PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Roman Bowron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Barret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bowron
vs
Barret

170 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Bowron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Barret!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowron uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barret.
Barret lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Barret.
Barret cracks Bowron with a good jab.
Barret cracks a nice hook into Bowron's ribs.
Barret takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barret throws a right hand that Bowron ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowron also avoids with ease.
Barret throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bowron closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Barret misses the target.
Bowron misses with a leg kick.

Barret gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barret keeps control of Bowron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Barret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barret connects with a single shot there.
Bowron doesn't manage to clinch there - Barret circles away.
Bowron moves out of range of the strikes.
Barret connects with the punch.
Bowron takes one to the chin there.
Sloppy strikes from Barret. Those never looked like landing.
Barret lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barret. Bowron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barret lunges at Bowron with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bowron's hand.
Barret lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowron circles away quickly and effectively.
Dan Barret is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barret throws a combination. Bowron tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barret will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barret has managed to clinch.
Bowron looking to stall.
Barret blocks a body shot from Bowron.

Barret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Barret gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bowron tries to break the clinch but Barret is controlling the position.
Bowron throws a punch but it's blocked by Barret.
Bowron tries to stall but Barret uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bowron has had enough of the clinch but Barret keeps him there for the moment.
Barret slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Bowron scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barret keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bowron's efforts to push away.
Barret works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barret is struggling to control the position.
Barret lands a right hand.
Bowron struggles to land a body shot inside as Barret controls his hands.
A bit of stalling here from Barret.
Bowron is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barret receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dan Barret.
Barret tries to bum rush Bowron with a series of wild strikes but Bowron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bowron walks into a stiff left hand from Barret.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Barret dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barret clinches up against the cage.
Bowron is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bowron is looking to break free of the clinch but Barret has double underhooks.
Barret manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bowron can't break the clinch.
Barret content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Barret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dan Barret seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Barret closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bowron wants to stall.
Barret is leaning against Bowron and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barret is struggling to control the position.
Bowron is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barret holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Barret manages to break the clinch.
A lazy left from Barret finds it's target.
Barret feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bowrons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bowron ducks right into an uppercut from Barret.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barret will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Barret, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bowron uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barret.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Barret moves into the clinch successfully.
Bowron lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bowron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bowron wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bowron fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barret as Bowron tries to tie him up.

Barret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Barret darts in and clinches Bowron up against the cage.
Bowron is trying to break the clinch but Barret is controlling him.
Bowron has a couple of punches blocked by Barret.
Bowron tries to stall but Barret uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bowron is trying to break the clinch but Barret is controlling him.
Bowron has a couple of punches blocked by Barret.
Dan Barret seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Barret stalling in the clinch.
Barret digs a right hand underneath Bowron's ribcage. Bowron let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bowron wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barret content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bowron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bowron tries for a takedown but Barret manages to get underhooks.
Bowron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Barret breaks from the clinch.
Barret with a jab.
Roman Bowron is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Barret moves into the clinch.
Bowron misses with a body punch.
Barret is struggling to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Barret's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Barret showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bowron tries to keep at a distance but Barret has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bowron is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barret is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bowron tries to circle away but Barret has him pinned against the cage.
Bowron throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barret blocks it with crossed arms.
Bowron has a couple of punches blocked by Barret.
Barret'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.
Good body shot from Barret.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowron wants to take the fight to the mat but Barret manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Barret is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dan Barret.
Barret lands a jab to Bowron's midsection.

Barret darts in and clinches Bowron up against the cage.
Bowron misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowron throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Barret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bowron looks to land a combination but Barret avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barret closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bowron throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bowron looking to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barret as Bowron tries to tie him up.
Barret displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bowron up against the cage.
Bowron is looking to control Barret's arms but Barret gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bowron has his back to the cage.
Roman Bowron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowron is trying to break the clinch but Barret is controlling him.
Bowron misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barret prevents a body shot from Bowron.
Bowron throws a head punch that misses.
Barret is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right handed body shot lands from Barret.
Barret has Bowron pressed against the cage.
Bowron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barret controlling the action here for a moment.
Bowron misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barret stalls.
Bowron is looking to control Barret's arms but Barret gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bowron has his back to the cage.
Bowron has had enough of the clinch but Barret keeps him there for the moment.
A bit of stalling here from Barret.
Bowron taking a breather.
Barret blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowron looking to stall.

Barret manages to break the clinch.
Dan Barret is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bowron takes a shot to the body in his stride.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Barret comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barret 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Barret!
An out of breath Dan Barret thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.