PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Barreras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Barreras
vs
Jennings

182 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
176 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Atlantis

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Barreras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malik Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jennings throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Barreras holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jennings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barreras backwards.
A hook to the body from Barreras.
Jennings tries to break free but Barreras pushes him back against the cage.
Barreras blocking some punches.
Jennings has had enough of the clinch but Barreras keeps him there for the moment.
Barreras throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barreras works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Barreras lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barreras lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barreras throws an elbow but misses.
Jennings avoids the elbow strike from Barreras, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Barreras.
Jennings is trying to break the clinch but Barreras has him pressed against the cage.
Barreras keeps control of Jennings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barreras lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jennings backwards.
Barreras doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jennings misses with the head strike.
Barreras has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch on the inside from Jennings fails to land.
Jennings tries to break free but Barreras pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Barreras.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jennings misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreras is stalling here.
Jennings digs a right hand underneath Barreras's ribcage. Barreras let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barreras.
Barreras digs a right hand underneath Jennings's ribcage. Jennings let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barreras.
Barreras lands a nice uppercut.
Barreras lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jennings has had enough of the clinch but Barreras keeps him there for the moment.
Jennings lands a left hand.
Barreras blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Barreras scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jennings looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barreras lands a nice uppercut.
Barreras is leaning against Jennings and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barreras's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barreras misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Barreras.
The referee calls for Barreras to work.
A short right from Barreras on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Barreras.
Jennings letting Barreras take a breather here.
Jennings misses with a punch to the body.
Barreras tries to work over Jennings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barreras.
Barreras stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barreras lands a body punch.
Barreras lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jennings backwards.
Barreras lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barreras lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barreras is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Barreras throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jenningss head.
Barreras misses with a knee strike.
Barreras stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barreras lands a nice shot to the body.
Barreras gets through Jennings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Barreras.
Barreras pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jennings blocks the elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barreras.
Jennings has a couple of punches blocked by Barreras.
Barreras blocks an uppercut.
Jennings wants to break free but Barreras has control.
Jennings is looking to break free of the clinch but Barreras has double underhooks.
Barreras manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barreras lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Malik Jennings has been cut.
A short right from Barreras.
Barreras working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Jennings is rocked!
Jennings wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barreras lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barreras gets through Jennings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jennings is still on wobbly legs! Can Barreras finish him?
Barreras presses Jennings against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jennings seems to have recovered his senses.
Jennings looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Barreras.
Barreras throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennings misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barreras lands with a left to the head.
Barreras has Jennings pressed against the cage, preventing Jennings from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barreras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barreras throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jenningss head.
Barreras creates a bit of distance and cracks Jennings with a big uppercut! Jennings goes down! The referee pushes Barreras away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Jennings make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Barreras takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Anthony Barreras!
In his post fight interview, Anthony Barreras started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.