PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Barboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Castro
vs
Barboza

188 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Castro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barboza lands a head shot.
Barboza misses with a few strikes there.
Juan Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro misses with a combination
and Barboza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barboza counters with a series of strikes. Castro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Castro misses with a double jab
and Barboza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body punch from Barboza.
Barboza scores with a nice head shot.
Barboza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Barboza tests Castro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
Barboza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Castro circles away quickly and effectively.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Barboza.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barboza circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barboza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castro at a distance.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Barboza.
Castro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barboza counters with a one-two to the body.
Barboza cracks Castro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Castro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Barboza counter with a right hand.
Barboza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barboza circles away quickly and effectively.
Barboza throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barboza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Castro tries to bum rush Barboza with a series of wild strikes but Barboza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barboza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Castro eats them both and turns towards Barboza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
No joy there for Barboza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barboza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barboza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Barboza scores with a four punch combination!
Barboza jabs Castro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Barboza to counter with a crisp jab.
Castro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Barboza counter with a right hand.

Castro is rocked!
Barboza swinging wildly here.
Oh Castro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barboza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barboza misses with a hook.
Castro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Barboza does no damage.
Castro looks to land a combination but Barboza avoids it well.
Castro is breathing heavily.
Barboza throws a nice looking combination but Castro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barboza might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Barboza misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Barboza.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barboza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barboza.
Barboza throws a right hand that Castro ducks under and follows up with a left that Castro also avoids with ease.
Barboza throws a lazy right hand but Castro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barboza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barboza is working the combinations to good effect here.
Castro throws a series of punches but Barboza avoids them all with ease.
Barboza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro tries to bum rush Barboza with a series of wild strikes but Barboza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Castro.
Sloppy strikes from Barboza. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Barboza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Barboza throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Castro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barboza throws out the jab.
A combination from Castro does no damage.
Barboza fails to land with a series of punches.
Barboza throws a nice looking combination but Castro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barboza throws a looping overhand right but Castro ducks down to avoid it.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
Barboza tries to bum rush Castro with a series of wild strikes but Castro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.
Barboza looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
Barboza slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Barboza looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
Barboza misses with an uppercut.
Castro dodges the punch combination from Barboza.
Sloppy strikes from Barboza. Those never looked like landing.
Barboza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barboza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barboza looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
Castro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barboza.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from Barboza misses its intended target.
Castro dodges the punch combination from Barboza.
Castro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
Barboza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Castro had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barboza misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Barboza.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barboza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Barboza.
Barboza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barboza throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely.
Castro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barboza looks to throw the jab but Castro is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza misses with a double jab.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Barboza.
Castro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barboza.
Barboza throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Barboza misses with a two punch combination.
Barboza dodges the punch combination from Castro.
Castro dodges the punch combination from Barboza.
Castro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barboza.
A combination from Castro does no damage.
Barboza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Barboza does no damage.
Barboza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barboza swinging wildly here.
Barboza misses with the combination.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Barboza.
Barboza tries to bum rush Castro with a series of wild strikes but Castro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Barboza.
Barboza looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
Barboza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castro.
Barboza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Castro looks to land a combination but Barboza avoids it well.
Barboza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barboza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barboza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barboza throws a right hand that Castro ducks under and follows up with a left that Castro also avoids with ease.
Barboza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barboza looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
Barboza misses with a two punch combination.
Barboza missing with a left hand there. Castro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Castro does no damage.
Barboza misses with a double jab.
Barboza swinging wildly here.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barboza circles away quickly and effectively.
Barboza misses with a double jab.
Barboza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barboza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
Barboza throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Barboza throws a hook but Castro avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Barboza dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Barboza misses.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barboza counters with a two punch combo.
Castro misses with a combination
and Barboza counters with a stiff right hand.
Barboza moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barboza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Barboza swinging wildly here.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Castro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Castro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barboza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Barboza counters with a series of strikes. Castro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Castro throws a combination that misses
and Barboza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barboza throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
Barboza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
No joy there for Barboza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castro throws a series of punches but Barboza avoids them all with ease.
Barboza cracks Castro with a right hand to the side of the head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Castro might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Barboza connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Castro tumbling to the canvas! Barboza pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Castro was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Junior Barboza!