PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Barron
vs
Man

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nathan Barron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ice Man!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barron is looking to clinch.
A combination from Man does no damage.
A punch combination from Barron misses.
Man misses with the combination.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barron counters with a one-two to the body.
Man looks to land a combination but Barron avoids it well.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Barron.
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barron thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barron has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Nathan Barron has been cut.
Barron throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barron doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Barron fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a two punch combo.
Man looks gassed!
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Ice Man has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man throws a combination that misses
letting Barron counter with a right hand.
Barron lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Man circles away quickly and effectively.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Barron.
Barron doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Barron counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barron.
A frustrated look appears on Barron's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barron working hard to break the clinch.

Barron pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Barron.

Barron pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Barron tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Man smiles and moves away.
Barron tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barron counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Barron throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barron lands a jab-cross combination.
Ice Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barron misses with a double jab.
Barron tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.

Barron instigates a clinch.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Barron is controlling him.
Barron wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barron tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Barron lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barron has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Barron is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barron's efforts to push away.
Barron wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barron misses with a body punch.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barron's efforts to push away.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man misses with a double jab
letting Barron counter with a right hand.
Barron looks to land a combination. Man sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Barron tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Barron counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barron.
Barron wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Man has him pressed against the cage.
Barron is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.

Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barron counters with a left to the body.
Barron looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barron moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barron moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Barron counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barron tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barron.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barron counters with a left and a right that stings Man.
Man tries to bum rush Barron with a series of wild strikes but Barron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man swinging wildly here.
Man misses with a double jab.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Barron holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Barron tries to break the clinch but Man is controlling the position.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barron has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.

Barron pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barron doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Barron counter with a right hand.
Man misses with the combination.
Barron dodges the punch combination from Man.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Barron.
Man displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barron swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Barron counters with a three punch combo that has Man backing up. Man nods at Barron to acknowledge the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Barron counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Man throws a series of punches but Barron moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Man swinging wildly here.
Barron tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Barron dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barron throws a right and a left that both miss.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barron misses with a wild combination.
Man throws a combination that misses

and Barron moves into the clinch.
Barron prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Barron fails to land.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Barron won't allow it.
Barron has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Barron tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Man tries to break the clinch but Barron is controlling the position.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Barron has double underhooks.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Barron won't allow it.
Barron has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Man prevents Barron from breaking the clinch.
Barron tries to break the clinch but Man is controlling the position.
Barron is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barron drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Man gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barron doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Barron won't allow it.
Barron tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barron prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
Man is trying to break free.
Barron fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Barron. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barron wants to clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barron throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Man misses with a jab, cross combination.
Man throws a series of punches but Barron avoids them all with ease.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barron counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Barron tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barron looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man tries to bum rush Barron with a series of wild strikes but Barron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barron counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Man misses with a double jab
and Barron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barron dodges the punch combination from Man.
A combination from Barron does no damage.
Barron is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Man.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barron counters with a nice uppercut.
Barron is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Barron sizes up Man with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Man misses with the combination.
No joy there for Barron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Barron wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a left and a right that stings Man.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Barron counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barron.
Barron tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Man smiles and moves away.
No joy there for Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man misses with a double jab

and Barron moves into the clinch.
Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barron's efforts to push away.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Man duly obliges.
Barron is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Barron lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Man misses with a double jab
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Man throws a nice looking combination but Barron bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Man misses with the combination.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Man swinging wildly here.
Barron looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Nathan Barron is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a one-two to the body.
Barron tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Barron tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Barron dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

A combination from Man does no damage.
Barron tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barron lands with a straight right. Man didn't see that one coming.
Barron misses with a double jab.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Nathan Barron is winning the standup battle so far.
Barron tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barron misses with a jab, cross combination.
Man misses with a double jab.
Barron misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barron counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Man misses with a combination
and Barron counters with a three punch combo that has Man backing up. Man nods at Barron to acknowledge the strikes.
Barron is working the combinations to good effect here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Barron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barron showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man dodges the punch combination from Barron.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Barron counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Barron manages to break the clinch.
Man misses with a jab, cross combination.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barron scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barron tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barron dodges the punch combination from Man.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barron.
Barron throws a combination. Man tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a left and a right that stings Man.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barron counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Man misses with a double jab
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Barron counters with a nice body shot.
Man scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barron tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Man does no damage.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man slips a jab and a cross from Barron.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barron counters with a one-two to the body.
Barron tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barron moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
Man lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Some wild striking there from Man.
Barron looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man misses with a double jab
and Barron counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Man throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Barron fails to land.
Barron with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man keeps control of Barron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barron goes for a takedown in the clinch but Man prevents it.
Man is trying to force a seperation but Barron has the dominant position.
Barron has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.

Man breaks from the clinch.

Barron moves into the clinch.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barron jumps guard but Man stands there with Barron around his waist. Barron gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Man can't break the clinch.
Barron working hard to break the clinch.
Barron is looking to break free of the clinch but Man has double underhooks.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barron tries to clinch up.
Barron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barron misses with a wild combination.

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.
Man lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Man swinging wildly here.
Barron tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Man.
Barron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Man misses with a double jab.
Man scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barron circles away quickly and effectively.
Barron tries to clinch up.
Barron tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Man throws a combination that misses
and Barron counters with a stiff right hand.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Barron.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ice Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nathan Barron is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man throws a combination that misses

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Barron showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barron 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Barron!