PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hezekiah Munson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes to the cage accompanied by canceled forever 125. Munson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Showdown kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ruiner Barnett has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Barnett
vs
Munson

210 cm
28
280 lbs
29 - 23 - 1

187 cm
33
230 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 29 - 23 - 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 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hezekiah Munson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett lands an overhand right.
Barnett throws a big shot that misses.
Barnett misses the jab.
Barnett misses with a straight right.
Munson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barnett pinned against the cage. Barnett gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Munson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Barnett's waist but Barnett gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Munson off to one side.
Barnett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Munson doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Munson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barnett dives in and scores a takedown into Munson's guard.
Barnett tries to free his leg and advance position but Munson is retaining full guard.
Barnett throwing strikes but missing.
Barnett looking to pass the guard.
Barnett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Munson wants to sweep here but Barnett controlling him for the moment.
Barnett is looking to pass into half guard but Munson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Munson is in guard.
Munson wants to control from the top but Barnett keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnett is keeping the position for now.
Barnett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Munson trying to control but Barnett is working from the bottom.
Barnett will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Hezekiah Munson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Munson shoots in for a double leg but Barnett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ruiner Barnett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hezekiah Munson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett throws a shot from downtown. Munson moves away and avoids it.
Munson ducks under a wild hook from Barnett.
Barnett throws a poor cross that misses

and Munson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Munson.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnett controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Barnett.
Barnett misses with some punches.
Munson lands an elbow inside.
Munson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Munson.
A left hand lands to the body for Barnett.
Barnett gets through Munson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Munson misses with a punch to the body.
Munson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Nice elbow from Munson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson letting Barnett take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Munson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Munson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Barnett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Barnett misses with a punch to the body.
Munson can't find room to land a body shot as Barnett controls the action.
Munson missing with knees to the body.
Munson blocks an uppercut.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Munson or not.
Barnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnett lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnett is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Munson.
Knees to the body from Munson.
Barnett lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiner Barnett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Munson tries to clinch up but Barnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnett connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Munson misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Barnett to counter with a crisp jab.
Barnett looks to land a right hand but Munson moved out of range.
Barnett swings for the body but Munson moves out of range.
Barnett stalks Munson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Munson's face. Munson staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnett swings for the body but Munson moves out of range.
Barnett pushes Munson away with a front kick.
Barnett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barnett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Munson on the side of the head.
Barnett throws a big shot that misses.
Munson gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Barnett gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruiner Barnett!
Ruiner Barnett spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.