PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Artful Dodger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artful Dodger has chosen Consider Yourself as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jack Artful Dodger struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barbosa
vs
Artful Dodger

197 cm
23
235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emilio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Artful Dodger!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barbosa pushes Artful Dodger up against the cage in a clinch.
Artful Dodger looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Artful Dodger tries to circle away but Barbosa has him pinned against the cage.
Artful Dodger looking for a takedown.

Barbosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Barbosa.

It looks like Jack Artful Dodger has been cut.
Artful Dodger shoots in for a double leg but Barbosa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Barbosa scores with a hook.
Barbosa fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Artful Dodger to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Artful Dodger looks to clinch but Barbosa throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Artful Dodger taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Emilio Barbosa!