PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Barrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mib Louie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Batter-up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barrett
vs
Louie

194 cm
27
245 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
27
275 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jason Barrett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mib Louie!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barrett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Louie throws out the jab.
Louie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Louie tries to clinch there but Barrett circles away.
Louie throws a head kick that misses.
Barrett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barrett tries to bum rush Louie with a series of wild strikes but Louie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barrett checks a leg kick nicely.

Louie cracks Barrett with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Barrett looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Louie finish him?

It looks like Jason Barrett has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barrett slips a jab from Louie.
Barrett seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barrett checks a leg kick.
Louie misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Barrett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barrett lands a body shot.
Louie dodges the punch combination from Barrett.
Louie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barrett ducks under a wild hook from Louie.
Louie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Barrett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louie lands a head shot.
Louie just misses with a punch to the body.

Louie sends Barrett crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Louie is motioning to the referee to let Barrett up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Barrett is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Louie engages and cracks Barrett with a massive lead left hook - Barrett tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Louie is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mib Louie!
After the fight, Mib Louie was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.