PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ian Barns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronan Qadri (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!

Barns
vs
Qadri

189 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Big right hand

Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Barns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronan Qadri!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Qadri gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Qadri can't break the clinch.
Barns swings wildly with an uppercut but Qadri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barns misses with a punch to the body.
Qadri tries to break free but Barns pushes him back against the ropes.
Qadri stalling in the clinch.

Barns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Qadri walks into a left hand.

It looks like Ronan Qadri has been cut.

Qadri gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Qadri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Qadri is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Qadri is trying to break the clinch but Barns has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barns tries a body shot but Qadri blocks it.
Barns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Qadri tries to break free but Barns pushes him back against the ropes.
Barns misses with a body punch.
Barns taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qadri working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Qadri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barns looking to stall.
Qadri blocking some punches.
Barns cracks Qadri with a nice body shot.
Barns scores with a hook to the body.
Barns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Qadri can't break the clinch.
Qadri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barns trying to stall but Qadri improves his position.
Barns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barns scores with a shoulder strike.
Barns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Qadri backwards.
Barns looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Barns lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Barns.

Qadri is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Qadri walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Barns! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ian Barns!
Ian Barns decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.