PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasim Barakat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Sutcliffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Sutcliffe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Barakat
vs
Sutcliffe

195 cm
20
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

225 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Phantom Fightwear(50 $)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Qasim Barakat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Sutcliffe!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sutcliffe throws a right hand that misses
letting Barakat counter with a right hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barakat!
Nice defenses there by Barakat.
Sutcliffe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barakat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big left from Sutcliffe misses.
Sutcliffe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Barakat clinches up against the ropes.
Sutcliffe has a couple of punches blocked by Barakat.
Sutcliffe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barakat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barakat has Sutcliffe pressed against the ropes, preventing Sutcliffe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sutcliffe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Sutcliffe.

Barakat drops Sutcliffe with a big knee straight up the middle! Sutcliffe is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Sutcliffe is rocked!

It looks like Peter Sutcliffe has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barakat is looking to slow Sutcliffe down with leg kicks.
Sutcliffe is still on wobbly legs! Can Barakat finish him?
Sutcliffe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barakat connects with an inside leg kick.
Sutcliffe seems to have recovered his senses.
Sutcliffe throws a combination. Barakat tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Barakat moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barakat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sutcliffe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Sutcliffe.
Barakat tried to counter with a leg kick but Sutcliffe avoided it.
Barakat lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Barakat scores with a nice body kick.
Sutcliffe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sutcliffe misses with a looping left.
Barakat throws a low kick, looking for Sutcliffe's leg but Sutcliffe calmly moves out of range.
Barakat feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sutcliffe's calf.
Sutcliffe throws a jab when Barakat was well out of range.
Sutcliffe connects with a body shot.
Sutcliffe misses with a looping left.
Barakat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sutcliffe lands the left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sutcliffe lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barakat.
Barakat misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sutcliffe! But no joy.
Sutcliffe throws a body shot but no joy.
Barakat misses with a body kick.
Sutcliffe throws out a counter right but Barakat avoids it with no problem.
Sutcliffe misses with a wild body shot.
Barakat lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Barakat cracks the inside of Sutcliffe's front leg.
Sutcliffe misses the jab.
Sutcliffe's corner calls for a 1-2. Sutcliffe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barakat. That's going to slow Sutcliffe down.
Nice uppercut there from Barakat.
A swing and a miss from Sutcliffe.
Sutcliffe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barakat scoring well with a low kick there.
Sutcliffe blocks a head kick by Barakat.
Sutcliffe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sutcliffe throws the left hand but Barakat avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barakat throws a body shot but no joy.
Sutcliffe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barakat moves out of range of the strikes.
Sutcliffe is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barakat. That's going to slow Sutcliffe down.
A low kick from Barakat is predictable there
and Sutcliffe counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Barakat clinches.
Barakat landing knees to the head.
Sutcliffe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sutcliffe wants to break free but Barakat has control.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sutcliffe fails to land.
Sutcliffe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sutcliffe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Barakat.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sutcliffe as Barakat tries to tie him up.
Barakat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barakat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutcliffe misses with the head strike.
Sutcliffe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barakat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barakat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sutcliffe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barakat tries to land knees in the clinch but Sutcliffe avoids the damage to the body.
Sutcliffe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sutcliffe is looking to break free of the clinch but Barakat has double underhooks.
Sutcliffe misses with a body punch.
Sutcliffe is looking to break free of the clinch but Barakat has double underhooks.
Barakat has Sutcliffe pressed against the ropes, preventing Sutcliffe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sutcliffe takes a knee right on the jaw!

Barakat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barakat lands a slapping body shot.
Barakat takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Good exchange - Sutcliffe coming out on top.
Sutcliffe might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sutcliffe throws a hook but Barakat avoids it easily.
Sutcliffe is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barakat had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barakat slips a jab and a cross from Sutcliffe.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sutcliffe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sutcliffe misses with a looping left.
Barakat scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barakat throws a wild body kick that Sutcliffe sees coming a mile off.
Barakat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sutcliffe to score with a decent uppercut.
Barakat ducks under a wild hook from Sutcliffe.
You can see that Sutcliffe has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Sutcliffe sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A swing and a miss from Sutcliffe.
Barakat takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've been told by Barakat's head coaches at Team Listerman that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Barakat cracks the inside of Sutcliffe's front leg.
Barakat connects with an inside leg kick.
Barakat works Sutcliffe's body with a nice hook.
Sutcliffe looks winded!
Barakat throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barakat looks to land a body kick but Sutcliffe moved away.
Barakat throws a body kick that misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Barakat moves in looking to clinch but Sutcliffe pushes him off.
Barakat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barakat scores with a spinning back kick!
Barakat ducks under a wild hook from Sutcliffe.
Sutcliffe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barakat.

Barakat gets a clinch.
Sutcliffe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Barakat wants to stall.
Barakat throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sutcliffes head.
Sutcliffe is looking to break free of the clinch but Barakat has double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Sutcliffe.
Sutcliffe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barakat scores with a knee to the head.

Barakat manages to break the clinch.
Barakat shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barakat scores with a punch to the head.
Barakat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab from Sutcliffe.
Sutcliffe checks a low kick from Barakat.
Barakat tries to move into range but Sutcliffe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Barakat throws a wild body kick that Sutcliffe sees coming a mile off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barakat.
Sutcliffe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sutcliffe swings widly with a right hand
and Barakat counters with a good, hard body kick but Sutcliffe shrugs it off.
Sutcliffe misses with a hook
and Barakat counters with an inside leg kick.
Barakat throws a poor cross that misses
and Sutcliffe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barakat scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sutcliffe looks to land a left hand but Barakat moved out of range nicely.
Sutcliffe throws the left hand but Barakat avoids the punch easily.
Barakat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sutcliffe.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barakat thumps Sutcliffe with a low kick.
Sutcliffe misses with a straight left.
Barakat throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sutcliffe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barakat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sutcliffe looks to throw the jab but Barakat is out of range.
Sutcliffe avoids the body shot from Barakat.
Sutcliffe looks to land a left hand but Barakat moved out of range nicely.
Crunch! Barakat slams his shin into Sutcliffe's torso.
Barakat blocks a jab.
Barakat connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barakat throws a leg kick which misses Sutcliffe's front leg but catches the back leg as Sutcliffe tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barakat.
Sutcliffe misses the shot to the body.
Barakat looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sutcliffe misses with a series of wild punches.
Barakat feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Barakat lands a leg kick that knocks Sutcliffe off balance momentarily.
Barakat takes a swing at Sutcliffe's ribcage but misses.
Barakat connects with a body shot.
Sutcliffe moves out of range as Barakat throws a body kick.
Sutcliffe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barakat.
Sutcliffe looks to throw the jab but Barakat is out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sutcliffe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Barakat - the referee stops the clock and Sutcliffe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Barakat. Sutcliffe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barakat throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sutcliffe's head.
Barakat cracks a nice hook into Sutcliffe's ribs.
Sutcliffe avoids the body shot from Barakat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qasim Barakat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Sutcliffe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sutcliffe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barakat.
Barakat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barakat throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barakat misses with a low kick as Sutcliffe jumps back.
Sutcliffe throws out a counter right but Barakat avoids it with no problem.
Barakat on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Barakat takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sutcliffe throws a jab when Barakat was well out of range.
Barakat was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sutcliffe blocks the body kick.
Barakat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barakat looks to score with a jab to the body but Sutcliffe is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barakat on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barakat throws a low kick but Sutcliffe moves out of range easily.
Barakat throws a leg kick but Sutcliffe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Barakat lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barakat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barakat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barakat lands with a nice body punch.
Barakat staying out of range there.
Sutcliffe throws a series of punches but Barakat moves out of range.
Sutcliffe lands a really nice looking cross but Barakat seems unphased.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Barakat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Qasim Barakat!
Qasim Barakat is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Qasim Barakat rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.