PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimitrius Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez's entrance music is Lil'Wayne - John. A fine choice. 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! Clifton Barnes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sanchez
vs
Barnes

190 cm
24
253 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

192 cm
27
267 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dimitrius Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Clifton Barnes!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Barnes swinging wildly here.

Barnes clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barnes throws an elbow but misses.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barnes slows down the pace here.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnes is keeping busy.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Barnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Sanchez wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Barnes counters with a one-two to the body.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barnes throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Barnes moves into the clinch.
Barnes tries to circle away but Sanchez has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Barnes holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanchez drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with some punches.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Barnes with a jab.
A punch combination from Barnes misses.
A left and a right from Sanchez both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barnes.
Barnes tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.

Sanchez drives through with a takedown into Barnes's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez is pushing down on Barnes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barnes is fighting to maintain full guard but Sanchez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sanchez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barnes misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sanchez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barnes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Sanchez manages to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Barnes punching from the bottom.
Barnes is pressing down on Sanchez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Barnes throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Barnes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Barnes keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Barnes trying to control the position.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Barnes throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes looking to control.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes is trying to control the position but Sanchez postures up.
Barnes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barnes's head.
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 Dimitrius Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Clifton Barnes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Dimitrius Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Barnes misses with the combination.

Barnes drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the cage.

Sanchez pulls guard successfully.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barnes sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Barnes wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez has Barnes pulled in close to control his posture.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.

Sanchez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barnes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dimitrius Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barnes wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Sanchez managing to control the position.
Barnes wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Sanchez looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Barnes has picked Sanchez up and slammed him! Sanchez can't keep hold of the triangle and Barnes manages to pass to side control!
Sanchez wants to control but Barnes postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Barnes off and has taken his back!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sanchez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Sanchez has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Barnes is defending well but eventually Sanchez manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Barnes has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dimitrius Sanchez!
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