PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Barkas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anvil Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barkas comes into the arena with Civil war blaring out of the sound system. Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Booker T - We Comin' For YOU kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Barkas
vs
Smith

186 cm
26
224 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

182 cm
23
223 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hannibal Barkas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anvil Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Barkas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith misses with a hook
and Barkas counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barkas throws out the jab.
Barkas scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkas swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Barkas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Smith misses with a left hand
letting Barkas counter with a right hand.
Barkas misses with a lunging right hand
and Barkas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a body shot that sends Barkas's belly button to the back.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Barkas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith misses with a hook
and Barkas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barkas.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Barkas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barkas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith throws a jab when Barkas was well out of range.
Anvil Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Barkas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barkas swings widly with a right hand
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith throws a body punch but Barkas moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Barkas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Barkas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barkas with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hannibal Barkas is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Barkas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barkas counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at Barkas to acknowledge the strikes.
Barkas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Barkas misses the jab.
Smith misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body shot
and Barkas counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Anvil Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Hannibal Barkas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barkas swings widly with a right hand
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith throws a combination that misses
enabling Barkas to counter with a crisp jab.
Barkas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Smith might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Barkas has got the better of the exchanges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Barkas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barkas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Barkas.
Barkas misses with a double jab.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Barkas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Barkas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anvil Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Barkas misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Barkas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smith tries for a takedown but Barkas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Barkas throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two 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.
Barkas slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barkas takes one to the chin there.
Barkas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkas throws an off balance right hand

and Smith counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barkas keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Barkas controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barkas tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Hannibal Barkas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith slips under a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anvil Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barkas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Hannibal Barkas!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Hannibal Barkas!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Hannibal Barkas!

Hannibal Barkas wins by unanimous decision!