PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thi MKai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbosa has chosen Kick In the Door as his entrance music. Thi MKai has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

MKai
vs
Barbosa

179 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thi MKai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hector Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MKai wants to slow Barbosa down by chopping away at his legs.

MKai drives through and clinches with Barbosa against the cage.
MKai lands an elbow that stopped Barbosa in his tracks for a moment.
Barbosa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MKai is defending well for now.
MKai misses with an elbow over the top.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MKai avoids it.
MKai lands with a right to the head.
MKai working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
MKai managing to block the knees to the body from Barbosa.

MKai manages to break the clinch.
Barbosa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

MKai instigates a clinch.
MKai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MKai definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
MKai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
MKai tries to land knees in the clinch but Barbosa avoids the damage to the body.
A short body shot lands from MKai as the two fighters clinch.
MKai working aggressively here.
Barbosa tries to stall but MKai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barbosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
MKai avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
MKai managing to block the knees to the body from Barbosa.
Barbosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MKai.
MKai dodges an elbow strike from Barbosa.
Barbosa missing with knees to the body.
Barbosa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MKai is defending well for now.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
MKai lands an elbow inside.
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
MKai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbosa avoids it.
Barbosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards MKai's brow.
MKai lands a left hand.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of MKai backwards.
Barbosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by MKai.
A short right from MKai on the inside.
MKai is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Barbosa blocks the elbow strike.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MKai avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barbosa.
MKai trying to land knees to the body.
MKai lands an elbow inside that Barbosa shrugs off.
MKai pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barbosa pushes MKai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Barbosa tries to land knees in the clinch but MKai avoids the damage to the body.
Barbosa pushes off an throws an elbow but MKai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
MKai blocks the elbow strike.
Barbosa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MKai is defending well for now.
Barbosa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has MKai in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barbosa managing to block the knees to the body from MKai.
Barbosa lands an elbow just above MKai 's eye.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from MKai.
MKai blocks an elbow strike from Barbosa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike.
MKai takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barbosa trying to land knees to the body.
MKai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
MKai is trying to break the clinch but Barbosa is controlling him.
MKai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa looking to throw knees to the head but MKai is blocking nicely.
Barbosa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. MKai is defending well for now.
MKai managing to block the knees to the body from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a short shot to the head.
MKai avoids the elbow strike from Barbosa, against the cage.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MKai avoids it.
MKai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barbosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MKai lands an elbow inside.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but MKai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MKai takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MKai misses with a hook to the ribs.
MKai avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbosa.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barbosa throws an elbow but misses.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but MKai avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
MKai lands an elbow that stopped Barbosa in his tracks for a moment.
Barbosa takes an elbow to the temple.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MKai avoids it.
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by MKai.
MKai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa tries to land knees in the clinch but MKai avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MKai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but MKai blocks it with crossed arms.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of MKai backwards.
Barbosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
MKai looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Barbosa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

MKai clinches up with Barbosa and pushes him back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hector Barbosa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
MKai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa avoiding damage as MKai throws knees to the body.
Barbosa misses with some punches.

MKai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbosa digs a good hook to MKai's body.
Barbosa misses with a body shot.
Barbosa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

MKai takes the fight into the clinch.
MKai struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
MKai avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards MKai's brow.
Barbosa avoids a wild elbow strike from MKai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MKai has Barbosa pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Barbosa missing with knees to the body.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as MKai controls the action.
Barbosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barbosa trying to land knees to the body.
Barbosa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barbosa missing with knees to the body.
MKai is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barbosa is keeping busy.
Barbosa lands a knee to the body.
MKai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barbosa is defending well for now.
Barbosa lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barbosa obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MKai tries to land a knee to the head but Barbosa blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MKai managing to block the knees to the body from Barbosa.
Barbosa managing to block the knees to the body from MKai.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barbosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
MKai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa scores with a shoulder strike.
Barbosa throws an elbow but it misses.
Barbosa trying to land knees to the body.
Barbosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of MKai backwards.
MKai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbosa lands an elbow inside.
MKai avoids the elbow strike from Barbosa, against the cage.
MKai effectively controlling the action here.
Barbosa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
MKai stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MKai has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
MKai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
MKai is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
MKai misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
MKai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barbosa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
MKai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barbosa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through MKai's defenses.
Barbosa tries to land knees in the clinch but MKai avoids the damage to the body.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MKai avoids it.
MKai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on MKai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
MKai looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MKai avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
MKai dodges an elbow strike from Barbosa.
Still in the clinch, MKai scores with a nice short uppercut.
MKai struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
MKai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbosa avoids it.
MKai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barbosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barbosa managing to block the knees to the body from MKai.
Barbosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MKai.
MKai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
MKai takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Thi MKai has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Barbosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
MKai avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
MKai misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Barbosa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thi MKai'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. This is the final round!

Barbosa darts in and clinches MKai up against the cage.
Barbosa with a knee to the head.
MKai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barbosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MKai.
Barbosa is trying to stall.
Barbosa blocks the elbow strike.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the head but MKai blocks with his arms.
Barbosa wants to stall.
MKai letting Barbosa take a breather here.
MKai takes an elbow to the temple.
MKai lands a shot to the body.
Barbosa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
MKai tries to stall but Barbosa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
MKai lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barbosa prevents a body shot from MKai.
MKai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
MKai avoiding damage as Barbosa throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards MKai's brow.
MKai will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barbosa up against the cage.
MKai dodges an elbow strike from Barbosa.
MKai throws an elbow but it misses.
Barbosa missing with knees to the body.
MKai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
MKai trying to land knees to the body.
MKai blocks the elbow strike.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MKai avoids it.
MKai managing to block the knees to the body from Barbosa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barbosa obliges.
Barbosa lands a body punch.
MKai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbosa.
MKai blocks the elbow strike.
Barbosa lands a nice elbow.
MKai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbosa.
MKai blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbosa looking to slow down the pace here.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa is trying to maintain a safe position but MKai gets an underhook and turns Barbosa into the cage.
Nice elbow from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from MKai.
Barbosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MKai avoids it.
Barbosa missing with knees to the body.
MKai throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa throws a knee to the head but misses.
MKai trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on MKai's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but MKai avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa lands a knee to the body.
MKai tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa avoids the elbow strike from MKai, against the cage.
MKai's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
MKai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbosa avoids it.
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barbosa displaying some good clinch control by pressing MKai up against the cage.
Barbosa throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MKai tries to land a knee to the head but Barbosa blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MKai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands an elbow that stopped MKai in his tracks for a moment.
MKai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
MKai stalls.
Barbosa trying to land knees to the body.
MKai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hector Barbosa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Barbosa lands an elbow just above MKai 's eye.
Barbosa tries to land knees in the clinch but MKai avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barbosa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbosa avoids a wild elbow strike from MKai.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Barbosa managing to block the knees to the body from MKai.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Barbosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barbosa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Barbosa!
Hector Barbosa was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.