PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Le might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Untouchable . Barker has chosen The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch as his entrance music. Cung Le has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Le
vs
Barker

174 cm
28
183 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
34
182 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Le!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, William Barker!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Le lands a jab.

It looks like William Barker has been cut.

Barker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Le, pushing him back against the ropes.
Le pushes Barker back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Barker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Le prevents it.
Barker is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Le.
Barker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Le is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Le lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barker is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cung Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Barker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Barker won't want to take too many of those.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barker takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le.

Barker is rocked!

That has opened up William Barker's cut even more.
Barker looks winded!
Barker is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Le gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Le lands a shot to the body.
Le lands an uppercut.
Barker is still on wobbly legs! Can Le finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Le.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Barker with a big uppercut! Barker tries to clinch up but Le pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Barker to the mat! Barker covers up and Le unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cung Le!
Cung Le retains his welterweight title!
Cung Le very nearly forgot to thank HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.