PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muta Baruka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Wiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baruka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Don't Stay In A Whiteman Country Too Long. Wiki has chosen laws against love as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Baruka
vs
Wiki

194 cm
24
160 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

173 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muta Baruka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Wiki!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wiki throws a right hand that Baruka ducks under and follows up with a left that Baruka also avoids with ease.
Nice shot by Wiki.
Wiki avoids the head kick by Baruka.
Wiki looks to land a combination but Baruka avoids it well.
Wiki throws a right and a left that Baruka avoids nicely.
Baruka throws a head kick but Wiki moves out of range.
Wiki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baruka.
Wiki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baruka throws a push kick but Wiki slaps the foot to one side.
Wiki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baruka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baruka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wiki swinging wildly here.
Baruka throws a chopping leg kick but Wiki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wiki moves out of range of the body kick from Baruka.
Wiki misses with a looping right.
Baruka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baruka throws a head kick but Wiki moves out of range.
Baruka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wiki!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiki avoids the body shot from Baruka.
Baruka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Baruka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wiki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baruka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wiki if he has to take too many more of those.
Baruka slips a straight right by Wiki.
Wiki fails to land with a series of punches.
Baruka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baruka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wiki looks to land a combination but Baruka avoids it well.
Baruka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wiki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baruka circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baruka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiki.
Baruka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baruka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wiki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wiki scores with a jab. Baruka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Baruka misses with a kick to the body.
Wiki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baruka ducks under a wild hook from Wiki.
Ruben Wiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baruka takes one to the side of the head.
Wiki throws a nice looking combination but Baruka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Baruka throws a leg kick which misses Wiki's front leg but catches the back leg as Wiki tries to avoid it.
Baruka dodges the punch combination from Wiki.
Wiki lands with a nice combination. Baruka backs away looking to recover.
Baruka lands with a nice body kick.
Wiki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baruka.
Baruka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wiki misses with a wild combination.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baruka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wiki avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Wiki misses its intended target.
Baruka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Baruka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wiki.
Baruka throws a half hearted mid kick.
Baruka walks into a left hand.
Wiki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baruka.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wiki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baruka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wiki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Baruka looks for the body kick but Wiki saw that one coming.
Baruka wants to clinch.
Wiki works over Baruka's head and body with a nice combination.
Wiki misses with a few strikes there.
Wiki looks to land a combination but Baruka avoids it well.
Wiki tries to bum rush Baruka with a series of wild strikes but Baruka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wiki swinging wildly here.
Baruka scores with a kick to the midsection.
Baruka dodges the punch combination from Wiki.
Baruka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiki.
Baruka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Baruka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiki.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wiki, as that shot connected.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wiki misses with an uppercut. Baruka saw that one coming.
Baruka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wiki. That did some damage!
Wiki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Baruka counters with a good, hard body kick but Wiki shrugs it off.
Wiki looks gassed!
Baruka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baruka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wiki throws a sloppy body shot
and Baruka counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wiki's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baruka tries to clinch up.
Baruka wants to clinch up but Wiki keeps it at a distance.
Baruka misses the body punch
and Wiki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Baruka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baruka moves away.
Wiki works the jab nicely.
Wiki misses with a looping left.
Wiki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A punch combination from Wiki misses.
Baruka tries to clinch but Wiki moves out of range.
Wiki throws a looping overhand right but Baruka ducks down to avoid it.
Wiki cracks Baruka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wiki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baruka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wiki throws out a loose jab but Baruka uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ruben Wiki will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Baruka tries to clinch
and Wiki counters with a right hand to the body.
Ruben Wiki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baruka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wiki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baruka moves away.
A big right from Wiki misses.
Baruka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiki.
Danga de danga de dang - Wiki scores with a four punch combination!
Wiki misses with a double jab
and Baruka counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wiki's knee momentarily.
Wiki is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Wiki.
Baruka moves away from the strike by Wiki.
Baruka thows a leg kick but Wiki checks it
and Wiki counters with a left to the body.
Baruka throws a sloppy head kick and Wiki moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Wiki.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Wiki. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Baruka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Baruka throws a head kick that Wiki semi-blocks.
Baruka is looking to clinch but Wiki is avoiding it.
Wiki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiki avoids the head kick by Baruka.
Baruka doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiki circles away.
Wiki throws a lazy right hand but Baruka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baruka throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Wiki to counter with a crisp jab.
Wiki just misses with a punch to the body.
Wiki thuds a left hand into Baruka's body.
Wiki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiki throws a combination. Baruka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baruka misses with the body kick
and Wiki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wiki scores with a three punch combo!
Baruka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Baruka counters with a slapping leg kick.
No joy there for Wiki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wiki misses with a looping right.
Good work by Baruka as he checks the leg kick.
Baruka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wiki.
Wiki lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab by Wiki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiki checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wiki misses with a double jab
and Baruka counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wiki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wiki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Baruka. Wiki shrugs it off though.
Wiki looks to land a left hand but Baruka moved out of range nicely.
Wiki throws a lazy right hand but Baruka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baruka checks a low kick from Wiki.
Wiki misses with a combination
and Baruka counters with a low kick, right behind Wiki 's knee.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Baruka tries to clinch
and Baruka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wiki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wiki lands the left hand.
Baruka misses with a head kick.
Wiki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Baruka counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wiki misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiki. Baruka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wiki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wiki loads up on a big right hand but Baruka slips the punch.
Baruka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiki misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wiki.
Baruka slips a jab from Wiki.
Baruka wants to slow Wiki down by chopping away at his legs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Baruka.
Baruka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Baruka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wiki.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wiki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiki avoids a kick to the body.
Wiki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wiki lands a jab to Baruka's midsection.
Wiki moves out of range of the body kick.
Baruka slips a jab and a cross from Wiki.
Baruka throws a low kick, looking for Wiki's leg but Wiki calmly moves out of range.
Wiki connects with a body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Baruka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wiki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baruka closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wiki counters with a right hand to the body.
Baruka looks to land a body kick but Wiki moved away.
Baruka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wiki.
Wiki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Baruka counters with a solid body kick.
Wiki misses with a combination
and Baruka counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wiki's knee momentarily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Baruka misses with a leg kick
and Wiki counters with a right hand to the body.
Wiki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Baruka counters with a big head kick but Wiki shrugs it off.
Baruka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiki misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wiki avoids the head kick by Baruka.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Wiki misses.
Wiki looks to score with a jab to the body but Baruka is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ruben Wiki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Baruka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wiki if he has to take too many more of those.
Wiki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baruka throws a head kick that misses.
Wiki throws a nice looking combination but Baruka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Baruka.
Baruka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Baruka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Baruka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiki.
Wiki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baruka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wiki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baruka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wiki lands an overhand right.
A swing and a miss from Wiki.
Baruka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A combination from Wiki does no damage.
Baruka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baruka doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiki circles away.
Wiki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baruka avoids the body shot from Wiki.
Baruka connects with a looping right hand.
Wiki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wiki looks to land a combination but Baruka avoids it well.
Baruka doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiki circles away.
Wiki throws a hook to the side of Baruka's head but Baruka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baruka thows a leg kick but Wiki checks it
and Wiki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wiki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ruben Wiki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wiki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Baruka counters with a good, hard body kick but Wiki shrugs it off.
Wiki has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Baruka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baruka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baruka dodges the punch combination from Wiki.
Wiki looks to land a combination but Baruka avoids it well.
Wiki avoids the head kick by Baruka.
Baruka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wiki looks to land a combination but Baruka avoids it well.
Wiki thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baruka dodges the punch combination from Wiki.
No joy there for Wiki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Wiki misses the target.
Wiki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wiki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wiki.
Wiki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Baruka counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Wiki! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Muta Baruka!
Muta Baruka retains his lightweight title!