PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jermaine Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Ivanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barksdale comes to the cage accompanied by Drop The World- Lil Wayne ft. Eminem. Ivanovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deal With the Devil --- Pop Evil kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barksdale
vs
Ivanovic

190 cm
27
202 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

192 cm
30
199 lbs
24 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jermaine Barksdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Ivanovic!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barksdale moves out of range of the body kick.
Ivanovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barksdale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barksdale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barksdale scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Boris Ivanovic has been cut.
Barksdale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barksdale throws the left hand but Ivanovic avoids the punch easily.
Ivanovic misses the shot to the body.
Barksdale thows a body shot but no joy.
Ivanovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barksdale.

Ivanovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barksdale, pushing him back against the cage.
Ivanovic looking to slow down the pace here.

Barksdale manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barksdale looks to throw the jab but Ivanovic is out of range.
Ivanovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ivanovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barksdale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barksdale ducks under a wild hook from Ivanovic.
Barksdale throws a body punch but Ivanovic moves out of range.
Barksdale bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ivanovic.
The fighters circling - Barksdale throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barksdale works the jab nicely.
Barksdale lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice shot lands for Barksdale.

Ivanovic is rocked!
Ivanovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barksdale connects with a crisp jab.
Ivanovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Barksdale finish him?

That has opened up Boris Ivanovic's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barksdale lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Ivanovic falls backwards - clearly groggy! Barksdale dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jermaine Barksdale!
Jermaine Barksdale made sure to mention his sponsor, Fenrir Fightgear in his post fight interview.