PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brusso Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, canceled forever 125. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barnett
vs
Do

210 cm
29
280 lbs
31 - 23 - 1

190 cm
29
285 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Brute

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 31 - 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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brusso Do!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett throws a sloppy head kick and Do moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheers as Barnett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Do doesn't seem phased though.
Barnett misses with a straight left.
Barnett takes a swing at Do's ribcage but misses.
Nice takedown defense from Do. No joy for Barnett on that attempt.
Barnett loads up on a big right hand but Do slips the punch.
Barnett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Do is looking to score with low kicks.
Do moves out of range of the strikes.
Do keeps Barnett at a distance using the push kick.
Do looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Do is looking to clinch but Barnett is avoiding it.
Do tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnett lands a jab.
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!
A head kick by Do misses
and Barnett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett throws a lazy uppercut
and Do counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A clash of legs there as Barnett blocks the low kick.
Nice defenses there by Do.
Do shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barnett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Do throws an elbow but misses.
Do misses with a knee strike.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Do throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Do creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.

It looks like Ruiner Barnett has been cut.
Do blocking some punches.
Barnett is looking to break free of the clinch but Do has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barnett just misses with a elbow thrown towards Do's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do blocks an uppercut.
Barnett avoids the elbow strike from Do, against the cage.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike from Do.
Barnett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Do stops a takedown attempt from Barnett.
Do using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Do lands a nice elbow.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike from Do.
Barnett avoids the elbow strike from Do, against the cage.
Barnett swings wildly with an uppercut but Do uses good head movement to avoid it.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Do pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Do blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Do gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Do lands a nice uppercut.
Barnett is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Do.
Do throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Do blocks a body shot from Barnett.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Do just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barnett's brow.
Barnett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Do or not.
Barnett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett dodges an elbow strike from Do.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barnett's face.
Do blocks an uppercut.
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Do misses with an elbow over the top.
Barnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Do with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Do.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Do using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Do.
With the fighters up against the cage, Do throws an elbow but misses.
Barnett avoids the elbow strike from Do, against the cage.
Barnett avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barnett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike from Do.
Do misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do connects with a knee to the head.

Ruiner Barnett's cut is getting worse.
Do lands a knee to the head.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnett avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brusso Do dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Do lands with a good body shot.
Barnett thows a left - swing and a miss!

Do closes the distance and pushes Barnett back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barnett.
Do throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brusso Do seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Do managing to block the knees to the body from Barnett.
Barnett gets through Do's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barnett tries to work over Do's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barnett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Do is defending well for now.
Barnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Barnett blocks with his arms.
Do using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnett avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Barnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do's elbow.
Do blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Barnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Do putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barnett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnett has Do pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Do manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Barnett is blocking nicely.
Barnett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
Barnett wants to stall.
Do misses with a knee to the head.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
Do misses with a punch to the body.
Barnett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Barnett breaks the clinch.
Ruiner Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do wants to land a leg kick but Barnett is out of range.
Do moves out of range of the body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett checks a low kick from Do.
Barnett throws a wild body kick that Do sees coming a mile off.
Do throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Do tries to clinch up.
Brusso Do is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do throws a nice head kick!
Barnett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barnett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A good leg kick by Do.
Barnett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Do stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett misses with a body shot.

Barnett gets a takedown into half guard.
Barnett wants to control but Do is keeping him busy.
Barnett prevents Do from improving his position.
Do is refusing to be controlled, as Barnett sits in half guard.
Barnett wants to pass to mount but Do is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Do keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Do regains full guard. Nicely done.
Barnett throws a strike but Do rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Barnett will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Do loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ruiner Barnett will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ruiner Barnett's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Do. That's going to slow Barnett down.
A head kick misses from Do.
Do blocks a jab.
Do misses with a body kick.
Do misses with a body kick.
Do avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Do has managed to clinch.
Barnett avoids a wild elbow strike from Do.
Barnett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnett takes an elbow to the temple.
Do unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnett avoids the damage to the body.
Do connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do missing with knees to the body.
Barnett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barnett takes an elbow to the temple.
Do lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
Do connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barnett's face.
Do landing knees to the head.
Do lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Do throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barnett blocks it with crossed arms.
Do blocks a body shot from Barnett.
Barnett wants a takedown.
Barnett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Ruiner Barnett's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Do with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Do throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Do throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barnett can't break the clinch.
Do with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnett working aggressively here.
Do tries a knee to the head but Barnett blocks it.
Do with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnett lands an uppercut.
Do lands an elbow inside that Barnett shrugs off.
Do throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Do lands a hook that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Do throws an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Barnett takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Barnett blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Barnett blocks the elbow strike.
Barnett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Do lands an elbow inside that Barnett shrugs off.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnett blocks the elbow strike.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Barnett's ribcage.
Barnett avoids a wild elbow strike from Do.
With the fighters up against the cage, Do throws an elbow but misses.
Do creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Do tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Do with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Barnett is blocking nicely.
Barnett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Do misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Barnett is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Do can't fight it off and eventually Barnett manages to take the fight to the floor. Do looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Barnett wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Do works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Do manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barnett manages to get himself to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brusso Do comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Do has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

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