PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pacman Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Smith is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: In The Morning. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barnes
vs
Smith

187 cm
29
210 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

188 cm
26
221 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Pacman Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Smith!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Smith.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Smith.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes is working Smith over against the cage.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barnes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barnes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Michael Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Smith.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith slips a straight right by Barnes.
Smith connects with a jab.
Barnes slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Barnes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Barnes drops Smith with a left and a right! Oh, Smith is hurt - Barnes dives into side control looking to finish!
Smith tries to buck Barnes off but Barnes is having none of it.
Smith managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barnes.
Barnes cracks Smith with a big right hand but Smith just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Smith is not content to let Barnes control the position.
Smith prevents Barnes from moving into mount.
Smith dodges the ground and pound from Barnes.
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Barnes stands up and beckons Smith to join him on the feet.
Smith slips a jab from Barnes.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Barnes.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a jab.
Smith moves away from the strike by Barnes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes misses with the head strike.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith sizes up Barnes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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 Pacman Barnes will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The crowd cheers as Barnes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.

Barnes drops Smith with a left and a right! Oh, Smith is hurt - Barnes dives into side control looking to finish!

Smith is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barnes.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Barnes finish him?
Barnes wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Smith manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Barnes is pressing down on Smith's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Michael Smith hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Barnes jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith scores with a hook.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnes.
Smith misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Barnes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnes throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Pacman Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Barnes bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Smith! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Barnes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barnes wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Smith has a closed guard, preventing Barnes from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes passes Smith's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith wants to control the action here but instead Barnes manages to pass to full mount!
Barnes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smith is looking to escape.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barnes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Barnes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smith is looking to escape.
Smith is working to get back to half guard.
Barnes sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Barnes landing punches.
Barnes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes landing strikes from the mount and Smith is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pacman Barnes dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Smith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barnes under the eye.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Barnes.
Decent striking displayed by Smith there.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barnes.
Barnes scores with a jab to the head.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut

and Smith is countered with a crisp right hand from Barnes that sends him to the canvas! Barnes follows him to the mat into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith is not content to let Barnes control the position.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith tries to improve position but can't.
Pacman Barnes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barnes stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Barnes thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.

Barnes catches Smith napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Smith to the canvas!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barnes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Barnes winds up and cracks Smith with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Barnes wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Barnes has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Barnes! Smith is hurt baaadly! Barnes is firing away with more strikes - Smith is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pacman Barnes!
Pacman Barnes really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.