PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mika Huima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Alaj volim kad je pomalena. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Huima
vs
Barnett

180 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
240 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

South Side Swagger
Lightning Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mika Huima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mirko Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett throws a series of punches but Huima avoids them all with ease.
Huima could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Barnett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Huima shoots in for a takedown but Barnett shows good takedown defense.
Huima wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Huima just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Barnett as Huima shoots in.

Huima shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Huima showed some decent athleticism there.
Barnett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Huima. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barnett has hold of Huima's hands but Huima slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Huima moves nicely into side control.
Barnett wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Barnett looks gassed!
Huima trying to control the position but Barnett is working away.
Barnett is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Huima has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huima is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Barnett is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Huima advances nicely into full mount.
Huima controlling his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Barnett holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Huima tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Barnett wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Huima.
Huima punching from mount but Barnett doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Barnett is trying to stand but he's just given Huima his back.
Barnett controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Barnett showing good submission defense here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Barnett is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Huima fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mika Huima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses.
Barnett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Huima shoots in but no luck this time.
Mirko Barnett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Barnett finds it's target.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses.
Mika Huima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnett tries a head kick but it misses.
Huima tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett connects with a single shot there.
Huima lands a nice hook to Barnett's body. Barnett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Huima shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Huima won't allow Barnett to get back to his feet.

Huima drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Huima seems to have locked his on tight now - Barnett screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Huima, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mika Huima!