PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Pat Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Barry
vs
Anderson

182 cm
27
186 lbs
22 - 3 - 1

183 cm
30
198 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

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Insanely flexible

World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pat Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barry throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
Barry misses with an uppercut
and Anderson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Barry misses with a kick to the body.
Barry feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barry misses with a hook.
Barry thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson is looking to clinch but Barry is avoiding it.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Barry.
Barry throws a jab but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barry.
Barry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barry swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Barry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barry throws a leg kick which misses Anderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Anderson tries to avoid it.
Barry walks into a straight right hand from Anderson.
Barry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a good low kick that Barry was not able to check.
Barry scores with a decent looking hook.
Barry scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barry takes a jab right on the kisser.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pat Barry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anderson's coach down at Team Hopkins was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Anderson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A big right from Barry misses.
Anderson ducks under a wild hook from Barry.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Barry keeps it at a distance.
Barry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Anderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anderson.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anderson checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Barry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Anderson doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson slips a jab from Barry.
Barry misses the body punch
and Barry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Barry's shoulder, as Barry tries to avoid the shot.
Barry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barry, as that shot connected.
Barry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barry lands a jab to Anderson's midsection.
Barry cracks a nice hook into Anderson's ribs.
Barry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barry throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Barry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barry misses with a looping right.
Anderson thuds a left hand into Barry's body.
Barry drops his hands momentarily and Anderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barry.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anderson.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barry manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Barry.
Anderson feints and then cracks Barry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barry down.
Anderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Barry moved out of range.
Anderson slips under a jab from Barry.
Barry lands a nice looking body kick.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Barry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Barry throws a leg kick
and Barry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barry connects with a leg kick. Anderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anderson connects with an inside leg kick.
Anderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barry swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barry circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Barry circles away and keeps his distance.
Barry throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Barry missing with a left hand there. Anderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barry takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Barry misses with a straight left.
Barry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anderson.
Barry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barry throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry lands a right hook to the body.
Pat Barry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barry staying out of range there.
Barry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anderson defending well as Barry loads up on a big left hand.
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
The fighters circling - Anderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson moves in looking to clinch but Barry pushes him off.
Anderson works Barry's body with a nice hook.
Barry blocks a leg kick.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barry.
Barry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Barry checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barry.
Anderson slips under a jab.

Anderson has closed the distance and engaged Barry in a clinch.
Barry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Barry blocking some punches.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barry.
Barry swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barry.
Barry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barry scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Barry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Anderson blocks an elbow strike.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barry.
Barry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.

Barry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch lands to the side of Barry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barry scores with a nice right hand.
Anderson throws a body punch but Barry moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pat Barry will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Anderson checks a leg kick.
Anderson throws a front kick aimed at Barry's knee but Barry avoids it well.
Barry thows a body shot but no joy.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barry. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barry misses with a leg kick.
Barry tried to score with a low kick but Anderson checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barry has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barry and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barry throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anderson tries to work over Barry's front leg with a kick but Barry checks it.

Anderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Anderson fails to land.
Barry blocking some punches.
Anderson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barry lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anderson cracks Barry with a nice body shot.
Barry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barry lands a shot to the body.
Anderson tries to work over Barry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barry blocking some punches.
Barry wants to stall.
Anderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barry is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Barry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Nice elbow from Barry.
Barry blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Barry misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson misses with a punch to the body.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.

Barry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Barry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Anderson throws a hook but Barry avoids it easily.
Barry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Barry.
Barry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barry.
Barry throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Barry.

Barry manages to break the clinch.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barry moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barry. That's going to slow Anderson down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Pat Barry did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Anderson misses with a head kick.
Anderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anderson blocks a low kick nicely.
Anderson blocks a low kick nicely.
Barry cracks Anderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barry blocks a head kick by Anderson.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
Barry throws out a powerful jab.
Barry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barry.
Barry misses the shot to the body.
Barry keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anderson throws the left hand but Barry avoids the punch easily.
Barry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barry loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.
Anderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barry fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Anderson is out of range.
Pat Barry is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Barry checks it.
Barry misses with a double jab.
Barry lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big left from Anderson misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barry!
The fight stays on the outside here - Anderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barry scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anderson in his tracks.
Barry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Barry wants to land a leg kick but Anderson is out of range.
Barry throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Anderson throws a shot from downtown. Barry moves away and avoids it.
Barry jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anderson slips under a jab from Barry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Barry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barry turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barry looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barry!
Anderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barry keeps Anderson at a distance using the push kick.
Anderson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barry throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barry feints and then cracks Anderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Anderson down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barry misses with a straight right.

Anderson drives through and clinches with Barry against the ropes.
Barry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barry has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment.
Anderson lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Barry had his way with Apollo Anderson in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Barry lands a slapping body shot.
Barry ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barry throws out the jab.
Barry throws a leg kick but Anderson moved away.
Barry throws a push kick but Anderson slaps the foot to one side.
Barry defending well as Anderson loads up on a big left hand.
Apollo Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barry manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Anderson blocks the leg kick.
Barry scores with a jab.
Barry on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barry.
Barry's corner calls for a 1-2. Barry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Anderson tries to clinch there but Barry circles away.
Barry is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Barry lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
Anderson misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice uppercut there from Anderson.
The crowd cheers as Barry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Anderson doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson misses with a two punch combination.
Barry scores with a jab to the head.
Anderson throws an overhand right that lands on Barry's shoulder, as Barry tries to avoid the shot.
Anderson wants to clinch up but Barry keeps it at a distance.
Barry cracks Anderson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Barry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barry lands with a nice body punch.
Barry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Barry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barry. That did some damage!

Anderson has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barry.
Anderson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A nice right hand lands inside from Barry.
Our sources have told us that Barry has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Barry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anderson.
Barry lands with a left to the head.
Barry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barry.
Barry lands a shoulder strike.

Anderson is rocked!
A right hook to the body lands for Barry.
Barry makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Barry finish him?
Barry pushes Anderson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

Barry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Barry.
Barry scores with a hook.
Anderson drops his guard momentarily, allowing Barry to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Anderson! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Barry takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Pat Barry!
Pat Barry seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Apollo Anderson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Um what can I say it is what it is congratulations to him, he was better tonight. But one things for sure ill be back.'.