PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Creepy Bergeron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bergeron
vs
Barnes

189 cm
26
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
31
210 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Creepy Bergeron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bergeron scores with a hook to the body. Barnes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bergeron is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Barnes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barnes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bergeron.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Bergeron checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barnes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Bergeron.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bergeron.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Bergeron is just out of range.
A good leg kick by Barnes.
Bergeron scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Barnes gets tackled into the cage by Bergeron. Bergeron maintains the clinch.
Barnes misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bergeron.
Barnes landing knees to the body.
Bergeron misses with a punch to the body.
Bergeron blocks an uppercut.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Bergeron's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnes.
Bergeron throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bergeron blocks it with crossed arms.
Bergeron lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
The referee calls for Bergeron to work.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Bergeron.
Bergeron swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bergeron struggles to land a body shot inside as Barnes controls his hands.
Bergeron scores with a hook to the body.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Bergeron blocks with his arms.
Bergeron effectively controlling the action here.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a nice uppercut.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bergeron is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bergeron connects with a right hand. Barnes shakes it off.
Bergeron swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes shapes to counter with a head kick.
Barnes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barnes thows a body kick. Bergeron tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Bergeron forces Barnes back against the cage and clinches.
Barnes cracks Bergeron with a nice body shot.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Bergeron blocks with his arms.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bergeron blocks it with crossed arms.
Bergeron lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnes or not.
Bergeron misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Bergeron blocks it.
Bergeron lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Bergeron.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Bergeron blocks it.
Bergeron tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes wants to break free but Bergeron has control.
Bergeron goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes landing knees to the body.
Bergeron lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bergeron tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bergeron works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bergeron has Barnes pushed against the cage.
Bergeron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bergeron dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bergeron lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Bergeron is blocking nicely.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Bergeron tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barnes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bergeron works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bergeron lands a nice shot to the body.
Bergeron gets through Barnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bergeron misses with a punch on the inside.
Bergeron lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Creepy Bergeron 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.

A jab from Bergeron does it's job there.
Bergeron misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a thumping low kick.
Bergeron throws a body shot but no joy.
Bergeron has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barnes.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bergeron.
Bergeron connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bergeron misses with a lunging right hand
and Barnes counters with an inside leg kick.
Bergeron connects with a jab.

Barnes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bergeron misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bergeron makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Bergeron.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bergeron is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bergeron tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Bergeron.
Barnes scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Creepy Bergeron has been cut.
Bergeron on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bergeron makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bergeron misses with some punches.
Bergeron working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bergeron lands an elbow inside.
Bergeron throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Bergeron blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Bergeron.
Bergeron scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bergeron misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Bergeron fails to land.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Bergeron throws an elbow but misses.
Barnes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bergeron is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bergeron misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bergeron tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Bergeron throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes blocking some punches.
Bergeron is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Bergeron misses with some punches.
Bergeron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Bergeron takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bergeron lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bergeron on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Barnes.
Bergeron lands a body shot.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
Bergeron lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bergeron.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bergeron creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bergeron scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bergeron lands a right hand.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Bergeron is blocking nicely.
Barnes misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bergeron is keeping busy.
Bergeron cracks Barnes with a nice body shot.
Bergeron scores with a hook to the body.
Bergeron is leaning against Barnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Bergeron.
Bergeron digs a right hand underneath Barnes's ribcage. Barnes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Creepy Bergeron has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Bergeron.
Bergeron lands with a short shot to the head.
Bergeron presses Barnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bergeron misses with a punch to the body.
Bergeron lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Bergeron.
A nice left hand lands by Bergeron.

Barnes is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bergeron.
Barnes is still on wobbly legs! Can Bergeron finish him?
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Bergeron lands a big right hand that drops Barnes! The killer instinct kicks in and Bergeron finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bergeron!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Creepy Bergeron!