PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jorge San Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Barbossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

San Pierre
vs
Barbossa

187 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

184 cm
26
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge San Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diogo Barbossa!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
San Pierre goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barbossa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barbossa shoots in but no luck this time.
Barbossa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but San Pierre swivels and escapes.
Barbossa shoots and misses
and San Pierre counters with a nice body shot.
Jorge San Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Barbossa.

Barbossa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
San Pierre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Barbossa is controlling him.

San Pierre pushes Barbossa off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Barbossa with a lazy takedown attempt
and San Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
San Pierre throws a series of strikes that have Barbossa backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbossa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Barbossa shoots for a double leg takedown but San Pierre sprawls well. He's pushed Barbossa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Diogo Barbossa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbossa looks gassed!
San Pierre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barbossa dodges the punch combination from San Pierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa shoots for a takedown but San Pierre saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
San Pierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barbossa shoots in but San Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barbossa shoots and misses
and San Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
San Pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
San Pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
San Pierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barbossa fails with the takedown
and San Pierre counters with a one-two to the body.
Barbossa slips a jab and a cross from San Pierre.
San Pierre lands a jab to Barbossa's midsection.
Danga de danga de dang - San Pierre scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San Pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
San Pierre is working the combinations to good effect here.
San Pierre misses with a double jab.
Barbossa wants to clinch.
Barbossa closes the distance and clinches up with San Pierre, looking for a takedown. Barbossa pushes San Pierre against the cage but San Pierre circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Barbossa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
San Pierre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barbossa backs up against the cage.
San Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barbossa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
San Pierre shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barbossa eats them both and turns towards San Pierre to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
San Pierre lands with a nice combination. Barbossa backs away looking to recover.
San Pierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from San Pierre finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbossa's head.
Barbossa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No luck for Barbossa with that takedown attempt.
San Pierre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Barbossa misses with a takedown attempt - San Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barbossa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
San Pierre throws a right hand that Barbossa ducks under and follows up with a left that Barbossa also avoids with ease.
San Pierre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
San Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
San Pierre swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
San Pierre misses with a wild combination.
San Pierre cracks Barbossa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barbossa misses with the combination.
Barbossa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
San Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barbossa shoots in but no luck this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbossa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? San Pierre is fending him off so far but Barbossa persists. Nope, San Pierre circles away and we're back to standing.
San Pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
San Pierre misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge San Pierre 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.

San Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
Barbossa closes this distance looking for a takedown but San Pierre circles away.
San Pierre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for San Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts San Pierre as he jumps to the side.
Barbossa shoots in looking for a takedown but San Pierre manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barbossa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jorge San Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Barbossa.
San Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbossa slips a jab and a cross from San Pierre.
Barbossa is breathing heavily.
Barbossa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from San Pierre.
Barbossa fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Barbossa. Barbossa gets slowly back to his feet.
San Pierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barbossa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
San Pierre leaves Barbossa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
San Pierre's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and San Pierre duly obliges.
San Pierre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
San Pierre misses with a wild combination.
Barbossa has a takedown stuffed.
Barbossa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San Pierre lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jorge San Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
San Pierre scores with a one two! Barbossa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
San Pierre misses with a wild combination.
San Pierre connects with a body shot that sends Barbossa's belly button to the back.
Barbossa slips a jab and a cross from San Pierre.
Nice sprawl there from San Pierre as Barbossa shoots in.
Jorge San Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
San Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barbossa.
Barbossa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbossa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? San Pierre is fending him off so far but Barbossa persists. Nope, San Pierre circles away and we're back to standing.
San Pierre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbossa can do to turn this around?
Barbossa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pierre moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jorge San Pierre is winning the standup battle so far.
San Pierre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
San Pierre works the jab nicely.
San Pierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barbossa with a lazy takedown attempt
and San Pierre counters with a three punch combo that has Barbossa backing up. Barbossa nods at San Pierre to acknowledge the strikes.
San Pierre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch combination from San Pierre misses.
Barbossa tries to close the distance and clinch but San Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbossa wants to clinch.
San Pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown but San Pierre shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa shoots in looking for a takedown. San Pierre tries to sprawl out of it but Barbossa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. San Pierre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A right-left combo lands from San Pierre.
Barbossa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barbossa has a takedown stuffed.
San Pierre throws a combination. Barbossa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Barbossa slips a jab and a cross from San Pierre.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from San Pierre. Those never looked like landing.
Barbossa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
San Pierre lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge San Pierre dominated that second 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!

San Pierre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and San Pierre wants it to stay on the feet.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as San Pierre sprawls well. San Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barbossa gets slowly back to his feet.
Barbossa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
San Pierre cracks Barbossa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
San Pierre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
San Pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
San Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
Barbossa fails with a takedown attempt.
Jorge San Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Barbossa.
San Pierre throws a left and a right that both miss

and Barbossa counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
San Pierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Barbossa thows a huge punch but San Pierre dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San Pierre pushes Barbossa off looking to stand but Barbossa dives back in and keeps control.

Barbossa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
San Pierre is trying to stand up here but Barbossa is controlling him well.
San Pierre is looking to get back to is feet but Barbossa passes into side control.
Barbossa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barbossa looks up at the clock and then as San Pierre takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Barbossa smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Barbossa working the ground and pound.

Barbossa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by San Pierre, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa trying to control the position but San Pierre is working away.

Barbossa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Check out the look on Barbossa's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Barbossa is looking to take a break and control but San Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Barbossa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. San Pierre knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
San Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if San Pierre tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pierre is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Barbossa is controlling him well.
Barbossa trying to control the position but San Pierre is working away.
Barbossa cracks San Pierre with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Barbossa throws a strike aimed at the side of San Pierre's head but San Pierre avoids it well.
Barbossa passes to full mount! That's big trouble for San Pierre!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbossa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Barbossa is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but San Pierre is surviving well by controlling Barbossa's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa lands a nice shot to the head.

Barbossa working for a submission but San Pierre is keeping him at bay.
Jorge San Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee warns San Pierre that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Barbossa punishing his opponent with strikes.
Diogo Barbossa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barbossa lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Barbossa wants to finish this one by submission but San Pierre is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Barbossa.
Barbossa raining down shots from the mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Diogo Barbossa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think San Pierre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge San Pierre!