PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dannioloz Barett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marion Cobretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Marion Cobretti was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Barett
vs
Cobretti

176 cm
26
146 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

176 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dannioloz Barett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marion Cobretti!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Cobretti misses.
No joy there for Barett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barett. Cobretti does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cobretti. Barett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barett throws a body punch but Cobretti moves out of range.
Cobretti misses with a looping right.
Barett moves out of range of the strikes.
Barett looks to throw the jab but Cobretti is out of range.
Cobretti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cobretti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barett tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Cobretti counter with a right hand.
Barett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cobretti thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Barett misses the target.
Barett needs to keep his hands up - Cobretti had a free shot at his head there.
Cobretti ducks right into an uppercut from Barett.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobretti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barett.
Cobretti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barett momentarily.
Cobretti throws a low kick but Barett moves out of range easily.
A big right from Barett misses.
Cobretti looks to throw the jab but Barett is out of range.
Cobretti throws a jab when Barett was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cobretti misses with a looping left.
Cobretti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barett moves away.
Barett looks to land a left hand but Cobretti moved out of range nicely.
Cobretti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barett shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cobretti eats them both and turns towards Barett to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cobretti digs a good body shot into Barett's ribs.
Cobretti jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobretti was well out of range. Poor timing from Barett.
Barett misses with a straight left.
Cobretti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Barett's calf.
Barett tries to clinch but Cobretti moves out of range.
Barett misses with a looping right.
Cobretti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cobretti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barett throws out the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobretti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cobretti misses with a wild body shot.
Barett lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barett takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice defenses there by Cobretti.
Barett tries to clinch
enabling Cobretti to counter with a crisp jab.
Barett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barett misses with a hook
and Cobretti counters with a thumping low kick.
Barett takes a swing at Cobretti's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Barett misses.
Cobretti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Barett blocks a leg kick.
Cobretti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cobretti throws out a powerful jab.
Cobretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Barett.
Barett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cobretti cracks a nice hook into Barett's ribs.
Barett connects with a body shot that sends Cobretti's belly button to the back.
Barett moves in looking to clinch but Cobretti pushes him off.
A shot to the liver by Cobretti. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cobretti.
Barett is looking to clinch.
Cobretti lands with a nice body punch.
Barett tries to clinch but Cobretti moves away
and Cobretti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Barett thinking.
Barett wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Barett is breathing heavily.
Barett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cobretti moves away.
Barett staying out of range there.
Cobretti motions for Barett to come forward. Cobretti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Barett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barett blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Barett misses the target.
Barett swings for the body but Cobretti moves out of range.
Cobretti misses with a body shot.
A jab from Cobretti misses.
A jab lands there for Cobretti.
Barett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barett moves to clinch but Cobretti breaks away
and Cobretti counters with a good, hard body kick but Barett shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barett misses with a body shot
and Cobretti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cobretti circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cobretti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobretti scores with the left hand. Barett knows he should have avoided that one.
Cobretti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barett is able to avoid easily.
Cobretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Barett.
Cobretti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Barett misses.
Cobretti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barett moves away.
Cobretti misses with a hook. Barett ducked under it nicely.
Barett tries to close the distance and clinch but Cobretti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cobretti tries a low kick but Barett avoids it.
Cobretti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barett had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobretti clobbers Barett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cobretti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cobretti finds it's way round the side to connect with Barett's head.

Barett is rocked!
Cobretti missing with a left hand there. Barett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marion Cobretti dominated that round.
That's time! Barett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cobretti works Barett's body with a nice hook.
Cobretti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barett throws out the jab.
Marion Cobretti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barett throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobretti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Barett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cobretti connects with a leg kick. Barett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barett seems to have got his legs back now.
Cobretti gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barett looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barett ducks under a wild hook from Cobretti.
Barett misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cobretti.
Barett checks a leg kick.
Barett throws a jab when Cobretti was well out of range.
Cobretti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cobretti slips a jab from Barett.
Dannioloz Barett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cobretti moves out of range of the strikes.
Cobretti slips a straight right by Barett.
Barett darts in trying to clinch
and Cobretti counters with a good low kick that Barett was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobretti lands a head shot.
Cobretti swats away the attempt to clinch by Barett.
Cobretti cracks Barett with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Barett falls to his knees and Cobretti doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marion Cobretti!
After the fight, Marion Cobretti was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.