PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasim Barakat (ranked 1352 p4p, 134 weight class) and Robin Tuck (ranked 1590 p4p, 163 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barakat
vs
Tuck

195 cm
35
250 lbs
29 - 18 - 0

195 cm
29
265 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Qasim Barakat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robin Tuck!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barakat with a jab.
Barakat avoids the body shot from Tuck.
Tuck swings for the body but Barakat moves out of range.
Barakat thows a body kick. Tuck tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Barakat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tuck was well out of range. Poor timing from Barakat.
Barakat punishes Tuck's body with a nice straight punch.
Tuck throws a body punch but Barakat moves out of range.
Barakat thuds a left hand into Tuck's body.
Barakat lands with a nice body punch.
Tuck jabs at Barakat's body.
Barakat throws a right hand that Tuck ducks under and follows up with a left that Tuck also avoids with ease.
Tuck scores with a hook to the body. Barakat takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barakat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barakat tries a head kick but it misses.
Tuck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
Tuck is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barakat rather than just go for the knockout.
Barakat with a hook.
Barakat moves out of range of the strikes.
Tuck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barakat appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Barakat misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barakat motions for Tuck to come forward. Barakat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barakat lands a nice shot to the body.
Tuck digs a good hook to Barakat's body.
Barakat swings for the body but Tuck moves out of range.
Barakat fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tuck throws a series of punches but Barakat avoids them all with ease.
Tuck lands a nice shot to the body.
Barakat wants to slow Tuck down by chopping away at his legs.
Tuck's coach down at Shit House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tuck's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Barakat cracks Tuck with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barakat is looking to score with low kicks.
Barakat swings for the body but Tuck moves out of range.
Tuck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tuck misses the shot to the body.
Barakat moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Barakat throws an off balance right hand
and Tuck counters with a right hand to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barakat moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuck throws a series of punches but Barakat avoids them all with ease.
Barakat lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tuck takes a step back to recover.
Barakat scores with a nice head shot.
Barakat lands the left hand.
Barakat connects with a leg kick. Tuck looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barakat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Barakat backs off Tuck throws a huge counter combo but Barakat manages to avoid it all.
Barakat throws a body shot but no joy.
Barakat scoring well with a low kick there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barakat.
Tuck walks into a stiff left hand from Barakat.
Barakat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tuck is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tuck misses with a two punch combination.
Barakat avoids the body shot from Tuck.
Tuck takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tuck takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barakat throws a body punch but Tuck moves out of range.
Tuck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barakat.
Tuck swats away the attempt to clinch by Barakat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tuck checks a leg kick.
Tuck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
Tuck misses with a straight left.
Tuck misses the shot to the body.
Barakat is looking to counter punch.
Tuck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barakat throws a body punch but Tuck moves out of range.
Barakat connects with a single shot there.
Tuck misses with a series of wild punches.
Barakat throws a poor cross that misses
and Tuck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barakat lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barakat takes a swing at Tuck's ribcage but misses.
Tuck moves out of range as Barakat strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barakat throws out a leg kick but Tuck moves out of range and Barakat only half commits.
Barakat throws a body shot but no joy.
Tuck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barakat moves away from the strike by Tuck.
Barakat misses with a straight left.
Barakat sets himself, and Tuck steps forward looking for the clinch! Barakat avoids it this time.
Barakat pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tuck scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barakat lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tuck's sensitive parts.
Tuck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barakat fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tuck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barakat was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuck.
Tuck lands with a good body shot.
Tuck lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tuck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barakat has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barakat there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tuck lands a body shot.
Tuck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barakat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Qasim Barakat will probably get the nod.
That's time! Barakat's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tuck takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barakat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tuck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
Tuck throws a shot from downtown. Barakat moves away and avoids it.
Barakat lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barakat.
Tuck's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barakat is looking to land body kicks.
Tuck wants to counter the offense by Barakat and move into the clinch position.
Tuck misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barakat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barakat lands a leg kick that knocks Tuck off balance momentarily.
Tuck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barakat was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuck.
Tuck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barakat sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barakat scores with a hook to the body. Tuck takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tuck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tuck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barakat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tuck doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barakat, right into the meat.
Tuck missing with a left hand there. Barakat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tuck there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tuck takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barakat's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tuck under the eye.
Tuck swings for the body but Barakat moves out of range.
Barakat scores with a kick to the body.
Barakat scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barakat scores with a leg kick.
Barakat checks a leg kick.
Barakat throws a shot to the body.
Barakat dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barakat just misses with a punch to the body.
Barakat throws a lazy right hand but Tuck sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuck throws a body punch but Barakat moves out of range.
Barakat throws a head kick that misses.
Barakat digs a good hook to Tuck's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barakat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tuck tries to counter with a clinch but Barakat shakes him off and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barakat lands a head kick!
Barakat scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tuck walks into a jab.
Tuck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Barakat misses the target.
Tuck tries to score with a low kick but Barakat moves his leg out of the way.
Barakat throws a jab but it's blocked by Tuck.
Barakat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tuck scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice uppercut there from Barakat.
Barakat looks to throw the jab but Tuck is out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tuck might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Barakat has got the better of the exchanges.
Barakat just misses with a punch to the body.
Tuck throws a body shot but no joy.
Barakat is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tuck can do to turn this around?
Barakat scores with a head kick. Tuck tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tuck takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab lands there for Barakat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuck avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tuck ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tuck checks a leg kick.
Tuck swings for the body but Barakat moves out of range.
Tuck avoids the body shot from Barakat.
Tuck blocks a head kick by Barakat.
Tuck appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Barakat misses with a wild body shot.
Barakat lands with a good body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barakat lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tuck has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tuck and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tuck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barakat.
Barakat connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tuck takes a swing at Barakat's ribcage but misses.
Barakat has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Barakat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tuck.
Barakat moves in looking to clinch but Tuck pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuck misses the shot to the body.
Tuck tries to land a leg kick but Barakat saw it coming and moves away.
Barakat checks a leg kick.
Barakat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tuck.
Barakat throws a right and a left that Tuck avoids nicely.
Barakat throws a series of punches but Tuck moves out of range.
Tuck misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Tuck finds it's target.
Tuck throws a lazy uppercut
and Barakat counters with a stiff right hand.
Barakat misses with an uppercut
and Tuck counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barakat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barakat scores with a leg kick.
Tuck ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tuck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
Tuck misses with a body shot.
Barakat lands a nice hook to Tuck's body. Tuck takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qasim Barakat dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tuck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Barakat attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice body punch from Barakat.
Tuck scores with a body shot.
Barakat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tuck throws a body shot but no joy.
Barakat misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Barakat misses its intended target.
Tuck takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tuck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tuck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuck throws a body shot but no joy.
Barakat throws a body punch but Tuck moves out of range.
Barakat scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barakat just misses with a punch to the body.
Barakat is looking to chop away at Tuck's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck lands a slapping body shot.
Barakat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tuck on the side of the head.
Tuck throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Qasim Barakat is winning the standup battle so far.
Tuck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barakat was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuck.
As Tuck backs away, Barakat returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tuck misses with a wild body shot.
Barakat is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tuck has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Barakat.
Tuck ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barakat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tuck connects with a looping right hand.
Tuck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tuck misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barakat is looking to counter with a body kick.
Tuck doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barakat throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barakat feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tuck's calf.
Barakat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barakat motions for Tuck to come forward. Barakat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Robin Tuck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Qasim Barakat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barakat lands with a nice body punch.
Tuck lands with a nice body punch.
Barakat looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuck is just out of range.
Tuck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barakat manages to avoid it.
Tuck changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tuck scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barakat in his tracks.
Tuck throws a body punch but Barakat moves out of range.
Tuck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
Barakat throws a body punch but Tuck moves out of range.
Tuck throws a body punch but Barakat moves out of range.
Barakat appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tuck uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barakat has time to react.
Barakat throws a lazy uppercut
and Tuck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barakat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tuck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Qasim Barakat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barakat is looking to chop away at Tuck's legs.
Barakat throws a jab but it's blocked by Tuck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuck takes a swing at Barakat's ribcage but misses.
Barakat lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tuck takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barakat misses the shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Tuck.
Tuck lands a really nice looking cross but Barakat seems unphased.
Tuck ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tuck catches Barakat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barakat works Tuck's body with a nice hook.
Barakat looks to land a left hand but Tuck moved out of range nicely.
Tuck throws a leg kick but Barakat sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tuck slips under a jab from Barakat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barakat throws a low kick but Tuck moves out of range easily.
Barakat scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tuck lands a jab to Barakat's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barakat throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tuck's head.
Tuck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tuck throws a hook but Barakat avoids it easily.
Barakat appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tuck takes one to the side of the head.
Barakat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tuck connects with a right hand. Barakat shakes it off.
Tuck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barakat moves away.
Barakat works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tuck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barakat moves away.
Barakat throws a one two combo.
Tuck has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tuck misses with a wild body shot.
Barakat is looking to land body kicks.
Tuck has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barakat.
Barakat tried to score with a low kick but Tuck checks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Robin Tuck.
Well Barakat has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Qasim Barakat!
Qasim Barakat really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FORCEE logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
The defeated Robin Tuck had this to say: 'Fuck the refs!'.