PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad El Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Barns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Sayed comes to the cage accompanied by Stand Up by Trapt. Mohammad El Sayed has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

El Sayed
vs
Barns

178 cm
29
180 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

187 cm
29
192 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad El Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Barns!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Barns coming out on top.
Barns misses the jab.
Jab by El Sayed.
El Sayed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barns.
El Sayed tries to bum rush Barns with a series of wild strikes but Barns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barns misses with a double jab.
Barns misses with a head kick.
Barns moves forwards but El Sayed connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Barns gets tackled into the cage by El Sayed. El Sayed maintains the clinch.
Barns takes a knee right on the jaw!
El Sayed taking a breather.
El Sayed tries a knee to the head but Barns blocks it.
Barns letting El Sayed take a breather here.
El Sayed misses with a knee strike.
El Sayed is breathing heavily.
Barns tries to pull guard but El Sayed won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barns tries to pull guard but El Sayed won't allow it.
El Sayed working Barns over with knees to the body.
Barns takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barns takes a knee to the side of the body.
El Sayed lands a good knee to the midsection. Barns won't want to take too many of those.
El Sayed slowing the pace effectively.
El Sayed landing knees to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

El Sayed pulls guard successfully.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Barns won't allow El Sayed to get back to his feet.

El Sayed scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Barns throws a series of punches but El Sayed avoids them all with ease.
Barns pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barns takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barns throws a head kick but El Sayed moves out of range.
El Sayed fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barns looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mohammad El Sayed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Sayed's corner calls for a 1-2. El Sayed obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
El Sayed throws a nice inside leg kick.
El Sayed throws a sloppy head kick and Barns moves out of range easily.
El Sayed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Sayed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barns.

Barns tries to keep at a distance but El Sayed has taken the fight into the clinch.

El Sayed pulls guard successfully.
Barns wants to stand but El Sayed has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Sayed bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barns's guard.
Barns can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as El Sayed controls the pace.

El Sayed decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Barns, up you get!
Mohammad El Sayed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barns closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

El Sayed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
El Sayed tries to score a body lock takedown but Barns shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
El Sayed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barns tries to pull guard but El Sayed holds him up against the cage and eventually Barns drops back down to his feet.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Barns.
El Sayed lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as El Sayed takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Barns tries to pull guard but El Sayed holds him up against the cage and eventually Barns drops back down to his feet.
A hook to the body from El Sayed.

El Sayed has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Barns uses from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barns wants to get up but he can't break El Sayed's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barns is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

El Sayed uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Barns misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad El Sayed dominated that round.
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.

Barns looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? El Sayed is fending him off so far but Barns persists. Nope, El Sayed circles away and we're back to standing.
El Sayed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barns.
El Sayed throws an off balance right hand
and Barns counters with a one-two to the body.
Barns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Sayed checks the leg kick.
Barns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

El Sayed drives through and clinches with Barns against the cage.
El Sayed goes for a takedown in the clinch but Barns prevents it.
Barns fails to pull guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
El Sayed lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
El Sayed lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sayed lands an uppercut.
Barns jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as El Sayed walks away with a smile on his face. Barns gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Barns.
El Sayed avoids a punch combination nicely.
El Sayed scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barns in his tracks.
El Sayed tries a head kick but it misses.
El Sayed throws a hook but Barns avoids it easily.
Barns looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
El Sayed avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
El Sayed scores with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from El Sayed.
Barns avoids the head kick by El Sayed.
El Sayed takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
El Sayed ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

El Sayed has Barns up against the cage in a clinch.
Mohammad El Sayed has scored more points in the clinch so far.
El Sayed lands a nice elbow.
El Sayed crunches a lovely knee into Barns's ribcage.
El Sayed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barns tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
El Sayed putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barns in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barns avoids the elbow strike from El Sayed, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barns fails to pull guard.

El Sayed jumps guard and drags Barns to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
El Sayed is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Barns is controlling him.
Barns wants to pass the guard but El Sayed is keeping the position.

El Sayed wriggles free and stands up.
El Sayed blocks a head kick by Barns.
Barns blocks a head kick by El Sayed.
Barns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but El Sayed circles away quickly and effectively.
El Sayed lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barns fails with a takedown attempt.
El Sayed throws a right hand that Barns ducks under and follows up with a left that Barns also avoids with ease.
Barns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slapping leg kick lands for El Sayed.
El Sayed scores with a head kick. Barns tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mohammad El Sayed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barns fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
El Sayed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Sayed lands a head kick!
El Sayed misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad El Sayed dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

No joy there for Barns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
El Sayed throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barns counters with a three punch combo that has El Sayed backing up. El Sayed nods at Barns to acknowledge the strikes.
Barns misses with a takedown attempt - El Sayed sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

El Sayed closes the distance and clinches.
Barns fails to pull guard.
El Sayed lands a knee to the body.
El Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barns lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
El Sayed effectively controlling the action here.
Barns tries to pull guard but El Sayed won't allow it.
Mohammad El Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Barns.
Barns fails to pull guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barns tries to pull guard but El Sayed holds him up against the cage and eventually Barns drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sayed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from El Sayed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by El Sayed.
Barns fails to pull guard.

El Sayed has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Barns is trying to keep an underhook but El Sayed manages to get the takedown into half guard.
El Sayed is figuring out what he wants to do next.

El Sayed decides to stand up.
El Sayed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barns moves away.
Mohammad El Sayed is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Sayed throws a series of strikes that have Barns backpedaling.
Barns lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
El Sayed misses with a series of wild punches.
Barns throws a head kick but El Sayed moves out of range.
Barns throws a series of punches but El Sayed moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by El Sayed. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of El Sayed.
El Sayed scores with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick from El Sayed lands but Barns takes it in his stride.
El Sayed tries to clinch but Barns moves out of range.
Barns throws a combination but it was largely blocked by El Sayed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

El Sayed has taken the fight to the clinch.

El Sayed ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. El Sayed no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Barns trying to stand up but can't free himself from El Sayed's guard.

El Sayed kicks Barns off and gets to his feet.
Mohammad El Sayed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barns throws a right and a left that El Sayed avoids nicely.
El Sayed with a hook.
Barns swinging wildly here.
El Sayed lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barns slips a jab and a cross from El Sayed.
Barns misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barns scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

El Sayed closes the distance and clinches.
El Sayed lands a body shot in the clinch.
El Sayed drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Barns fails to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Sayed lands a nice elbow.

El Sayed decides to pull guard.
Steve Barns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

El Sayed kicks Barns off and gets to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammad El Sayed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well El Sayed has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammad El Sayed!