PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Beach (ranked 235 p4p, 923 weight class) and Juju Baraka (ranked 37 p4p, 131 weight class). Baraka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Burning Spear. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beach
vs
Baraka

194 cm
33
215
26 - 17 - 0

203 cm
33
206
19 - 11 - 0

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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 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juju Baraka!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baraka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baraka keeps the fight on the outside.
Beach moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Baraka is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Baraka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sammy Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Beach takes the fight into the clinch.
Beach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baraka lands a shoulder strike.
Beach blocks an uppercut.
Baraka takes a shot to the head.
Beach working aggressively here.
Beach blocks an uppercut.

Beach escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beach tries to clinch but Baraka moves out of range.
Baraka shapes to counter with a head kick.
Beach avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baraka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Beach gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baraka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baraka lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baraka working aggressively here.

Baraka breaks the clinch.

Beach forces Baraka back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beach.
Baraka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beach tries to work over Baraka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beach lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Baraka.
Baraka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Baraka misses with some punches.
Beach manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Baraka is trying to break the clinch but Beach is controlling him.
Beach is trying to break free.
Beach pushes off an throws an elbow but Baraka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beach content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Baraka has a couple of punches blocked by Beach.
Baraka misses with the head strike.
Beach misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baraka works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Baraka tries a body shot but Beach blocks it.
Baraka lands a hook that snaps the head of Beach backwards.

Baraka breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beach lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Juju Baraka has been cut.
Beach darts in trying to clinch
and Baraka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beach fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baraka manages to avoid it.
Beach tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Baraka counters with a two punch combo.
Beach throws a right and a left that Baraka avoids nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baraka can't find room to land a body shot as Beach controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Beach fails to land.
Baraka has a couple of punches blocked by Beach.
Baraka misses with a punch to the body.
Beach lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach lands a damaging elbow.
Baraka lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Beach.
Beach lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baraka backwards.
Beach misses with the head strike.
Baraka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Beach fails to land.
Baraka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beach's elbow.
Baraka tries to land a knee to the head but Beach blocks with his arms.
Beach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A bit of stalling here from Beach.
Beach scores with a shot to the side of Baraka's head.
Beach lands a hook that snaps the head of Baraka backwards.
Beach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baraka backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Beach fails to land.
Baraka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Beach.
A head punch on the inside from Baraka fails to land.
Beach throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barakas head.
Beach lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baraka digs a right hand underneath Beach's ribcage. Beach let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Beach breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baraka misses the shot to the body.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but Baraka pushes him off.
Baraka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Beach.

Beach drops Baraka with a beautiful combination! Baraka stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Beach is looking for the KO!

Baraka is rocked!

That has opened up Juju Baraka's cut even more.

Beach moves into the clinch.
Baraka is still on wobbly legs! Can Beach finish him?
Beach pushes Baraka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baraka seems to have recovered his senses.
Beach blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baraka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baraka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beach working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Beach fails to land.
Beach lands an elbow just above Baraka 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beach working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beach throws a head punch that misses.
Baraka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Baraka struggles to land a body shot inside as Beach controls his hands.
Baraka working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Beach dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juju Baraka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Beach misses with a straight right.
Baraka scores with a shot to the body.
Baraka misses with a leg kick.
Baraka misses with a body shot.
Beach wants to clinch but Baraka slips to the side
and Baraka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Baraka throws a lazy right hand but Beach sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beach slips a straight right by Baraka.
Beach is looking to clinch but Baraka is avoiding it.
Beach tries to clinch up but Baraka circles away and keeps his distance.
Baraka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baraka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beach tries to clinch there but Baraka circles away.
Beach tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Baraka counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beach tries to clinch up but Baraka circles away and keeps his distance.
Beach tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baraka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baraka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baraka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baraka takes a swing at Beach's ribcage but misses.
Beach gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Baraka.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baraka throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Beach to counter with a crisp jab.
Baraka throws a body punch but Beach moves out of range.
Baraka swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
Beach is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baraka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - Baraka circles away.
Beach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baraka counters with a body kick.
Nice cross by Baraka.
Beach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baraka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baraka connects with a body shot.
Beach wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Baraka.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Baraka was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baraka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baraka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but Baraka pushes him off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beach is looking to clinch.
Baraka scores with a sloppy right hand. Beach should have avoided that one.
Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Beach closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sammy Beach has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beach comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The cut above Juju Baraka's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Beach misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beach.
Beach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baraka works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Beach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baraka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beach taking a breather.
Baraka working aggressively here.
Baraka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beach misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Beach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baraka's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beach.
Beach misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baraka.
Beach lands a nice elbow.
Beach swings wildly with an uppercut but Baraka uses good head movement to avoid it.

Baraka breaks from the clinch.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baraka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beach tries to clinch up.
Baraka swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
Beach on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Baraka. Baraka obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach darts in trying to clinch
and Baraka counters with a series of strikes. Beach will be more careful next time no doubt.
Beach takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baraka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beach was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Beach tries to clinch but Baraka is having none of it.
Beach is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baraka swats away the attempt to clinch by Beach.
Beach lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baraka at a distance.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baraka.
Beach wants to clinch.
Beach avoids the head kick by Baraka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juju Baraka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Juju Baraka's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baraka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baraka lands a jab to the nose.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch but Baraka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baraka lands with a kick to the temple. Beach shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Beach drops his hands momentarily and Baraka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Beach tries to clinch but Baraka moves away
and Baraka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but Baraka pushes him off.
The fighters circling - Beach throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baraka. Beach does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beach uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baraka.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baraka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baraka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Baraka feints and then cracks Beach's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beach down.
Beach moves in looking to clinch but Baraka pushes him off.
Baraka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baraka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beach throws out the jab.
Beach tries to clinch there but Baraka circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beach misses with a few strikes there.
Baraka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baraka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Baraka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baraka keeps the fight on the outside.

Beach closes the distance and pushes Baraka back into the cage.
Beach lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baraka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baraka misses with a body punch.
Baraka works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Baraka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baraka misses with some punches.
Baraka scores with a shoulder strike.
Beach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baraka backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beach tries a body shot but Baraka blocks it.
Beach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baraka backwards.
Beach lands a shoulder strike.
Beach throws a head punch that misses.
Beach struggles to land a body shot inside as Baraka controls his hands.
Beach throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beach pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beach struggles to land a body shot inside as Baraka controls his hands.
Beach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beach misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baraka.
Beach misses with some punches.
Baraka has a couple of punches blocked by Beach.
Beach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beach.
Beach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baraka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beach or not.
Baraka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beach's elbow.
Baraka lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baraka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baraka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beach misses with some punches.
Baraka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baraka takes an elbow to the forehead.

Juju Baraka's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Baraka throws a head punch that misses.
Beach blocks an elbow strike.
Baraka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Baraka scores with a hook to the body.
Beach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baraka lands with a right to the head.
Baraka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baraka is trying to break the clinch but Beach has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baraka.
Beach works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Beach will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Baraka up against the cage.
Beach creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Baraka.
Baraka throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
Beach can't find room to land a body shot as Baraka controls the action.
Beach cracks Baraka with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baraka blocks an uppercut.
Baraka swings wildly with an uppercut but Beach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beach throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baraka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baraka.
Baraka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baraka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beach's elbow.
Baraka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Beach.
Baraka tries to work over Beach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Beach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juju Baraka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Baraka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juju Baraka!
After winning the bout, Juju Baraka thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.