PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Aaron Edwards has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Aaron Edwards seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Edwards
vs
Barnes

188 cm
24
209 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
31
210 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!)
CEC Nutrition Q160

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Aaron Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Barnes!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Edwards throws a wild body kick that Barnes sees coming a mile off.
Barnes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aaron Edwards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edwards misses with a low kick.
Barnes misses with a body kick.
Barnes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Edwards finds it's way round the side to connect with Barnes's head.

It looks like Nate Barnes has been cut.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Edwards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Edwards shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Edwards looks for the body kick but Barnes saw that one coming.
Barnes lands with a nice body punch.
Barnes lands a really nice looking cross but Edwards seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Edwards scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Edwards motions for Barnes to come forward. Edwards throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Edwards finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Edwards misses with a right hand
and Barnes counters with a nice body shot.
Barnes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Edwards takes a step back to recover.
Barnes checks a leg kick.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edwards throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barnes feints and then cracks Edwards's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Edwards down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edwards takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barnes connects with a body shot that sends Edwards's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good exchange - Barnes coming out on top.
Edwards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Edwards.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Edwards.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barnes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Edwards.
Edwards lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Edwards throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barnes scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barnes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Barnes circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes scores with a jab. Edwards acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Edwards throws a low kick but Barnes moves out of range easily.
Edwards avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barnes dips to his left and cracks Edwards with an uppercut!
Barnes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Barnes as he connects with a hook.
Edwards drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Barnes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edwards misses with a leg kick
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards throws a lazy body kick
and Barnes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Edwards swinging wildly here.
Edwards doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Edwards moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
A cross from Barnes lands.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Edwards is just out of range.
Donk. Barnes catches Edwards right on the button with a cross.
Barnes sizes up Edwards with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barnes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Edwards had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Edwards takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barnes lands with an overhand left.
Barnes cracks the inside of Edwards's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Barnes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Edwards checks a leg kick.
Barnes scores with a decent looking hook.
Edwards blocks a leg kick.
Edwards takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Edwards thows a body shot but no joy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Edwards.
Barnes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Edwards misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes throws an overhand right that lands on Edwards's shoulder, as Edwards tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes throws a big shot that misses.
Edwards throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Edwards misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Barnes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nate Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Edwards fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Barnes does it's job there.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Barnes circles away and keeps his distance.
Edwards takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Edwards misses with a body shot.

Edwards moves into the clinch successfully.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Edwards avoids it.
Barnes tries to break the clinch but Edwards is controlling the position.
Barnes throws an elbow but it misses.
Edwards landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes tries a body shot but Edwards blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Edwards landing knees to the head.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Edwards's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Barnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Edwards leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Edwards lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Edwards lands a shot to the body.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
Barnes takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Edwards.
Barnes tries to break the clinch but Edwards is controlling the position.
Good body shot from Barnes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Edwards lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Edwards takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Edwards misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes taking a breather.
Edwards lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Edwards avoids the damage to the body.
Edwards gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edwards misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Edwards avoids the elbow strike from Barnes, against the cage.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Edwards stalling.
Barnes is looking to break free of the clinch but Edwards has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Edwards.
Edwards tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Edwards is looking to wear down Barnes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barnes. That's going to slow Edwards down.
Edwards takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Edwards's head.
Edwards defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Barnes circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Barnes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nate Barnes's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Edwards doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Barnes keeps the fight on the outside.
Edwards misses with a body shot.
A jab from Edwards misses.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. Edwards looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barnes.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Edwards uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Edwards does a little dance to reset his feet.
Edwards goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick by Edwards misses
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Edwards throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards thows a leg kick but Barnes checks it
and Edwards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barnes throws a sloppy head kick and Edwards moves out of range easily.
Edwards buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barnes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Barnes scores with a leg kick.
Edwards misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnes throws a chopping leg kick but Edwards manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Edwards closes the distance but Barnes moves to the side
and Barnes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barnes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards pushes Barnes away with a front kick.
Barnes lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edwards blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Edwards's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barnes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Edwards scrambles back to his feet.
Edwards takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Edwards checks the leg kick.
Barnes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Edwards checks the leg kick.

Edwards moves into the clinch.
Edwards is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Aaron Edwards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barnes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Edwards managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Edwards is defending well for now.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Edwards's elbow.
Barnes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edwards lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Edwards tries to land a knee to the head but Barnes blocks with his arms.
Barnes lands with a short shot to the head.
Edwards prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Nate Barnes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A body shot lands from Barnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edwards is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Barnes manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barnes.
Barnes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice cross by Barnes.
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Edwards moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Edwards's sensitive parts.
Edwards takes one to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Barnes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. Edwards looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barnes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Edwards doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barnes 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Barnes!
Nate Barnes took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Untouchable Fight Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.