PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyle Barado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas
vs
Barado

186 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lyle Barado!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barado showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ugwemubwem Ossas.
A nice side step and Barado releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a hook.

Barado clinches up with Ugwemubwem Ossas and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barado.
A head punch on the inside from Ugwemubwem Ossas fails to land.

Barado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barado shoots in and drives through. Ugwemubwem Ossas sprawls well.
Ugwemubwem Ossas checks the leg kick.
Ugwemubwem Ossas seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barado shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ugwemubwem Ossas but Ugwemubwem Ossas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barado fails to land the takedown.
Ugwemubwem Ossas thinks about countering with a head kick.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyle Barado.
Barado tries to bum rush Ugwemubwem Ossas with a series of wild strikes but Ugwemubwem Ossas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws the left hand but Barado avoids the punch easily.

Barado pushes Ugwemubwem Ossas up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas can't find room to land a body shot as Barado controls the action.
Barado blocks an uppercut.
Barado is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ugwemubwem Ossas to keep the fight standing.
Barado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ugwemubwem Ossas lands a hook that snaps the head of Barado backwards.
Barado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barado jumps guard but Ugwemubwem Ossas stands there with Barado around his waist. Barado gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Barado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ugwemubwem Ossas connects with the punch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barado manages to avoid it.
Ugwemubwem Ossas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ugwemubwem Ossas stalks Barado and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barado's face. Barado staggers backwards, shaken.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barado.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Barado closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas looking to slow down the pace here.
Ugwemubwem Ossas taking a breather.
Barado has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ugwemubwem Ossas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas has Barado pressed against the cage, preventing Barado from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barado wants to take the fight to the mat but Ugwemubwem Ossas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Barado prevents a body shot from Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Ugwemubwem Ossas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas working aggressively here.
Ugwemubwem Ossas wants to break free but Barado has control.
Ugwemubwem Ossas working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a head punch that misses.
Barado misses with a hook to the ribs.

Ugwemubwem Ossas breaks the clinch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a wild combination.
Ugwemubwem Ossas tries to clinch up but Barado circles away and keeps his distance.
Barado misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a hook to the side of Barado's head but Barado sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barado gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ugwemubwem Ossas counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barado is defended easily by Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Barado tries to close the distance and clinch but Ugwemubwem Ossas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ugwemubwem Ossas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barado.
Ugwemubwem Ossas lands a jab to Barado's midsection.
Ugwemubwem Ossas shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barado eats them both and turns towards Ugwemubwem Ossas to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Barado is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ugwemubwem Ossas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ugwemubwem Ossas's corner calls for a 1-2. Ugwemubwem Ossas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barado is still on wobbly legs! Can Ugwemubwem Ossas finish him?

Barado closes the distance and clinches.
Barado seems to have recovered his senses.
Barado misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Ugwemubwem Ossas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barado missing with knees to the body.
Ugwemubwem Ossas has Barado pressed against the cage.
Barado tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ugwemubwem Ossas smiles and moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Ugwemubwem Ossas. No joy for Barado on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barado tries to clinch up.
Ugwemubwem Ossas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ugwemubwem Ossas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barado swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ugwemubwem Ossas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barado misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ugwemubwem Ossas appears to be looking for a big counter.

Ugwemubwem Ossas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a head punch that misses.

Ugwemubwem Ossas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barado slips under a jab from Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Ugwemubwem Ossas sets himself, and Barado steps forward looking for the clinch! Ugwemubwem Ossas avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ugwemubwem Ossas instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ugwemubwem Ossas fails to land.

Barado breaks the clinch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barado.
Barado swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas is winning the standup battle so far.
Barado wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a series of punches but Barado moves out of range.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
No luck for Barado with that takedown attempt.
Ugwemubwem Ossas moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ugwemubwem Ossas misses the target.
Barado moves out of range as Ugwemubwem Ossas strikes.
Ugwemubwem Ossas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barado counters with a left and a right that stings Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Barado misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
No joy there for Ugwemubwem Ossas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ugwemubwem Ossas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Ugwemubwem Ossas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ugwemubwem Ossas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas swings wildly with an uppercut but Barado uses good head movement to avoid it.

Barado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barado moves out of range of the strikes.

Barado clinches up with Ugwemubwem Ossas and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barado.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with the head strike.
Barado stalling.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a head punch that misses.

Ugwemubwem Ossas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barado is looking to clinch but Ugwemubwem Ossas is avoiding it.
Ugwemubwem Ossas appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ugwemubwem Ossas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Ugwemubwem Ossas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barado takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barado shoots for a double leg takedown but Ugwemubwem Ossas sprawls well. He's pushed Barado's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyle Barado.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Barado displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ugwemubwem Ossas throws out the jab.

Barado clinches up with Ugwemubwem Ossas and pushes him back against the cage.
Barado tries to break free but Ugwemubwem Ossas pushes him back against the cage.
Barado gets through Ugwemubwem Ossas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Barado manages to break the clinch.
Barado uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Barado doesn't manage to clinch there - Ugwemubwem Ossas circles away.
Barado is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a big shot that misses.
Barado shoots in for a takedown but Ugwemubwem Ossas shows good takedown defense.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ugwemubwem Ossas walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barado fails to land the takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ugwemubwem Ossas. Barado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Despite the aggression on Barado's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ugwemubwem Ossas just misses with a punch to the body.

Barado clinches up with Ugwemubwem Ossas and pushes him back against the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barado working hard to break the clinch.
Barado blocks a body shot from Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Ugwemubwem Ossas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barado up against the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Ugwemubwem Ossas connects with a looping right hand.
Ugwemubwem Ossas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Barado clinches up against the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barado wants a takedown but no success here.
Barado is trying to pull guard but Ugwemubwem Ossas turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a head punch that misses.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barado tries to pull guard but Ugwemubwem Ossas holds him up against the cage and eventually Barado drops back down to his feet.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyle Barado.
Ugwemubwem Ossas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barado drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ugwemubwem Ossas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ugwemubwem Ossas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ugwemubwem Ossas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barado has him pressed against the cage.
Barado tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a punch on the inside.
Ugwemubwem Ossas prevents Barado from breaking the clinch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is pressed up against the cage. Barado has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ugwemubwem Ossas down to the mat. Ugwemubwem Ossas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ugwemubwem Ossas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barado.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a series of punches but Barado avoids them all with ease.
Ugwemubwem Ossas looks to throw the jab but Barado is out of range.
Barado will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ugwemubwem Ossas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ugwemubwem Ossas scores with a jab to the body.
Barado tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ugwemubwem Ossas defends well and Barado ends up having to push Ugwemubwem Ossas into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Barado takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ugwemubwem Ossas wants to clinch.
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a series of punches but Barado moves out of range.

Ugwemubwem Ossas has managed to clinch.
Barado stalling in the clinch but Ugwemubwem Ossas improves position.
Ugwemubwem Ossas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ugwemubwem Ossas breaks from the clinch.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a hook to the side of Barado's head but Barado sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ugwemubwem Ossas swinging wildly here.
Ugwemubwem Ossas throws a jab but it's blocked by Barado.
Barado with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ugwemubwem Ossas counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barado gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Barado takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ugwemubwem Ossas manages to avoid it.
Barado has his takedown stuffed
and Ugwemubwem Ossas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barado slips a straight right by Ugwemubwem Ossas.

Ugwemubwem Ossas closes the distance and pushes Barado back into the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas is trying to maintain a safe position but Barado gets an underhook and turns Ugwemubwem Ossas into the cage.
Ugwemubwem Ossas working aggressively here.
Barado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ugwemubwem Ossas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barado drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ugwemubwem Ossas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Barado tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ugwemubwem Ossas smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barado needs to keep his hands up - Ugwemubwem Ossas had a free shot at his head there.
Ugwemubwem Ossas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ugwemubwem Ossas tries to close the distance and clinch but Barado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ugwemubwem Ossas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barado is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ugwemubwem Ossas with a body shot.
Barado shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ugwemubwem Ossas as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Ugwemubwem Ossas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ugwemubwem Ossas with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barado slips a jab and a cross from Ugwemubwem Ossas.
Ugwemubwem Ossas tries to clinch but Barado is having none of it.
Lyle Barado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barado takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ugwemubwem Ossas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas!
Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.