PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roque Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaime Bolitho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barretto comes to the cage accompanied by Last Man Standing - By 4ft Fingers. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Barretto
vs
Bolitho

180 cm
26
175 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

178 cm
22
176 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP / MONEY EXCHANGE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roque Barretto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaime Bolitho!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolitho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barretto counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Barretto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolitho.
Barretto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bolitho misses with a lunging right hand
and Barretto counters with a left to the body.
Barretto slips under a jab from Bolitho.
Bolitho misses with a shot to the body
and Barretto counters with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barretto.
Bolitho tries to close the distance and clinch but Barretto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bolitho misses with a lunging right hand
and Barretto counters with a nice kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolitho misses with a combination
and Barretto counters with a body kick that stops Bolitho in his tracks momentarily.
Bolitho looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bolitho throws a right hand that misses
and Barretto counters with a nice uppercut.
Bolitho throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Barretto counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A good leg kick by Barretto.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barretto.
Barretto lands a head kick!

It looks like Jaime Bolitho has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barretto moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bolitho takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto scores with a head kick. Bolitho tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bolitho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barretto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses.
Barretto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barretto throws a body kick that misses.
Barretto throws a sloppy head kick and Bolitho moves out of range easily.
Bolitho avoids the body shot from Barretto.
Bolitho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barretto.
Bolitho misses with a jab to the body
and Barretto counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolitho tries to clinch but Barretto is having none of it.
Bolitho swings widly with a right hand
and Barretto counters with a low kick, right behind Bolitho 's knee.
Bolitho looks to clinch
and Barretto counters with a good low kick that Bolitho was not able to check.
That kick from Barretto tenderised Bolitho's leg. Bolitho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barretto throws a lazy right hand but Bolitho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bolitho misses with a hook to the body
and Barretto counters with an inside leg kick.
Bolitho ducks right into an uppercut from Barretto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barretto lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolitho moves out of range of the body kick.
Barretto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bolitho counters with a nice body shot.
Bolitho misses with a left hand
and Barretto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Jaime Bolitho's cut even more.
Bolitho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bolitho throws a sloppy body shot
and Barretto counters with a nice body kick.
Bolitho wants to clinch
and Barretto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barretto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bolitho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaime Bolitho's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bolitho checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bolitho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barretto lands with a good body shot.
Jaime Bolitho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barretto defending well as Bolitho loads up on a big left hand.
Bolitho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Barretto. That's going to slow Bolitho down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barretto. Bolitho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bolitho misses with a body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bolitho might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Barretto has got the better of the exchanges.
Bolitho just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barretto scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bolitho is breathing heavily.
Bolitho tries to close the distance and clinch but Barretto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bolitho tries to clinch up
and Barretto counters with a low kick, right behind Bolitho 's knee.
Bolitho misses with a lunging right hand
and Barretto counters with a nice leg kick.
Bolitho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barretto throws out the jab.
Bolitho throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barretto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bolitho swings widly with a right hand
and Barretto counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto throws a body punch but Bolitho moves out of range.
Bolitho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barretto in his tracks.
Bolitho misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a nice kick to the body.
Barretto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bolitho can do to turn this around?
Bolitho misses with a right hand
and Barretto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barretto avoids the body shot from Bolitho.
Bolitho misses with an uppercut
and Barretto counters with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolitho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barretto.
Bolitho gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barretto.
Barretto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto misses with a hook.
Bolitho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barretto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barretto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barretto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barretto throws a nice head kick!
Bolitho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barretto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roque Barretto is winning the standup battle so far.
Bolitho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barretto counters with a stiff right hand.
Barretto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Bolitho misses
and Barretto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bolitho misses with a lunging right hand
and Barretto makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bolitho really felt that one!
Bolitho throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barretto finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bolitho takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bolitho misses with a left hand
letting Barretto counter with a right hand.
Bolitho checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bolitho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bolitho swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barretto counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaime Bolitho's cut.
That's time! Barretto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A head kick misses from Barretto.
Bolitho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barretto was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolitho.
Bolitho has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Barretto.
Bolitho swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barretto counters with a nice body shot.
Bolitho tries to clinch but Barretto is having none of it.
Bolitho looks to land a left hand but Barretto moved out of range nicely.
Barretto swings widly with a right hand
and Bolitho counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barretto throws a leg kick
and Bolitho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bolitho misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barretto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bolitho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolitho misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a good, hard body kick but Bolitho shrugs it off.
Bolitho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barretto.
Bolitho tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barretto counters with a body kick.
Barretto throws a leg kick but Bolitho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bolitho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barretto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bolitho lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolitho misses with a straight left.
Barretto fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bolitho is out of range.
Barretto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Barretto throws a low kick, looking for Bolitho's leg but Bolitho calmly moves out of range.
Barretto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bolitho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bolitho misses with a right hand
and Barretto counters with a nice leg kick.
Barretto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolitho throws a right hand that misses
and Barretto counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolitho misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a right hand to the body.
Barretto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barretto jabs at Bolitho's body.
Barretto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bolitho swings for the body but Barretto moves out of range.
Bolitho swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barretto counters with a nice uppercut.
Bolitho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barretto ducks right into an uppercut from Bolitho.
Barretto circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barretto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barretto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barretto is looking to land body kicks.
Barretto lands a leg kick that knocks Bolitho off balance momentarily.
Barretto throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bolitho's head.
Barretto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bolitho clobbers Barretto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barretto throws a poor cross that misses
and Bolitho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jaime Bolitho's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Barretto tries to land a leg kick but Bolitho saw it coming and moves away.
Barretto misses with a low kick.
Bolitho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bolitho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barretto counters with a low kick, right behind Bolitho 's knee.
Decent striking displayed by Bolitho there.
Bolitho tries to clinch up
and Barretto counters with a good low kick that Bolitho was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolitho avoids the head kick by Barretto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bolitho misses.
Barretto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bolitho misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with an outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Bolitho misses its intended target.
A jab from Bolitho misses.
Bolitho digs a good body shot into Barretto's ribs.
Bolitho misses with a right hand
and Barretto counters with a stiff right hand.
Barretto misses the body punch
and Bolitho counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Bolitho. That snapped Barretto's head back.
Bolitho misses with a lunging right hand
and Barretto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bolitho tries to clinch but Barretto moves away
and Barretto counters with a nice body kick.
Bolitho is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Barretto throws a body kick the misses
and Bolitho counters with a nice uppercut.
Barretto misses the jab.
Bolitho throws a lazy uppercut
and Barretto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bolitho thinking.
Bolitho misses the body punch
and Barretto counters with a good, hard body kick but Bolitho shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barretto connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto with a nice cross.
Bolitho throws a poor cross that misses
and Barretto counters with an inside leg kick.
Bolitho avoids the body shot from Barretto.
Bolitho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barretto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barretto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bolitho under the eye.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses.
Bolitho throws a right hand that misses
and Barretto counters with a body kick.
Bolitho's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barretto connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bolitho's hands.
Bolitho doesn't manage to clinch there - Barretto circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barretto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bolitho thows a body shot but no joy.
Bolitho throws a poor cross that misses
and Barretto counters with a head kick. That will keep Bolitho thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bolitho lands with an uppercut that bounces Barretto off the cage and back into rage.
Barretto walks into a stiff left hand from Bolitho.
Barretto avoids the body shot from Bolitho.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the body from Bolitho misses
and Barretto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The cut above Jaime Bolitho's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Barretto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto had his way with Jaime Bolitho in that round.
The cut man is working on Jaime Bolitho's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bolitho on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Barretto lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bolitho takes a step back to recover.
Bolitho misses with a body punch
and Barretto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bolitho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barretto counters with a body kick that stops Bolitho in his tracks momentarily.
Barretto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bolitho moves out of range as Barretto throws a body kick.
Barretto punishes Bolitho's body with a nice straight punch.
Bolitho is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Barretto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bolitho doesn't seem bothered though.
Barretto throws the kick towards the body but Bolitho avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolitho ducks right into an uppercut from Barretto.
Barretto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bolitho avoids the head kick by Barretto.
Bolitho jabs at Barretto's body.
Bolitho misses with a left hand
and Barretto counters with a nice leg kick.
Bolitho wants to clinch.
Barretto slips under a jab from Bolitho.
Jaime Bolitho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bolitho throws a shot to the body.
Bolitho throws a right hand that misses
and Barretto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bolitho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barretto counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bolitho's knee momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bolitho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barretto avoids the body shot from Bolitho.
Bolitho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bolitho has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bolitho wants to clinch up but Barretto keeps it at a distance.
Bolitho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barretto counters with an inside leg kick.
Bolitho tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barretto counters with a nice uppercut.
Roque Barretto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bolitho throws an off balance right hand
and Barretto counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolitho avoids the head kick by Barretto.
Nice jab there from Barretto.
Bolitho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bolitho scores with a punch to the head.
Bolitho throws a poor cross that misses
and Barretto counters with a body kick.
Bolitho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barretto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bolitho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barretto counters with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Barretto.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roque Barretto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barretto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Roque Barretto!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Roque Barretto!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Roque Barretto!

Roque Barretto wins by unanimous decision!
Roque Barretto retains his welterweight title!