PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Theo AtlaSon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Barron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barron has chosen Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers as his entrance music. Theo AtlaSon had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

AtlaSon
vs
Barron

187 cm
22
201 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
31
185 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo AtlaSon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phillip Barron!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
AtlaSon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from AtlaSon. Barron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barron misses the jab.
AtlaSon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
AtlaSon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
AtlaSon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barron throws a push kick but AtlaSon slaps the foot to one side.
AtlaSon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
AtlaSon blocks the body kick.
Barron connects with a leg kick. AtlaSon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barron throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Barron scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barron throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Barron checks a low kick from AtlaSon.
Barron lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
AtlaSon throws a leg kick
and Barron counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Theo AtlaSon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barron lands with a nice body punch.
AtlaSon is breathing heavily.
Barron checks a leg kick.
AtlaSon throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Barron counters with a low kick, right behind AtlaSon 's knee.
AtlaSon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barron manages to avoid it.
AtlaSon throws a hook but Barron blocks it.
Barron throws a big shot that misses.
AtlaSon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barron connects with a crisp jab.
AtlaSon tries to land a leg kick but Barron saw it coming and moves away.
AtlaSon avoids the head kick by Barron.
Barron throws a head kick that misses.
AtlaSon ducks under a wild hook from Barron.
Barron jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barron throws a leg kick that misses.
AtlaSon digs a good body shot into Barron's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
AtlaSon with a nice cross.
Barron shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barron keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
AtlaSon connects with a crisp jab.
Barron throws an off balance right hand
and AtlaSon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

AtlaSon gets tackled into the cage by Barron. Barron maintains the clinch.
AtlaSon lands a knee to the head.
AtlaSon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by AtlaSon.
Barron is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon lands a right hand.
Barron wants to stall.
Barron scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barron working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
AtlaSon blocking some punches.
AtlaSon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barrons head.
Barron with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by AtlaSon.
A short left from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon lands with a light punch inside.
Barron swings wildly with an uppercut but AtlaSon uses good head movement to avoid it.
AtlaSon misses with a short punch on the inside.
AtlaSon lands a hook that snaps the head of Barron backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
AtlaSon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon prevents the takedown attempt.
AtlaSon lands a shot to the body.
AtlaSon lands a nice uppercut.
AtlaSon scores a nice knee to the body.
AtlaSon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barron is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barron misses with a knee to the head.
AtlaSon scores with a knee to the head.
Barron tries to land a knee to the head but AtlaSon blocks with his arms.
Barron misses with a hook from the clinch.
AtlaSon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barron's face.

Barron is rocked!
Barron is trying to work for a single leg takedown but AtlaSon pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Barron is still on wobbly legs! Can AtlaSon finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
AtlaSon pushes Barron back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
AtlaSon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barron doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Theo AtlaSon will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Barron on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barron dives in and grabs AtlaSon's left leg, looking for a takedown. AtlaSon pushes down on Barron's head and hops out.
Theo AtlaSon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
AtlaSon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
AtlaSon connects with a solid leg kick.
AtlaSon stuns Barron with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barron seems to have recovered his senses.
AtlaSon is looking to slow Barron down with leg kicks.
Barron misses the jab.
Good leg kick by AtlaSon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good shot there by AtlaSon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barron lands a jab.
Barron misses the jab.
Barron misses with a lunging right hand
and AtlaSon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Barron's knee momentarily.
Barron is breathing heavily.
AtlaSon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
AtlaSon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
AtlaSon throws a series of punches but Barron moves out of range.
Theo AtlaSon is winning the standup battle so far.
AtlaSon slips a jab and a cross from Barron.
Barron takes a head kick and keeps coming.
AtlaSon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
AtlaSon lands with a big left! Barron is wobbled badly! AtlaSon comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Barron to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Theo AtlaSon!
An out of breath Theo AtlaSon thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.