PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Bieber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bieber comes to the cage accompanied by I'm a Souliah. Barker has chosen The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bieber
vs
Barker

178 cm
27
180 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

180 cm
31
182 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Bieber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Barker!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Bieber.
Bieber shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barker as he jumps to the side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barker.
Bieber scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barker is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barker. Bieber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barker looks to score with a jab to the body but Bieber is just out of range.
Bieber defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barker.

Barker closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bieber did well to prevent Barker getting side control.

Barker seems to be looking for submissions.

Barker is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bieber is not content to let Barker control the position.
Bieber is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker throwing shots but Bieber is blocking nicely.
Barker is keen to just control but Bieber is a slippery customer.
Bieber wants to get back to full guard.
Bieber is trying to maintain the position but Barker is very close to passing his half guard.
Barker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bieber defending well though.
Barker stalling away here and it's allowed Bieber to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Barker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bieber is trying to keep Barker in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bieber avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker looking to pass the guard.
Bieber looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barker is one step ahead there.
Bieber working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barker.
Bieber looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barker is one step ahead there.
Barker scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barker lands a couple of elbows.
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!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bieber working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bieber is adopting a defensive guard.
Barker preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barker throws a big right hand that misses.
Barker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barker works over Bieber with some ground and pound from guard.
Barker throws a big right hand that misses.
Barker controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Barker postures up.
Barker trying to control but Bieber is working from the bottom.
Bieber working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bieber keeping moving, preventing Barker from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. William Barker hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sloppy strikes from Bieber. Those never looked like landing.
Barker scores with a jab to the head.
Barker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bieber misses with a jab to the body
and Barker finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
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!
Barker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barker misses with a series of wild punches.
Bieber keeps the fight on the outside.
Barker throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Barker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bieber is looking to land body kicks.
Bieber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Barker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bieber throws out the jab.
Bieber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barker.
Bieber connects with a single shot there.
Barker lands a jab-cross combination.
Bieber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barker shoots in but Bieber avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barker throws a low kick, looking for Bieber's leg but Bieber calmly moves out of range.
Barker blocks a head kick by Bieber.
Bieber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice shot by Bieber.
Barker misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker throws a looping overhand right but Bieber ducks down to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barker misses with an elbow over the top.
Bieber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Barker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barker misses with an uppercut. Bieber saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Bieber.

Bieber darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bieber trying to control the action but Barker is working from the bottom.
Barker is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barker is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bieber pulls his head out easily.
Barker has hold of Bieber's hands but Bieber slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bieber missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bieber passes to full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bieber looking to control but Barker is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bieber is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Barker is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
William Barker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bieber controlling from mount.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Barker is squirming around, avoiding Bieber's attempts to control the action.
Barker is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bieber looking to control but Barker is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bieber pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

It looks like William Barker has been cut.
Bieber landing strikes from the mount.
Barker is trying to escape the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Bieber dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Barker's cut.
That's time! Bieber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bieber takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barker takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Bieber shoots in and bounces Barker off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Barker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bieber trying to control but Barker is working from the bottom.
Barker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bieber trying to control but Barker is working from the bottom.
Bieber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barker swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bieber trying to control the position from guard on top but Barker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because Justin Bieber wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A big right from Bieber misses.
Bieber misses with a double jab
and Barker counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bieber's knee momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bieber tries to clinch there but Barker circles away.
Barker shoots for a takedown but Bieber saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bieber looks to land a left hand but Barker moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bieber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barker.
Barker moves out of range of the body kick from Bieber.
Bieber throws a shot to the body.
Bieber bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barker's head backwards.

Barker moves into the clinch.
Barker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barker with a knee to the head.

It looks like Justin Bieber has been cut.
Bieber is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Barker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bieber tries to throw a body punch but Barker avoids it by throwing Bieber back against the cage.
Bieber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bieber stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barker lands a body shot.
Bieber trying to control the position but instead, Barker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bieber into the cage.
Bieber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker misses with a body punch.
Barker tries to throw a body punch but Bieber avoids it by throwing Barker back against the cage.
Bieber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barker is looking to break free of the clinch but Bieber has double underhooks.
Barker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bieber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bieber lands a shot to the body.
Barker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bieber misses with some punches.
Bieber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Bieber lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Barker pushes Bieber back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bieber blocks an uppercut.
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!
Bieber tries a body shot but Barker blocks it.
Bieber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bieber fails to land.
Bieber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bieber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Justin Bieber has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barker tries to pull guard but Bieber holds him up against the cage and eventually Barker drops back down to his feet.
Barker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bieber lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bieber lands with a left to the head.
Bieber lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bieber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bieber lands a shot to the body.
Bieber lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Barker is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bieber lands a big right hand that drops Barker! The killer instinct kicks in and Bieber finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bieber!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Bieber!
A pretty intense looking Justin Bieber took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.