PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsingtao Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Binky Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Barnes's choice of entrance music: Burn This City. This should be fireworks!

Smith
vs
Barnes

185 cm
24
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

179 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

BUY ONE,GET TWO

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tsingtao Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Binky Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnes keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnes misses with a two punch combination.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barnes connects with a looping right hand.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Barnes lands with a cross.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barnes finds it's way round the side to connect with Smith's head.
Smith is looking to clinch.

Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Barnes tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barnes's efforts to push away.
Barnes tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barnes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith has Barnes pressed against the cage, preventing Barnes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes blocks an elbow strike.
Smith has Barnes pressed against the cage, preventing Barnes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barnes breaks the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Barnes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barnes throws out a powerful jab.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Smith moves out of range as Barnes strikes.
Tsingtao Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Barnes moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
Smith tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Smith wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Barnes takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Barnes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barnes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Barnes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnes throws out a powerful jab.
Barnes cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Barnes throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Barnes keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Binky Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Barnes tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barnes lands with a hook. Smith tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Smith takes the fight into the clinch.
Barnes dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Barnes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Barnes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barnes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Barnes has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barnes's efforts to push away.
Barnes is trying to break free.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Barnes avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnes.
Smith wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab lands there for Barnes.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Barnes misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Smith forces Barnes back against the cage and clinches.
Smith has Barnes pressed against the cage, preventing Barnes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barnes has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Barnes dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Barnes tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Barnes avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Barnes managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Barnes is trying to break free.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Barnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barnes!
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Smith tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.
Jab by Barnes.
Barnes stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barnes stuffs the takedown attempt from Smith. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Binky Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a right hook to the body.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barnes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
Barnes thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Barnes scores with a four punch combination!
Barnes throws a big shot that misses.
Smith wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tsingtao Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnes throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Barnes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
A combination from Barnes does no damage.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Barnes keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Barnes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barnes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.

Smith has managed to clinch.
Barnes wants to break free but Smith has control.
A frustrated look appears on Barnes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith prevents Barnes from breaking the clinch.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Smith slips a jab from Barnes.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barnes counters with a right hand to the body.
Barnes throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith has a takedown stuffed.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Barnes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A good leg kick by Smith.
A cross from Barnes lands.
Smith slips a jab from Barnes.
Smith clinches but Barnes breaks the clinch
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Smith tries to clinch
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith moves forwards but Barnes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barnes takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith clinches but Barnes breaks the clinch
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
Smith tries to clinch
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes throws a hook but Smith blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Smith clinches but Barnes breaks the clinch
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barnes counters with a nice uppercut.
Barnes misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Smith wants to clinch
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Barnes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith darts in trying to clinch
and Barnes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barnes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Barnes counter with a right hand.
Smith wants to clinch but Barnes slips to the side
and Barnes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Tsingtao Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Barnes moved away.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Binky Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Barnes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Binky Barnes!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Binky Barnes!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Binky Barnes!

Binky Barnes wins by unanimous decision!