PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamad Barakat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Maglais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Barakat
vs
Maglais

191 cm
25
283 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

186 cm
25
279 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hamad Barakat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sebastian Maglais!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maglais misses with a low kick.
Maglais swings for the body but Barakat moves out of range.
Maglais fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maglais on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hamad Barakat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barakat moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barakat slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Maglais fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barakat, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Maglais.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barakat lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maglais or not.
Barakat pushes Maglais back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barakat misses with some punches.
Maglais is trying to maintain a safe position but Barakat gets an underhook and turns Maglais into the cage.
Barakat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barakat lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maglais.
Barakat has a couple of punches blocked by Maglais.
A head punch on the inside from Barakat fails to land.
Maglais swings wildly with an uppercut but Barakat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maglais prevents a body shot from Barakat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maglais misses with the head strike.
Barakat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Barakat cracks Maglais with a nice body shot.
Maglais looks gassed!
Maglais throws a punch but it's blocked by Barakat.
Barakat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maglais's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barakat tries a body shot but Maglais blocks it.
Barakat lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Barakat breaks the clinch.
Barakat stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maglais tries to clinch but Barakat moves out of range.
Maglais takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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 thuds his right hand into Maglais's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barakat with a jab.
Maglais tries to land a leg kick but Barakat saw it coming and moves away.
Barakat lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maglais throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barakat lands a really nice looking cross but Maglais seems unphased.
Nice body kick from Barakat.
That kick from Barakat tenderised Maglais's leg. Maglais is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice cross by Barakat.
Nice shot by Barakat.
Barakat thows a body shot but no joy.
Barakat thows a body kick. Maglais tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Maglais throws out a loose jab but Barakat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barakat lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barakat delivers a nice body kick.
Barakat works Maglais's body with a nice hook.
Maglais has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maglais there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Barakat there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barakat lands a lovely overhand right.
Barakat fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barakat dips to his left and cracks Maglais with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamad Barakat dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Maglais takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barakat bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maglais's head.
Barakat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maglais.
Barakat thuds a left hand into Maglais's body.
Barakat lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maglais takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barakat scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barakat lands a nice looking body shot.

Barakat clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barakat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barakat trying to stall but Maglais improves his position.
Barakat working aggressively here.
Maglais swings wildly with an uppercut but Barakat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barakat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maglais misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Barakat.
Maglais is breathing heavily.
Maglais has a couple of punches blocked by Barakat.
Maglais misses with a punch on the inside.
Barakat lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barakat digs a right hand into Maglais's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maglais's gas tank.
Barakat misses with a punch to the body.
Barakat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barakat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maglais blocking some punches.
Barakat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barakat swings wildly with an uppercut but Maglais uses good head movement to avoid it.

Barakat breaks from the clinch.
Barakat connects with the punch.
Barakat sizes up Maglais with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barakat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maglais was well out of range. Poor timing from Barakat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barakat thows a body shot but no joy.
Barakat scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barakat keeps Maglais at a distance using the push kick.
Maglais stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barakat.
Maglais walks into a straight right hand from Barakat.
Barakat buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maglais has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barakat.

Barakat clinches with his opponent.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barakat.
Maglais's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barakat lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barakat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Barakat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sebastian Maglais has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maglais takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Maglais with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barakat to score with a decent uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hamad Barakat showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barakat has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Hamad Barakat!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Hamad Barakat!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Hamad Barakat!

Hamad Barakat wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Hamad Barakat thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.