PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Wentworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clifton Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wentworth comes to the cage accompanied by Extreme Ways - Moby. Barnes has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wentworth
vs
Barnes

185 cm
30
250 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

192 cm
30
267 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Benjamin Wentworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Clifton Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wentworth misses with a takedown attempt - Barnes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Barnes gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wentworth to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Barnes keeping full guard, as Wentworth tries to pass.
Wentworth trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barnes wants to control the position but Wentworth says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Wentworth trying to mount his opponent but Barnes defends it.
Barnes misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wentworth wants to control but Barnes is keeping him busy.
Barnes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wentworth's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wentworth's back!

Barnes has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Wentworth has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
You can see the frustration on Wentworth's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes trying to control.
Barnes keeps control of the position easily here as Wentworth tries to buck him off.
Barnes is punishing Wentworth with some ground and pound.

Wentworth is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Barnes is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Barnes doesn't have the hooks in and Wentworth manages to turn into his guard.
Wentworth wants to control from the top but Barnes keeps moving.
Barnes striking off his back but it's not causing Wentworth any problems.
Barnes lands some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Wentworth passes Barnes's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wentworth is looking to advance position but Barnes won't allow it.
Wentworth is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Barnes is trying to keep Wentworth in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnes keeping moving, preventing Wentworth from controlling successfully.
Wentworth pushes down on Barnes's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Barnes is defending against the submission attempts here by Wentworth.
Barnes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes landing small, sideways elbows.
Barnes is trying to maintain the position but Wentworth is very close to passing his half guard.
Wentworth is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Barnes regains half guard.
Barnes is in trouble now - Wentworth has advanced to mount!
Wentworth trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wentworth seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Barnes is holding on tight.

Wentworth moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Barnes has worked his arm free - good work by Barnes!
Barnes tries to buck Wentworth off but Wentworth is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes manages to get back to half guard.
Barnes regains full guard. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes working a defensive guard here.
Barnes lands a decent shot there.

Wentworth decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Barnes, up you get!
Barnes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barnes throws a one two combo.
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Barnes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Wentworth misses.
Wentworth gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Barnes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifton Barnes 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.

Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wentworth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A right-left combo lands from Barnes.
Barnes takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Clifton Barnes has been cut.
Wentworth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barnes as he avoids it easily.
Wentworth shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Barnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wentworth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes lands with a nice combination. Wentworth backs away looking to recover.
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!
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wentworth scores with a nice right hand.
Wentworth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Barnes.
Wentworth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barnes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wentworth walks into a stiff left hand from Barnes.
Barnes stuffs the takedown attempt from Wentworth. Wentworth gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnes throws a series of strikes that have Wentworth backpedaling.
Benjamin Wentworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good exchange - Barnes coming out on top.

Barnes clinches with his opponent.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Barnes with a nice cross.
Clifton Barnes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wentworth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wentworth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnes.
Barnes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barnes misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Barnes scores with a one two! Wentworth had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wentworth tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clifton Barnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barnes throws a series of punches but Wentworth avoids them all with ease.
Barnes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wentworth shoots in but Barnes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wentworth attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Barnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes looks to land a combination but Wentworth avoids it well.
Wentworth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barnes.
Wentworth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wentworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Barnes clinches.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes has Wentworth pressed against the cage, preventing Wentworth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Wentworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wentworth shoots in looking for a takedown but Barnes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wentworth's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wentworth misses with a combination
and Barnes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wentworth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wentworth avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Barnes lands a jab to Wentworth's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barnes clinches.
Wentworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Wentworth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barnes.

It looks like Benjamin Wentworth has been cut.
Wentworth blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes has Wentworth pressed against the cage, preventing Wentworth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wentworth blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wentworth managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Wentworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Barnes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barnes stalks Wentworth and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wentworth's face. Wentworth staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wentworth moves away.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Wentworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Wentworth misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifton Barnes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Barnes misses.
Barnes throws a nice looking combination but Wentworth bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wentworth takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barnes throws a leg kick but Wentworth sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wentworth fails with the takedown
and Barnes counters with a left and a right that stings Wentworth.
Barnes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wentworth misses with a double jab
and Barnes counters with a low kick, right behind Wentworth 's knee.
Barnes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barnes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wentworth rather than just go for the knockout.
Wentworth looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barnes is fending him off so far but Wentworth persists. Nope, Barnes circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnes lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barnes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wentworth, pushing him back against the cage.
Barnes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wentworth is trying to break free.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike.
Wentworth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wentworth's elbow.
Wentworth wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes lands an elbow that stopped Wentworth in his tracks for a moment.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wentworth is defending well for now.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Wentworth.
Wentworth is trying to break free.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Wentworth wants to break free but Barnes has control.
Wentworth blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a right hand.

Barnes breaks from the clinch.
Wentworth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Wentworth moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wentworth throws a looping overhand right but Barnes ducks down to avoid it.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wentworth thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wentworth misses with a hook

and Barnes counters by moving into the clinch.
Barnes gets through Wentworth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Wentworth.
Barnes throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the cage.
Barnes throws an elbow but it misses.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wentworth is defending well for now.
Barnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barnes lands with a right to the head.
Barnes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wentworth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barnes throws a punch but it's blocked by Wentworth.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike.
Barnes wants to break free but Wentworth has control.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Wentworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barnes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wentworth throws a lazy right hand but Barnes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barnes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Wentworth closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Barnes did well to prevent Wentworth getting side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes is trying to maintain the position but Wentworth is very close to passing his half guard.
Barnes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Benjamin Wentworth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Wentworth is looking for a kimura here.
Barnes is looking to control Wentworth's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barnes avoid being mounted?
Barnes won't allow Wentworth to pass to mount.
Barnes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barnes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wentworth looking to pass the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clifton Barnes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barnes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clifton Barnes!