PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hondo Attah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Barns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Attah
vs
Barns

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Very strong

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hondo Attah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Barns!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attah connects with a single shot there.
Barns misses with a looping right.
Barns takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Attah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barns manages to avoid it.
Barns tries to bum rush Attah with a series of wild strikes but Attah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Attah throws a quick counter kick to the body but Barns avoids it.
Barns throws a combination that misses
and Attah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barns.
Attah throws a good cross that connects.
Barns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Barns is rocked!

Barns has closed the distance and engaged Attah in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barns prevents a body shot from Attah.

Barns breaks from the clinch.
Barns has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Barns closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Attah tries to clinch up but Barns circles away and keeps his distance.
Barns throws a counter combo.
Attah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attah seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barns misses with a looping right.
Barns lands an overhand right.
Barns's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barns duly obliges.
Attah lands a jab to Barns's midsection.
Ian Barns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Attah lands an overhand right.
Attah takes a swing at Barns's ribcage but misses.
As Attah backs off Barns throws a huge counter combo but Attah manages to avoid it all.

Attah darts in and clinches Barns up against the ropes.
Barns misses with a body punch.
Attah tries to throw a body punch but Barns avoids it by throwing Attah back against the ropes.
Barns blocking some punches.
Attah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Attah.
Barns misses with a punch to the body.
Attah tries to break the clinch but Barns is controlling the position.
Barns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Attah's elbow.
Attah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barns's elbow.
Barns can't find room to land a body shot as Attah controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barns's elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barns misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Barns.
Barns trying to control the position but instead, Attah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barns into the ropes.
Attah tries to throw a body punch but Barns avoids it by throwing Attah back against the ropes.
Barns scores with a hook to the body.
Barns lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Attah as Barns tries to tie him up.
Barns struggles to land a body shot inside as Attah controls his hands.
Barns is pushing Attah up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Attah misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ian Barns will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barns clinches up against the ropes.
Attah pushes Barns back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Attah scores with a shoulder strike.
Barns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Attah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barns misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Attah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Barns avoids a kick to the body.
Attah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Attah moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Barns has Attah up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Attah.
Attah misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Barns.
Barns blocks a body shot from Attah.
Attah swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barns digs a right hand underneath Attah's ribcage. Attah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barns can't find room to land a body shot as Attah controls the action.
Barns misses with a punch to the body.
Attah blocks a body shot from Barns.
Barns tries to stall but Attah uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Attah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barns tries to break free but Attah pushes him back against the ropes.
Barns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Barns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Attah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Attah.
Barns is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Barns.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barns pushes Attah back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ian Barns seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Barns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Attah.
Barns misses with the head strike.
Barns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barns misses with a body punch.
Barns leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Attah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Attah lands a nice shot to the body.
Barns prevents a body shot from Attah.
Barns is trying to break the clinch but Attah has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ian Barns will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Barns wants to clinch.
Attah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barns.
Attah misses with a wild combination.
Attah misses with a low kick as Barns jumps back.
As Attah backs off Barns throws a huge counter combo but Attah manages to avoid it all.
Barns scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barns dodges the punch combination from Attah.
Barns scores with a jab. Attah acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ian Barns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Attah throws out the jab.
Ian Barns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Attah looks to throw the jab but Barns is out of range.
Attah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barns was well out of range. Poor timing from Attah.
Sloppy strikes from Barns. Those never looked like landing.
Attah goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barns let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attah thuds a left hand into Barns's body.

Barns clinches with his opponent.
Barns tries to break free but Attah pushes him back against the ropes.
Barns blocks an uppercut.
Attah gets through Barns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Attah tries to work over Barns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barns struggles to land a body shot inside as Attah controls his hands.
Barns scores with a shot to the side of Attah's head.
Attah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barnss head.
Barns is trying to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Attah lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Attah fails to land.
Attah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Attah misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Attah.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Attah's elbow.

Attah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barns throws a combination that misses
and Attah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Attah scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Barns beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Barns is still on wobbly legs! Can Attah finish him?
Barns displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Attah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barns seems to have recovered his senses.
Attah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barns was well out of range. Poor timing from Attah.
Nice uppercut there from Barns.
Some bone on bone action there as Barns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Barns moves into range and clinches up with Attah.
Barns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Attah backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Attah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barns backwards.
Barns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hondo Attah takes that one, having scored the knockdown.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barns feints a jab promting Attah to slip. Barns then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Attah slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Barns lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Attah misses with a head kick.
Attah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good work by Barns as he checks the leg kick.
Attah ducks right into an uppercut from Barns.
Barns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Attah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barns slips a jab and a cross from Attah.
Barns throws a right and a left that Attah avoids nicely.
Barns scores with a hook to the body. Attah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Attah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Attah finds it's way through Barns's defenses.
Good exchange - Attah coming out on top.
Barns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barns might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Barns goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barns manages to avoid it.
Barns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Attah was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Barns looks to land a combination but Attah avoids it well.
Attah lands with a straight right. Barns didn't see that one coming.
Barns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Attah connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Barns's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Barns - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hondo Attah!