PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barnett
vs
Dragon

190 cm
26
240 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
28
255 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Untouchable Fight Nutrition Q160 $125

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dragon is fending him off so far but Barnett persists. Nope, Dragon circles away and we're back to standing.
Dragon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dragon scores with the left hand. Barnett knows he should have avoided that one.
Dragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnett.

Dragon clinches with his opponent.
Dragon pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barnett has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dragon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Dragon is fighting off a takedown attempt but Barnett is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dragon to the mat. Dragon regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dragon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dragon keeping moving, preventing Barnett from controlling successfully.
Barnett's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dragon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Barnett is controlling him.
Barnett is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Barnett drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barnett jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Barnett is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett tries to free his leg and advance position but Dragon is retaining full guard.
Dragon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dragon is looking to stand up but Barnett isn't so interested in that idea.
Barnett stopping the sweep attempt from Dragon.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dragon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barnett tries to free his leg and advance position but Dragon is retaining full guard.
Barnett is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dragon looking for a sweep. Not yet Dragon, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barnett closes the distance and clinches up with Dragon, looking for a takedown. Barnett pushes Dragon against the cage but Dragon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnett shoots for a double leg takedown but Dragon sprawls well. He's pushed Barnett's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Barnett misses
letting Dragon counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dragon sends Barnett crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Dragon is motioning to the referee to let Barnett up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Barnett is rocked!
Barnett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Oh Barnett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dragon fakes the body blow, causing Barnett to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Barnett goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Steve Dragon!
Steve Dragon 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.