PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between RIZZLA (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Obomba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry Obomba is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

vs
Obomba

170 cm
23
153 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

175 cm
20
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, RIZZLA !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Obomba!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obomba tries to close the distance and clinch but swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Obomba doesn't manage to clinch there - circles away.
Obomba wants to clinch up but keeps it at a distance.
circles away from the clinch attempt.
shoots in and drives through. Obomba sprawls well.

moves into the clinch successfully.
is trying to drag Obomba to the mat but Obomba just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Obomba regains guard immediately.
Obomba will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Obomba trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
passes Obomba's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Obomba regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
won't allow Obomba to sweep him here.
Obomba trying to control the position.
Obomba preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Obomba lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for !
is bucking up trying to escape but Obomba cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
trying desperately to get to his feet.
is looking to improve his position but Obomba isn't that keen on the idea.
Obomba avoids the attempt from to control.
is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
is working hard here to advance position.
sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Obomba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Obomba throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Obomba has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
is in a horrible position here. Obomba smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Obomba has control of 's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obomba avoids the attempt from to control.
Obomba landing strikes, looking to finish!
tries to hold on but Obomba pushes him away.
Obomba raining down shots from the mount!
Obomba in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
tries to reverse the position but Obomba maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Obomba looking to secure an arm triangle but defends it well.
is wriggling around trying to escape.
Obomba cracks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Obomba with shots to the head and body - looks very uncomfortable down there.
Obomba with the ground and pound from mount.
Obomba prevents from getting the reversal.
Obomba can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as is looking to escape.
is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Obomba dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Obomba stuffs the takedown.

Obomba forces back against the cage and clinches.
Obomba gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from .
Obomba prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for RIZZLA . That's going to take a lot out of him.
has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Obomba is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Obomba lands a takedown into guard.
Obomba stops from standing up.
Obomba is stalling in the full guard.
Obomba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Obomba chips away with some ground and pound.

Obomba gets to his feet - follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Obomba shoots in but avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obomba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Obomba scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Obomba working the body and head with strikes.
takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Barry Obomba has got the better of the ground game so far.
Obomba working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
gets back to half guard.
trying to control but Obomba postures up.

is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Obomba pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from Obomba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obomba trying to control from half guard but is working away.
Obomba thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

looking for submissions off his back.
Obomba is trying to control. wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Obomba tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Obomba!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obomba slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
with the ground and pound but Obomba uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Obomba is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
trying to control but Obomba is working from the bottom.
Obomba is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Obomba preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Obomba manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now has Obomba in his guard.
keeping moving, preventing Obomba from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Obomba's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Obomba landing with the ground and pound.

is looking for a triangle but Obomba pushes his legs off easily.
looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Obomba puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Obomba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Obomba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obomba is looking to clinch but is avoiding it.
Obomba shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts as he jumps to the side.
with a lazy takedown attempt

and Obomba counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in 's guard now.
Obomba postures up in 's guard and throws a big left but blocks it.

is looking for a triangle but Obomba pushes his legs off easily.
Obomba landing with the ground and pound.
Obomba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Obomba working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Obomba doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Obomba manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Obomba postures up and lands a big shot to 's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obomba trying to control but is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Obomba is pushing down on 's leg trying to pass to half guard. is fighting to maintain full guard but Obomba has managed to sneak the leg through.
Obomba tries to pass the half guard into mount. knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
is staying active underneath Obomba, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Obomba throwing shots but is blocking nicely.
Obomba working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Obomba pulls his head out easily.
Obomba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Obomba winds up and cracks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Obomba drops an elbow to the side of 's head.
looks like he's trying to stand up.
Obomba lands with a punch from half guard.
Obomba throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
trying to control here.
has hold of Obomba's hands but Obomba slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Obomba slips a nice elbow through 's hands, connecting with 's forehead.
Obomba lands with a punch from half guard.
Obomba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Obomba's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Obomba's back!

Obomba preventing the rear naked choke attempt from .

is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Obomba has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
missing with strikes from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obomba trying to control the hands but won't let him.
Obomba is in bad spot here.
Obomba is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Obomba is doing well to defend. seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Obomba is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). RIZZLA !