PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nenad Jovanovic (ranked 2883 p4p, 314 weight class) and Ronnie Barnhardt (ranked 6801 p4p, 511 weight class). Barnhardt has chosen James Brown, living in America as his entrance music. Nenad Jovanovic has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jovanovic
vs
Barnhardt

188 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Urban Fighter

Hot Spunk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nenad Jovanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronnie Barnhardt!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Jovanovic. Beautiful body shot.
Jovanovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barnhardt connects with a leg kick. Jovanovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jovanovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Jovanovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jovanovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnhardt.
Jovanovic with a nice cross.
Jovanovic misses with a hook. Barnhardt ducked under it nicely.
Barnhardt has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jovanovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jovanovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barnhardt under the eye.
Barnhardt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jovanovic manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Jovanovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barnhardt doesn't seem phased though.
Jovanovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Jovanovic darts in and clinches Barnhardt up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jovanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jovanovic.
A short body shot lands from Jovanovic as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jovanovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnhardt is trying to force a seperation but Jovanovic has the dominant position.
Barnhardt wants to get back to striking at distance but Jovanovic won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnhardt backwards.

Barnhardt breaks from the clinch.
Jovanovic lands a nice shot that snaps Barnhardt's head back.
Barnhardt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jovanovic.
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses.
Jovanovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jovanovic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jovanovic throws a body punch but Barnhardt moves out of range.
Jovanovic looks to throw the jab but Barnhardt is out of range.
Jovanovic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnhardt in his tracks.

Barnhardt tries to keep at a distance but Jovanovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barnhardt fails to pull guard.
Jovanovic has Barnhardt pressed against the cage, preventing Barnhardt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jovanovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jovanovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnhardt is trying to force a seperation but Jovanovic has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic gets through Barnhardt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jovanovic.
Barnhardt can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jovanovic - that landed with a thud.
Jovanovic scores with a shot to the side of Barnhardt's head.
Jovanovic working aggressively here.
Barnhardt has had enough of the clinch but Jovanovic keeps him there for the moment.
Barnhardt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Barnhardt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jovanovic lands a nice shot that snaps Barnhardt's head back.
Barnhardt misses with a body kick.
Jovanovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Jovanovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barnhardt doesn't seem phased though.
Jovanovic throws a shot from downtown. Barnhardt moves away and avoids it.
Barnhardt tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jovanovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Jovanovic clinches up with Barnhardt and pushes him back against the cage.
Jovanovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barnhardt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jovanovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnhardt tries to break free but Jovanovic pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jovanovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barnhardt is trying to break the clinch but Jovanovic has him pressed against the cage.
Barnhardt has had enough of the clinch but Jovanovic keeps him there for the moment.
Barnhardt tries to break free but Jovanovic pushes him back against the cage.

Barnhardt manages to pull guard.
Jovanovic controlling from the top position.
Barnhardt can't keep his opponent in guard - Jovanovic advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jovanovic is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jovanovic is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Barnhardt sees it coming and defends easily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jovanovic in particular looking to stall.
Barnhardt is staying active underneath Jovanovic, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jovanovic is looking to advance position but Barnhardt won't allow it.

Jovanovic seems to be looking for submissions.
Barnhardt is refusing to be controlled, as Jovanovic sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Barnhardt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nenad Jovanovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Jovanovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barnhardt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Jovanovic has managed to clinch.
Barnhardt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jovanovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Jovanovic on the inside.
Jovanovic has a couple of punches blocked by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt is looking to break free of the clinch but Jovanovic has double underhooks.
Barnhardt is trying to force a seperation but Jovanovic has the dominant position.
Jovanovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnhardt prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnhardt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jovanovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jovanovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jovanovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jovanovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnhardt can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Barnhardt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barnhardt blocking some punches.
Jovanovic lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnhardt.
Jovanovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnhardt wants to get back to striking at distance but Jovanovic won't allow it.
Barnhardt wants a takedown.
Barnhardt blocks an uppercut.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nenad Jovanovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jovanovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barnhardt is trying to break free.
A short right from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic lands with a right to the head.
Barnhardt working hard to break the clinch.
Barnhardt is trying to break the clinch but Jovanovic is controlling him.
Jovanovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jovanovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barnhardt or not.

Barnhardt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnhardt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jovanovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnhardt's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic lands a right hook to the body.
Jovanovic scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jovanovic cracks Barnhardt with an open hand slap.
Jovanovic avoids a kick to the body.

Jovanovic closes the distance and clinches.

Barnhardt breaks the clinch.
Barnhardt moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Jovanovic clinches.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnhardt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jovanovic is leaning against Barnhardt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Barnhardt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic connects with a looping right hand.
Jovanovic throws a hook to the side of Barnhardt's head but Barnhardt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jovanovic looks to land a right hand but Barnhardt moved out of range.
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses.

Jovanovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barnhardt, pushing him back against the cage.

Barnhardt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jovanovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jovanovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barnhardt on the side of the head.
Jab from Jovanovic.

Barnhardt gets tackled into the cage by Jovanovic. Jovanovic maintains the clinch.

Barnhardt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jovanovic is looking to clinch.
Barnhardt throws a wild body kick that Jovanovic sees coming a mile off.
Jovanovic connects with a single shot there.
Nice body punch from Jovanovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Jovanovic.
A swing and a miss from Jovanovic.
Barnhardt misses with a head kick.
Jovanovic avoids the head kick by Barnhardt.
Jovanovic clobbers Barnhardt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Jovanovic clinches.
A shot in the inside from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnhardt backwards.
Jovanovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barnhardt backwards.
Barnhardt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jovanovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jovanovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jovanovic working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jovanovic.

Barnhardt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jovanovic scores with a hook to the body. Barnhardt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jovanovic cracks a nice hook into Barnhardt's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nenad Jovanovic dominated that second round.
That's time! Jovanovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Barnhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jovanovic.
Barnhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jovanovic scores with a shot to the body.
Ronnie Barnhardt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnhardt feints a jab promting Jovanovic to slip. Barnhardt then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jovanovic slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Jovanovic blocks the leg kick.
Barnhardt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheers as Jovanovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barnhardt doesn't seem phased though.
A head kick misses from Barnhardt.
Jovanovic just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Jovanovic misses its intended target.
Jovanovic avoids the head kick by Barnhardt.
Jovanovic is looking to counter punch.
Jovanovic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Barnhardt misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Jovanovic to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jovanovic clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jovanovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jovanovic can't find room to land a body shot as Barnhardt controls the action.
Barnhardt prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
Barnhardt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Barnhardt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barnhardt throws a push kick but Jovanovic slaps the foot to one side.
Barnhardt throws a body punch but Jovanovic moves out of range.
Jovanovic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jovanovic blocks a head kick by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jovanovic blocks the body kick.
Barnhardt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnhardt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good exchange - Jovanovic coming out on top.
Jovanovic throws a shot to the body.
Barnhardt defending well as Jovanovic loads up on a big left hand.

Jovanovic has closed the distance and engaged Barnhardt in a clinch.
Jovanovic can't find room to land a body shot as Barnhardt controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barnhardt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jovanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jovanovic scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jovanovic gets a clinch.
Jovanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt is trying to push Jovanovic away but Jovanovic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jovanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnhardt.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jovanovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barnhardt's efforts to push away.
A short right from Jovanovic on the inside.
Barnhardt tries to break free but Jovanovic pushes him back against the cage.
Jovanovic working aggressively here.
Jovanovic pushes Barnhardt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic keeps control of Barnhardt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jovanovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Jovanovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Barnhardt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnhardt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barnhardt tries a head kick but it misses.

Jovanovic darts in and clinches Barnhardt up against the cage.
Barnhardt is looking to break free of the clinch but Jovanovic has double underhooks.
Barnhardt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barnhardt takes a shot to the head.
Jovanovic is leaning against Barnhardt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jovanovic misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic pushes Barnhardt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jovanovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ronnie Barnhardt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barnhardt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jovanovic digs a right hand into Barnhardt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barnhardt's gas tank.
Jovanovic lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Jovanovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jovanovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barnhardt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jovanovic has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jovanovic pushes Barnhardt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jovanovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barnhardt backwards.
Jovanovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jovanovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jovanovic pushes Barnhardt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jovanovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jovanovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jovanovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jovanovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jovanovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barnhardt backwards.
Nice body punch from Jovanovic - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nenad Jovanovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jovanovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nenad Jovanovic!
Nenad Jovanovic spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.