PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Clifton Barnes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruce Roberts's chin.

Barnes
vs
Roberts

192 cm
26
267 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

195 cm
27
261 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Clifton Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Roberts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Barnes drives through and clinches with Roberts against the cage.
Barnes lands an uppercut.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Roberts lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnes.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Roberts's brow.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberts.
Roberts lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
Roberts avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Roberts avoids the elbow strike from Barnes, against the cage.
Barnes wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts landing knees to the body.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberts.
Barnes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Bruce Roberts has been cut.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Barnes scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberts.
Roberts utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barnes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roberts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Barnes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roberts lands a good knee to the midsection. Barnes won't want to take too many of those.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barnes 's eye.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.

Clifton Barnes's cut is getting worse.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Barnes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roberts utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roberts lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts working Barnes over with knees to the body.
Roberts taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Clifton Barnes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Roberts lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
Roberts unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts lands an elbow inside that Barnes shrugs off.
Roberts landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roberts landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roberts controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jeez, Clifton Barnes's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roberts.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Barnes blocks with his arms.
Roberts using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roberts lands a body shot.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Roberts is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Roberts dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Roberts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes looks to throw the jab but Roberts is out of range.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
Roberts jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roberts swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Roberts lands a big head kick that sends Barnes tumbling to the mat! Roberts takes a step backwards and waves Barnes back to his feet - he wants the finish!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Clifton Barnes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bruce Roberts!