PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leo Barrett (ranked 5158 p4p, 5075 weight class) and Loukas Kouyialis (ranked 515 p4p, 511 weight class). Loukas Kouyialis is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Barrett
vs
Kouyialis

178 cm
18
165
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leo Barrett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Loukas Kouyialis!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barrett gets tackled into the cage by Kouyialis. Kouyialis maintains the clinch.
Kouyialis pushes Barrett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barrett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kouyialiss head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Kouyialis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrett working aggressively here.
Kouyialis is trying to push Barrett away but Barrett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kouyialis is trying to break free.
Barrett lands a left hand.
Barrett tries to work over Kouyialis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kouyialis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Kouyialis manages to break the clinch.

Barrett rushes Kouyialis and presses him up against the cage.
Kouyialis blocks an uppercut.
Barrett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kouyialis is trying to push Barrett away but Barrett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kouyialis tries to stall but Barrett uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Kouyialis controls his hands.
Barrett misses with the head strike.
Barrett misses with a punch on the inside.
Barrett misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kouyialis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrett throws a punch but it's blocked by Kouyialis.
Kouyialis blocking some punches.
Barrett misses with some punches.
Barrett lands with a short shot to the head.
Barrett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Kouyialis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kouyialis backwards.
Kouyialis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Barrett pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kouyialis is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Kouyialis fails to land.
Barrett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kouyialis blocking some punches.
Barrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrett misses with some punches.
Kouyialis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kouyialis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barrett stalling the fight.

Kouyialis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barrett tries to clinch there but Kouyialis circles away.

Barrett takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrett tries to stall but Kouyialis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kouyialis is trying to break the clinch but Barrett is controlling him.
Kouyialis blocks a body shot from Barrett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrett lands with a light punch inside.
Barrett cracks Kouyialis with a nice body shot.
Kouyialis is trying to force a seperation but Barrett has the dominant position.
Kouyialis has had enough of the clinch but Barrett keeps him there for the moment.
Barrett working aggressively here.
Barrett misses with the head strike.

Kouyialis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kouyialis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barrett wants to clinch.
Kouyialis lands with a right hand.
Barrett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Barrett drives through and clinches with Kouyialis against the cage.
Barrett prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Kouyialis controls his hands.
Kouyialis digs a right hand underneath Barrett's ribcage. Barrett let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barrett throws a head punch that misses.
Barrett stalling.
Barrett working aggressively here.
Barrett gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kouyialis.
Leo Barrett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Loukas Kouyialis.
Kouyialis tries to break free but Barrett pushes him back against the cage.
Kouyialis blocks an uppercut.
Barrett prevents the takedown attempt.

Kouyialis manages to break the clinch.

Barrett forces Kouyialis back against the cage and clinches.
Barrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrett throws a head punch that misses.
Barrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrett.
Barrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kouyialis blocking some punches.
Kouyialis working hard to break the clinch.
Kouyialis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Barrett is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrett leaning against his opponent.
A bit of stalling here from Barrett.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Barrett for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Kouyialis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Barrett fails to land.
Kouyialis lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrett.
Barrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Kouyialis controls his hands.
Kouyialis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Kouyialis breaks from the clinch.

Kouyialis has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kouyialis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barrett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Kouyialis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Barrett moves into range and clinches up with Kouyialis.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barrett.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Barrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kouyialis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kouyialis can't find room to land a body shot as Barrett controls the action.
Kouyialis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barrett is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Barrett dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barrett tries to clinch up but Kouyialis circles away and keeps his distance.
Barrett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Barrett closes the distance and clinches.
Barrett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kouyialis can do to turn this around?
Barrett working aggressively here.
Kouyialis trying to stall but Barrett improves his position.
Barrett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kouyialis tries to break free but Barrett pushes him back against the cage.
Barrett is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kouyialis scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrett.
Kouyialis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kouyialis has had enough of the clinch but Barrett keeps him there for the moment.
Barrett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kouyialis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrett throws a head punch that misses.
Kouyialis trying to stall but Barrett improves his position.
Barrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Kouyialis uses good head movement to avoid it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barrett is trying to stall.
Kouyialis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Leo Barrett has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kouyialis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A body shot lands from Kouyialis.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kouyialis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Barrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrett has Kouyialis pressed against the cage, preventing Kouyialis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kouyialis is working for takedown but Barrett is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kouyialis is trying to push Barrett away but Barrett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kouyialis looking to stall.
Barrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kouyialis is trying to break the clinch but Barrett has him pressed against the cage.
Kouyialis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kouyialis wants to get back to striking at distance but Barrett won't allow it.
Barrett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kouyialis's efforts to push away.
Barrett keeps control of Kouyialis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kouyialis is looking to break free of the clinch but Barrett has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrett throws a head punch that misses.
Barrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barrett misses with a punch to the body.
Barrett keeps control of Kouyialis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barrett lands with a left to the head.
Barrett has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kouyialis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Kouyialis has hold of one of Barrett's legs. Barrett is fighting the takedown attempt but Kouyialis gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Barrett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barrett controlling the position.
Kouyialis throws a strike but Barrett rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrett stays in close to Kouyialis's body and controls the position.
Barrett advances position into side control!
Barrett taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kouyialis defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leo Barrett will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kouyialis jabs at Barrett's body.

Kouyialis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kouyialis is trying to break free.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kouyialis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barrett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kouyialis blocks an uppercut.
Barrett misses with a punch on the inside.
Barrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Barrett.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kouyialis.
Kouyialis is trying to break free.
Barrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kouyialis is trying to break free.
Kouyialis tries to break free but Barrett pushes him back against the cage.

Kouyialis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barrett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barrett tries to clinch up but Kouyialis circles away and keeps his distance.
Kouyialis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barrett takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kouyialis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've been told by Barrett's head coaches at Savage Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Barrett moves into the clinch successfully.
Barrett lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barrett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kouyialis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Barrett fails to land.
Barrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barrett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kouyialis's efforts to push away.
Barrett is working Kouyialis over against the cage.
Barrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kouyialis is looking to break free of the clinch but Barrett has double underhooks.

Kouyialis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barrett closes the distance but Kouyialis moves to the side
and Kouyialis counters with a stiff right hand.

Kouyialis clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Barrett.
Kouyialis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kouyialis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barrett has Kouyialis pressed against the cage, preventing Kouyialis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barrett keeps control of Kouyialis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kouyialis wants to stall.
Kouyialis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Barrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrett prevents Kouyialis from breaking the clinch.
Kouyialis trying to control the position but instead, Barrett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kouyialis into the cage.
Kouyialis is looking to take this one to the mat.
A nice left hand lands by Barrett.
Barrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kouyialis is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kouyialis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kouyialis thuds his right hand into Barrett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kouyialis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Barrett moves into range and clinches up with Kouyialis.
Barrett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kouyialis backwards.
Barrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kouyialis lands a right hand.
Kouyialis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barrett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kouyialis is keeping busy.
Loukas Kouyialis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kouyialis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kouyialis can't break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kouyialis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Barrett fails to land.
Kouyialis is trying to force a seperation but Barrett has the dominant position.
Barrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Kouyialis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kouyialis blocks a body shot from Barrett.
Barrett is trying to maintain a safe position but Kouyialis gets an underhook and turns Barrett into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrett lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Kouyialis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrett has a couple of punches blocked by Kouyialis.
Barrett misses with the head strike.
Barrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kouyialis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barretts head.
Kouyialis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kouyialis blocking some punches.
Barrett lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrett.
Barrett throws a head punch that misses.
Barrett misses with the head strike.
Kouyialis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barrett.

Kouyialis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barrett tries to clinch up.
A left lands for Kouyialis.
The crowd cheers as Kouyialis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barrett doesn't seem phased though.
Kouyialis lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kouyialis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barrett doesn't seem bothered though.
Kouyialis drops Barrett with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Barrett! Kouyialis dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Loukas Kouyialis!