PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pico De Pato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Barbery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Pato
vs
Barbery

180 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pico De Pato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zach Barbery!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbery slips a straight right by De Pato.
De Pato throws a lazy uppercut
and Barbery counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - De Pato scores with a four punch combination!
Barbery is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Pato.
Barbery throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Pato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barbery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Pato avoids the body shot from Barbery.
De Pato ducks under a wild hook from Barbery.
Barbery jabs at De Pato's body.
Barbery swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Pato.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbery lands a nice shot to the body.
De Pato works the jab nicely.
Barbery steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Pato.
De Pato looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barbery thows a body shot but no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Pato, as that shot connected.
De Pato tries to bum rush Barbery with a series of wild strikes but Barbery uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barbery dips to his left and cracks De Pato with an uppercut!
Nice shot lands for De Pato.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbery scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Pato in his tracks.
De Pato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Pato blocks a jab.
Barbery misses the shot to the body.
Barbery lands a nice hook to De Pato's body. De Pato takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left lands for De Pato.
De Pato misses with a few strikes there.
Good standup being displayed there by Barbery as he connects with a hook.
Barbery slips a straight right by De Pato.
Barbery walks into a left hand.
De Pato thuds his right hand into Barbery's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barbery has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Pato finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbery's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from De Pato finds it's way through Barbery's defenses.
A big left from De Pato misses.
Barbery scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good standup being displayed there by Barbery as he connects with a hook.
Barbery lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Pato on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Pato slips under a jab.
Barbery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Pato manages to avoid it.
De Pato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbery cracks De Pato with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
De Pato swinging wildly here.
Barbery misses the body punch
enabling De Pato to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbery looks to land a combination but De Pato avoids it well.
De Pato throws a series of punches but Barbery avoids them all with ease.
Barbery lands a nice looking body shot.
Barbery lands a right hook to the body.
Barbery throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Pato throws a nice looking combination but Barbery bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Pato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbery.
De Pato walks into a jab.
Barbery throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbery works over De Pato's head and body with a nice combination.
De Pato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barbery counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barbery swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Pato throws a series of punches but Barbery avoids them all with ease.
De Pato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barbery swings for the body but De Pato moves out of range.
Barbery throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Pato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Pato takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barbery tests De Pato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barbery dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Pato was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbery.
De Pato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barbery lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from De Pato misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbery looks to score with a jab to the body but De Pato is just out of range.
We've been informed that Barbery has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Barbery looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Pato misses with the combination.
Nice defenses there by De Pato.
De Pato slips under a jab.
Barbery just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbery lands a nice looking body shot.
Barbery thows a body shot but no joy.
Barbery on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barbery ducks under a wild hook from De Pato.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Pato scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbery should have avoided that one.
Barbery lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Barbery misses
and De Pato counters with a stiff right hand.
De Pato's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barbery under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Barbery 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.

Barbery blocks a jab.
De Pato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barbery lands with a straight right. De Pato didn't see that one coming.
Barbery scores with a punch to the head.
De Pato connects with a crisp jab.
Barbery misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot by Barbery.
De Pato's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barbery connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Pato scrambles back to his feet.
De Pato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbery. De Pato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barbery misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbery connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barbery thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Pato ducks under a wild hook from Barbery.
De Pato slips a straight right by Barbery.
A jab lands there for Barbery.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbery. De Pato does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Pato moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbery moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbery defending well as De Pato loads up on a big left hand.
Barbery fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De Pato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbery throws a looping overhand right but De Pato ducks down to avoid it.
Barbery avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbery misses with a hook. De Pato ducked under it nicely.
Barbery throws a jab when De Pato was well out of range.
Barbery takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Pato throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barbery counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barbery uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Pato.
Nice cross by De Pato.
De Pato throws a series of punches but Barbery moves out of range.
Barbery cracks a nice hook into De Pato's ribs.
Zach Barbery seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Pato needs to keep his hands up - Barbery had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbery takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barbery looks to score with a jab to the body but De Pato is just out of range.
Barbery slips a straight right by De Pato.
De Pato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Pato ducks right into an uppercut from Barbery.
De Pato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbery.
De Pato misses with a looping right.
Barbery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Pato uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barbery has time to react.
Nice defenses there by Barbery.
De Pato misses with a series of wild punches.
Barbery slips under a jab from De Pato.
Barbery misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Pato misses with a right hand
and Barbery makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barbery ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbery blocks a jab.
Barbery slips under a jab from De Pato.
Barbery misses with an uppercut. De Pato saw that one coming.
De Pato swings for the body but Barbery moves out of range.
Barbery moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Pato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barbery takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Pato throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pico De Pato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbery thows a body shot but no joy.
Barbery throws an overhand right that lands on De Pato's shoulder, as De Pato tries to avoid the shot.
Barbery lands with a shot to the body.
De Pato scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbery should have avoided that one.
Barbery throws a hook to the side of De Pato's head but De Pato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbery looks to land a combination but De Pato avoids it well.
Barbery swings and misses with a hook 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!
A nice combination there by Barbery.
De Pato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbery takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barbery throws a body punch but De Pato moves out of range.
De Pato lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Danga de danga de dang - Barbery scores with a four punch combination!
De Pato misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for De Pato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbery uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbery scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Pato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbery fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Pato looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Barbery showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Barbery fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barbery scores with a nice head shot.
Barbery doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barbery defending well as De Pato loads up on a big left hand.
De Pato misses with a hook
and Barbery counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barbery misses with a body punch
and De Pato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from De Pato misses its intended target.
De Pato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from De Pato misses.
Barbery lands a right hook to the body.
Barbery getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barbery misses with a hook.
De Pato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barbery throws a body punch but De Pato moves out of range.
Barbery misses the body punch
and De Pato counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Pato moves out of range as Barbery strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from De Pato.
Barbery throws a body punch but De Pato moves out of range.
Barbery lands a lovely overhand right.
Decent striking displayed by De Pato there.
De Pato is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
De Pato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Pato takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
De Pato dodges the punch combination from Barbery.
Barbery misses the jab.
Barbery throws a nice looking combination but De Pato bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barbery clobbers De Pato with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Pato connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barbery's hands.
De Pato takes one to the side of the head.
De Pato defending well as Barbery loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - De Pato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Pato with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Barbery.
De Pato looks to land a right hand but Barbery moved out of range.
De Pato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Pato lands a glancing blow to the side of Barbery's head.
Barbery thows a body shot but no joy.
De Pato fails to land with a series of punches.
Barbery is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barbery thows a body shot but no joy.
Barbery swinging wildly here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Barbery.
De Pato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbery takes a swing at De Pato's ribcage but misses.
Barbery is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barbery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Pato was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbery.
Barbery lands a nice shot that snaps De Pato's head back.
Barbery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Pato manages to avoid it.
De Pato lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barbery rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Pato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pico De Pato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barbery lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barbery throws a shot to the body.
Barbery moves away from the strike by De Pato.
Barbery scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Pato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Pato lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Barbery is rocked!
Barbery swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Pato scores with a counter punch that sends Barbery to the canvas! De Pato smells blood - he's punishing Barbery with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Barbery has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pico De Pato!