PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Barreto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklyn Hilfinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Barreto
vs
Hilfinger

188 cm
20
206 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Barreto!
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, Franklyn Hilfinger!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barreto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Hilfinger fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Barreto sprawls well initially but Hilfinger persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Barreto wants to improve his position but Hilfinger is controlling well.
Barreto is staying active underneath Hilfinger, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Barreto moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hilfinger must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hilfinger won't allow Barreto to sweep him here.
Hilfinger passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Barreto wants to get back to his feet.
Hilfinger lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Barreto is refusing to be controlled, as Hilfinger sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Hilfinger.
Nice strikes from Hilfinger there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilfinger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barreto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hilfinger.
Barreto tries to get to full guard but Hilfinger has control of the leg.
Hilfinger not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Barreto has hold of Hilfinger's hands but Hilfinger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hilfinger drops an elbow to the side of Barreto's head.
Hilfinger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barreto wants to improve his position but Hilfinger is controlling well.
Hilfinger working over Barreto with some ground and pound. Barreto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hilfinger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barreto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barreto trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hilfinger lands a nice short elbow.
Barreto regains full guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hilfinger looking to pass the guard.
Barreto is breathing heavily.
Barreto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hilfinger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hilfinger is working Barreto over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hilfinger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hilfinger cracks Barreto with a solid left hand.
Hilfinger throws a strike but Barreto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hilfinger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barreto is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Barreto stands and throws Hilfinger's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hilfinger misses with a strike from the bottom.
Hilfinger struggling a bit here.
Hilfinger tries to improve position but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hilfinger can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barreto trying to control the position but Hilfinger is working away.
Hilfinger is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barreto tries to clinch but Hilfinger moves out of range.

Barreto gets caught flat footed, as Hilfinger shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hilfinger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hilfinger landing with the ground and pound.
Hilfinger scoring with some ground and pound.
Hilfinger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hilfinger postures up in Barreto's guard and throws a big left but Barreto blocks it.

Barreto has his foot on Hilfinger's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hilfinger works his way back into a safe position though.
Barreto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hilfinger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hilfinger scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franklyn Hilfinger dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hilfinger darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Barreto wants to improve his position but Hilfinger is controlling well.
Hilfinger lands strikes from half guard.
Hilfinger scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hilfinger winds up and cracks Barreto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Barreto wants to control but Hilfinger is keeping busy.
Hilfinger 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hilfinger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hilfinger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barreto wants to control but Hilfinger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Barreto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Barreto is staying active underneath Hilfinger, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Barreto trying to control from the bottom.
Hilfinger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Barreto trying to control from the bottom.
Hilfinger lands with a punch from half guard.
Barreto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hilfinger scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hilfinger winds up and cracks Barreto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hilfinger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hilfinger winds up and cracks Barreto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Barreto trying to control from the bottom.
Hilfinger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barreto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hilfinger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hilfinger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hilfinger landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hilfinger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hilfinger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barreto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hilfinger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Barreto punching from the bottom.
Barreto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Barreto.
Hilfinger working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger distracts Barreto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Barreto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hilfinger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hilfinger stands up over Barreto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Barreto looking to control.
Barreto wants to stand up but Hilfinger is controlling him.
Hilfinger throws a big right hand that misses.
Barreto wants to sweep but no luck.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Hilfinger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hilfinger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Barreto is in a horrible position here. Hilfinger smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger unloading with bombs!
Hilfinger breaks from Barreto's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barreto is looking to improve his position but Hilfinger isn't that keen on the idea.
Hilfinger unloading with bombs!
Hilfinger lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hilfinger dominating with strikes here.
Hilfinger lands a heavy elbow.
Hilfinger lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Barreto hang on?
Barreto is looking to improve his position but Hilfinger isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franklyn Hilfinger 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!

Barreto misses with a takedown attempt

and Hilfinger counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Barreto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hilfinger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Barreto is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hilfinger dives into side control.
Barreto struggling a bit here.
Barreto is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hilfinger has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Barreto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hilfinger scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hilfinger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barreto keeps working.
Barreto is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilfinger cracks Barreto with a big elbow.
Barreto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hilfinger working the ground and pound.
Barreto takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Franklyn Hilfinger has got the better of the ground game so far.
Check out the look on Hilfinger's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Barreto is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hilfinger asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Barreto is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hilfinger off and has taken his back!
Hilfinger looking very determined here, making life difficult for Barreto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger breaks Barreto's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Barreto trying to control the position.
Hilfinger cracks Barreto with a solid left hand.
Barreto looking to control.
Hilfinger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hilfinger scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barreto has momentary wrist control but Hilfinger slips an elbow through the middle.
Hilfinger scoring with some ground and pound.
Hilfinger is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hilfinger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barreto trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hilfinger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hilfinger connects with a couple of short punches.
Hilfinger throws a big right hand that misses.
Hilfinger preventing the sweep.
Hilfinger cracks Barreto with a solid left hand.
Hilfinger is working Barreto over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Hilfinger shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Barreto wants to improve his position but Hilfinger is controlling well.
Hilfinger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger is keen to just control but Barreto is a slippery customer.
Hilfinger not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barreto trying to control from the bottom.
Barreto wants to get back to full guard.
Hilfinger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Barreto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Hilfinger there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Barreto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hilfinger shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Hilfinger.
Roberto Barreto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franklyn Hilfinger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hilfinger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Franklyn Hilfinger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hilfinger has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franklyn Hilfinger!