PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kreb Barishkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Fietsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barishkov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Seek and Destroy. Fietsora has chosen PRONG - Whose Fist Is This Anyway? as his entrance music. Luca Fietsora has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barishkov
vs
Fietsora

190 cm
29
280 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

194 cm
21
239 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Tokyo United Fightwear

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kreb Barishkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luca Fietsora!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fietsora throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fietsora scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Fietsora clinches up with Barishkov and pushes him back against the cage.
Fietsora lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fietsora softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barishkov trying to control the position but instead, Fietsora has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barishkov into the cage.
Barishkov lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fietsora tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barishkov avoids it.
Barishkov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fietsora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barishkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Fietsora.
Barishkov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fietsora tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barishkov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Fietsora.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora misses with a punch on the inside.
Fietsora lands a shoulder strike.
Barishkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fietsora blocking some punches.
Barishkov effectively controlling the action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fietsora just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barishkov's brow.
Barishkov tries a body shot but Fietsora blocks it.
Fietsora pushes off an throws an elbow but Barishkov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Fietsora.
Fietsora lands a body shot.
Fietsora swings wildly with an uppercut but Barishkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barishkov misses with a body punch.
Barishkov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barishkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Barishkov tries to work over Fietsora's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fietsora lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barishkov backwards.
Barishkov blocks an uppercut.
Fietsora swings wildly with an uppercut but Barishkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fietsora softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barishkov works on Fietsora's body with a couple of short punches.
Barishkov is looking to control Fietsora's arms but Fietsora gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barishkov has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Fietsora fails to land.
Barishkov misses with some punches.
Barishkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fietsora with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barishkov blocks the elbow strike.
Fietsora lands a nice shot to the body.
Fietsora lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fietsora prevents a body shot from Barishkov.
Fietsora blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barishkov blocks the elbow strike.
I was talking to Barishkov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fietsora lands a left hand.
Fietsora misses with an elbow strike.
Fietsora lands a right hand.
Fietsora blocks an uppercut.
Fietsora lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fietsora is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barishkov is defending well for now.
Barishkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Barishkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barishkov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barishkov lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Barishkov fails to land.
Fietsora tries a body shot but Barishkov blocks it.
Fietsora struggles to land a body shot inside as Barishkov controls his hands.
Fietsora lands a nice knee to the body.
Barishkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barishkov.
Barishkov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barishkov seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Fietsora is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Fietsora makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fietsora lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barishkov working aggressively here.
Fietsora creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Barishkov! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Fietsora.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca Fietsora!
After winning the bout, Luca Fietsora thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.