PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 1891 p4p, 2946 weight class) and Tommy Harinck (ranked 143 p4p, 226 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the ring accompanied by Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). Tommy Harinck is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Farrokhzad
vs
Harinck

170 cm
39
148
38 - 27 - 0

159 cm
29
147
14 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Harinck!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Harinck misses.
Farrokhzad throws a shot from downtown. Harinck moves away and avoids it.
Farrokhzad looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tommy Harinck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farrokhzad avoids the body shot from Harinck.
Farrokhzad lands a jab to Harinck's midsection.
Farrokhzad slips a straight right by Harinck.
Farrokhzad scores with a punch to the head.

Farrokhzad rushes Harinck and presses him up against the ropes.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Harinck has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Harinck blocks it.
Farrokhzad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harinck.
Harinck misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harinck.
Harinck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand.
Farrokhzad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harinck misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harinck lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad tries to land knees in the clinch but Harinck avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Harinck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harinck lands a hook that snaps the head of Farrokhzad backwards.
Farrokhzad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Harinck.
Farrokhzad swings wildly with an uppercut but Harinck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farrokhzad lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Farrokhzad.
Harinck tries a body shot but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Harinck is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harinck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Farrokhzad backwards.
Farrokhzad lands a good knee to the midsection. Harinck won't want to take too many of those.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Harinck throws a punch but it's blocked by Farrokhzad.
Harinck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Farrokhzad.
Harinck looks winded!
Harinck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrokhzad blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad digs a right hand underneath Harinck's ribcage. Harinck let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tommy Harinck has been cut.
Farrokhzad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harinck lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad pushes Harinck back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harinck takes a knee right on the jaw!
Farrokhzad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
Farrokhzad digs a right hand into Harinck's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harinck's gas tank.
Farrokhzad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harinck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but Harinck blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Farrokhzad obliges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Harinck's cut.
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.

Farrokhzad connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Harinck onto his butt! Harinck bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Harinck misses with a hook.
Harinck misses with a left hand
and Farrokhzad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Harinck is rocked!
Farrokhzad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harinck manages to avoid it.
Harinck is still on wobbly legs! Can Farrokhzad finish him?
Harinck takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harinck takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Farrokhzad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harinck can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Farrokhzad looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Farrokhzad fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harinck seems to have recovered his senses.
Farrokhzad misses with a straight right.

Farrokhzad closes the distance and clinches.
Harinck throws a punch but it's blocked by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harinck is breathing heavily.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harinck's face.

That has opened up Tommy Harinck's cut even more.
Farrokhzad lands a good knee to the midsection. Harinck won't want to take too many of those.
Farrokhzad misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Farrokhzad tries a body shot but Harinck blocks it.
Farrokhzad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bardia Farrokhzad has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farrokhzad tries to throw a body punch but Harinck avoids it by throwing Farrokhzad back against the ropes.
Farrokhzad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harinck backwards.
Farrokhzad has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Harinck to the canvas! Can Harinck beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Harinck was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Farrokhzad is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bardia Farrokhzad thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.