PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Barker might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Way of the Fist - Five Finger Death Punch. Young is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Scorpions - The Zoo. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Barker
vs
Young

180 cm
28
182 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

182 cm
28
180 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Barker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Young!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Barker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barker was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for Barker.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Barker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barker throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
Young lands a nice looking kick to the body. Barker takes a step back to recover.
Young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barker.
Barker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Young misses with a low kick.
Young throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young throws a leg kick
and Barker counters with a two punch combo.
Barker scores with a nice strike.
Young tries to work over Barker's front leg with a kick but Barker checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young looks to land a body kick but Barker moved away.
Young lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jake Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A leg kick checked by Barker.
Young throws a head kick but Barker moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Young blocks the leg kick.
Barker defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young thows a body kick. Barker tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Young moves out of range as Barker strikes.
Barker throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Barker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Young. Young obviously looking to wear him down.
Barker scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barker.
Jake Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young throws a leg kick but Barker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Barker misses with a low kick.
Young takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barker lands a high kick!
Barker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a low kick.
Young throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Barker counters with a thumping low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barker throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Young attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Young is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barker on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Barker misses with a low kick.
Young is looking to chop away at Barker's legs.
Barker tries a low kick but Young avoids it.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young cracks Barker with an open hand slap.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young works Barker's body with a nice hook.
Barker missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice takedown defense from Young. No joy for Barker on that attempt.
Young throws a body punch but Barker moves out of range.
Barker misses with a leg kick
and Young counters with a low kick, right behind Barker 's knee.
Barker pushes Young away with a front kick.
Barker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Barker avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barker moves away from the strike by Young.
Barker scores with a decent looking hook.
Young misses with an uppercut. Barker saw that one coming.
Young fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab from Barker.
Barker throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Young motions for Barker to come forward. Young throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barker connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Young checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Young connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barker momentarily.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Barker does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick from Barker misses.
Young throws a body kick the misses
and Barker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
and Barker counters with a thumping low kick.
Barker throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Barker.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Barker is just out of range.
Barker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barker avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barker throws out a leg kick but Young moves out of range and Barker only half commits.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Young misses with a low kick.
Barker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Young misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jake Young will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barker shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but Barker keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Young stuns Barker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barker. That's going to slow Young down.
Barker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barker throws a low kick but Young moves out of range easily.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barker.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barker lands a leg kick that knocks Young off balance momentarily.
Barker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Young throws a leg kick but Barker sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Young misses
and Barker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Young's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Young.
Young steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barker. That one must have hurt.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Barker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barker just misses with a punch to the body.
Young will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barker checks a leg kick.
Young misses with a kick to the body.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barker. Barker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young misses with a low kick as Barker jumps back.
Barker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Young.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Barker shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Young trying to control from the bottom.
Barker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Young is looking to improve his position.
Barker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is not content to let Barker control the position.
Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Young is trying to control but Barker passes into side control!
Barker is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Young's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Young is looking to regain half guard here but Barker keeps moving and retains side control.
Young managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barker controlling the position.
Barker working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Barker in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Barker tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Barker working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barker lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Young down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young is looking to reverse the position.
Barker cracks Young with a big elbow.
Barker misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Barker dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Barker misses with a looping left.
Young blocks a leg kick.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Barker ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barker.
Sloppy strikes from Barker. Those never looked like landing.
William Barker is winning the standup battle so far.
Barker shoots for a takedown but Young saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young with a body punch. A glancing blow.
An inside leg kick from Young misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Young finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Barker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Barker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barker throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Barker avoids the body shot from Young.
Barker misses with a few strikes there.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Barker moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws a chopping leg kick but Barker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Young is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barker rather than just go for the knockout.
Barker shoots in but no luck this time.
Barker misses with a low kick.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barker, right into the meat.
Young slips a straight right by Barker.
Barker misses the jab.
Barker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young lands with a right hand.
Barker defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young walks into a straight right hand from Barker.
Young gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Young shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Young tried to score with a low kick but Barker checks it.

Barker drives through with a takedown into Young's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barker being controlled here momentarily.
William Barker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barker.
Young is trying to keep Barker in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Young was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Barker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with an uppercut. Barker saw that one coming.
Barker looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Barker thows a body shot but no joy.
Young takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Young avoids the head kick by Barker.
Young throws the left hand but Barker avoids the punch easily.
No luck for Barker with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Barker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young moves out of range of the leg kick from Barker.
Barker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barker ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Young misses with a looping right.
Barker throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Young wants to land a leg kick but Barker is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barker connects with an inside leg kick.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Barker moves away and avoids it.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Barker.
Barker throws a low kick but Young avoids it.
Barker looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Barker staying out of range there.
Barker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Young. Young obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Young's sensitive parts.
Barker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Young throws out a leg kick but Barker moves out of range and Young only half commits.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young misses with a body kick.
Barker connects with a body shot.
Barker cracks the inside of Young's front leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Barker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for William Barker!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for William Barker!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for William Barker!

William Barker wins by unanimous decision!
William Barker was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.