PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bart Bartell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bartell
vs
Pierre

185 cm
23
184 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bart Bartell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bartell moves into range and clinches up with Pierre.
Bartell gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pierre.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bartell.
Pierre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bartell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bart Bartell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Pierre.
Bartell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Bartell.

It looks like Jean Pierre has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bartell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bartell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
Bartell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pierre lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stalling in the clinch from Bartell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierre's face.
Bartell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bartell with a knee to the head.
Bartell scores with a knee to the head.
Bartell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierre's face.
Bartell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bartell lands a knee to the head.
Bartell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bartell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bartell landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartell lands a good knee to the midsection. Pierre won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bartell prevents it.
Pierre looks gassed!
Bartell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bartell crunches a lovely knee into Pierre's ribcage.
Bartell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bartell landing knees to the head.
Pierre has Bartell pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bartell manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bartell tries to land a knee to the head but Pierre blocks with his arms.

Bartell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pierre looks to score with a jab to the body but Bartell is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre misses with a wild combination.

Bartell moves into the clinch.
Bartell scores with a knee to the head.
Bartell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bartell landing knees to the body.
Bartell manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bartell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bart Bartell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartell wants to clinch.
Pierre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Bartell gets a clinch.
Bartell landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartell scores with a knee to the head.
Bartell lands a knee to the head.
Bartell looking to throw knees to the head but Pierre is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bartell connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bartell obliges.
Bartell stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Bartell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Pierre's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bartell doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierre circles away.
Pierre shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bartell eats them both and turns towards Pierre to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Pierre.
Pierre throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pierre!
Pierre throws a head kick but Bartell moves out of range.
Bartell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pierre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bartell circles away.
Pierre misses with a double jab.
Bartell moves in looking to clinch but Pierre pushes him off.
Bartell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pierre misses with a wild combination.
Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bartell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pierre is breathing heavily.
Pierre fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bartell doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierre circles away.
Bartell leaves Pierre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bart Bartell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Pierre.
Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Bartell moves in looking to clinch but Pierre pushes him off.
Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bartell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bartell tries to clinch up but Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
Bartell moves in looking to clinch but Pierre pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bartell looking to throw knees to the head but Pierre is blocking nicely.
Bartell controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bart Bartell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bartell putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pierre in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bartell stalling against the cage.
Bartell utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartell tries to land a knee to the head but Pierre blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bartell misses with a knee to the head.
Bartell landing knees to the head.
Bartell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierre's face.
Pierre is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bartell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Bartell.
Bartell scores with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Bartell to work.
Bartell seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartell connects with a knee to the head.
Bartell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bartell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bartell lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bartell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pierre up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Bartell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jean Pierre's cut.
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!

Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bartell sprawls well. Bartell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Pierre closes the distance and clinches up with Bartell, looking for a takedown. Pierre pushes Bartell against the cage but Bartell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bartell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bartell lands a jab.
Bartell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pierre throws a hook but Bartell blocks it.
Bartell stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bartell wants it to stay on the feet.
Bart Bartell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Pierre.
Pierre looks to land a combination but Bartell avoids it well.

Bartell moves into the clinch successfully.
Bartell looking to throw knees to the head but Pierre is blocking nicely.
Pierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartell taking a breather.
Bartell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pierre is working for takedown but Bartell is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pierre has Bartell pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bartell manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bartell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bartell lands a nice knee to the body.
Bartell stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bartell landing knees to the head.
Bartell putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pierre in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bartell landing knees to the head.
Bartell misses with a knee to the head.
Bartell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierre's face.
A knee to the head by Bartell.
Pierre letting Bartell take a breather here.
Bartell lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bartell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierre's face.

Pierre is rocked!
Bartell effectively controlling the action here.
Bartell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bartell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bartell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pierre has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bartell is defending well.
Pierre goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bartell prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bartell takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bartell scores with a knee to the head.
Bartell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierre blocks it with crossed arms.
Pierre tries for a takedown. No joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartell landing knees to the body.
Jean Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bartell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Bartell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bartell 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bart Bartell!
Bart Bartell managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery , into his post fight interview.