PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bj Barrackas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kent Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dysfunctional-Tech N9ne kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bj Barrackas had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Barrackas
vs
Russell

190 cm
30
265 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
282 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bj Barrackas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kent Russell!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barrackas thumps Russell with a low kick.
No joy there for Barrackas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barrackas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Russell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrackas manages to avoid it.
Russell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrackas looks to land a left hand but Russell moved out of range nicely.
Barrackas thows a leg kick but Russell checks it
and Russell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Russell blocks a leg kick.
Barrackas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Russell throws out the jab.
Barrackas throws a low kick but Russell moves out of range easily.
Barrackas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Russell thuds a left hand into Barrackas's body.
Russell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barrackas.
Barrackas moves out of range as Russell strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russell looks to land a right hand but Barrackas moved out of range.
Russell throws a right hand that misses
and Barrackas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barrackas misses with an uppercut. Russell saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrackas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Russell.
Russell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrackas manages to avoid it.
Barrackas scoring well with a low kick there.
Russell scores with a nice head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barrackas. That's going to slow Russell down.
Russell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barrackas.
Jab by Russell.
Barrackas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Russell manages to avoid it.
Barrackas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Russell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barrackas.
Russell wants to clinch up but Barrackas keeps it at a distance.
Russell misses the jab.
Russell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Russell dodges the punch combination from Barrackas.
Barrackas takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Russell lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Russell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barrackas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barrackas misses with a hook.
Russell moves out of range of the body kick.
Russell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Russell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Russell finds it's target.
Russell moves to clinch but Barrackas breaks away
letting Barrackas counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Russell misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrackas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Russell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Russell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Russell digs a good hook to Barrackas's body.
Russell throws the left hand but Barrackas avoids the punch easily.
Barrackas cracks Russell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Russell scores with a hook to the body. Barrackas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Russell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell checks a leg kick nicely.
Russell looks to score with a jab to the body but Barrackas is just out of range.
Russell misses the shot to the body.
Russell looks to land a left hand but Barrackas moved out of range nicely.
Russell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Russell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barrackas with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barrackas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barrackas looks to land a right hand but Russell moved out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Russell checks a leg kick.
Russell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barrackas swats away the attempt to clinch by Russell.
Russell looks to land a right hand but Barrackas moved out of range.
Barrackas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Russell misses with a straight left.
Russell wants to clinch up but Barrackas keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barrackas lands a glancing blow to the side of Russell's head.
Russell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Russell misses with a straight left.
Russell throws a right and a left that Barrackas avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bj Barrackas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Russell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barrackas can pounce on him.
A jab from Russell misses.
Russell throws a right hand that misses
and Barrackas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Russell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barrackas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barrackas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Russell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Russell misses with a looping right.
Russell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barrackas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Russell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barrackas momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barrackas misses with a looping left.
Russell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Russell moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Russell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Russell digs a good hook to Barrackas's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Russell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Russell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Bj Barrackas has been cut.
Barrackas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Russell scores with a shot to the side of Barrackas's head.
Russell is looking to control Barrackas's arms but Barrackas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Russell has his back to the cage.
Russell lands an elbow inside that Barrackas shrugs off.
Barrackas pushes off an throws an elbow but Russell leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barrackas.
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Barrackas manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Barrackas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barrackas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Russell throws a shot from downtown. Barrackas moves away and avoids it.

Russell rushes Barrackas and presses him up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barrackas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Russell's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrackas blocks an elbow strike.
Barrackas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Russell takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Barrackas avoids a wild elbow strike from Russell.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barrackas.
Russell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrackas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Russell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Russell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barrackas is defending well for now.
Barrackas has a couple of punches blocked by Russell.
Barrackas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrackas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Russell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Russell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barrackas wants to get back to striking at distance but Russell won't allow it.
Barrackas lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Russell lands a right hand.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barrackas has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barrackas there as he acknowledges the shot.
Russell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Russell works Barrackas's body with a nice hook.
Russell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barrackas in his tracks.
Russell scores with a hook to the body. Barrackas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Russell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barrackas.
Barrackas slips under a jab.
Barrackas looks to land a right hand but Russell moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Russell misses the target.

Russell has closed the distance and engaged Barrackas in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Russell lands an overhand right.
Barrackas throws an overhand right that lands on Russell's shoulder, as Russell tries to avoid the shot.
Barrackas throws a hook but Russell avoids it easily.
Barrackas throws out a leg kick but Russell moves out of range and Barrackas only half commits.
Russell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barrackas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barrackas throws a head kick but Russell moves out of range.
Russell slips under a jab from Barrackas.
Russell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Russell instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Russell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barrackas blocks an elbow strike.
Russell missing with knees to the body.
Russell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kent Russell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bj Barrackas's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A left and a right from Russell both land. Nice combination.
Barrackas lands a leg kick that knocks Russell off balance momentarily.
Good work by Russell as he checks the leg kick.
Barrackas throws a shot from downtown. Russell moves away and avoids it.
Russell avoids a kick to the body.
Russell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barrackas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barrackas tries to work over Russell's front leg with a kick but Russell checks it.

Russell moves into the clinch.
Russell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Russell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Russell takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Barrackas.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barrackas throws a head punch that misses.
Barrackas throws a head punch that misses.
Russell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Russell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Barrackas is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Barrackas's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Barrackas drops to his knees and Russell pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kent Russell!
Kent Russell made sure to mention his sponsor, BioPharm Nutrition in his post fight interview.