PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Frankie Barnes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hendricks
vs
Barnes

180 cm
22
185 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
187 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frankie Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a leg kick that misses.
Hendricks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Hendricks fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hendricks doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Hendricks shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hendricks was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hendricks looking to ground and pound but Barnes is blocking nicely.
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.
Hendricks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hendricks throwing strikes here but Barnes is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Barnes is desperately trying to improve his position but Hendricks has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hendricks cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barnes can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Barnes looks a forlorn figure.
Hendricks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hendricks lands with some strikes.
Hendricks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hendricks lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hendricks thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The referee warns Barnes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hendricks connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hendricks looking to control but Barnes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hendricks scoring with strikes but Barnes is staying in there.

Barnes is rocked!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Barnes covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Hendricks!