PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quintet Tarantino (ranked 1523 p4p, 1203 weight class) and Edson Barboozer (ranked 205 p4p, 160 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tarantino
vs
Barboozer

173 cm
27
158
15 - 8 - 0

180 cm
32
168
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quintet Tarantino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edson Barboozer!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboozer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tarantino is out of range.
Tarantino digs a good body shot into Barboozer's ribs.
Quintet Tarantino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarantino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barboozer circles away quickly and effectively.
Barboozer throws a body shot but no joy.
Tarantino scores with a jab.
Tarantino lunges at Barboozer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barboozer's hand.
Tarantino defending well as Barboozer loads up on a big left hand.

Tarantino darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tarantino wants to control but Barboozer is keeping him busy.
Barboozer slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tarantino lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tarantino passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboozer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tarantino lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barboozer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tarantino misses with the ground and pound.
Tarantino postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Barboozer avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tarantino.
Barboozer is not content to let Tarantino control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboozer is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tarantino working the body and head with strikes.
Barboozer taking a bit of punishment here - Tarantino scoring with strikes.
Tarantino trying to control the position but Barboozer is working away.
Barboozer tries to buck Tarantino off but Tarantino is having none of it.
Barboozer is not content to let Tarantino control the position.
Barboozer taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tarantino has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Barboozer's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tarantino tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tarantino scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Barboozer is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Tarantino can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quintet Tarantino!
A very excited looking Quintet Tarantino made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.