PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isiah Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbosa has chosen Enough-Disturbed as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Nguyen
vs
Barbosa

184 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

183 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isiah Nguyen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barbosa as he avoids it easily.

Barbosa pushes Nguyen up against the cage in a clinch.
Nguyen blocks an elbow strike from Barbosa.
Nguyen blocks an elbow strike from Barbosa.
Nguyen stalling in the clinch but Barbosa improves position.
Nguyen tries to pull guard but Barbosa won't allow it.
Barbosa lands an elbow inside that Nguyen shrugs off.

It looks like Isiah Nguyen has been cut.
Barbosa throws an elbow that misses.
Barbosa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nguyen avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbosa.
Nguyen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barbosa pushes off an throws an elbow but Nguyen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa missing with knees to the body.
Nguyen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nguyen takes an elbow to the temple.

Isiah Nguyen's cut is getting worse.
Nguyen is trying to pull guard but Barbosa turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isiah Nguyen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barbosa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbosa looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nguyen's defenses.
Nguyen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barbosa misses with an elbow strike.
Barbosa lands an elbow inside that Nguyen shrugs off.

Isiah Nguyen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Barbosa lands a damaging elbow.

Nguyen is rocked!
Nguyen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barbosa is keeping busy.
Oh Nguyen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barbosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Isiah Nguyen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Barbosa lands an elbow that stopped Nguyen in his tracks for a moment.
Clinched against the cage, Barbosa lands a big elbow that drops Nguyen! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Nguyen is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Barbosa!