PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Barbosa (ranked 839 p4p, 575 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 118 p4p, 80 weight class). Barbosa comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Go to Sleep. Benny has chosen D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Barbosa
vs
Benny

180 cm
33
169
21 - 14 - 0

185 cm
34
175
21 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Northern Zombie

NARCOS
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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 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barbosa clinches.
Barbosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benny lands a body punch.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from Benny.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Benny.
Benny lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Benny.
A short right from Benny.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benny.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
Benny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
A short uppercut from Barbosa.
Benny digs a right hand underneath Barbosa's ribcage. Barbosa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barbosa tries to work over Benny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barbosa or not.
Barbosa is breathing heavily.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Benny.
Benny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Benny.
Benny scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benny lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barbosa or not.
Benny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Barbosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Benny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barbosa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benny.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa working aggressively here.
Benny throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa takes a shot to the head.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Benny lands with a right to the head.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benny.
A short left from Benny.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
I was talking to Barbosa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Barbosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Benny throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barbosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benny lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benny blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny pushes Barbosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Benny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Benny pushes Barbosa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benny lands a nice uppercut.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennys head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Benny is working Barbosa over against the cage.
Benny pushes Barbosa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benny lands with a right to the head.
Benny lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Barbosa is rocked!
Barbosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Barbosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benny scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benny blocking some punches.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Benny uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Benny softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benny blocks an uppercut.
Barbosa seems to have got his legs back now.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benny is working Barbosa over against the cage.
Benny tries to work over Barbosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Benny.
Benny throws a head punch that misses.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
Benny gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benny lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benny lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny scores with a shot to the side of Barbosa's head.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Benny lands a shot to the body.
Barbosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Benny.
Benny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benny lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Benny pushes Barbosa against the cage. Benny is working some dirty boxing. Benny pushes off with a quick right hook! Barbosa goes down! Barbosa tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Benny moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). D.C. Benny!
During a confident post fight interview, D.C. Benny thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.