PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Wolfe (ranked 4154 p4p, 526 weight class) and RJ Barakus (ranked 7131 p4p, 722 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wolfe
vs
Barakus

196 cm
21
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan Wolfe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, RJ Barakus!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barakus fails with a takedown attempt.
Wolfe stuffs the takedown attempt from Barakus. Barakus gets slowly back to his feet.
Wolfe half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Barakus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wolfe but Wolfe pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wolfe is looking for a counter combo.
Ivan Wolfe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of RJ Barakus.
Barakus fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barakus shoots and misses

and Wolfe counters with a single leg into guard. Barakus didn't expect that.
Wolfe connects with a couple of short punches.
Wolfe landing with the ground and pound.

Barakus is looking for a triangle but Wolfe pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolfe stands up over Barakus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wolfe is looking to work some ground and pound but Barakus has wrist control.
Wolfe wants to pass the guard but Barakus is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Barakus working for a triangle but Wolfe defends it easily.
Wolfe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wolfe stands up over Barakus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Barakus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barakus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wolfe works over Barakus with some ground and pound from guard.
Wolfe postures up and lands a big shot to Barakus's brow.
Wolfe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wolfe is in close to Barakus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wolfe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wolfe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wolfe distracts Barakus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wolfe lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barakus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wolfe works over Barakus with some ground and pound from guard.

Barakus is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Barakus looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Wolfe is defending well. Barakus quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Wolfe has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Barakus celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). RJ Barakus!
RJ Barakus seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Ivan Wolfe was interviewed post fight and said 'He's 4 years older than me people. What do you expect to see?!'.