PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington comes to the cage accompanied by Suffragrette City. Romulo Barral is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Wellington
vs
Barral

190 cm
27
218 lbs
27 - 8 - 0

190 cm
25
216 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graham Wellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romulo Barral!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barral thows a body shot but no joy.
Barral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wellington.
A solid body kick from Wellington.
Barral misses with a straight left.
Wellington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wellington lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wellington swings for the body but Barral moves out of range.
Wellington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barral.
Wellington swings widly with a right hand
and Barral counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wellington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barral.
Wellington slips under a jab.
Barral uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wellington.
A slow jab from Barral misses its intended target.
Barral misses the jab.
Wellington jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wellington throws a hook to the side of Barral's head but Barral sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wellington misses with a straight right.
Wellington scores with a jab to the body.
Barral looks to land a left hand but Wellington moved out of range nicely.
Wellington gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wellington throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Barral finds it's way through Wellington's defenses.
Barral throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barral misses with a straight left.
Wellington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barral.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington misses with a head kick.
Wellington loads up on a big right hand but Barral slips the punch.
Wellington slips a straight right by Barral.
Wellington missing with a left hand there. Barral was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barral tried to score with a low kick but Wellington checks it.
Barral misses with a shot to the body
and Wellington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wellington throws an overhand right that lands on Barral's shoulder, as Barral tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barral cracks Wellington with an open hand slap.
Barral uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wellington.
Wellington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barral swings for the body but Wellington moves out of range.
Wellington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barral.
Wellington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Barral or perhaps it was just good defense by Wellington which made him look bad.
Barral misses the jab.
Barral looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wellington throws a body punch but Barral moves out of range.
Wellington misses with a hook. Barral ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Wellington misses.
Wellington jabs Barral to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wellington slips a straight right by Barral.
Wellington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barral.
Barral swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wellington.
Barral wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barral tries for a takedown but Wellington circles away easily
and Wellington counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington ducks under a wild hook from Barral.
Nice body punch from Wellington.
Barral fails with a takedown attempt.
Graham Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romulo Barral.
Wellington ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wellington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Wellington.
Graham Wellington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barral throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wellington's waist but Wellington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barral off to one side.
Barral misses with an uppercut
and Wellington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barral throws a leg kick
and Wellington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barral shoots for a takedown but Wellington saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wellington lands a really nice looking cross but Barral seems unphased.
Wellington moves away from the strike by Barral.
Wellington scores with a nice right hand.
Barral fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wellington manages to avoid it.
Barral throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wellington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wellington works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wellington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barral.
Wellington tries a head kick but it misses.
Wellington stuffs the takedown.
Wellington wants to clinch up but Barral keeps it at a distance.
Wellington throws a hook but Barral avoids it easily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Wellington - just one landing.
Barral shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wellington as he jumps to the side.
Wellington throws a low kick, looking for Barral's leg but Barral calmly moves out of range.
A head kick by Wellington misses
and Barral counters with a nice uppercut.
Wellington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barral avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barral fails with a takedown attempt.
Wellington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barral sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barral thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barral takes a swing at Wellington's ribcage but misses.
Barral scores with a jab to the body.
Wellington lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wellington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice defenses there by Wellington.
Wellington misses the jab.
Wellington has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barral.
Barral shoots for a double leg takedown but Wellington sprawls well. He's pushed Barral's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Barral misses with a looping left.

Barral shoots in and gets a takedown into Wellington's guard.
Wellington looking for a sweep. Not yet Wellington, not yet.
Barral landing some decent shots from guard.
Wellington knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Barral on the ground.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barral controlling from the top position.
Barral postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wellington can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Barral controls the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barral accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barral throws a big right hand that misses.
Wellington is looking to sweep but instead, Barral has passed into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barral is trying to control. Wellington wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wellington has hold of Barral's hands but Barral slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wellington controlling the position for now.
Barral missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barral throws a strike but Wellington avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Wellington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wellington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barral stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wellington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wellington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barral.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Romulo Barral will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wellington tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romulo Barral seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barral misses with an uppercut. Wellington saw that one coming.
Wellington misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Barral.

Barral shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wellington napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wellington is not content to let Barral control the position.
Wellington is trying to control Barral's posture but Barral avoids it.
Wellington tries to buck Barral off but Barral is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington regains half guard, as Barral was trying to land strikes.
Barral has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barral passes the guard and advances to mount!
Barral punching from mount but Wellington doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Barral with a couple of short strikes.
Barral lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barral thowing shots but they're missing.
Barral looking to ground and pound but Wellington is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barral sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Barral thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barral cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wellington wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Barral.
Barral lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barral throws some wild stikes that Wellington manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Barral there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wellington is working to get back to half guard.
Barral with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral landing strikes from the mount and Wellington is in trouble!

Wellington is rocked!
Barral controlling the pace for now.
Oh Wellington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barral lands a big elbow.
Barral postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Wellington out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Barral goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Romulo Barral!