PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darby Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gordon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to United Booty Foundation. Darby Gordon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gordon
vs
Barnes

190 cm
28
217 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

194 cm
31
194 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darby Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gordon misses the target.
Gordon slips a straight right by Barnes.
Barnes lands a high kick!
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes works Gordon's body with a nice hook.
Gordon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gordon, right into the meat.
Gordon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darby Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes scores with a nice strike.
Gordon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gordon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gordon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Gordon moved out of range.
Barnes stalks Gordon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gordon's face. Gordon staggers backwards, shaken.
Barnes tries to land a front kick but Gordon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barnes works the jab nicely.
Gordon throws a sloppy head kick
and Barnes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gordon misses the shot to the body.
Barnes lands a head kick. Gordon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gordon throws an off balance right hand
and Barnes counters with a straight right hand.
Gordon misses with an uppercut.
Gordon misses with an uppercut.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gordon throws out the jab.
Gordon throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Barnes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gordon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gordon.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Gordon.
No joy there for Gordon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Barnes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gordon.
Barnes checks a leg kick nicely.
Barnes missing with a left hand there. Gordon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Gordon.
Barnes lands with an overhand left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Barnes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like John Barnes has been cut.
Barnes clobbers Gordon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Barnes lands a big head kick that sends Gordon to the canvas! Barnes follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Barnes!
After the big win, John Barnes made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Soul Supremacy Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.