PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Troy Knight (ranked 2755 p4p, 3200 weight class) and Mason Barbosa (ranked 298 p4p, 330 weight class). Mason Barbosa has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Knight
vs
Barbosa

172 cm
25
160
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
163
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Black Lab Clothing

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Knight misses.
Barbosa lands with a hook. Knight tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knight slips under a jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa scores with a nice strike.
Barbosa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A slow jab from Barbosa misses its intended target.
Knight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barbosa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

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

Knight breaks from the clinch.
Barbosa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa misses with a wild combination.
Knight lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight misses the shot to the body.
Knight connects with a solid leg kick.
Barbosa scores with a body shot.
Knight slips a jab and a cross from Barbosa.
Knight misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a body shot.
Barbosa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knight. That one must have hurt.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Barbosa moves out of range easily.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbosa.

Barbosa clinches with his opponent.

Knight breaks from the clinch.

Barbosa gets a clinch.

Knight breaks the clinch.
Knight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A low kick lands for Knight.
Barbosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Knight.
Knight stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa lands a right hook to the body.
Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Barbosa throws a jab when Knight was well out of range.
Knight lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
Knight lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knight sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Barbosa misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Knight connects with a solid leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Knight goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Knight connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Barbosa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Barbosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight takes one on the button.
Knight misses with a looping left.
Barbosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Knight scores with a jab.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barbosa staying out of range there.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barbosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbosa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick from Knight lands but Barbosa takes it in his stride.
Knight moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Knight feints and then cracks Barbosa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barbosa down.
Barbosa looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Barbosa moves out of range of the body kick from Knight.
Knight looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Barbosa scores with a punch to the head.
Barbosa scores with a jab. Knight acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Troy Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a lazy right hand but Knight sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa misses with a hook to the body

and Knight counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Barbosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barbosa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knight had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Knight throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Knight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Knight staying out of range there.
Barbosa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knight misses with a hook.
Knight displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
Barbosa thuds a left hand into Knight's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knight.
Knight misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Knight with a nice calf kick.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
Knight attempts a counter takedown but Barbosa avoids it well and moves away.
Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
A punch combination from Barbosa misses.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbosa lands a jab.
Barbosa looks to land a right hand but Knight moved out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Knight!
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Knight avoids it with no problem.
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 Troy Knight will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Barbosa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Knight tries to counter with a takedown but Barbosa is quick to defend against it.
Knight throws an off balance right hand
and Barbosa counters with a left and a right that stings Knight.
Knight misses with a two punch combination.
Barbosa lands a right hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Barbosa there.
Knight lands a leg kick that knocks Barbosa off balance momentarily.
A low kick lands for Knight.
Barbosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knight throws a right hand that misses
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Knight throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Troy Knight is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knight throws a quick counter kick to the body but Barbosa avoids it.
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A lazy left from Barbosa finds it's target.

Knight is rocked!
Barbosa misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oh Knight is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
Knight seems to have got his legs back now.
An inside leg kick lands from Knight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Knight throws a sloppy body shot
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knight is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Barbosa.
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knight keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Knight.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight tries to counter by clinching up but Barbosa breaks away and moves out of range.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbosa.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbosa.
Knight throws a right hand that Barbosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Barbosa also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight misses with a head kick.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice leg kick from Knight, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight connects with a solid leg kick.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Knight appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Knight has been working on his balance at Shut Up & Train!, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Barbosa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Barbosa misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Knight misses.
Barbosa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Knight scores with a jab to the head.
Barbosa lands a nice shot to the body.
Knight looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barbosa lands a jab.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbosa lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barbosa lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Knight out cold! Knight is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mason Barbosa!
Mason Barbosa got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'