PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muta Baruka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dumitru Schiopu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baruka comes to the ring accompanied by Don't Stay In A Whiteman Country Too Long. Schiopu has chosen Cypress Hill - K1 Super star (Dumitru Schiopu remix) as his entrance music. Muta Baruka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dumitru Schiopu's chin.

Baruka
vs
Schiopu

194 cm
25
160 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

169 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Phoenix Nutrition - 158 recovery $99

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muta Baruka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dumitru Schiopu!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baruka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Schiopu misses.
Schiopu throws a hook but Baruka blocks it.
Schiopu connects with a solid leg kick.
Baruka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Baruka clinches with his opponent.
Schiopu taking a breather.
Schiopu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baruka.
Schiopu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baruka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schiopu's efforts to push away.
Schiopu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baruka scores with a knee to the head.
Baruka with a knee to the head.
Baruka is trying to maintain a safe position but Schiopu gets an underhook and turns Baruka into the ropes.
Baruka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schiopu up against the ropes.
Schiopu misses with some punches.
Schiopu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schiopu misses with a punch on the inside.
Baruka connects with a knee to the head.
Baruka with a knee to the head.
Baruka blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baruka is stalling here.
Schiopu looking to slow down the pace here.
Baruka trying to land knees to the body.
Baruka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schiopu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baruka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schiopu.
Schiopu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Baruka breaks from the clinch.

Schiopu takes the fight into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Schiopu - that landed with a thud.
Baruka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schiopu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schiopu tries to land knees in the clinch but Baruka avoids the damage to the body.
Schiopu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baruka leaning against his opponent.
Schiopu throws a punch but it's blocked by Baruka.
Schiopu tries to break the clinch but Baruka is controlling the position.
Baruka missing with knees to the body.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Baruka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schiopu blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Baruka.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Baruka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baruka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schiopu.
Baruka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schiopu avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schiopu as Baruka tries to tie him up.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Schiopu can't break the clinch.
Baruka looking to slow down the pace here.
Baruka slowing the pace effectively.
Schiopu taking a breather.
Baruka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baruka tries to land knees in the clinch but Schiopu avoids the damage to the body.
Schiopu has a couple of punches blocked by Baruka.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Baruka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schiopu is defending well for now.
Schiopu managing to block the knees to the body from Baruka.
Schiopu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schiopu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Baruka blocks an uppercut.
Baruka misses with a knee to the head.
Schiopu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schiopu has a couple of punches blocked by Baruka.
Schiopu looking to stall.
Baruka scores with a knee to the head.
Baruka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baruka.
Schiopu is leaning against Baruka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baruka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schiopu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baruka is breathing heavily.
Baruka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Baruka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schiopu.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Baruka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schiopu working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Schiopu.
Baruka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baruka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baruka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schiopu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baruka's elbow.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Baruka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schiopu blocks it with crossed arms.
Baruka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baruka prevents a body shot from Schiopu.
Baruka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schiopu lands a left hand.
Schiopu lands an uppercut.

Baruka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schiopu wants to clinch but Baruka slips to the side
and Baruka counters with a nice kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Schiopu misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baruka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baruka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baruka defending well as Schiopu loads up on a big left hand.
Baruka goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Schiopu is rocked!
Baruka throws a lazy right hand but Schiopu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Schiopu is still on wobbly legs! Can Baruka finish him?
Baruka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schiopu.
Baruka throws a jab when Schiopu was well out of range.
Schiopu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baruka throws out the jab.
Schiopu avoids the head kick by Baruka.
Baruka throws out a loose jab but Schiopu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baruka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baruka throws a sloppy head kick and Schiopu moves out of range easily.
Schiopu seems to have recovered his senses.
Schiopu lands a nice shot to the body.
Schiopu scores with a kick to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Schiopu.
Schiopu swats away the attempt to clinch by Baruka.
Baruka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Baruka throws a low kick but Schiopu moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Schiopu misses the target.
Baruka circles away from the clinch attempt

and Baruka counters by clinching up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Schiopu avoiding damage as Baruka throws knees to the body.
Baruka crunches a lovely knee into Schiopu's ribcage.
Baruka tries a knee to the head but Schiopu blocks it.
Baruka is trying to stall.
Baruka with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Baruka breaks from the clinch.
Schiopu loads up on a big right hand but Baruka slips the punch.
Baruka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schiopu.
Schiopu clobbers Baruka with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baruka lands with an overhand left.
A low kick from Schiopu misses
and Baruka counters with a thumping low kick.
Baruka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schiopu.
Schiopu jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Schiopu tries to clinch but Baruka moves out of range.
Schiopu misses with a low kick as Baruka jumps back.
Schiopu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baruka moves away.
Baruka throws a lazy head kick
and Schiopu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Schiopu takes a swing at Baruka's ribcage but misses.
Schiopu throws a shot from downtown. Baruka moves away and avoids it.
Baruka takes a swing at Schiopu's ribcage but misses.
Schiopu scores with a body shot.
Baruka moves in looking to clinch but Schiopu pushes him off.
Baruka throws a leg kick
and Schiopu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baruka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Baruka circles away from the clinch attempt
and Baruka counters with a huge left! Schiopu is in big trouble! He's backing up but Baruka isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Schiopu from any more damage. A dominating finish by Baruka!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muta Baruka!