PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Barbosa (ranked 251 p4p, 352 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 32 p4p, 46 weight class). Barbosa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminem - Go to Sleep. The crowd seem to be enjoying Benny's choice of entrance music: D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit. D.C. Benny has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barbosa
vs
Benny

180 cm
30
169
18 - 12 - 0

185 cm
31
175
17 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benny throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
We've been told by Barbosa's head coaches at Blacksmith MMA Gym 🇺🇲 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Benny lands an overhand right.
Benny works the jab nicely.
Benny lunges at Barbosa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barbosa's hand.
Barbosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benny throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benny avoids a punch combination nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Benny.
Barbosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa works on Benny's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
A body shot lands from Benny.
A short right from Benny.
Benny tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Benny looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Benny.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny working aggressively here.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benny.
Benny pushes Barbosa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benny lands an uppercut.
Benny lands a right hand.
Barbosa lands a right hand.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa gets through Benny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Benny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benny misses with the head strike.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barbosa is working Benny over against the cage.
Benny misses with some punches.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Barbosa lands a shot to the body.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the side of Benny's head.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa lands a body shot in the clinch.

Benny breaks from the clinch.
Benny steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barbosa. That one must have hurt.

Barbosa clinches.
Barbosa working aggressively here.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barbosa.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Benny lands a right hand.
A short right from Barbosa.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Barbosa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benny.
Benny misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbosa.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benny lands a shoulder strike.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Barbosa fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benny blocking some punches.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Antonio Barbosa will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barbosa digs a good body shot into Benny's ribs.
Donk. Benny catches Barbosa right on the button with a cross.
Barbosa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barbosa misses with the combination.
Barbosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barbosa throws a series of punches but Benny avoids them all with ease.
Barbosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benny gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barbosa.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Antonio Barbosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbosa throws a leg kick
enabling Benny to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benny looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benny works on Barbosa's body with a couple of short punches.
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa tries to work over Benny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benny creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Benny.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benny lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Barbosa lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Barbosa.
Benny tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benny.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barbosa.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Benny blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benny working aggressively here.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
Benny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny lands a right hand.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Benny on the inside.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny digs a right hand into Barbosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barbosa's gas tank.
A short right from Benny on the inside.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny lands a body shot.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benny.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from Benny.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Benny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny misses with some punches.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Barbosa.
Benny lands with a short shot to the head.
Barbosa digs a right hand underneath Benny's ribcage. Benny let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Benny gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Benny.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benny lands an uppercut.
Antonio Barbosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Benny lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benny lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benny lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa lands a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Benny lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but D.C. Benny will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Barbosa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Barbosa thumps Benny with a low kick.
Barbosa thumps Benny with a low kick.
Barbosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses.
Barbosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benny throws out a counter right but Barbosa avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benny.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barbosa punishes Benny's body with a nice straight punch.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Benny ducks down to avoid it.
Benny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa scores with a hook to the body. Benny takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for Barbosa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Benny.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benny sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa looks for the body kick but Benny saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Benny. Beautiful body shot.
Benny misses with the combination.
Barbosa tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Benny misses.
Barbosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Benny misses.
Barbosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benny keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barbosa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benny counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Antonio Barbosa has been cut.
Barbosa slips a jab from Benny.
Benny lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Barbosa is rocked!
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Benny circles away.
Oh Barbosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.

Barbosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benny, pushing him back against the cage.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny digs a right hand into Barbosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barbosa's gas tank.
Barbosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benny or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benny scores with a shoulder strike.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from Benny.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa lands with a right to the head.
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Benny tries to work over Barbosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benny scores with a shot to the side of Barbosa's head.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Benny.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa seems to have got his legs back now.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Benny.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Benny lands a right hand.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Benny lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Benny.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa lands a left hand.
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.

Benny escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Barbosa.
Benny fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barbosa on the side of the head.
Barbosa tries a low kick but Benny avoids it.
Barbosa misses with a leg kick
and Benny counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benny was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.

Benny lands a big right hand that sends Barbosa crashing to the mat! Benny stays standing though and waves Barbosa back to his feet!
Barbosa walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Benny! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). D.C. Benny!
A very excited looking D.C. Benny rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.