PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Mendon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamad Barakat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that James Mendon has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily James Mendon seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Mendon
vs
Barakat

193 cm
25
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
283 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Mendon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hamad Barakat!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barakat misses with a body kick.
Barakat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barakat avoids a kick to the body.
Mendon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mendon avoids a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Barakat clinches up with Mendon and pushes him back against the cage.
Barakat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mendon tries to work over Barakat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barakat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mendon working aggressively here.
Barakat has a couple of punches blocked by Mendon.
Mendon struggles to land a body shot inside as Barakat controls his hands.
Mendon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barakat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mendon misses with a body punch.
Barakat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mendon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mendon swings wildly with an uppercut but Barakat uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barakat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barakat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barakat working aggressively here.
Mendon throws a head punch that misses.
Barakat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mendon throws a punch but it's blocked by Barakat.
Barakat lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mendon.
Barakat wants to break free but Mendon has control.
Barakat working aggressively here.
Mendon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mendon as Barakat tries to tie him up.
Mendon lands with a short shot to the head.
Mendon misses with the head strike.
Barakat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mendon tries to throw a body punch but Barakat avoids it by throwing Mendon back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendon lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barakat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mendon tries a body shot but Barakat blocks it.
Mendon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mendon tries a body shot but Barakat blocks it.
Barakat blocks a body shot from Mendon.
Mendon prevents a body shot from Barakat.
Mendon lands a shoulder strike.
Mendon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mendon scores with a hook to the body.
Barakat looks gassed!
Mendon lands with a left to the head.
Mendon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barakat is trying to push Mendon away but Mendon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mendon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mendon tries to throw a body punch but Barakat avoids it by throwing Mendon back against the cage.
Mendon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mendon lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Mendon 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Mendon slips a straight right by Barakat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barakat, right into the meat.
Hamad Barakat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barakat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mendon.
Barakat avoids the body shot from Mendon.
Mendon tries to clinch there but Barakat circles away.
Mendon throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Barakat crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). James Mendon!
James Mendon thanked the fans post fight for their support.