PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barron comes to the cage accompanied by Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers. Malone has chosen up with the Cock as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mick Malone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barron
vs
Malone

180 cm
29
185 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

189 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phillip Barron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mick Malone!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barron closes the distance and clinches.

Barron breaks the clinch.
Barron thows a leg kick but Malone checks it
and Malone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Malone connects with an inside leg kick.

Barron closes the distance and clinches.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but Barron blocks with his arms.
Barron is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barron lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malone.
Barron lands a hook that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
Barron unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Malone throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barron.
Barron tries to stall but Malone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barron misses with a punch on the inside.
Barron throws a punch but it's blocked by Malone.
Barron lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barron lands with a right to the head.
Malone has Barron pushed against the cage.
Barron has a couple of punches blocked by Malone.
Barron stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barron can't find room to land a body shot as Malone controls the action.
Barron throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Malones head.
Malone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barron lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malone backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barron creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Malone leaning against his opponent.
Malone digs a right hand underneath Barron's ribcage. Barron let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barron lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barron looking to slow down the pace here.
Barron tries to land a knee to the head but Malone blocks with his arms.
Barron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Barron takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Barron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malone lands a nice uppercut.
Barron tries to break the clinch but Malone is controlling the position.
Barron tries to break the clinch but Malone is controlling the position.
Malone taking a breather.
Malone scores with a nice hook to the head.
Malone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Barron.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Malone.
Barron is struggling to control the position.
Barron working Malone over with knees to the body.
Malone looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Malone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Barron managing to block the knees to the body from Malone.
Barron letting Malone take a breather here.
Barron misses with the head strike.
A short right from Barron on the inside.
Malone lands with a right to the head.
Barron tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Barron.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barron lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Barron.
Barron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Barron on the inside.
Barron pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barron looking to stall.
Barron lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malone backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron is trying to stall.
Malone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Barron tries a body shot but Malone blocks it.
Barron letting Malone take a breather here.
Barron doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barron misses with the head strike.
Barron swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barron lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Malone throws an elbow but it misses.
Barron is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A knee to the head by Malone.
Barron misses with a punch on the inside.
Barron tries to land knees in the clinch but Malone avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malone.
Barron stalling in the clinch.
Malone lands a nice shot to the body.
Barron lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barron slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barron lands a hook that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
Malone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barron throws an elbow that misses.
Barron looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malone stalling against the cage.
Malone lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Malone has Barron pressed against the cage.
Barron lands a right hand.
Barron looking to throw knees to the head but Malone is blocking nicely.
Malone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barron effectively controlling the action here.
Barron is looking to control Malone's arms but Malone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barron has his back to the cage.
Barron scores with a shoulder strike.
Barron throws a head punch that misses.
Barron working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phillip Barron dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Malone takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Malone looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Barron has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Malone can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Malone is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Malone passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron manages to work his way to half guard, despite Malone's best efforts.
Malone is keen to just control but Barron is a slippery customer.
Malone stalling away here and it's allowed Barron to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Barron is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Malone is looking for a sweep. Barron is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barron trying to control from half guard but Malone is working away.

That's two 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.
Barron controlling the action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Malone is staying active underneath Barron, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Malone trying to control but Barron postures up.

We're going to have a standup here because Phillip Barron wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Barron falls off balance throwing a combination

and Malone counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Barron!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barron tries to reverse the position but Malone maintains control.
Malone sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barron is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Malone content just to control the position here.
Barron wants to hold on but Malone pushes him away.
Malone prevents Barron from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barron is working hard here to advance position.
Barron is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Barron can't escape the position.
Malone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Malone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Malone gets tackled into the cage by Barron. Barron maintains the clinch.
Malone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barron is defending well for now.
Barron lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barron looking to throw knees to the head but Malone is blocking nicely.
Barron with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barron trying to control the position but instead, Malone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barron into the cage.
Malone tries a knee to the head but Barron blocks it.
Barron lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Malone misses with a knee strike.
Phillip Barron has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Malone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barron.
Malone trying to land knees to the body.
Barron is looking to control Malone's arms but Malone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barron has his back to the cage.
Barron landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Malone.
Barron doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Malone lands a damaging elbow.
Malone controlling the action here for a moment.
Barron working aggressively here.
Barron throws a punch but it's blocked by Malone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barron takes a shot to the head.
Barron doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Malone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barron tries to break the clinch but Malone is controlling the position.
Malone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barron's efforts to push away.
Barron tries to work over Malone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malone's elbow.
Malone slowing the pace effectively.
Barron taking a breather.
Malone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Barron fails to land.
Barron gets through Malone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Malone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barron is trying to push Malone away but Malone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barron softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Malone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Malone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barron crunches a lovely knee into Malone's ribcage.
Barron misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barron is working for takedown but Malone is calmly controlling the position for now.
Barron drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Malone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Malone.
Barron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Malone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barron's face.
Barron misses with a punch to the body.
Barron tries a knee to the head but Malone blocks it.
Malone is pushing Barron up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Barron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barron lands a right hand.
Malone lands an elbow that stopped Barron in his tracks for a moment.
Barron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barron is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barron avoiding damage as Malone throws knees to the body.
Barron tries to stall but Malone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barron working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barron managing to block the knees to the body from Malone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barron presses Malone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Barron.
The referee is keeping an eye on Malone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Barron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barron lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Malone lands a damaging elbow.
Barron taking a breather.
Malone stalling.
Barron throws a punch but it's blocked by Malone.
Barron looking to slow down the pace here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Malone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Barron working aggressively here.
Malone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malone's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Malone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Barron scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barron misses with a body punch.
Barron misses with an elbow strike.
Barron avoiding damage as Malone throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Barron fails to land.
Barron is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Malone is keeping busy.
Barron scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Malone as Barron tries to tie him up.
Malone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Barron leaning against his opponent.
Barron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malone's face.
Malone taking a breather.
Malone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barron has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malone effectively controlling the action here.
Barron is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malone is defending well for now.
Barron taking a breather.
Barron tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Malone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barron's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phillip Barron showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Barron 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28

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