PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sanji Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Binky Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes has chosen Burn This City as his entrance music. Binky Barnes is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cook
vs
Barnes

180 cm
23
175 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

179 cm
23
179 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sanji Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Binky Barnes!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Cook.
Barnes misses with the combination.
No joy there for Barnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Cook.

Cook forces Barnes back against the cage and clinches.
Barnes is trying to push Cook away but Cook has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cook throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Barnes avoiding damage as Cook throws knees to the body.
Barnes avoiding damage as Cook throws knees to the body.
Cook crunches a lovely knee into Barnes's ribcage.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cook tries to throw a body punch but Barnes avoids it by throwing Cook back against the cage.
Barnes is trying to break the clinch but Cook is controlling him.
Cook missing with knees to the body.
Cook with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes takes an elbow to the temple.
Barnes looking for a takedown.
Barnes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cook avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cook lands an elbow just above Barnes 's eye.
Cook stops a takedown attempt from Barnes.
Sanji Cook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Binky Barnes.
Barnes tries to break free but Cook pushes him back against the cage.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Cook moves out of range.
A jab from Cook misses.
Cook scores with a push kick.
Barnes takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Cook keeps Barnes at a distance using the push kick.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cook throws out the jab.
Cook connects with a solid leg kick.
Barnes misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes moves out of range of the strikes.

Barnes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cook manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Barnes controlling from the top position.
Cook tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Binky Barnes wasn't active enough on the ground.

Cook gets a clinch.
Cook crunches a lovely knee into Barnes's ribcage.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cook has him pressed against the cage.
Cook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barnes is defending well for now.
Barnes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Barnes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barnes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barnes slips under a jab.
Cook lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cook fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barnes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barnes throws out the jab.
Cook throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.

Barnes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cook trying to hold on to Barnes's head to control him but Barnes postures up.
Barnes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Cook tries to get to full guard but Barnes has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Barnes stands up out of the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanji Cook dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A punch combination from Barnes misses.
Cook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnes.

Barnes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Cook wants to get back to full guard.
Barnes controlling the action here.
Barnes is thwarting Cook's attempts to control the position.
Cook is concentrating on defense, preventing Barnes from advancing position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnes misses with a body shot.
Barnes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Cook ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook connects with a looping right hand.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cook connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barnes. Barnes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barnes throws a body punch but Cook moves out of range.
Barnes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barnes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Barnes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cook moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Barnes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cook.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cook throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Cook bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cook throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Binky Barnes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cook throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Barnes's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Barnes. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cook dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barnes. That did some damage!
Cook tries to clinch
and Barnes counters with a straight right hand.
Cook goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Cook dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barnes. That did some damage!
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Cook.

Barnes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Barnes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Binky Barnes has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Barnes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cook wants to control but Barnes is having none of it.
Cook is wriggling around trying to escape.
Barnes controlling the position easily from mount.
Cook keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barnes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cook taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes controlling the pace for now.
Cook is trying to escape the mount.
Cook tries to hold on but Barnes postures up.
Barnes content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Barnes has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Binky Barnes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Cook lands with a kick to the temple. Barnes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sanji Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cook scores with a kick to the body.
Barnes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barnes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barnes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cook.
Cook lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cook throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cook is looking to slow Barnes down with leg kicks.
Barnes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cook circles away quickly and effectively.
Cook fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cook tries to avoid it but Barnes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cook to the ground. Cook escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cook tries to close the distance and clinch but Barnes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cook thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barnes if he has to take too many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cook throws out the jab.
Cook tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Cook.
Barnes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barnes misses with the combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cook, as that shot connected.
Barnes throws a hook but Cook avoids it easily.
Sanji Cook is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes blocks a head kick by Cook.
Barnes throws a big shot that misses.
Cook tries to clinch up.
Cook tries to clinch there but Barnes circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Barnes slips a jab from Cook.
Cook doesn't manage to clinch there - Barnes circles away.
Barnes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cook connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barnes scrambles back to his feet.
Cook blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Barnes.
Barnes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cook counters with a straight right hand.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cook was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Cook throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barnes misses with a combination
and Cook counters with an inside leg kick.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Cook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cook explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sanji Cook is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Cook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barnes.
Barnes misses with a looping left.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Cook saw that one coming.
Barnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Cook.
Barnes lands a body shot.
Barnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cook closes the distance but Barnes moves to the side
and Barnes counters with a stiff right hand.
Barnes shoots in but Cook avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barnes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cook throws a right hand that misses
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barnes has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes takes a swing at Cook's ribcage but misses.
Barnes misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
Barnes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes dives in and grabs Cook's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cook pushes down on Barnes's head and hops out.
Sanji Cook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Binky Barnes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cook!
Barnes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cook counters with a solid body kick.
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!
Cook misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Barnes misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cook lands with an overhand left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sanji Cook showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cook has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sanji Cook!