PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juju Baraka (ranked 679 p4p, 791 weight class) and Magnus Von Ver Huevan (ranked 105 p4p, 123 weight class). Baraka's entrance music is Burning Spear. A fine choice. Von Ver Huevan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Call to Arms kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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?

Baraka
vs
Von Ver Huevan

203 cm
31
220
16 - 9 - 0

195 cm
33
253
22 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Brooklyn Apothecary

SynCity Fightwear
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juju Baraka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Von Ver Huevan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ver Huevan throws an off balance right hand
and Baraka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Baraka misses.
Von Ver Huevan throws a looping overhand right but Baraka ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Baraka on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baraka ducks right into an uppercut from Von Ver Huevan.

It looks like Juju Baraka has been cut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Von Ver Huevan checks a leg kick.
Baraka delivers a nice body kick.
Von Ver Huevan moves away from the strike by Baraka.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a decent looking hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ver Huevan. Baraka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baraka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Von Ver Huevan swings widly with a right hand
and Baraka counters with an inside leg kick.
Von Ver Huevan moves out of range of the leg kick from Baraka.
Baraka throws a hook but Von Ver Huevan avoids it easily.
Von Ver Huevan throws out a counter right but Baraka avoids it with no problem.
Baraka with a nice calf kick.
Baraka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Juju Baraka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Ver Huevan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan tests Baraka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Von Ver Huevan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Baraka thumps Von Ver Huevan with a low kick.
Von Ver Huevan connects with a body shot.
Baraka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baraka misses with a wild body shot.
Von Ver Huevan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Baraka throws a right hand that Von Ver Huevan ducks under and follows up with a left that Von Ver Huevan also avoids with ease.
Baraka lands a nice shot to the body.
Baraka swings for the body but Von Ver Huevan moves out of range.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a hook.
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!
Von Ver Huevan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baraka tried to score with a low kick but Von Ver Huevan checks it.
Baraka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Von Ver Huevan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baraka.
Von Ver Huevan throws a hook but Baraka avoids it easily.
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut
enabling Baraka to counter with a crisp jab.
Baraka lunges at Von Ver Huevan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Von Ver Huevan's hand.
Baraka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Von Ver Huevan cracks Baraka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Von Ver Huevan's coach down at Gonzasco Hydropathy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Von Ver Huevan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Baraka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Von Ver Huevan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Baraka.

Baraka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baraka misses with a punch on the inside.
Baraka tries to work over Von Ver Huevan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Von Ver Huevan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baraka lands a nice shot that snaps Von Ver Huevan's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baraka clobbers Von Ver Huevan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A big left from Von Ver Huevan misses.
Von Ver Huevan throws a jab when Baraka was well out of range.

Baraka closes the distance and clinches.
Baraka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baraka misses with the head strike.
Baraka misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baraka.

Baraka breaks the clinch.
Baraka connects with a leg kick.
Von Ver Huevan missing with a left hand there. Baraka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Von Ver Huevan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Von Ver Huevan slips a straight right by Baraka.
A little jabbing left from Von Ver Huevan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Von Ver Huevan loads up on a big right hand but Baraka slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baraka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Ver Huevan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baraka can pounce on him.

Baraka clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baraka.
Von Ver Huevan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barakas head.
Von Ver Huevan blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Von Ver Huevan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baraka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baraka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Von Ver Huevan blocking some punches.
Baraka throws a head punch that misses.
Von Ver Huevan misses with some punches.
Baraka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baraka tries a body shot but Von Ver Huevan blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baraka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Baraka manages to break the clinch.
Baraka blocks a jab.
Baraka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Von Ver Huevan manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juju Baraka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juju Baraka's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Baraka cracks Von Ver Huevan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Von Ver Huevan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Von Ver Huevan 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.
Von Ver Huevan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baraka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big right from Von Ver Huevan misses.
Baraka blocks a jab.

Baraka closes the distance and clinches.
Baraka throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Ver Huevan.

Baraka breaks the clinch.
Baraka swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Baraka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baraka. That's going to slow Von Ver Huevan down.
Juju Baraka is winning the standup battle so far.
Baraka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Von Ver Huevan.
Good shot there by Von Ver Huevan.
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!
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut
and Baraka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baraka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Von Ver Huevan can do to turn this around?
Von Ver Huevan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Juju Baraka's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baraka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Baraka 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.
Von Ver Huevan feints and then cracks Baraka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Baraka down.
Von Ver Huevan throws a lazy right hand but Baraka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baraka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baraka stuns Von Ver Huevan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a jab to the body
and Baraka counters with a big head kick but Von Ver Huevan shrugs it off.
Baraka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A chopping leg kick lands by Von Ver Huevan.
Baraka misses with a shot to the body
and Von Ver Huevan counters with a nice uppercut.
Von Ver Huevan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baraka delivers a nice body kick.
Baraka cracks Von Ver Huevan with a good jab.
Von Ver Huevan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Von Ver Huevan throws out a loose jab but Baraka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baraka is looking to clinch but Von Ver Huevan is avoiding it.

Baraka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Juju Baraka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Baraka.
Baraka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Von Ver Huevan lands a left hand.
Von Ver Huevan blocks an elbow strike from Baraka.
A short right from Von Ver Huevan on the inside.
Baraka tries a body shot but Von Ver Huevan blocks it.
Baraka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Ver Huevan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Baraka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Von Ver Huevan staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barakas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Baraka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Von Ver Huevan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Juju Baraka's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Von Ver Huevan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Von Ver Huevan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baraka.
Baraka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan slips under a jab.
Von Ver Huevan misses the jab.
Baraka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Baraka misses with an uppercut.
Baraka throws a chopping leg kick but Von Ver Huevan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Von Ver Huevan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Baraka counters with a nice uppercut.
Von Ver Huevan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Von Ver Huevan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice jab there from Baraka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Von Ver Huevan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baraka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Baraka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Von Ver Huevan.
Baraka scores with a punch to the head.
Von Ver Huevan with a nice calf kick.
Baraka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Von Ver Huevan throws out the jab.
Von Ver Huevan throws a lazy right hand but Baraka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Von Ver Huevan scores with the left hand. Baraka knows he should have avoided that one.
Baraka dodges the punch combination from Von Ver Huevan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baraka lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juju Baraka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juju Baraka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Baraka misses with an uppercut
letting Von Ver Huevan counter with a right hand.
Baraka lands a head kick. Von Ver Huevan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Von Ver Huevan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Baraka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Baraka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Ver Huevan throws a right and a left that Baraka avoids nicely.
Von Ver Huevan just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBaraka.

Baraka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baraka throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Baraka.
Baraka scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Baraka.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Von Ver Huevan.

Jeez, Juju Baraka's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Ver Huevan blocks an uppercut.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baraka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baraka.
Baraka is working Von Ver Huevan over against the cage.
Von Ver Huevan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Baraka.
Baraka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Von Ver Huevan is trying to break free.
Baraka lands a nice uppercut.
Baraka has Von Ver Huevan pressed against the cage, preventing Von Ver Huevan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Still in the clinch, Von Ver Huevan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baraka blocking some punches.
Baraka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Von Ver Huevans head.
Baraka misses with a knee to the head.
Baraka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Ver Huevan's elbow.
Von Ver Huevan misses with the head strike.
Baraka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Baraka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baraka pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Von Ver Huevan back to the cage. Baraka follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Von Ver Huevan throws a lazy uppercut
and Von Ver Huevan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Ver Huevan tests Baraka's chin there with a solid looking shot.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Juju Baraka's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Magnus Von Ver Huevan!
Magnus Von Ver Huevan very nearly forgot to thank Bondi MMA 🏝️ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.