PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sigurd Vinci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raja Barat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barat has chosen Goyang Dumang as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Vinci
vs
Barat

182 cm
29
195 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
189 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sigurd Vinci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raja Barat!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barat connects with a jab.
Vinci looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barat misses with a hook. Vinci ducked under it nicely.

Vinci moves into the clinch.
Barat can't break the clinch.
Vinci lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barat.
Barat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vinci.
Vinci misses with some punches.
Vinci makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vinci keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barat's efforts to push away.
Vinci tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barat's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Barat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barat tries to break the clinch but Vinci is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vinci gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barat.

Vinci takes the fight into the clinch.
Barat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barat throws a lazy uppercut
letting Vinci counter with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Barat. Those never looked like landing.
Vinci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barat.
Barat connects with a leg kick. Vinci looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barat fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vinci manages to avoid it.
Vinci keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Vinci pushes Barat up against the cage in a clinch.
Vinci lands a hook that snaps the head of Barat backwards.
Barat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barat is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A shot in the inside from Vinci.
Barat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barat has had enough of the clinch but Vinci keeps him there for the moment.
Vinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinci lands a hook that snaps the head of Barat backwards.
Barat tries to break the clinch but Vinci is controlling the position.
Vinci works on Barat's body with a couple of short punches.

Barat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vinci slips under a jab from Barat.
A jab from Barat misses.
Nice defenses there by Vinci.
Vinci avoids the body shot from Barat.
Barat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barat swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vinci dodges the punch combination from Barat.
Vinci throws a poor cross that misses
and Barat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barat tries to work over Vinci's front leg with a kick but Vinci checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vinci looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barat misses with a wild body shot.
As Barat tries to get set, Vinci tries to push him back and clinch up but Barat manages to avoid the attempt.
Barat throws a good cross that connects.

Vinci closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Vinci.
Barat has had enough of the clinch but Vinci keeps him there for the moment.
Vinci working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vinci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vinci has him pressed against the cage.

Barat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barat keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vinci softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barat.
A short right from Vinci on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barat is looking to break free of the clinch but Vinci has double underhooks.

Barat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Vinci clinches with his opponent.
Vinci throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barats head.

Barat is rocked!
Vinci controlling the action here for a moment.
Barat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barat is still on wobbly legs! Can Vinci finish him?
Vinci lands a hook that snaps the head of Barat backwards.
Vinci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vinci throws a punch but it's blocked by Barat.
Barat blocking some punches.
Vinci prevents Barat from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Vinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barat blocking some punches.
Vinci working aggressively here.
Barat working hard to break the clinch.
Vinci misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Vinci dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barat dips to his left and cracks Vinci with an uppercut!
Barat seems to have recovered his senses.
Barat connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Vinci closes the distance and clinches.
Vinci swings wildly with an uppercut but Barat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barat tries to break the clinch but Vinci is controlling the position.
Vinci tries to work over Barat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vinci struggles to land a body shot inside as Barat controls his hands.
Vinci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Vinci.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinci throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barats head.
Vinci misses with a punch to the body.
Vinci throws a punch but it's blocked by Barat.
Barat wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Barat.
Vinci softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Barat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Vinci.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinci lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vinci lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barat backwards.
Sigurd Vinci has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Vinci on the inside.
Vinci creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Barat's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Barat drops to his knees and Vinci pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigurd Vinci!
After winning the bout, Sigurd Vinci thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.