PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Uriah Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barnes
vs
Wallace

175 cm
24
140 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
28
132 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Voodoo Nutrition

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uriah Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a head kick but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnes is looking to counter punch.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1-2. Barnes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wallace takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barnes wants to clinch up but Wallace keeps it at a distance.
Barnes throws a right hand that Wallace ducks under and follows up with a left that Wallace also avoids with ease.
Wallace throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
Barnes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Wallace.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Wallace takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wallace takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Wallace is rocked!
Barnes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barnes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wallace is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wallace throws a series of punches but Barnes avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace wants to land a leg kick but Barnes is out of range.
Wallace seems to have recovered his senses.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barnes seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Wallace.
Wallace dodges the punch combination from Barnes.
Wallace blocks a head kick by Barnes.
Barnes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wallace on the side of the head.
Wallace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes missing with a left hand there. Wallace was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wallace is looking for the big counter here.
Wallace lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barnes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barnes connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.

Wallace drives through and clinches with Barnes against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wallace.
Barnes tries to stall but Wallace uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wallace.
Wallace scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barnes is looking to clinch but Wallace is avoiding it.
Barnes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wallace.
A shot to the liver by Barnes. Beautiful body shot.
Wallace on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wallace misses with a few strikes there.
Uriah Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes takes a swing at Wallace's ribcage but misses.
Wallace on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wallace throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnes misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a head kick but Barnes moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Wallace. Those never looked like landing.
Wallace has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wallace there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Wallace feints the counter takedown.
Barnes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barnes.
Wallace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes appears to be looking for a big counter.
Wallace keeps the fight on the outside.
Wallace throws a counter combo.
Barnes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wallace misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Some wild striking there from Wallace.
Barnes misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wallace there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barnes scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace swinging wildly here.
Barnes cracks Wallace with a good jab.
Wallace fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes tries to work over Wallace's front leg with a kick but Wallace checks it.
Wallace tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wallace throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Barnes misses the target.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.
Barnes doesn't manage to clinch there - Wallace circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnes lands a nice looking body shot.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
A little feinted left hand from Barnes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wallace ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uriah Barnes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Barnes.
Wallace misses with a wild combination.
Barnes tests Wallace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A head kick misses from Wallace.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wallace was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.

Barnes moves into range and clinches up with Wallace.

Wallace breaks from the clinch.
Ryan Wallace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wallace tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes tries to clinch but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big left from Barnes misses.
Wallace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes tries to clinch up.

Wallace rushes Barnes and presses him up against the cage.
Barnes takes a shot to the head.
Barnes stops a takedown attempt from Wallace.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wallace can do to turn this around?

Wallace lands a takedown into guard.
Barnes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wallace is controlling him.
Wallace working some strikes from top position.
Barnes wants to stand and escape but Wallace is having none of it.
Wallace postures up and lands a big shot to Barnes's brow.
Wallace chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnes is keeping the position for now.
Wallace stops Barnes from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wallace stands up from Barnes's guard - Wallace perhaps looking for a knockout.
Uriah Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Wallace checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wallace misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes lands a jab.
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 lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barnes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wallace moves out of range of the strikes.
Barnes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wallace. Wallace circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wallace moves forwards but Barnes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barnes walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Wallace drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Barnes swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Wallace's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Uriah Barnes!
The defeated Ryan Wallace had this to say: 'I'm going to look back and assess my skills. Hopefully I can come back stronger and much improved. Sorry to all my fans, but you can't win them all.'.