PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Stathan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes to the cage accompanied by The Unforgiven. Jackson Stathan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barnett
vs
Stathan

190 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
223 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jackson Stathan!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Stathan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stathan.
Stathan moves out of range of the strikes.
Barnett misses with a takedown attempt - Stathan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barnett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Stathan instigates a clinch.
Barnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stathan has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stathan.

It looks like Rob Barnett has been cut.
Stathan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stathan lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
Stathan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stathan lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
Stathan avoiding damage.
Barnett tries to break free but Stathan pushes him back against the cage.
Barnett tries to circle away but Stathan has him pinned against the cage.
Stathan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stathan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.
Stathan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
Barnett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barnett has had enough of the clinch but Stathan keeps him there for the moment.
Barnett is looking to break free of the clinch but Stathan has double underhooks.
Stathan lands an elbow inside.
Stathan prevents Barnett from breaking the clinch.
Stathan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.
Stathan lands an elbow just above Barnett 's eye.
Stathan controlling the action here for a moment.
Stathan lands a knee to the body.
Barnett is breathing heavily.
Stathan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stathan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stathan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stathan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stathan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stathan lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
Stathan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stathan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barnett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stathan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stathan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barnett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stathan lands a nice elbow.
Stathan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Barnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stathan working Barnett over with knees to the body.
Stathan crunches a lovely knee into Barnett's ribcage.
Stathan tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnett avoids the damage to the body.
Stathan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barnett up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett tries to break the clinch but Stathan is controlling the position.
Stathan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.
Barnett misses with a knee to the head.
Stathan stalling in the clinch.
Stathan lands a nice elbow.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnett tries to break free but Stathan pushes him back against the cage.
Stathan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stathan.
Stathan is stalling here.
Stathan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stathan crunches a lovely knee into Barnett's ribcage.
Stathan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stathan lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stathan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stathan scores a nice knee to the body.
Stathan lands a damaging elbow.
Stathan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stathan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stathan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barnett's defenses.
Stathan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stathan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barnett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stathan lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stathan taking a breather.
Stathan continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Stathan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Stathan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Stathan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Barnett's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stathan throws a nice outside leg kick.

Stathan rushes Barnett and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stathan lands a damaging elbow.
Stathan keeps control of Barnett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barnett fails to pull guard.
Stathan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Stathan.
Stathan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stathan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stathan lands an elbow inside that Barnett shrugs off.

Barnett is rocked!
Stathan is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Stathan.
Oh Barnett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barnett seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stathan lands an elbow just above Barnett 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Stathan.
Stathan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stathan crunches a lovely knee into Barnett's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stathan lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stathan.
Stathan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stathan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barnett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson Stathan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Barnett takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stathan.
Stathan lands a damaging elbow.
Stathan creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Barnett! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Stathan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Stathan!