PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dragon Kingdad (ranked 533 p4p, 1033 weight class) and Reynaldo Barber (ranked 48 p4p, 92 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kingdad
vs
Barber

171 cm
27
149
11 - 3 - 0

175 cm
27
145
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dragon Kingdad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reynaldo Barber!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kingdad closes the distance and clinches.
Kingdad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kingdad blocks a body shot from Barber.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barber.
Barber is looking to control Kingdad's arms but Kingdad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barber has his back to the cage.
Kingdad definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barber taking a breather.
Barber misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingdad.
Barber lands a right hand.
Kingdad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kingdad tries to land knees in the clinch but Barber avoids the damage to the body.
Barber looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barber misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Kingdad to work.
Kingdad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barber working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barber lands a nice uppercut.
Barber lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kingdad or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barber lands a nice uppercut.
Barber is looking to control Kingdad's arms but Kingdad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barber has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barber working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingdad.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barber swings wildly with an uppercut but Kingdad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kingdad blocking some punches.
Kingdad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kingdad missing with knees to the body.
Barber swings wildly with an uppercut but Kingdad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kingdad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kingdad is stalling here.
Kingdad pushes Barber back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barber throws a punch but it's blocked by Kingdad.
Kingdad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kingdad leaning against his opponent.
Barber lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barber.
Kingdad is trying to maintain a safe position but Barber gets an underhook and turns Kingdad into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingdad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kingdad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kingdad misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barber tries to work over Kingdad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barber throws a head punch that misses.
Barber managing to block the knees to the body from Kingdad.
Barber misses with a punch to the body.
Barber being controlled against the cage.
Kingdad dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kingdad blocks an uppercut.
Barber throws a head punch that misses.

Kingdad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barber throws a leg kick
and Kingdad counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kingdad moves out of range of the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kingdad lands a big head kick that sends Barber tumbling to the mat! Kingdad takes a step backwards and waves Barber back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Barber is rocked!

It looks like Reynaldo Barber has been cut.
Kingdad takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barber is still on wobbly legs! Can Kingdad finish him?
Barber throws out a powerful jab.
Kingdad stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barber.
Barber seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Barber as he connects with a hook.
Barber lands a nice looking body shot.
Barber wants to slow Kingdad down by chopping away at his legs.
Kingdad looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Barber circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kingdad has Barber up against the cage in a clinch.
Kingdad prevents a body shot from Barber.
Kingdad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kingdad fails to land.
Barber prevents a body shot from Kingdad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Kingdad.
Barber prevents a body shot from Kingdad.
Kingdad tries to throw a body punch but Barber avoids it by throwing Kingdad back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kingdad.
Barber misses with a punch to the body.
Barber throws a head punch that misses.
Barber scores with a nice hook to the head.

Kingdad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Kingdad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kingdad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheers as Barber lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kingdad doesn't seem phased though.
Barber looks to land a right hand but Kingdad moved out of range.
Barber lands a head shot.

Kingdad is rocked!

It looks like Dragon Kingdad has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kingdad tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barber counters with a big right hand! Oh Kingdad is in trouble here! Barber follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reynaldo Barber!