PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Free (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is canceled forever 125. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barnett
vs
Free

210 cm
24
206 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

199 cm
21
265 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruiner Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riley Free!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barnett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barnett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Free's head backwards.
A slapping body kick lands there for Barnett.
Free throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Free as he avoids it easily.
Barnett shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Free defends it nicely.
Barnett really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barnett defending well as Free loads up on a big left hand.
Barnett slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnett scores with a leg kick.
Barnett lands a nice leg kick that just misses Free's sensitive parts.
Free takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barnett attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barnett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett connects with an inside leg kick.
Free shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Barnett sprawls well. Barnett wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Free gets slowly back to his feet.
Free looks gassed!
Barnett is looking to score with low kicks.
Free ducks right into an uppercut from Barnett.
Barnett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barnett lands a lovely overhand right.
Barnett connects with a solid leg kick.
Free looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Free's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barnett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Free uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Free throws a body punch but Barnett moves out of range.
Barnett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barnett lands with a straight right. Free didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Free tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Barnett moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Barnett has managed to clinch.
Barnett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Free backwards.
Barnett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnett is working Free over against the cage.
Barnett lands a right hand.
Barnett cracks Free with a nice body shot.
Barnett scores with a shot to the side of Free's head.
Barnett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barnett with a knee to the head.
Barnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Free's elbow.
Barnett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barnett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barnett landing knees to the head.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Free struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnett controls his hands.

Barnett has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Free regains guard immediately.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Barnett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barnett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barnett postures up in Free's guard and throws a big left but Free blocks it.
Free wants to stand up but Barnett is controlling him.
Barnett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barnett throwing strikes from guard but Free blocks nicely.
Barnett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Free's head.
Barnett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barnett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barnett throws a big right hand that misses.
Barnett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Free works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnett postures up in Free's guard and throws a big left but Free blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Free working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barnett.
Barnett throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiner Barnett dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnett cracks Free with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barnett fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Free checks it well.
Free tries to bum rush Barnett with a series of wild strikes but Barnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barnett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barnett connects with an inside leg kick.
Barnett connects with a body shot.
Free throws a half hearted mid kick.
Free scores with a body shot.
Barnett feints and then cracks Free's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Free down.
Barnett feints and then cracks Free's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Free down.
Barnett digs a good body shot into Free's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnett scoring well with a low kick there.
Free is breathing heavily.
Barnett fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Barnett throws a leg kick which misses Free's front leg but catches the back leg as Free tries to avoid it.
Barnett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Free can do to turn this around?

Barnett moves into range and clinches up with Free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett is working Free over against the cage.
Barnett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnett tries a knee to the head but Free blocks it.
Barnett can't find room to land a body shot as Free controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Barnett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnett scores with a knee to the head.
Barnett lands a shoulder strike.
Barnett drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Free prevents the takedown attempt.
Barnett lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Barnett on the inside.
Barnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Free's elbow.
Barnett tries to score a body lock takedown but Free shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruiner Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnett wants to take the fight to the mat but Free manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnett.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Free.
Barnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Free controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett digs a right hand underneath Free's ribcage. Free let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barnett tries for a takedown. No joy.
Free takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barnett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnett landing knees to the head.
Barnett misses with a body punch.
Free tries to work over Barnett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Free goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Free avoids it.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but Free blocks with his arms.
Free tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Free wants to stall.
Free misses with a hook to the ribs.
Free throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Free backwards.
Barnett trying to land knees to the body.
Free lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Free backwards.
Free prevents a body shot from Barnett.
Free misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnett scores a nice knee to the body.
Barnett with a knee to the head.
Barnett lands a body shot.
Barnett presses Free against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barnett tries to score a body lock takedown but Free shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Free takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Free prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ruiner Barnett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnett.
Nice body punch from Barnett.
Free lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.
A body shot lands from Barnett.
A hook to the body from Barnett.
A short left from Barnett.
Barnett scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Barnett - that landed with a thud.
Barnett scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Barnett as the two fighters clinch.
Barnett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Free's face.
Barnett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barnett goes for a takedown in the clinch but Free prevents it.
Barnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Free controls his hands.
Barnett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Free misses with a punch on the inside.
Free takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barnett is working for takedown but Free is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barnett scores with a hook to the body.
Barnett lands a left hand.
Barnett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Frees head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiner Barnett dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Free keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Barnett blocks the body kick.
Barnett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Free tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnett was well out of range. Poor timing from Free.
Free has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnett.
Free throws an overhand right that lands on Barnett's shoulder, as Barnett tries to avoid the shot.
Free on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Free misses with a wild body shot.
Barnett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Free.
Free tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Free scores with a hook to the body. Barnett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Free takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barnett lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Free backs up against the cage.
Barnett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett misses with a body kick.
Free misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnett lands a right hook to the body.
Barnett ducks under a wild hook from Free.
Free throws a body punch but Barnett moves out of range.
Barnett lands an overhand right.
Barnett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barnett lands with a shot to the body.
Barnett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Free at a distance.
Barnett ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barnett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Barnett throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnett.
Barnett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!
Barnett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Free's head backwards.
Barnett throws out a powerful jab.
Free misses with a wild body shot.
Free blocks a head kick by Barnett.
Free throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barnett, as that shot connected.

Barnett moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barnett.
Barnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnett can't get the takedown.
Barnett lands a body punch.
Free scores with a shoulder strike.
Barnett is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Free pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruiner Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett cracks Free with a nice body shot.
Free goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnett pushes Free back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Free is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Free blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Still in the clinch, Barnett scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnett.
Barnett crunches a lovely knee into Free's ribcage.

Barnett gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Barnett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Barnett is looking for a kimura here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett works his way into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett looking to finish with strikes here!
Riley Free has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Free wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Barnett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Barnett landing strikes from the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruiner Barnett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruiner Barnett!
During a confident post fight interview, Ruiner Barnett thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.