PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 2266 p4p, 3204 weight class) and Tommy Harinck (ranked 142 p4p, 304 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the cage accompanied by Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). Bardia Farrokhzad has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Farrokhzad
vs
Harinck

170 cm
40
148
42 - 29 - 0

159 cm
30
147
16 - 11 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Powerful

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Harinck!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harinck just misses with a punch to the body.
Harinck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Farrokhzad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Farrokhzad scores with a hook.
Harinck circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harinck takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Farrokhzad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harinck tries to counter with a clinch but Farrokhzad shakes him off and moves away.

Harinck clinches up against the cage.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Harinck is blocking nicely.
Harinck digs a right hand underneath Farrokhzad's ribcage. Farrokhzad let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harinck lands with a light punch inside.
Farrokhzad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrokhzad tries to throw a body punch but Harinck avoids it by throwing Farrokhzad back against the cage.
Harinck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrokhzad lands with a right to the head.
Farrokhzad dodges an elbow strike from Harinck.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harinck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harinck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farrokhzad blocks an uppercut.
Harinck avoiding damage as Farrokhzad throws knees to the body.
Farrokhzad tries to work over Harinck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad lands a body shot.
Farrokhzad putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harinck in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harinck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harinck misses with a punch on the inside.
Harinck pushes Farrokhzad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Harinck is blocking nicely.
Farrokhzad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harinck's face.
Harinck throws a head punch that misses.
Harinck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Harinck blocks it.
Harinck lands with a right to the head.
Harinck stalling in the clinch but Farrokhzad improves position.
Farrokhzad throws a head punch that misses.
Our sources have told us that Farrokhzad has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Harinck.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad tries a knee to the head but Harinck blocks it.
Farrokhzad blocks an uppercut.
Farrokhzad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Farrokhzad.
Harinck looking to slow down the pace here.
Harinck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harinck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad - that landed with a thud.
Farrokhzad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tommy Harinck has been cut.
Harinck looks winded!
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Farrokhzad.
Harinck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad.
Still in the clinch, Harinck scores with a nice short uppercut.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad lands with a light punch inside.
Farrokhzad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A knee to the head by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harinck's elbow.
Farrokhzad works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Farrokhzad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
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.

Harinck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Farrokhzad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harinck.
Farrokhzad listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Harinck is rocked!
Farrokhzad walks into a jab.
Harinck is still on wobbly legs! Can Farrokhzad finish him?
Harinck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Farrokhzad.
Harinck seems to have recovered his senses.
Harinck throws a hook to the side of Farrokhzad's head but Farrokhzad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Farrokhzad moves into range and clinches up with Harinck.
Farrokhzad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harinck misses with the head strike.
Farrokhzad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Farrokhzad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Farrokhzad.
Harinck prevents a body shot from Farrokhzad.
A right hook to the body lands for Farrokhzad.
Harinck is breathing heavily.
Harinck has a couple of punches blocked by Farrokhzad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harinck lands with a left to the head.
Harinck misses with a punch to the body.
Harinck misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Harinck.
Harinck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrokhzad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bardia Farrokhzad has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Farrokhzad scores with a shot to the side of Harinck's head.
Farrokhzad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harinck can do to turn this around?
Farrokhzad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harinck blocks it with crossed arms.
Farrokhzad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harinck's elbow.
Harinck has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Farrokhzad seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Harinck can turn it around.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad - that landed with a thud.
Harinck throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Harinck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harinck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrokhzad missing with knees to the body.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Farrokhzad working Harinck over with knees to the body.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee strike.
Farrokhzad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harinck backwards.
Farrokhzad scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad digs a right hand into Harinck's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harinck's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harinck tries a body shot but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad is leaning against Harinck and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Farrokhzad.
A knee to the head by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Farrokhzad with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Tommy Harinck's cut even more.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Farrokhzad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Farrokhzad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
A short right from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad working Harinck over with knees to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Farrokhzad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Farrokhzad tries a body shot but Harinck blocks it.
Farrokhzad works on Harinck's body with a couple of short punches.
Farrokhzad lands a hook that snaps the head of Harinck backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Harinck's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Farrokhzad uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tommy Harinck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harinck is looking to clinch but Farrokhzad is avoiding it.
Harinck misses the shot to the body.
Farrokhzad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harinck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Harinck on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harinck ducks under a wild hook from Farrokhzad.
Harinck lands with a nice body punch.
Bardia Farrokhzad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farrokhzad stalks Harinck and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harinck's face. Harinck staggers backwards, shaken.
Harinck drops his hands momentarily and Farrokhzad takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harinck closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harinck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Farrokhzad.
Harinck walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bardia Farrokhzad!
A very excited looking Bardia Farrokhzad made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.