PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Greeven comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. Barton is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 126 que. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

van Greeven
vs
Barton

205 cm
31
284 lbs
21 - 19 - 1

189 cm
26
217 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Powerful

Fresh To Death Nutrition 159!

Springfield HW Nutrition

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 21 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Barton!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barton tries to clinch there but van Greeven circles away.
Barton tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Greeven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
van Greeven shoots for a double leg takedown but Barton sprawls well. He's pushed van Greeven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
van Greeven shoots and misses
and Barton counters with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick van Greeven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van Greeven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
van Greeven throws a body punch but Barton moves out of range.
van Greeven tries for a takedown but Barton circles away easily
and Barton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
van Greeven shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barton pinned against the cage. Barton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van Greeven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Greeven wants it to stay on the feet.
Barton takes a swing at van Greeven's ribcage but misses.
van Greeven throws a series of punches but Barton moves out of range.
van Greeven shoots and misses
and van Greeven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
van Greeven swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barton swinging wildly here.
van Greeven thuds his right hand into Barton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
van Greeven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
van Greeven keeps the fight on the outside.
van Greeven misses with a takedown attempt

and Barton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Barton lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Barton throwing shots but van Greeven is blocking nicely.
Barton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
van Greeven is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven trying to control here.
Barton is pressing down on van Greeven's thigh, looking to free his foot. van Greeven is holding on for now.
van Greeven slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
van Greeven working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barton.
Barton throws a big elbow that misses.
van Greeven manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barton manages to get himself to full guard.

van Greeven got a little sloppy there for a moment and Barton has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, van Greeven has managed to get both his arms back between Barton's legs - danger averted.
van Greeven is looking to work some ground and pound but Barton has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Barton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
van Greeven stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
van Greeven passes Barton's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
van Greeven tries to pass to full mount but Barton defends it.
Barton has hold of van Greeven's hands but van Greeven slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Barton is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of van Greeven's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take van Greeven's back!

van Greeven showing good submission defense here.
I really don't envy van Greeven right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Barton working for the choke.

Barton is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. van Greeven knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften van Greeven for a finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Barton dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

van Greeven shoots in looking for a takedown but Barton manages to keep the fight standing, pushing van Greeven's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Barton. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
van Greeven throws a body punch but Barton moves out of range.
van Greeven throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barton's waist but Barton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing van Greeven off to one side.
van Greeven shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Barton defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick van Greeven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barton slips a jab and a cross from van Greeven.
Dick van Greeven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barton dips to his left and cracks van Greeven with an uppercut!
van Greeven falls off balance throwing a combination

and Barton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barton.
Barton tries to work over van Greeven's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
van Greeven goes for a takedown in the clinch but Barton prevents it.
A body shot lands from Barton.
Nice elbow from Barton.
A right hook to the body lands for Barton.
van Greeven takes a shot to the head.
van Greeven takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Barton is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Barton tries to throw a body punch but van Greeven avoids it by throwing Barton back against the cage.
Barton lands a nice shot to the body.
van Greeven is looking to control Barton's arms but Barton gets an underhook and turns him. Now van Greeven has his back to the cage.
Barton struggles to land a body shot inside as van Greeven controls his hands.
Barton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Greeven has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Barton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Barton breaks the clinch.
van Greeven shoots in but Barton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
van Greeven misses the shot to the body.
van Greeven misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barton closes this distance looking for a takedown but van Greeven circles away.
van Greeven with a poor takedown
and Barton finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
van Greeven is trying hard to land a takedown here. Barton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
van Greeven doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Barton counters with a good low kick that van Greeven was not able to check.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Greeven misses with a takedown attempt - Barton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
van Greeven gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Barton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dick van Greeven is winning the standup battle so far.
Barton doesn't manage to clinch there - van Greeven circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton cracks a nice hook into van Greeven's ribs.
Barton tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Greeven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck with that takedown attempt from van Greeven.
van Greeven throws a body punch but Barton moves out of range.
Barton lands a nice hook to van Greeven's body. van Greeven takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van Greeven shoots for a double leg takedown but Barton sprawls well. He's pushed van Greeven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

van Greeven bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Barton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

van Greeven shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barton as he jumps to the side.
Dick van Greeven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barton shoots in and bounces van Greeven off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Barton throws a big elbow that misses.
Barton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Barton drops back looking for a leg! van Greeven is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and van Greeven manages to kick Barton off! Barton jumps back into van Greeven's guard.
Barton stands up over van Greeven, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Barton preventing the sweep.
van Greeven is working hard here to advance position.
Barton works over van Greeven with some ground and pound from guard.
Barton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven has his hands on Barton's head, controlling the position.
Barton throwing strikes but missing.
Barton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barton with a flurry of punches that miss.
van Greeven looking to control.
Barton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barton with a flurry of punches that miss.
van Greeven is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barton preventing the sweep.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Barton throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven working a defensive guard here.
Barton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barton throws a big right hand that misses.
van Greeven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
van Greeven working a defensive guard here.
van Greeven working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barton.
Barton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
van Greeven looking for a sweep. Not yet van Greeven, not yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barton stands up over van Greeven, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barton scoring with some ground and pound.
van Greeven has momentary wrist control but Barton slips an elbow through the middle.
van Greeven looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barton is one step ahead there.
Barton working some strikes from top position.
van Greeven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barton thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Barton works over van Greeven with some ground and pound from guard.
van Greeven has momentary wrist control but Barton slips an elbow through the middle.
Barton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
van Greeven is controlling Barton's posture.
Barton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Barton drops back looking for a leg! van Greeven is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and van Greeven manages to kick Barton off! Barton jumps back into van Greeven's guard.
van Greeven utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Barton is desperately trying to improve his position but van Greeven has a good base and remains in mount.
van Greeven working Barton over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barton is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dick van Greeven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barton regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Barton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barton has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Barton!
Jack Barton bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.