PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kris Jakua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kris Jakua has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Barnes's chin.

Barnes
vs
Jakua

194 cm
24
208 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
205 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

$10
CEC Nutrition Q160

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kris Jakua!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jakua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barnes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barnes.
Jakua misses with a wild body shot.
Jakua misses with a wild body shot.
Jakua chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barnes can pounce on him.
Jakua lands with a nice body punch.
Jakua takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Jakua scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barnes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jakua momentarily.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jakua scores with a one two! Barnes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jakua misses with a wild combination.
Jakua misses with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barnes, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakua avoids the body shot from Barnes.

Jakua gets tackled into the ropes by Barnes. Barnes maintains the clinch.
Barnes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jakua's face.
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jakua blocks an elbow strike from Barnes.
Jakua has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.
Jakua misses with a body punch.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jakua.
Barnes digs a right hand into Jakua's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jakua's gas tank.
Jakua trying to stall but Barnes improves his position.
Jakua is looking to break free of the clinch but Barnes has double underhooks.
Barnes has Jakua pressed against the ropes, preventing Jakua from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jakua prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Knees to the body from Barnes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Jakua lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Barnes as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Jakua.
Barnes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jakua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barnes connects with a knee to the head.
Jakua looks winded!
Jakua avoids a wild elbow strike from Barnes.
Barnes landing knees to the head.

It looks like Kris Jakua has been cut.
Jakua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Barnes has a couple of punches blocked by Jakua.
Jakua tries to break the clinch but Barnes is controlling the position.
Barnes lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Barnes.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakua avoids it.
Barnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barnes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Barnes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barnes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barnes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barnes gets through Jakua's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barnes misses with a knee to the head.
Barnes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Jakua blocks with his arms.
Barnes misses with a knee strike.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barnes.
Barnes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barnes connects with a knee to the head.
Jakua is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barnes is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jakua is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jakua stalls.
Barnes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jakua managing to block the knees to the body from Barnes.
Jakua blocks the elbow strike.
Jakua just leaning against Barnes, taking a breather.
Jakua blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Barnes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jakua prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Jakua misses with a punch to the body.
Jakua dodges an elbow strike from Barnes.
Jakua takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Barnes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kris Jakua's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jakua misses with a right hand
and Barnes counters with an inside leg kick.
Barnes scores with a head kick. Jakua tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jakua tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnes is able to avoid easily.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes tries to clinch but Jakua is having none of it.
Jakua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barnes scores with a head kick.
Jakua throws a hook but Barnes avoids it easily.
Jakua takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barnes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jakua. Jakua obviously looking to wear him down.
Barnes connects with a solid leg kick.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1-2. Barnes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Barnes.
Jakua keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes slips under a jab from Jakua.
Jakua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jakua is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barnes rather than just go for the knockout.
Jakua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
John Barnes is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes thows a body kick. Jakua tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kris Jakua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jakua misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jakua.
Barnes scores with a head kick. Jakua tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jakua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Jakua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Barnes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jakua throws a right hand that Barnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnes also avoids with ease.
Jakua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jakua throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnes tries to clinch there but Jakua circles away.
Barnes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barnes lands with an overhand left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes tries a head kick but it misses.

Barnes clinches up against the ropes.

Jakua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jakua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jakua scores with a body shot.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jakua misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jakua thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jakua thows a body shot but no joy.
Jakua throws a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a leg kick.
Kris Jakua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jakua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jakua is breathing heavily.
Barnes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jakua's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jakua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Jakua looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barnes, right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barnes, right into the meat.
Jakua throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Barnes misses with a head kick.
Jakua misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jakua was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Jakua digs a good hook to Barnes's body.
Barnes throws a body punch but Jakua moves out of range.
Jakua attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jakua takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.

Barnes clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Jakua blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes digs a right hand into Jakua's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jakua's gas tank.
Jakua blocks the elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes just leaning against Jakua, taking a breather.
Barnes tries to land knees in the clinch but Jakua avoids the damage to the body.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Jakua controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Barnes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kris Jakua's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Both fighters circling a little - Barnes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jakua throws a low kick but Barnes moves out of range easily.
Barnes misses with a head kick.
Jakua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jakua misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a two punch combo.
Barnes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jakua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Jakua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jakua thows a body shot but no joy.
Barnes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jakua throws a leg kick that misses.
Barnes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Barnes.
Jakua tries a low kick but Barnes avoids it.
Barnes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jakua throws out the jab.
A combination from Jakua does no damage.
A good leg kick by Barnes.
Jakua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot to the liver by Jakua. Beautiful body shot.
Barnes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jakua.
Jakua takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That kick from Barnes tenderised Jakua's leg. Jakua is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barnes scores with a body shot.

Barnes has closed the distance and engaged Jakua in a clinch.
Jakua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kris Jakua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barnes prevents Jakua from breaking the clinch.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jakua is defending well for now.
Barnes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jakua.
Barnes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jakua backwards.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Jakua controls his hands.
Barnes scores with a knee to the head.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Jakua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barnes has him pressed against the ropes.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barnes.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jakua avoids it.
Barnes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jakua is looking to control Barnes's arms but Barnes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jakua has his back to the ropes.
Jakua is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Barnes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the head but Jakua blocks with his arms.
Barnes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Jakua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jakua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jakua has had enough of the clinch but Barnes keeps him there for the moment.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jakua's elbow.
Jakua blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barnes lands with a left to the head.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Jakua avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the ropes.
Jakua prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Jakua blocks a body shot from Barnes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes working Jakua over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barnes obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jakua blocks an elbow strike.
Barnes trying to land knees to the body.
Barnes struggles to land a body shot inside as Jakua controls his hands.
Barnes prevents Jakua from breaking the clinch.
Jakua is trying to push Barnes away but Barnes has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Barnes pushes off an throws an elbow but Jakua leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jakua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jakua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barnes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jakua backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Jakua breaks the clinch.
Jakua ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barnes lands a jab to the nose.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Barnes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barnes 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Barnes!
John Barnes gave a mention to Untouchable Fight Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).