PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Seyedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Seyedi's choice of entrance music: Hypnotize- Biggie smalls. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Barry
vs
Seyedi

182 cm
25
201 lbs
17 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
195 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pat Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ali Seyedi!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barry scores with a nice head shot.
Seyedi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barry finds it's way round the side to connect with Seyedi's head.

Seyedi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Seyedi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Seyedi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Seyedi blocks the elbow strike.
Seyedi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barry tries a knee to the head but Seyedi blocks it.
Seyedi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barry is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Seyedi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barry's brow.
Barry lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Seyedi.
Seyedi scores with a shoulder strike.
Seyedi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barry lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seyedi has a couple of punches blocked by Barry.
Barry missing with knees to the body.
Seyedi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Seyedi throws a head punch that misses.
Barry tries to land knees in the clinch but Seyedi avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Barry.
Seyedi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Seyedi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Barry.
Seyedi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Barry.
A right hook to the body lands for Barry.
Seyedi looks winded!
Seyedi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barry avoids it.
Seyedi takes an elbow to the temple.
Barry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barry managing to block the knees to the body from Seyedi.
Barry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barry looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Seyedi.
Barry lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barry lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Ali Seyedi has been cut.
Barry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barry lands a body punch in the clinch.
Seyedi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Seyedi fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Barry on the inside.
Seyedi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barry can't find room to land a body shot as Seyedi controls the action.
Seyedi tries to work over Barry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Seyedi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barry's defenses.
Seyedi managing to block the knees to the body from Barry.
Barry controlling the action here for a moment.
Seyedi avoids a wild elbow strike from Barry.
Seyedi misses with some punches.
Seyedi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barry lands an uppercut.
Barry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barry digs a right hand into Seyedi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Seyedi's gas tank.
Barry controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barry lands an elbow just above Seyedi 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Barry.
Seyedi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barry lands an elbow just above Seyedi 's eye.
Barry tries a body shot but Seyedi blocks it.
Barry is pushing Seyedi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Barry lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Barry.
Nice elbow from Barry.
Barry lands a damaging elbow.
Barry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Seyedi blocks the elbow strike.
Seyedi trying to land knees to the body.
Barry trying to stall but Seyedi improves his position.
Seyedi takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry missing with knees to the body.
Seyedi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barry controls his hands.
Barry blocks an elbow strike from Seyedi.
Barry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barry lands with a left to the head.
Seyedi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Seyedi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barry slows down the pace here.
Barry misses with an elbow strike.
Barry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Seyedis head.
Barry blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Barry.
Barry lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barry digs a right hand underneath Seyedi's ribcage. Seyedi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Seyedi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barry presses Seyedi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Seyedi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Barry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ali Seyedi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Seyedi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sloppy strikes from Barry. Those never looked like landing.
Barry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barry throws a hook but Seyedi blocks it.

Seyedi moves into the clinch.
Seyedi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barry lands with a light punch inside.
Seyedi scores a nice knee to the body.
Seyedi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barry throws a punch but it's blocked by Seyedi.
Seyedi throws a punch but it's blocked by Barry.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seyedi misses with some punches.
Seyedi throws a punch but it's blocked by Barry.
Barry throws an elbow but it misses.
Barry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Seyedi backwards.
Seyedi misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barry.
Barry lands with a short shot to the head.
Seyedi misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seyedi avoids it.
Seyedi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Seyedi is breathing heavily.
Barry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Seyedi's defenses.
Barry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seyedi can do to turn this around?
Barry misses with an elbow over the top.
Barry looking to slow down the pace here.
Seyedi missing with knees to the body.
Barry lands with a right to the head.
Barry blocks an elbow strike.
Seyedi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barry avoids it.
Seyedi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pat Barry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Seyedi dodges an elbow strike from Barry.
Seyedi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Seyedi blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Seyedi throws an elbow but misses.
Barry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seyedi misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry dodges an elbow strike from Seyedi.
Seyedi managing to block the knees to the body from Barry.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barry.
Seyedi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seyedi throws a punch but it's blocked by Barry.
Knees in the clinch landing for Seyedi.
Seyedi missing with knees to the body.
Barry blocks a body shot from Seyedi.
A short body shot lands from Barry as the two fighters clinch.
Seyedi avoids the elbow strike from Barry, against the cage.
Barry missing with knees to the body.
Seyedi throws an elbow but it misses.
Seyedi trying to land knees to the body.
Barry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Seyedi's defenses.
Barry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seyedi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barry with a knee to the head.
Barry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Seyedi backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Seyedi throws an elbow but it misses.
Seyedi misses with an elbow over the top.
Seyedi misses with a knee strike.
Barry lands an elbow that stopped Seyedi in his tracks for a moment.
Seyedi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barry controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barry.
Seyedi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barry's elbow.
Seyedi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Seyedi can't find room to land a body shot as Barry controls the action.
Seyedi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Seyedi lands an elbow just above Barry 's eye.
Barry lands an elbow inside that Seyedi shrugs off.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seyedi swings wildly with an uppercut but Barry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barry.
Seyedi looking to throw knees to the head but Barry is blocking nicely.
Seyedi struggles to land a body shot inside as Barry controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Barry scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Seyedi's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barry prevents a body shot from Seyedi.
Seyedi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barry is looking to control Seyedi's arms but Seyedi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barry has his back to the cage.
Barry scores with a shot to the side of Seyedi's head.
Barry struggles to land a body shot inside as Seyedi controls his hands.
Barry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Seyedi avoiding damage as Barry throws knees to the body.
Barry misses with an elbow strike.
Seyedi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seyedi avoids it.
Seyedi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Seyedi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barry backwards.
Barry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seyedi gets through Barry's defenses to land a nice punch 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!
Seyedi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Seyedi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seyedi avoids it.
Seyedi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ali Seyedi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ali Seyedi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Seyedi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Seyedi checks a low kick from Barry.

Seyedi clinches with his opponent.
Seyedi trying to land knees to the body.
Seyedi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barry blocks it with crossed arms.
Barry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Seyedi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Seyedi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Seyedi's brow.
Barry blocks an elbow strike.
Barry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seyedi.
Seyedi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seyedi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Seyedi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seyedi throws an elbow that misses.
Barry tries a body shot but Seyedi blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barry.
Seyedi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry digs a right hand underneath Seyedi's ribcage. Seyedi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barry misses with an elbow strike.
Seyedi lands a nice uppercut.
Barry throws a head punch that misses.
Seyedi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seyedi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Seyedi.
Barry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seyedi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seyedi avoiding damage as Barry throws knees to the body.
Barry landing knees to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barry throws an elbow but misses.
Barry has a couple of punches blocked by Seyedi.
Barry blocks the elbow strike.
Barry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Seyedi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Seyedi lands a shot to the body.
Seyedi can't find room to land a body shot as Barry controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seyedi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi lands a right hand.
Seyedi lands a damaging elbow.
Seyedi misses with a knee strike.
Seyedi lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Seyedi throws an elbow but misses.
Barry working aggressively here.
Seyedi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Barry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Seyedi lands an elbow inside.
Seyedi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barry avoiding damage as Seyedi throws knees to the body.
Seyedi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barry prevents a body shot from Seyedi.
Barry pushes off an throws an elbow but Seyedi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barry managing to block the knees to the body from Seyedi.
Seyedi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barry backwards.
Seyedi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Seyedi lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barry pushes off an throws an elbow but Seyedi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Seyedi tries to throw a body punch but Barry avoids it by throwing Seyedi back against the cage.
Seyedi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seyedi lands a right hand.
Seyedi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barry avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barry lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barry obliges.
Barry lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seyedi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barry obliges.
Seyedi throws an elbow but it misses.
Barry displaying some good clinch control by pressing Seyedi up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barry.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barry is leaning against Seyedi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barry stalling the fight.
Barry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Seyedi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Seyedi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barry misses with a punch to the body.
Barry avoiding damage as Seyedi throws knees to the body.
Seyedi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Seyedi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seyedi.
Seyedi lands a body shot.
Seyedi throws a head punch that misses.
Seyedi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seyedi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Seyedi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Barry throws an elbow but misses.
Barry blocks an elbow strike from Seyedi.
Barry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seyedi.
Seyedi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barry throws an elbow but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ali Seyedi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Seyedi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ali Seyedi!
After the big win, Ali Seyedi made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.