PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaime Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rampage Jockson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Barbosa
vs
Jockson

209 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaime Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rampage Jockson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jockson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barbosa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Jockson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jockson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Barbosa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jockson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jockson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Barbosa defending against the ground and pound.
Barbosa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jockson on the ground.

Jockson decides to stand back up. Jockson steps back and let's Barbosa get back to his feet.

Jockson gets a takedown into half guard.

Jockson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jockson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jockson stands up from half guard.
A right-left combo lands from Jockson.
Jockson thuds his right hand into Barbosa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Jockson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Barbosa was covering up waiting for the punch and Jockson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jockson looking to pass the guard.
Jockson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jockson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barbosa is keeping the position for now.

Jockson stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Jockson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jockson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jockson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jockson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Barbosa is avoiding damage well.
Jockson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jockson lands some shots froms side control.
Barbosa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jockson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Barbosa some visible discomfort.
Jockson lands a nice forearm strike.
Jockson tries to advance to mount but Barbosa denies him.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jockson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Barbosa!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jockson lands a big shot there that rocks Barbosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Barbosa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jockson.
Jockson working the ground and pound effectively.
Barbosa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barbosa tries to get out of the position.
Barbosa wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jockson with the ground and pound from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jockson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Barbosa because Jockson loaded up on that one.
A nice elbow there by Jockson.
Jockson looking to finish with strikes here!

Jockson working for a guillotine from mount but Barbosa is in no mood to give up.
Jockson with good strikes from the mount here!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jockson lands with some strikes.

Jockson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Jockson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Barbosa has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jockson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Barbosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jockson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jockson wants to control the pace but Barbosa is squirming around nicely.
Jockson is landing with some decent strikes but Barbosa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jockson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jockson lands a big shot there that rocks Barbosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jockson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jockson lands a big shot there that rocks Barbosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jockson scoring with strikes but Barbosa is staying in there.
Jockson controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Barbosa is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Jockson tries to control but Barbosa wriggling away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa is in a horrible position here. Jockson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jockson throwing strikes here but Barbosa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jockson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jockson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barbosa?

Jockson is working for a guillotine from mount but Barbosa frees his head quite easily.
Jockson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rampage Jockson dominated that round.
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!

Barbosa wants to clinch up but Jockson keeps it at a distance.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch but Jockson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jockson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Barbosa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Barbosa keeping moving, preventing Jockson from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jockson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jockson throwing strikes from guard but Barbosa blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jockson trying to control but Barbosa is working from the bottom.

Jockson stands and steps away. Barbosa gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Jockson circles away.
Jaime Barbosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jockson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jockson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jockson throwing shots but Barbosa is blocking nicely.
Barbosa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rampage Jockson has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jockson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jockson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Barbosa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jockson is trying to control. Barbosa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jockson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jockson wants to stand up but Barbosa is controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Jockson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Barbosa to the mat! Barbosa manages to get full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jockson throws a big right hand that misses.
Jockson is pushing down on Barbosa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barbosa is fighting to maintain full guard but Jockson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Barbosa is looking to escape.
Jockson is keen to just control but Barbosa is a slippery customer.
Jockson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jockson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jockson looking to ground and pound but Barbosa is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jockson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jockson landing punches.
Jockson looking to finish Barbosa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Barbosa!
Poor strikes thrown by Jockson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jockson controlling from the full mount.
Jockson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jockson cracks Barbosa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Barbosa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Jockson scoring with strikes but Barbosa is staying in there.
Barbosa blocking the ground and pound.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Barbosa is trying to stand.
Jockson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Barbosa is looking to escape.
Jockson looking to ground and pound but Barbosa is blocking nicely.
Jockson controlling the pace for now.
Barbosa is squirming around, avoiding Jockson's attempts to control the action.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jockson dominating with strikes here.
Jockson punching from mount but Barbosa doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jockson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Jockson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jockson throwing strikes here but Barbosa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Barbosa holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jockson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jockson throwing strikes but Barbosa uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Jockson works his way into full mount!
Jockson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jockson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Barbosa is looking to escape.
Jockson is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jockson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jockson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jockson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barbosa is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rampage Jockson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jockson 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Rampage Jockson!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Rampage Jockson!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Rampage Jockson!

Rampage Jockson wins by unanimous decision!