PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dave Barrerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Bordoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bordoy has chosen beats on a string as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barrerra
vs
Bordoy

178 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 Los Angeles, Dave Barrerra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Bordoy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bordoy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Barrerra misses with a few strikes there.
Bordoy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bordoy throws a hook to the side of Barrerra's head but Barrerra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bordoy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barrerra pinned against the cage. Barrerra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bordoy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bordoy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dave Barrerra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Bordoy.
Bordoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Barrerra circles away.
Bordoy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barrerra shoots for a takedown but Bordoy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Bordoy gets caught flat footed, as Barrerra shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Barrerra has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bordoy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Bordoy working for a triangle but Barrerra defends it easily.
Bordoy looks gassed!
Barrerra trying to control but Bordoy is working from the bottom.
Barrerra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barrerra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bordoy on the ground.
Barrerra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bordoy keeping moving, preventing Barrerra from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bordoy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Barrerra trying to control but Bordoy is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Barrerra shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bordoy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barrerra looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bordoy is looking to improve his position but Barrerra isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bordoy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barrerra lands a nice shot to the head.
Barrerra landing strikes from the mount and Bordoy is in trouble!
Barrerra lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bordoy hang on?
Barrerra landing strikes from the mount and Bordoy is in trouble!
Barrerra punishing his opponent with strikes.
Barrerra has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bordoy's face.
Barrerra prevents Bordoy from getting the reversal.
Barrerra lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bordoy taking shots to the head.
Barrerra lands with some strikes.
Barrerra controlling from the full mount.
Bordoy tries to lock up and control but Barrerra gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barrerra cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bordoy is working to get back to half guard.
Barrerra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Barrerra 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.

Bordoy dodges the punch combination from Barrerra.
Bordoy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barrerra closes the distance and clinches up with Bordoy, looking for a takedown. Barrerra pushes Bordoy against the cage but Bordoy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Barrerra shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bordoy pinned against the cage. Bordoy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bordoy doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Barrerra counters with a shoot takedown. Bordoy fights it but they end up in guard.
Bordoy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bordoy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrerra is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barrerra really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barrerra is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Barrerra is in a horrible position here. Bordoy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bordoy wants to control the pace but Barrerra is squirming around nicely.
Barrerra is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bordoy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Barrerra is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bordoy avoids the attempt from Barrerra to control.
Barrerra is desperately trying to improve his position but Bordoy has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrerra is squirming around, avoiding Bordoy's attempts to control the action.
Barrerra gets back to half guard.
Barrerra is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Bordoy stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bordoy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barrerra as he jumps to the side.
Bordoy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Barrerra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barrerra tries for a takedown but Bordoy circles away easily

and Bordoy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bordoy decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Barrerra has his takedown stuffed
and Bordoy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Barrerra's knee momentarily.
Bordoy with a lazy takedown attempt

and Barrerra counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bordoy!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Barrerra punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bordoy is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bordoy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bordoy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Barrerra dominated that second round.
That's time! Barrerra's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bordoy gets a clinch.

Barrerra is trying to trip Bordoy. He has hold of a leg but Bordoy is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Barrerra persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Barrerra trying to control the position from guard on top but Bordoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barrerra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barrerra prevents Bordoy from getting back to his feet.
Bordoy keeping moving, preventing Barrerra from controlling successfully.
Bordoy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bordoy prevents Barrerra from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bordoy tries to control but Barrerra wriggling away.
Dave Barrerra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barrerra is working to get back to half guard.
Barrerra is working hard here to advance position.
Bordoy tries to control but Barrerra wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barrerra keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bordoy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bordoy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Barrerra can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bordoy avoids the attempt from Barrerra to control.
Barrerra is squirming around, avoiding Bordoy's attempts to control the action.
Barrerra tries to lock up and control but Bordoy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrerra is trying to reverse the position but instead Bordoy has taken his back - oops!
Barrerra rolls, trying to escape but Bordoy keeps control of the position.
I would not like to be Barrerra right now.

Bordoy is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Barrerra is defending well though. Bordoy let's go of the attempt for now.
Bordoy punches the canvas rather than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bordoy keeps control of the position as Barrerra tries to break free.
Even with his hooks in, Bordoy manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Barrerra trying to control but not successfully.
Bordoy wants to control but Barrerra is keeping busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barrerra holding on to Bordoy's left wrist, preventing the choke.
David Bordoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barrerra can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Bordoy.
I think Barrerra has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Barrerra!