PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roque Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heimo Hulahula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barretto comes to the cage accompanied by Last Man Standing - By 4ft Fingers. Heimo Hulahula is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Barretto
vs
Hulahula

180 cm
29
175 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

176 cm
30
182 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roque Barretto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heimo Hulahula!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hulahula misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a nice body kick.
Hulahula fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barretto manages to avoid it.
Barretto lands a head kick. Hulahula smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Barretto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hulahula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barretto.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hulahula.
Hulahula has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barretto.
Barretto is looking to clinch.
Barretto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hulahula bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Hulahula shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hulahula showed some decent athleticism there.
Hulahula wants to control but Barretto is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hulahula.
Barretto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hulahula.
Hulahula thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barretto's head.
Barretto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barretto keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Barretto is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hulahula missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hulahula slows the pace down in half guard.
Hulahula wants to control but Barretto is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto gets back to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hulahula's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hulahula advances position into side control!
Hulahula is working Barretto over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hulahula throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hulahula throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hulahula fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hulahula working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulahula fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Barretto is trying to improve his position.
Hulahula cracks Barretto with a big right hand but Barretto just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hulahula working the ground and pound.
Barretto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hulahula on the ground.
Hulahula working the ground and pound.
Barretto is trying to improve his position.
Hulahula lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Barretto down.
Hulahula has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hulahula throws an elbow but Barretto slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hulahula lands a few punches from side control.
Barretto manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hulahula not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hulahula trying to mount his opponent but Barretto defends it.
Hulahula sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barretto defending well though.
Hulahula prevents Barretto from improving his position.
Barretto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hulahula.
Hulahula missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hulahula is thwarting Barretto's attempts to control the position.
Barretto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hulahula.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hulahula throwing shots but Barretto is blocking nicely.
Hulahula working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heimo Hulahula dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A punch lands to the side of Barretto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barretto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A cross from Hulahula lands.
Barretto scores with a head kick.
Barretto moves in looking to clinch but Hulahula pushes him off.
Barretto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hulahula has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hulahula shoots in for a takedown but Barretto shows good takedown defense.
Barretto has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barretto gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Barretto tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Hulahula is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Barretto buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Barretto!! Barretto is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Hulahula throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heimo Hulahula!
Heimo Hulahula is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Heimo Hulahula thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.