PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tired and clearly flustered, he entered the arena late and after a little discussion it was decided that the bout should take place.
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Barnes and David Byrne. Barnes's entrance music is Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. A fine choice. Frankie Barnes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barnes
vs
Byrne

185 cm
35
184 lbs
36 - 10 - 0

184 cm
28
201 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Barnes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, David Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes scores with a nice strike.
Barnes lunges at Byrne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Byrne's hand.
Barnes checks the leg kick.
Barnes throws a sloppy body shot
and Byrne counters with a left to the body.
Byrne throws a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Byrne thinking.
Barnes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Byrne.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.

Byrne darts in and clinches Barnes up against the ropes.
Byrne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barness head.
Barnes misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Barnes landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byrne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barnes is defending well for now.
Barnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Byrne avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Barnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like David Byrne has been cut.
Byrne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Byrne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands an uppercut.
Byrne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Byrne lands a damaging elbow.
Barnes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Byrne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Byrne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barnes.
Byrne blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Byrne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but Barnes blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Byrne.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Byrne is blocking nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Byrne.
Byrne has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barnes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Byrne can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Byrne can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes scores a nice knee to the body.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Byrne lands an elbow just above Barnes 's eye.
A knee to the head by Barnes.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Byrne scores with a hook to the body.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Byrne controls the action.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Barnes.
Byrne lands with a right to the head.
Byrne blocks a body shot from Barnes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byrne.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrne.
Barnes trying to stall but Byrne improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byrne.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Byrne avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the ropes.
Byrne blocking some punches.
Byrne lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
A short right from Byrne.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Byrne.
A right hook to the body lands for Byrne.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byrne avoids it.
Byrne misses with a punch on the inside.
Byrne managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Barnes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Byrne throws an elbow but misses.
Byrne digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Byrne lands an elbow inside.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byrne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Byrne misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byrne can't find room to land a body shot as Barnes controls the action.
Byrne misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Byrne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byrne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barnes lands with a light punch inside.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
Byrne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barnes lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Byrne tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Byrne back against the ropes.
Byrne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.
Byrne misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frankie Barnes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Byrne's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Barnes lands the left hand.
Byrne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Byrne moves into range and clinches up with Barnes.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Byrne gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Barnes.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Byrne blocks it.
Barnes avoids the elbow strike from Byrne, against the ropes.
Byrne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Frankie Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Byrne lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barnes.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Byrne blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnes lands a good knee to the midsection. Byrne won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Barnes connects with a knee to the head.
Byrne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Byrne's face.
Barnes lands a right hand.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Byrne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barnes blocks it with crossed arms.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Barnes tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Byrne throws an elbow but it misses.
Barnes lands with a left to the head.
Barnes managing to block the knees to the body from Byrne.
Barnes lands with a light punch inside.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Byrne blocks with his arms.
Barnes lands a nice knee to the body.
Barnes lands a knee to the head.

Byrne is rocked!
Byrne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barnes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Byrne is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Byrne seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Byrne lands with a left to the head.
Byrne is working Barnes over against the ropes.
Barnes swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes dodges an elbow strike from Byrne.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byrne.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but Barnes blocks with his arms.
Barnes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Byrne pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Byrne controls the action.
Barnes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Byrne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byrne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Byrne.
Byrne swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Barnes fails to land.
Byrne struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Byrne's elbow.
Byrne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Byrne controls the action.
Byrne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Byrne throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Byrne lands with a short shot to the head.
Barnes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Byrne as the two fighters clinch.
Byrne lands with a light punch inside.
Byrne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
Barnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Byrne.
Byrne lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes blocks the elbow strike.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Byrne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Byrne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Byrne missing with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Byrne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Barnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Byrne's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Byrne misses the jab.
Barnes feints and then cracks Byrne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Byrne down.

Byrne has managed to clinch.
Byrne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Byrne pushes Barnes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Barnes landing knees to the body.
Byrne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barnes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Byrne cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnes.
Byrne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Byrne.
Byrne misses with the head strike.
Byrne pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Byrne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne landing knees to the body.
Byrne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Byrne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Byrne.
Byrne tries to work over Barnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byrne lands a damaging elbow.
Byrne lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Barnes is rocked!
Byrne working Barnes over with knees to the body.
Oh Barnes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Byrne creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Barnes with a big uppercut! Barnes tries to clinch up but Byrne pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Barnes to the mat! Barnes covers up and Byrne unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). David Byrne!
David Byrne is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking David Byrne made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Frankie Barnes spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm sorry for letting down my fans. I wanted to be able to hold 3 titles at the same time but Orton was the better man today. '.