PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Gonazaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Barker could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carlos Gonazaga 's chin.

Barker
vs
Gonazaga

190 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Gonazaga !
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonazaga misses with a few strikes there.
Barker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barker fails to land with a series of punches.
Barker dodges the punch combination from Gonazaga .
Gonazaga tries a head kick but it misses.
Gonazaga throws a combination that misses
and Barker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonazaga lands a high kick!
The fighters circling - Barker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gonazaga throws a head kick but Barker moves out of range.
Barker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonazaga was well out of range. Poor timing from Barker.
Gonazaga misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barker lands a slapping body shot.
Gonazaga looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Barker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gonazaga taking a bit of punishment here - Barker scoring with strikes.
Barker scoring with punches and elbows.

Gonazaga is rocked!

Barker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gonazaga has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gonazaga is still in real trouble! Can Barker finish him?
Gonazaga takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonazaga is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Barker has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Gonazaga seems to have recovered his senses.
Gonazaga tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Barker lands a shot to the head.
Barker scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Barker looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Barker controls the position.
Gonazaga really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barker lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Gonazaga .
Gonazaga looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Barker scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Gonazaga is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Barker gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Barker gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Barker apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Barker shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gonazaga is trying to defend but Barker finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Gonazaga wants to get back to his feet.
Barker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barker connects with a nice short shot to Gonazaga 's temple.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gonazaga wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Barker connects with a nice short shot to Gonazaga 's temple.

Barker in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Gonazaga tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Barker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bob Barker!