PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Barbosa (ranked 1638 p4p, 1076 weight class) and Guy River (ranked 223 p4p, 146 weight class). River comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gabon National Anthem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Guy River is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Barbosa
vs
River

185 cm
34
157
28 - 21 - 0

182 cm
33
156
23 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Guy River!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. River moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from River! But no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for River. That snapped Barbosa's head back.

It looks like Daniel Barbosa has been cut.
River works Barbosa's body with a nice hook.
Guy River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River lands a front kick.
River misses with a looping left.
We've been informed that River has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
River throws a quick inside leg kick.
River listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. River does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been told by Barbosa's head coaches at Canadian Combat Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Barbosa misses.
River misses with a two punch combination.
Barbosa throws a big counter combination but River scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
River misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by River there.
Nice straight punches there by River. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of River.

Barbosa is rocked!
River lands a nice looking body shot.
Barbosa connects with a single shot there.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but River was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.

River lands a big right hand that sends Barbosa crashing to the mat! River stays standing though and waves Barbosa back to his feet!
Oh Barbosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
River ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Barbosa out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Guy River!
A very excited looking Guy River 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.
Daniel Barbosa was interviewed post fight and said 'Congrats to White Jr, I fought hard to be champion and will keep fighting hard to get back and get my title. Back to the gym, I’d like to fight again soon... '.