PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Paint it black kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Barker
vs
Williams

186 cm
27
190 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

Brute

Brute
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Travis Barker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Williams!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barker pinned against the cage. Barker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams tries to clinch
and Barker counters with a good, hard body kick but Williams shrugs it off.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Barker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barker lands a really nice looking cross but Williams seems unphased.

It looks like Frank Williams has been cut.
Barker throws a good cross that connects.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Barker pushes him off.
Williams blocks a low kick nicely.
Barker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barker throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barker throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Frank Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Williams forces Barker back against the cage and clinches.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Barker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Barker blocks with his arms.
Barker swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Barker blocks with his arms.

Barker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams 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 jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Barker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams closes the distance but Barker moves to the side
and Barker counters with a straight right hand.
Barker looks to land a body kick but Williams moved away.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barker paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Barker darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
Barker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barker is defending well for now.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Barker avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Williams will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barker up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barker avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
A short left from Barker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barker.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Williams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Barker fails to land.
Barker gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barker.
Barker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barker is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barker looking to slow down the pace here.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Barker misses with the head strike.
Barker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barker blocks it with crossed arms.
Barker looking to slow down the pace here.
Barker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Barker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams wants to clinch but Barker slips to the side
and Barker counters with a right hand to the body.

Barker has managed to clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barker avoids it.
Barker gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as Barker tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Barker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barker avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams misses with an elbow strike.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Barker avoids the damage to the body.
Barker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams trying to stall but Barker improves his position.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Barker misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barker avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Barker.
Barker lands a body punch.
Barker throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Travis Barker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Williams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams tries to clinch up but Barker circles away and keeps his distance.
Barker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Williams at a distance.
Williams 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.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barker as he jumps to the side.
Williams is looking to clinch but Barker is avoiding it.
Barker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams tries to clinch up but Barker circles away and keeps his distance.
Barker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Barker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick from Barker lands but Williams takes it in his stride.

Williams is rocked!
Barker throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Williams crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Travis Barker!
Travis Barker retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Travis Barker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.