PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kennedy Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barker kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Remember The Name By Fort Minor. Michaels has chosen Folsom Prison Blues cover by Everlast as his entrance music. Bob Barker had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Barker
vs
Michaels

190 cm
30
222 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

188 cm
30
212 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennedy Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker throws a lazy right hand but Michaels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good shot there by Michaels.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barker moves out of range as Michaels strikes.
Barker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Michaels's head.
Barker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Barker misses the target.
Barker shoots in looking for a takedown but Michaels manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barker's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Michaels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circling - Michaels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michaels lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barker throws a body punch but Michaels moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barker jabs Michaels to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Michaels clinches with his opponent.
Michaels blocks an elbow strike.
Barker can't find room to land a body shot as Michaels controls the action.
Barker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker tries a body shot but Michaels blocks it.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kennedy Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels wants to clinch.
Barker misses with a straight left.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big left from Michaels misses.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kennedy Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels lands with a nice body kick.
Barker throws a big shot that misses.
Michaels misses with a straight left.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
Barker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barker misses with a hook.
Michaels slips a straight right by Barker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barker.
Michaels throws a good cross that connects.
Michaels wants to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Barker misses.
Barker scores with a nice right hand.
Barker throws a jab when Michaels was well out of range.
Michaels throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Barker steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Michaels. That one must have hurt.
Michaels lands with a nice body punch.
Barker is breathing heavily.
Michaels lands a really nice looking cross but Barker seems unphased.
Barker throws a lazy right hand but Michaels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michaels throws out a powerful jab.

Michaels forces Barker back against the cage and clinches.
Barker misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barker as Michaels tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Michaels.
Michaels landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barker looking to throw knees to the head but Michaels is blocking nicely.
Michaels missing with knees to the body.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Barker.
Barker has Michaels pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Michaels manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barker gets through Michaels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Michaels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barker avoiding damage as Michaels throws knees to the body.
Barker tries a knee to the head but Michaels blocks it.
Michaels is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barker is keeping busy.
Barker managing to block the knees to the body from Michaels.
Barker blocks a body shot from Michaels.
Michaels taking a breather.
Barker managing to block the knees to the body from Michaels.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels crunches a lovely knee into Barker's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Michaels breaks from the clinch.
Barker swats away the attempt to clinch by Michaels.
Barker ducks under a wild hook from Michaels.
Barker misses with a two punch combination.
Michaels lands with a cross.
Michaels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels lands a nice looking body kick.
Michaels fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good exchange - Michaels coming out on top.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Michaels forces Barker back against the cage and clinches.
Michaels trying to stall but Barker improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Michaels lands a body shot.
Barker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michaels scores with a jab to the jaw.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Barker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michaels.
Michaels fakes the leg kick and cracks Barker in the body.
Michaels plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Michaels throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Michaels moves into the clinch.
Michaels stalling the fight.
Michaels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barker throws a hook but Michaels blocks it.
Michaels misses with a body kick.
Barker defending well as Michaels loads up on a big left hand.
Michaels scores with a jab to the head.
Barker swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels cracks Barker with a good jab.
Michaels wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barker takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barker throws a poor cross that misses
and Michaels counters with a leg kick.

Michaels clinches.
Michaels using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Michaels.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Bob Barker has been cut.
Barker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Michaels breaks the clinch.
Michaels lands with a nice combination. Barker backs away looking to recover.
Michaels tries to clinch but Barker is having none of it.
Barker has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Michaels.
Barker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Michaels fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Michaels gets a clinch.

Michaels breaks from the clinch.
Michaels scores with a jab to the head.
Michaels smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Michaels lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kennedy Michaels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Michaels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Michaels lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barker circles away quickly and effectively.
Barker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Michaels connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barker scrambles back to his feet.
Michaels wants to clinch up but Barker keeps it at a distance.
Michaels lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Barker.
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels connects with an inside leg kick.
Barker misses the shot to the body.
Michaels scores with a punch to the head.
Michaels scores with a head kick. Barker tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barker blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Barker dodges the punch combination from Michaels.
Barker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Michaels cracks Barker with a good jab.

Barker is rocked!
Michaels misses with a head kick.
Michaels scores with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Michaels. Those never looked like landing.
Barker swats away the attempt to clinch by Michaels.
Michaels swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barker.
Oh Barker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michaels dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barker seems to have got his legs back now.
Michaels lands a really nice looking cross but Barker seems unphased.
Michaels lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Michaels cracks a nice hook into Barker's ribs.
Michaels swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michaels doesn't manage to clinch there - Barker circles away.
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Michaels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Michaels.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michaels lands a nice looking kick to the body. Barker takes a step back to recover.
Michaels cracks Barker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barker thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kennedy Michaels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bob Barker's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

No joy there for Michaels, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Michaels scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barker in his tracks.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barker.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Barker.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barker. Michaels does a little dance to reset his feet.

Michaels takes the fight into the clinch.

Michaels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Barker.
Barker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Michaels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barker stuns Michaels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Michaels lands a right hook to the body.
Michaels takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Michaels tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Barker misses its intended target.
Barker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Michaels doesn't seem bothered though.
Michaels tries to clinch but Barker is having none of it.
Michaels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barker. That did some damage!
Michaels scores with a hook.
A left lands for Michaels.
Barker shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Michaels sprawls well. Michaels wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barker gets slowly back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels dips to his left and cracks Barker with an uppercut!
Michaels throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Barker looks to land a left hand but Michaels moved out of range nicely.
Barker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michaels cracks Barker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big left from Barker misses.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Barker misses with a takedown
and Michaels counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Barker! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kennedy Michaels!