PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Minh Puckett (ranked 24595 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Barrera (ranked 7609 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Barrera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Puckett
vs
Barrera

161 cm
23
177 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

183 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Minh Puckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Barrera!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Puckett.
Barrera throws a big shot that misses.

Puckett manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Barrera on his heels. He'll look to pass Barrera's guard now, I'm sure.
Barrera really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Puckett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Puckett is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Puckett accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Puckett might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barrera has momentary wrist control but Puckett slips an elbow through the middle.
Puckett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puckett throwing strikes from guard but Barrera blocks nicely.
Puckett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Puckett drops back looking for a leg! Barrera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Barrera manages to kick Puckett off! Puckett jumps back into Barrera's guard.
Puckett with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Puckett.
Puckett landing with the ground and pound.
Puckett cracks Barrera with a solid left hand.
Puckett throwing strikes but missing.
Puckett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barrera's head.
Puckett stands up over Barrera, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Puckett chips away with some ground and pound.
Puckett with a nice head shot there.
Puckett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Puckett lands a couple of digs.
Puckett really is a fat lump.
Puckett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puckett connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puckett is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Puckett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Puckett scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Puckett's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puckett slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puckett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puckett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Puckett is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Puckett is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puckett content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barrera looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barrera's head.
Puckett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Puckett not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Puckett scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Puckett's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Puckett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Puckett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barrera's head.
Puckett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Puckett working some strikes from top position.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puckett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Puckett landing some decent shots from guard.
Puckett slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Barrera has momentary wrist control but Puckett slips an elbow through the middle.
Puckett chips away with some ground and pound.
Puckett chips away with some ground and pound.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puckett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Puckett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Puckett landing some decent shots from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puckett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Puckett lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Minh Puckett 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.

A thudding body kick lands there by Puckett!
Barrera scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Barrera tries to sprawl but Puckett drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Puckett lands with a punch from half guard.
Puckett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Puckett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Puckett lands with a punch from half guard.
Puckett working over Barrera with some ground and pound. Barrera looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Puckett is trying to work for a kimura but Barrera is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puckett working Barrera over with strikes.
Barrera is breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Puckett.
Puckett working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Minh Puckett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Puckett working over Barrera with some ground and pound. Barrera looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Puckett slips a nice elbow through Barrera's hands, connecting with Barrera's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Puckett working the head and body with strikes.
Puckett lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Puckett content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Puckett has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Barrera defend it? Puckett steps over the head and cranks it - Barrera is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Puckett!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Minh Puckett!