PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Habakuk Tibatong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Barker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tibatong comes to the cage accompanied by In Flames - Cloud Connected. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bob Barker was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Tibatong
vs
Barker

184 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Habakuk Tibatong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Barker!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tibatong closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barker circles away.
Barker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Habakuk Tibatong has been cut.

Barker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Barker working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Tibatong looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Barker! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Bob Barker!