PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brady Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Fadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Boom Boom Out Go The Lights/ Pat Travers. Fadden has chosen Hate Song by THE HAUNTED as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barnes
vs
Fadden

170 cm
30
166 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

170 cm
38
167 lbs
27 - 19 - 2

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brady Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, John Fadden!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fadden misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Barnes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fadden. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Fadden manages to circle out of the way.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fadden.
Fadden throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fadden.
Fadden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fadden throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Fadden throws out a loose jab but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fadden lunges at Barnes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barnes's hand.
Fadden throws a shot from downtown. Barnes moves away and avoids it.
Fadden throws an overhand right that lands on Barnes's shoulder, as Barnes tries to avoid the shot.
Barnes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the liver by Barnes. Beautiful body shot.
Barnes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes moves away from the strike by Fadden.
Fadden has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Fadden keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barnes misses with a double jab.
Barnes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Barnes throws a jab when Fadden was well out of range.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Fadden.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fadden lands with a nice body punch.
Fadden misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Barnes seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fadden throws out the jab.
Barnes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barnes sizes up Fadden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fadden tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnes is able to avoid easily.
Fadden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
John Fadden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes scores with a body shot.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Fadden throws a hook but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice shot lands for Fadden.
Barnes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fadden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fadden connects with a body shot.
Barnes cracks Fadden with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fadden with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barnes to score with a decent uppercut.
Barnes slips a straight right by Fadden.
Fadden misses with a straight left.
Fadden blocks a leg kick.
Fadden wants to counter with a clinch but Barnes pushes him away.
Fadden connects with a crisp jab.
Jab by Barnes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tests Fadden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barnes with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fadden, as that shot connected.
Fadden misses with a series of wild punches.
Fadden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Fadden. Those never looked like landing.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Fadden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barnes.
Fadden tries to score with a low kick but Barnes moves his leg out of the way.
Barnes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fadden scores with a jab. Barnes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fadden misses with a looping right.
Fadden attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Barnes misses with a hook. Fadden ducked under it nicely.
Barnes throws a hook but Fadden blocks it.
Barnes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barnes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fadden.
Fadden misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fadden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Barnes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fadden pinned against the cage. Fadden gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fadden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barnes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Fadden manages to circle out of the way.
Fadden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fadden throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Fadden throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Fadden.
An inside leg kick from Fadden misses.
Fadden scores with a shot to the body.
Fadden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fadden on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fadden. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Fadden.
A punch combination from Barnes misses.
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Fadden.
John Fadden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed right hand from Fadden misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fadden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Fadden misses.
Fadden throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fadden throws a big shot that misses.
Fadden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fadden misses the shot to the body.
Fadden throws a body shot but no joy.
Fadden with a nice cross.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fadden.

Fadden tries to keep at a distance but Barnes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Fadden gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barnes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Barnes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but Fadden blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Fadden dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fadden.
Fadden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
Fadden misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Barnes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fadden pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Barnes clinches.
Barnes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barnes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fadden stalling.
Fadden lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fadden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fadden manages to break the clinch.
Barnes scores with a hook to the body. Fadden takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fadden avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Fadden circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnes throws a right hand that Fadden ducks under and follows up with a left that Fadden also avoids with ease.
Decent striking displayed by Fadden there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Fadden.
Fadden missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barnes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Barnes misses the jab.
Fadden misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Fadden.
Fadden throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Fadden.
Decent striking displayed by Barnes there.
Fadden with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fadden lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Brady Barnes has been cut.
Fadden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fadden.
A slow jab from Fadden misses its intended target.

Barnes has Fadden up against the cage in a clinch.
Fadden looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fadden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fadden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fadden avoids it.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Fadden.
Fadden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes lands an uppercut.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Fadden breaks from the clinch.
Fadden throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Fadden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fadden looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fadden circles away from the clinch attempt.
John Fadden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Fadden misses.

Barnes moves into range and clinches up with Fadden.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fadden backwards.
Fadden takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fadden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fadden is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Fadden wants to get back to striking at distance but Barnes won't allow it.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fadden lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fadden is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Fadden blocking some punches.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fadden.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnes lands a left hand.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fadden blocks it with crossed arms.
Fadden has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brady Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes lands an elbow inside that Fadden shrugs off.
Fadden's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fadden is trying to break free.
Barnes taking a breather.
Fadden is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Fadden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Fadden misses with a straight left.
Barnes scores with a nice head shot.
Fadden takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fadden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Barnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brady Barnes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fadden looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes scores with a jab to the head.
Fadden swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes misses with a looping right.
Fadden shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barnes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fadden missing with a left hand there. Barnes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fadden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fadden throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Fadden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Barnes there.
Fadden lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fadden just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Barnes tries to clinch but Fadden moves out of range.
Fadden scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fadden misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Barnes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barnes misses with a straight left.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Fadden.
Barnes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Fadden.

Barnes clinches up against the cage.
Fadden is trying to break the clinch but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes misses with the head strike.
Fadden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Fadden.
Barnes prevents Fadden from breaking the clinch.
Barnes prevents Fadden from breaking the clinch.
Barnes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barnes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Barnes slowing the pace effectively.
Barnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.

Fadden manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fadden misses with an uppercut.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fadden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes tries to move into range but Fadden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fadden throws out a powerful jab.
Fadden with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fadden misses the jab.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fadden was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Fadden misses with a straight right.
Fadden misses with a body shot.
Barnes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Barnes throws a good cross that connects.
Fadden misses with a wild body shot.
Fadden throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Fadden scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Fadden.
Barnes appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Barnes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barnes showed some decent athleticism there.
Fadden is looking for a sweep. Barnes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fadden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is trying to control the action in half guard but Fadden is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fadden tries to roll over but Barnes keeps him under control.

Fadden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Barnes seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Fadden is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Brady Barnes!
Brady Barnes seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.