PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tre Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JB Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barnes
vs
Penn

180 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Nordic Battle Gear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tre Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JB Penn!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barnes shoots in and bounces Penn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Penn looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Barnes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barnes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Penn's head.
Barnes passes into half guard.
Barnes passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Penn!
Penn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barnes 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.
Barnes raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes content just to control the position here.
Barnes working Penn over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barnes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Penn's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes cracks Penn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Barnes with good strikes from the mount here!
Barnes lands a nice shot to the head.
Barnes landing strikes, looking to finish!
Barnes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barnes breaks from Penn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes cracks Penn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Penn is rocked!
Barnes loads up with a big shot that hurts Penn! He's pulled Barnes in close but Barnes has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Penn survive? More strikes from Barnes and Penn is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tre Barnes!