PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Pascal St-Dupuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruiner Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett comes into a darkened arena with his song building. canceled forever 125 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pascal St-Dupuis
vs
Barnett

177 cm
27
158 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

210 cm
32
280 lbs
37 - 28 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Zipp Zapp
Sport Support

Cynical Truth Vegas

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Pascal St-Dupuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruiner Barnett!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett connects with a leg kick. St-Dupuis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
St-Dupuis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barnett. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Barnett.
Ruiner Barnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnett misses with a head kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Barnett has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Barnett misses with a hook

and St-Dupuis moves into the clinch.
St-Dupuis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St-Dupuis lands a shoulder strike.
St-Dupuis misses with a hook to the ribs.
St-Dupuis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnett is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barnett is looking to break free of the clinch but St-Dupuis has double underhooks.
Barnett has St-Dupuis pushed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Barnett.
Barnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
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!
Barnett managing to block the knees to the body from St-Dupuis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett stalling against the cage.
Barnett tries to throw a body punch but St-Dupuis avoids it by throwing Barnett back against the cage.
St-Dupuis struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnett controls his hands.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St-Dupuis looking to throw knees to the head but Barnett is blocking nicely.
A hook to the body from Barnett.
A bit of stalling here from Barnett.
Barnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnett blocks an elbow strike from St-Dupuis.
St-Dupuis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barnett has a couple of punches blocked by St-Dupuis.
Barnett can't find room to land a body shot as St-Dupuis controls the action.
St-Dupuis missing with knees to the body.
Barnett is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St-Dupuis works on Barnett's body with a couple of short punches.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett avoiding damage as St-Dupuis throws knees to the body.
Barnett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barnett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnett lands a body shot.
A short right from Barnett.
St-Dupuis is breathing heavily.
Barnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnett lands a left hand that snaps the head of St-Dupuis backwards.
Our sources have told us that St-Dupuis has been working on his elbows in the gym.
St-Dupuis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.
St-Dupuis lands an elbow that stopped Barnett in his tracks for a moment.
Barnett misses with a punch to the body.
Barnett throws a head punch that misses.
St-Dupuis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
St-Dupuis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnett.
St-Dupuis trying to land knees to the body.
Barnett slowing the pace effectively.
Barnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St-Dupuis scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St-Dupuis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

St-Dupuis is rocked!
Barnett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St-Dupuis avoids it.
Oh St-Dupuis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
St-Dupuis tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnett avoids the damage to the body.
St-Dupuis seems to have got his legs back now.
St-Dupuis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barnett is looking to take this one to the mat.
Barnett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
St-Dupuis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.
St-Dupuis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnett avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St-Dupuis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnett backwards.
A head punch on the inside from St-Dupuis fails to land.
Barnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barnett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barnett is trying to push St-Dupuis away but St-Dupuis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barnett struggles to land a body shot inside as St-Dupuis controls his hands.
Barnett has a couple of punches blocked by St-Dupuis.
Barnett lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St-Dupuis misses with a body punch.
Barnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St-Dupuis missing with knees to the body.
Barnett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St-Dupuis or not.
Barnett managing to block the knees to the body from St-Dupuis.
Barnett tries to work over St-Dupuis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Barnett breaks from the clinch.
St-Dupuis avoids the head kick by Barnett.

Barnett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St-Dupuis misses with an elbow over the top.

Barnett manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St-Dupuis avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnett. St-Dupuis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnett throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruiner Barnett dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

St-Dupuis keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnett swings away with a leg kick that misses.
St-Dupuis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St-Dupuis tries to clinch there but Barnett circles away.
St-Dupuis swings for the body but Barnett moves out of range.
Barnett throws a leg kick but St-Dupuis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Barnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St-Dupuis checks a low kick from Barnett.
Barnett misses the jab.
A shot to the liver by Barnett. Beautiful body shot.

Barnett throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as St-Dupuis stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Barnett follows into mount!

It looks like Jean Pascal St-Dupuis has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St-Dupuis tries to hold on but Barnett pushes him away.
Barnett trying to control but St-Dupuis is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St-Dupuis working to try and regain half guard.
Barnett with a couple of short strikes.
Barnett landing punches.
St-Dupuis can't escape the position.
Barnett pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
St-Dupuis is squirming around, avoiding Barnett's attempts to control the action.

Barnett working for a guillotine from mount but St-Dupuis is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Barnett connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnett is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and St-Dupuis goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Barnett!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ruiner Barnett!
An out of breath Ruiner Barnett thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Jean Pascal St-Dupuis spoke after the fight, saying 'I guess they shouldn't have believed in me after all....'.