PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamad Barakat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dela Cruz
vs
Barakat

191 cm
25
288 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
283 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hamad Barakat!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dela Cruz throws a hook but Barakat blocks it.
Dela Cruz darts in trying to clinch
and Barakat counters with a nice body kick.
Dela Cruz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barakat checks it well.
Hamad Barakat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barakat is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from Dela Cruz misses its intended target.
Barakat with a nice cross.

Barakat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barakat struggles to land a body shot inside as Dela Cruz controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Dela Cruz.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dela Cruz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dela Cruz scores with a shoulder strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barakat lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barakat misses with a body punch.
Barakat blocking some punches.
Dela Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barakat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barakat misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Barakat.
Dela Cruz prevents a body shot from Barakat.
Dela Cruz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dela Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but Barakat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dela Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dela Cruz has Barakat pressed against the cage, preventing Barakat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dela Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Barakat controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barakat.
Barakat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barakat working aggressively here.
Dela Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Barakat controls the action.
Barakat lands a shoulder strike.
Barakat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barakat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barakat swings wildly with an uppercut but Dela Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dela Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dela Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barakat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dela Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barakat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dela Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dela Cruz works on Barakat's body with a couple of short punches.
Barakat lands a hook that snaps the head of Dela Cruz backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barakat.
Dela Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barakat scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dela Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamad Barakat dominated that round.
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!

Dela Cruz feints and then cracks Barakat's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barakat down.

Barakat closes the distance and pushes Dela Cruz back into the cage.
Barakat tries to work over Dela Cruz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barakat swings wildly with an uppercut but Dela Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dela Cruz can't break the clinch.
Barakat throws a punch but it's blocked by Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dela Cruz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Dela Cruz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dela Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dela Cruz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barakat.
Dela Cruz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dela Cruz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barakat is breathing heavily.
Barakat wants to break free but Dela Cruz has control.
Dela Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Barakat's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Barakat drops to his knees and Dela Cruz pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Dela Cruz!
John Dela Cruz bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.