PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nautotoot Horne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owner Barbirotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Horne
vs
Barbirotto

193 cm
19
223 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nautotoot Horne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Owner Barbirotto!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbirotto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barbirotto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Horne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbirotto slips a jab and a cross from Horne.
Horne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horne jabs Barbirotto right on the nose. Barbirotto blinks but takes it well.
Barbirotto moves out of range as Horne strikes.
Horne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbirotto was well out of range. Poor timing from Horne.
Horne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbirotto.
Nice takedown defense from Barbirotto. No joy for Horne on that attempt.
Barbirotto moves out of range of the strikes.
Horne misses with a hook.
Horne misses with a hook. Barbirotto ducked under it nicely.
Barbirotto wants to clinch up but Horne keeps it at a distance.
Barbirotto defending well as Horne loads up on a big left hand.
Horne throws a series of punches but Barbirotto avoids them all with ease.
Barbirotto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbirotto tries to clinch but Horne is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horne shoots in but no luck this time.
Horne throws out a loose jab but Barbirotto uses good head movement to avoid it.

Horne decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Barbirotto is trying to stand.
Horne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barbirotto wants to control but Horne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Horne thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barbirotto's head.
Horne moves into full mount! Barbirotto won't be happy about that!

Barbirotto defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Horne.
Horne is breathing heavily.
Horne looking to ground and pound but Barbirotto is blocking nicely.
Horne thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Horne thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Barbirotto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbirotto wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Horne.
Barbirotto avoids a series of strikes thrown by Horne.
Horne throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Horne prevents Barbirotto from getting the reversal.
Horne throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Horne punching from mount but Barbirotto doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Barbirotto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Horne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Horne is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Barbirotto has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Barbirotto!

Horne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barbirotto is aware though and is defending well.

Horne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barbirotto defends it easily.
Barbirotto wants to control from the top but Horne keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horne 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.

Horne is looking for a triangle but Barbirotto pushes his legs off easily.
Horne 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.

Horne has his foot on Barbirotto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Barbirotto works his way back into a safe position though.

Horne looking for a guillotine here but Barbirotto defends easily.
Horne will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Horne escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barbirotto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Barbirotto got a little sloppy there for a moment and Horne has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Barbirotto has managed to get both his arms back between Horne's legs - danger averted.

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

Horne looking for a guillotine here but Barbirotto defends easily.

Horne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barbirotto defends it easily.
Barbirotto wants to stand but Horne is controlling his posture from full guard.
Barbirotto trying to control the position from guard on top but Horne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Horne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barbirotto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Horne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barbirotto defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Horne shoots for a takedown but Barbirotto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Horne misses with a looping left.
Barbirotto moves out of range as Horne strikes.
Barbirotto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Horne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Horne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbirotto misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Horne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Horne keeps the fight on the outside.
Horne thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbirotto tries to clinch but Horne moves out of range.
Barbirotto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbirotto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Horne.
A big right from Horne misses.
Barbirotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horne looks to land a right hand but Barbirotto moved out of range.
Barbirotto staying out of range there.
Horne is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Barbirotto lands the left hand.
Barbirotto slips a jab from Horne.
Horne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Horne does no damage.
Barbirotto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Horne.
Barbirotto moves in looking to clinch but Horne pushes him off.
Nautotoot Horne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbirotto defending well as Horne loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horne misses with an uppercut. Barbirotto saw that one coming.
Barbirotto wants to clinch.
Horne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbirotto tries to clinch but Horne moves out of range.
Barbirotto avoids the body shot from Horne.
Horne throws a shot from downtown. Barbirotto moves away and avoids it.
Horne throws a nice looking combination but Barbirotto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A swing and a miss from Horne.
Nice takedown defense from Barbirotto. No joy for Horne on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nautotoot Horne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horne swats away the attempt to clinch by Barbirotto.
Barbirotto tries to clinch but Horne is having none of it.
No luck for Horne with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbirotto tries to clinch up but Horne circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbirotto tries to clinch up.

Nice combo by Barbirotto! Oh, that's hurt him - Horne falls to the canvas and Barbirotto follows him into side control.

It looks like Nautotoot Horne has been cut.
Barbirotto wants to stand but Horne is controlling his arm.
Barbirotto trying to control the position but Horne is working away.
Horne gets back to half guard.
Barbirotto tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Horne.
Barbirotto is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Horne throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Horne looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Horne moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Horne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barbirotto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Horne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barbirotto defends it easily.
Horne trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Horne 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.

Horne has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barbirotto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Horne working for a triangle but Barbirotto defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owner Barbirotto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nautotoot Horne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Barbirotto tries to clinch there but Horne circles away.
Barbirotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barbirotto doesn't manage to clinch there - Horne circles away.
Horne throws a shot from downtown. Barbirotto moves away and avoids it.
Barbirotto is looking to clinch but Horne is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Horne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbirotto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbirotto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Barbirotto catches Horne napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Horne to the canvas!

Horne is rocked!
Barbirotto is looking to stand up but Horne won't let him.
Oh Horne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Horne throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Horne seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Horne is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Barbirotto has his hands clasped together but Horne extends an breaks Barbirotto's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Horne.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nautotoot Horne!