PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Barac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Celebration by Kool and the Gang. Barac is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Connected. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Williams
vs
Barac

193 cm
25
262 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

195 cm
29
250 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
$10

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kane Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Barac!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Barac to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barac counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Kane Williams has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barac scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Williams thumps Barac with a low kick.
Kane Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barac throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Barac moves his leg out of the way.
Barac throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barac drops his hands momentarily and Williams takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Williams.
Barac just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barac on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Williams lands a jab to Barac's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Barac darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
A short right from Williams.
Barac misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Barac.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Barac - that landed with a thud.
Barac can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Barac blocking some punches.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Barac tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Barac back against the cage.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Barac makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Williams breaks the clinch.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barac doesn't seem bothered though.
Barac takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barac looks winded!
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barac manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Barac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barac checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Williams lands with a slapping head kick.
Barac catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barac scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barac is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Barac blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams cracks a nice hook into Barac's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barac.
Barac misses with a low kick as Williams jumps back.

Barac rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Williams lands a shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Barac misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kane Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kane Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice shot by Barac.
Barac checks a low kick from Williams.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barac.
Williams scores with a body shot.
Williams is looking to wear down Barac with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Williams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams lands a jab to Barac's midsection.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Williams sizes up Barac with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Barac tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barac is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams slips under a jab from Barac.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Ivan Barac has been cut.
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!
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barac manages to avoid it.
Williams lands a nice hook to Barac's body. Barac takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barac walks forward, straight into a front kick from Williams.
Barac takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barac misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barac moves away.
Williams scores with a push kick.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Barac's head.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barac can do to turn this around?
Williams scores with a jab to the head.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
Williams is stalking Barac. Barac circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Williams, and it's lights out! Barac really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kane Williams!
Kane Williams retains his heavyweight title!
Post fight, Kane Williams took to the microphone: 'Hickory dickory dock, Barac was on the clock. The clock struck ten and down he went, hickory dickory dock. You dig?'.