PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Redmond Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Slayer - Raining Blood. Redmond Barry struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Chuck Liddell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Liddell
vs
Barry

205 cm
24
212 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
225 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Redmond Barry!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell moves out of range of the body kick from Barry.
Barry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liddell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barry shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barry.
Barry throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Barry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liddell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice body kick there by Barry.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good work by Liddell as he checks the leg kick.
Barry moves in looking to clinch but Liddell pushes him off.
Liddell looks to land a left hand but Barry moved out of range nicely.
Liddell swings for the body but Barry moves out of range.
Barry scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barry gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Liddell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barry connects with a solid leg kick.
Barry throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A punch lands to the side of Barry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice body punch from Liddell.
Barry moves in looking to clinch but Liddell pushes him off.
A leg kick checked by Liddell.
Liddell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barry's hands.
Barry throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barry dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddell. That did some damage!
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Barry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Liddell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Liddell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Liddell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barry turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liddell blocks a leg kick.
Barry tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barry.
A good leg kick by Barry.
Liddell is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barry, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Liddell breaks the clinch.
Barry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barry throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some bone on bone action there as Liddell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barry ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
Barry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good work by Liddell as he checks the leg kick.
Liddell misses with a body shot.
Barry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liddell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barry tries to clinch there but Liddell circles away.
Barry throws a low kick, looking for Liddell's leg but Liddell calmly moves out of range.
Liddell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Liddell looks to land a right hand but Barry moved out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barry rushes Liddell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barry tries a knee to the head but Liddell blocks it.
Liddell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Liddell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Barry.
Barry looking to slow down the pace here.
Liddell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barry has him pressed against the cage.
Barry misses with a knee to the head.
Barry tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Barry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddell avoids it.
Barry tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Barry looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Barry looks gassed!
Liddell tries to break free but Barry pushes him back against the cage.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Barry is controlling him.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Barry.
Liddell wants to break free but Barry has control.
Barry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
Barry trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell avoiding damage as Barry throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Liddell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barry misses with a knee to the head.

Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice shot lands for Liddell.
Barry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Liddell throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Redmond Barry dominated that round.
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.

Liddell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barry misses with a low kick.
Barry doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddell circles away.
Liddell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Liddell blocks a leg kick.
Liddell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barry momentarily.
Barry throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Barry.
Barry walks into a jab.

It looks like Redmond Barry has been cut.
Barry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Liddell throws a one two combo.

Barry is rocked!
Liddell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barry is still on wobbly legs! Can Liddell finish him?
Barry is breathing heavily.
Barry takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Liddell. Beautiful body shot.
A shot to the liver by Liddell. Beautiful body shot.
Liddell drops Barry with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Barry! Liddell dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chuck Liddell!
Chuck Liddell retains his light heavyweight title!