PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Ronaldo (ranked 1205 p4p, 1529 weight class) and Michael Barnes (ranked 142 p4p, 173 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ronaldo
vs
Barnes

170 cm
36
146
17 - 10 - 1

170 cm
24
149
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ronaldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And Barnes tries to counter it with a takedown but Ronaldo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ronaldo wants to clinch.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
A jab from Barnes does it's job there.
Ronaldo scores with a nice right hand.
Ronaldo tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Barnes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ronaldo manages to avoid it.
It looked like Ronaldo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barnes connects with a leg kick.
Ronaldo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnes doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ronaldo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Ronaldo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barnes slips under a jab.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Ronaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Ronaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
And Barnes tries to counter it with a takedown but Ronaldo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jose Ronaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronaldo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barnes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barnes digs a good body shot into Ronaldo's ribs.
Ronaldo is looking to wear down Barnes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barnes works the jab nicely.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ronaldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
A counter left hand to the body from Ronaldo misses its target.
Barnes lands a jab to the head.
Barnes is looking to score with low kicks.
A little feinted left hand from Ronaldo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barnes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.

Ronaldo clinches up against the cage.
Ronaldo stops a takedown attempt from Barnes.
Barnes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ronaldo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ronaldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barnes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ronaldo scores with a hook to the body. Barnes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barnes.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronaldo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barnes staying out of range there.
Ronaldo wants to clinch up but Barnes keeps it at a distance.
Ronaldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Ronaldo misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Barnes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barnes.
Ronaldo is looking to clinch but Barnes is avoiding it.
Barnes is looking to land body kicks.
Ronaldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And Barnes tries to counter it with a takedown but Ronaldo pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.

Ronaldo moves into the clinch.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Barnes.
Ronaldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ronaldo looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Barnes misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Ronaldo misses its target.
Ronaldo throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Ronaldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Barnes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Ronaldo saw that one coming.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes thows a body kick. Ronaldo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jose Ronaldo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ronaldo tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ronaldo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ronaldo jabs at Barnes's body.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jose Ronaldo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

No joy there for Barnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Ronaldo.
Michael Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ronaldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barnes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ronaldo throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Ronaldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Ronaldo clinches up with Barnes and pushes him back against the cage.
Barnes is working for takedown but Ronaldo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the side of Barnes's head.
Ronaldo lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ronaldo is defending well.
Good body shot from Ronaldo.
Barnes goes for a takedown attempt but Ronaldo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jose Ronaldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Barnes.
Ronaldo wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ronaldo moves away.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
Barnes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ronaldo slips a jab from Barnes.
Barnes connects with a leg kick.
Barnes is looking to score with low kicks.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
Ronaldo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ronaldo misses the shot to the body.
Ronaldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Ronaldo saw that one coming.
A leg kick checked by Ronaldo.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Barnes moves out of range as Ronaldo strikes.
Ronaldo lands with an overhand left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ronaldo tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.
Barnes throws the left hand but Ronaldo avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ronaldo lands a slapping body shot.
Barnes throws a leg kick which misses Ronaldo's front leg but catches the back leg as Ronaldo tries to avoid it.
Ronaldo slips under a jab from Barnes.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ronaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Barnes misses with a wild body shot.
Barnes takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Ronaldo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Ronaldo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Decent striking displayed by Barnes there.
Ronaldo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ronaldo swings away with a body shot that misses

and Barnes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Barnes.
Ronaldo looking to control.
Ronaldo wants to get back to his feet but Barnes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Barnes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes trying to control but Ronaldo is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ronaldo is keeping the position for now.
Barnes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ronaldo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Barnes wants to pass the guard but Ronaldo is keeping the position.
Ronaldo keeping moving, preventing Barnes from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michael Barnes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Barnes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Ronaldo clinches with his opponent.

Barnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ronaldo looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Ronaldo slips under a jab.
Ronaldo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Ronaldo's body. Ronaldo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barnes tries to land a leg kick but Ronaldo saw it coming and moves away.
Ronaldo moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo slips under a jab.
Barnes swings widly with a right hand
and Ronaldo counters with a series of strikes. Barnes will be more careful next time no doubt.

Barnes tries to keep at a distance but Ronaldo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barnes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ronaldo pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Ronaldo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ronaldo moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Ronaldo drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but Barnes is having none of it.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo throws a shot to the body.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Ronaldo.
Barnes lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ronaldo closes the distance and clinches.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ronaldo - that landed with a thud.

Barnes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ronaldo is out of range and Barnes settles back down.

Ronaldo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes tries to pull guard but Ronaldo won't allow it.
Ronaldo presses Barnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ronaldo is pressed up against the cage. Barnes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ronaldo down to the mat. Ronaldo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jose Ronaldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Barnes.
Ronaldo lands with a right hand.

It looks like Michael Barnes has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo digs a good hook to Barnes's body.

Barnes gets tackled into the cage by Ronaldo. Ronaldo maintains the clinch.
Barnes tries for a takedown but Ronaldo manages to get underhooks.
Ronaldo gets underhooks to prevent Barnes's takedown attempt.
Barnes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barnes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ronaldo is defending well.
Ronaldo lands a body shot.
Ronaldo lands with a left to the head.
Ronaldo prevents the takedown attempt.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ronaldo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Barnes wants to take the fight to the mat but Ronaldo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo works on Barnes's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ronaldo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Barnes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ronaldo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Good shot there by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo cracks Barnes with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Barnes tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Ronaldo pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Barnes is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Ronaldo!