PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Barreda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mao Zedong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barreda's entrance music is Rockstar. A fine choice. Zedong has chosen March Of The Volunteers as his entrance music. Mao Zedong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barreda
vs
Zedong

178 cm
32
178 lbs
22 - 15 - 0

193 cm
31
180 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Barreda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mao Zedong!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zedong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zedong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zedong lets loose with a powerful body kick. Barreda will feel that in the morning.
Zedong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zedong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barreda moves away.
Zedong swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barreda counters with a stiff right hand.
Barreda misses with a body shot.
Zedong defending well as Barreda loads up on a big left hand.
Zedong cracks Barreda with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've been informed that Zedong has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Barreda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zedong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barreda needs to keep his hands up - Zedong had a free shot at his head there.
Zedong lands a jab to the nose.
Zedong is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barreda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zedong tries to clinch there but Barreda circles away.
Zedong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zedong there as he acknowledges the shot.
That kick from Zedong tenderised Barreda's leg. Barreda is trying to keep his angry face on.
Zedong lands with a right hand.
Zedong throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zedong dips to his left and cracks Barreda with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zedong. Zedong obviously looking to wear him down.
Zedong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zedong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barreda.
Danga de danga de dang - Zedong scores with a four punch combination!
Barreda lands a nice looking body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Zedong.
Zedong tries a low kick but Barreda avoids it.
Zedong slips a jab and a cross from Barreda.
Barreda takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zedong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Zedong.
Zedong slips a jab from Barreda.
Barreda misses with a two punch combination.
Zedong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zedong throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barreda counters with a series of strikes. Zedong will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barreda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zedong manages to avoid it.
Barreda feints a jab promting Zedong to slip. Barreda then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Zedong slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zedong moves forwards but Barreda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zedong pushes Barreda away with a front kick.
We've been told by Barreda's head coaches at Elite Dojo [21 Coaches / 64 cap] that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zedong.
Zedong misses with a wild body shot.
Barreda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zedong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zedong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zedong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barreda momentarily.
Barreda scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barreda misses with a wild combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Barreda checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zedong throws a body punch but Barreda moves out of range.
Zedong throws a jab but it's blocked by Barreda.
Zedong misses with a leg kick.
Zedong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zedong has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zedong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A shot to the liver by Zedong. Beautiful body shot.
Zedong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zedong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zedong throws a low kick but Barreda avoids it.
Zedong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zedong scores with a decent looking hook.
Barreda moves out of range of the strikes.
Zedong misses with a low kick as Barreda jumps back.
Zedong throws a chopping leg kick but Barreda manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barreda takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Zedong takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barreda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zedong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Barreda checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zedong throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barreda stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zedong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barreda tries to bum rush Zedong with a series of wild strikes but Zedong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barreda scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Zedong is rocked!
Zedong swings for the body but Barreda moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Zedong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zedong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barreda.
Barreda misses with a straight left.
Barreda misses with a wild body shot.
Zedong cracks Barreda with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zedong takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zedong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zedong slips a straight right by Barreda.
Barreda throws a combination that misses
letting Zedong counter with a right hand.
Zedong throws a chopping leg kick but Barreda manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barreda checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mao Zedong dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zedong scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barreda doesn't seem bothered though.
Mao Zedong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barreda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zedong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barreda takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mao Zedong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zedong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barreda takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zedong throws a low kick but Barreda avoids it.
Zedong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zedong cracks the inside of Barreda's front leg.
Zedong misses with a looping left.
Zedong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jesus Barreda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barreda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zedong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zedong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zedong slips under a jab.
Barreda misses with a few strikes there.
Barreda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zedong manages to avoid it.
Zedong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreda takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zedong looks to land a left hand but Barreda moved out of range nicely.
Barreda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zedong.
Barreda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zedong.
Barreda misses the shot to the body.
Barreda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zedong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barreda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barreda darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barreda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zedong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zedong tries to bum rush Barreda with a series of wild strikes but Barreda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barreda is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Barreda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barreda misses with a few strikes there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zedong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zedong thows a leg kick but Barreda checks it
and Barreda counters with a two punch combo.
That kick from Zedong tenderised Barreda's leg. Barreda is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Barreda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barreda lands a body shot.
Zedong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barreda.

Zedong gets a clinch.

Barreda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zedong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Zedong closes the distance and clinches.
Zedong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barreda blocks it with crossed arms.
Zedong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barreda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barreda blocking some punches.
Barreda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zedong tries to land a knee to the head but Barreda blocks with his arms.
Barreda tries to break free but Zedong pushes him back against the cage.
Barreda is trying to break the clinch but Zedong has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zedong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zedong prevents Barreda from breaking the clinch.
Barreda takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zedong.
Zedong working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Zedong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zedong tries a knee to the head but Barreda blocks it.
Zedong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zedong.
Barreda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zedong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zedong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Barreda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barreda moves out of range of the leg kick from Zedong.
Good work by Barreda as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barreda checks the leg kick.
Zedong takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zedong thumps Barreda with a low kick.
Barreda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zedong.
Zedong throws out a leg kick but Barreda moves out of range and Zedong only half commits.
Barreda throws the left hand but Zedong avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Barreda.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barreda slips under a jab.
Barreda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zedong manages to avoid it.
Barreda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zedong.
Zedong tries a head kick but it misses.
Zedong throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zedong misses with a hook. Barreda ducked under it nicely.
Zedong tries to clinch up
and Barreda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mao Zedong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Barreda takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zedong.
Left hook, right uppercut from Barreda.
Zedong scoring well with a low kick there.
Zedong connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barreda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zedong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zedong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Zedong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barreda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zedong misses with a body shot.
Barreda checks a leg kick.
Barreda staying out of range there.
Barreda looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zedong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barreda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barreda tries to bum rush Zedong with a series of wild strikes but Zedong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zedong works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreda has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zedong finds it's way round the side to connect with Barreda's head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zedong has Barreda pressed against the cage, preventing Barreda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zedong lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zedong.
Zedong working aggressively here.
Zedong tries a knee to the head but Barreda blocks it.
Zedong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zedong.
Barreda tries to circle away but Zedong has him pinned against the cage.
Zedong prevents Barreda from breaking the clinch.
Barreda is trying to break the clinch but Zedong has him pressed against the cage.
Zedong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zedong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barreda's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barreda is trying to force a seperation but Zedong has the dominant position.

Barreda breaks from the clinch.
Zedong scores with a kick to the midsection.
Barreda misses the shot to the body.
Zedong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barreda blocks the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zedong is looking to slow Barreda down with leg kicks.
Barreda takes a swing at Zedong's ribcage but misses.
Zedong slips a straight right by Barreda.
Zedong lands an overhand right.
Zedong dodges the punch combination from Barreda.
Zedong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zedong connects with the punch.
Zedong tries to clinch but Barreda moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Barreda misses.
Zedong cracks Barreda with an open hand slap.
Barreda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zedong. Zedong obviously looking to wear him down.
Zedong misses with the combination.
Barreda throws a hook but Zedong avoids it easily.
Barreda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zedong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barreda was well out of range. Poor timing from Zedong.
Zedong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zedong lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Barreda scores with a jab to the body.
Zedong tries to clinch up but Barreda circles away and keeps his distance.
Barreda misses with a straight left.
Barreda throws a right hand that Zedong ducks under and follows up with a left that Zedong also avoids with ease.
Zedong misses with a double jab.
Zedong is looking to slow Barreda down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zedong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zedong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zedong looks to score with a jab to the body but Barreda is just out of range.
Barreda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zedong.
Barreda throws a jab when Zedong was well out of range.
Zedong connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zedong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zedong throws a series of punches but Barreda moves out of range.
Zedong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jesus Barreda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zedong loads up on a big right hand but Barreda slips the punch.
Zedong slips a jab from Barreda.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zedong's corner calls for a 1-2. Zedong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zedong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zedong tries to clinch there but Barreda circles away.
Zedong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barreda.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mao Zedong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zedong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mao Zedong!
Mao Zedong decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.