight!
Binky Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barnes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Binky Barnes!