PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erwin Hartmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the ring accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Hartmann has chosen LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Barnes
vs
Hartmann

185 cm
35
192 lbs
33 - 10 - 0

190 cm
32
200 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hellbent
Urban Savage

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Barnes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erwin Hartmann!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hartmann goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hartmann works over Barnes's head and body with a nice combination.

Hartmann clinches with his opponent.
Hartmann looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barnes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hartmann prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Hartmann misses with a punch on the inside.
Hartmann looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hartmann with a knee to the head.
Barnes tries to work over Hartmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Barnes - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hartmann throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hartmann scores with a shoulder strike.
Hartmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
Hartmann throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from Barnes.
Hartmann looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hartmann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.
A short right from Barnes on the inside.
Hartmann tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barnes avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barnes.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hartmann backwards.
Hartmann on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Barnes on the inside.
Hartmann tries to land a knee to the head but Barnes blocks with his arms.
Barnes blocks a body shot from Hartmann.
Hartmann on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barnes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Hartmann lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Barnes.
Barnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Hartmann controls his hands.
Hartmann with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartmann blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartmann tries a body shot but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartmann misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Hartmann avoids the damage to the body.
Hartmann is working Barnes over against the ropes.
Barnes pushes Hartmann back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Barnes looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Barnes looking to throw knees to the head but Hartmann is blocking nicely.
Hartmann trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes scores with a shot to the side of Hartmann's head.
Barnes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hartmann blocks the elbow strike.
Hartmann takes a shot to the head.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Hartmann.
Hartmann missing with knees to the body.
Hartmann blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Hartmann tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barnes lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barnes.
Hartmann avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hartmann is working Barnes over against the ropes.
Barnes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hartmann blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Hartmann tries to land knees in the clinch but Barnes avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Hartmann tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Hartmann takes a shot to the head.
Hartmann misses with the head strike.
Barnes tries to work over Hartmann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barnes takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Come on Barnes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hartmann managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
A short right from Hartmann on the inside.
Barnes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hartmann looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Barnes.
Barnes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barnes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hartmann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barnes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Hartmann has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barnes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hartmann can turn it around.
A shot in the inside from Barnes.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Barnes.
Barnes lands a knee to the body.
Barnes lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barnes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Barnes.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Barnes.
Barnes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Barnes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Barnes dominated that round.
That's time! Barnes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barnes darts in and clinches Hartmann up against the ropes.
Hartmann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartmann throws an elbow but it misses.
Hartmann blocks a body shot from Barnes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hartmann.
A short uppercut from Barnes.
A nice left hand lands by Barnes.
Hartmann blocks an uppercut.
Barnes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hartmanns head.
A hook to the body from Hartmann.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartmann works on Barnes's body with a couple of short punches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Barnes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hartmann's brow.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Barnes pushes Hartmann back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Erwin Hartmann has been cut.
Hartmann is breathing heavily.
Barnes prevents a body shot from Hartmann.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barnes.

Hartmann is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartmann avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Hartmann is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Hartmann seems to have recovered his senses.
Frankie Barnes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hartmann throws an elbow that misses.
Hartmann throws an elbow that misses.
Barnes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hartmann goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes lands a nice uppercut.
Hartmann lands a nice uppercut.
Hartmann misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barnes.
A head punch on the inside from Hartmann fails to land.
Barnes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Barnes lands with a light punch inside.

Barnes drops Hartmann with a big knee straight up the middle! Hartmann is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hartmann clinches with his opponent.
Barnes with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hartmann backwards.
Barnes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hartmann can do to turn this around?
Hartmann tries a knee to the head but Barnes blocks it.
Barnes unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Hartmann! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Barnes is unloading with more strikes now! Hartmann drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frankie Barnes!
Frankie Barnes retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Frankie Barnes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.