PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Booth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bajar Tareen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bajar Tareen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Booth
vs
Tareen

180 cm
25
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

195 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Booth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bajar Tareen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Darius Henderson and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tareen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No joy there for Tareen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tareen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Booth as he avoids it easily.

Tareen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Booth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tareen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tareen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Booth but Booth pushes him off and we're back to square one.
As Tareen tries to get set, Booth tries to push him back and clinch up but Tareen manages to avoid the attempt.
Jose Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bajar Tareen.

Tareen takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Booth tries to break free but Tareen pushes him back against the cage.
Booth tries to land knees in the clinch but Tareen avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tareen is looking to control Booth's arms but Booth gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tareen has his back to the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Booth - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Booth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tareen forces Booth back against the cage and clinches.
Tareen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tareen is looking to break free of the clinch but Booth has double underhooks.
Booth is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tareen is keeping busy.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tareen as Booth tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Booth wants to get back to striking at distance but Tareen won't allow it.
Booth working hard to break the clinch.
Tareen prevents Booth from breaking the clinch.

Booth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

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

It looks like Jose Booth has been cut.
Tareen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Booth checks it well.
Booth went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Booth closes the distance and clinches up with Tareen, looking for a takedown. Booth pushes Tareen against the cage but Tareen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Booth fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tareen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tareen forces Booth back against the cage and clinches.

Booth breaks from the clinch.
Booth tries to clinch there but Tareen circles away.
Booth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tareen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Tareen closes the distance and clinches.
Booth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Booth tries to land knees in the clinch but Tareen avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Booth's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Booth working hard to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Tareen pulls Booth into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booth won't allow Tareen to sweep him here.
Tareen pulls Booth in to control the position.

Tareen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Booth defends well.
Tareen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Booth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tareen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tareen controlling Booth's posture.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Booth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bajar Tareen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Booth's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tareen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tareen jabs at Booth's body.
Booth throws a sloppy head kick

and Tareen moves into the clinch.

Booth breaks the clinch.
Bajar Tareen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tareen shoots for a takedown but Booth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As Tareen looks to move away, Booth throws a big counter combo bu Tareen just gets out of the way.
Tareen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Booth has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tareen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jose Booth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tareen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Booth. No joy for Tareen on that attempt.
Jose Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bajar Tareen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tareen shoots in looking for a takedown. Booth tries to sprawl out of it but Tareen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Booth manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tareen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Tareen moves into the clinch.
Tareen misses with a body punch.

Booth breaks from the clinch.
Booth goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tareen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Booth. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Booth wants to clinch up but Tareen keeps it at a distance.
Tareen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Tareen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Booth sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tareen somewhat.
Booth tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tareen manages to circle out of the way.
Tareen shoots for a double leg takedown but Booth sprawls well. He's pushed Tareen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Booth closes the distance and clinches.
Tareen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Booth displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tareen up against the cage.
Booth holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Booth taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tareen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tareen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Booth avoids it.
Booth lands a knee to the body.
Tareen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tareen as Booth tries to tie him up.
Tareen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Booth putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tareen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Booth is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jose Booth.
Tareen dives in for a single leg takedown but Booth sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Tareen pushes Booth up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tareen up against the cage.
Booth trying to control the position but instead, Tareen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Booth into the cage.
Tareen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Booth as Tareen tries to tie him up.
Tareen is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Booth has denied him.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Tareen is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Booth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tareen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Booth is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bajar Tareen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Booth tries to stall but Tareen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Booth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Booth'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!

Tareen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Booth was well out of range. Poor timing from Tareen.

Tareen clinches.

Booth breaks the clinch.
Tareen shoots and misses

and Booth moves into the clinch.
Tareen leaning against his opponent.

Booth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tareen is defended easily by Booth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Booth throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth throws a head kick that half lands.
Tareen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tareen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Booth counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jose Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bajar Tareen.
Tareen shoots in for a takedown but Booth shows good takedown defense.
Booth misses with the combination.
Booth throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tareen with a lazy takedown attempt

and Booth counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Booth.
Tareen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Booth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Booth stops a takedown attempt from Tareen.
Tareen tries to break the clinch but Booth is controlling the position.
Tareen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Booth is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tareen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tareen blocks a body shot from Booth.
Booth has had enough of the clinch but Tareen keeps him there for the moment.

Booth breaks the clinch.
Tareen shoots for a takedown but Booth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Booth tries to counter by clinching up but Tareen breaks away and moves out of range.
Booth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tareen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tareen throws a counter combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice sprawl there from Booth as Tareen shoots in.
Booth is looking to counter the offense by Tareen and move into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Booth misses.
Booth scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tareen misses with a takedown attempt

and Booth holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Booth pressing his opponent against the cage.
Booth has Tareen pressed against the cage.
Booth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tareen's defenses.
Stalling in the clinch from Booth.
Booth avoiding damage.

Booth breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Tareen misses
and Booth counters with a nice uppercut.
Booth tries to clinch up but Tareen circles away and keeps his distance.
Booth wants to clinch up but Tareen keeps it at a distance.
Booth looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tareen fails with a takedown attempt.
Booth is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tareen.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Tareen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Booth misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Booth showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Booth has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Booth!