PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Barker
vs
Jaa

180 cm
35
182 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

180 cm
35
180 lbs
13 - 26 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Jaa!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker scores with a one two! Jaa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Tony Jaa has been cut.
Jaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Barker drops Jaa with a right and a left! Barker comes rushing in but Jaa regains his composure and manages to keep Barker in guard.

Jaa is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barker trying to control but Jaa is working from the bottom.
Jaa is still in real trouble! Can Barker finish him?

Jaa isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Barker stacks Jaa on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Barker!
Jaa seems to have recovered his senses.
Barker works to advance to full mount. Jaa defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jaa 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 working the ground and pound effectively.

Barker swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jaa is now in Barker's guard. A big mistake from Barker there, giving up the dominant position!
Barker wants to stand but Jaa is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jaa slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Barker is trying to get back to half guard.
Barker is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jaa off and has taken his back!
Barker tries to get the hooks in deep but Jaa pushed the leg off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jaa is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jaa preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Barker.
Jaa is covering up but some of the strikes from Barker are getting through and doing damage.
Jaa rolls, trying to escape but Barker keeps control of the position.
Jaa looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Barker lands a shot to the head.
Barker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barker is landing with strikes. Jaa can't take much more of this.

Barker patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Jaa tries to escape but Barker has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Barker has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Jaa has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barker is looking for the choke from the back position but Jaa is controlling his hands well.
Jaa is in bad spot here.
Barker gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jaa rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Barker working the head and body with strikes.
Jaa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jaa is keeping the position for now.

Jaa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Barker advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barker is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jaa sees it coming and defends easily.
Nice strikes from Barker there.
Barker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Barker perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jaa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jaa.
Barker sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jaa trying to keep a closed guard but Barker is proving a slippery customer.
Barker wants to control from the top but Jaa keeps moving.
Barker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Barker trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because William Barker wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barker!
Jaa misses with a wild combination.
Barker connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Jaa! He's out on his feet! Barker rushes in and drops Jaa with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). William Barker!
A very excited looking William Barker rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.