PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ze Minotauro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chester Barcelona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minotauro comes to the cage accompanied by Buckethead - jump man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Minotauro
vs
Barcelona

185 cm
49
253 lbs
46 - 36 - 1

195 cm
26
230 lbs
13 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 46 - 36 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ze Minotauro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chester Barcelona!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Minotauro clinches up against the cage.
Minotauro prevents Barcelona from breaking the clinch.
Minotauro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barcelona backwards.
Barcelona is trying to push Minotauro away but Minotauro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Barcelona tries to score a body lock takedown but Minotauro shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Barcelona pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Minotauro misses with a head kick.
Barcelona shoots in for a double leg but Minotauro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Minotauro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Barcelona gets the takedown into side control.
Minotauro manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Barcelona actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Minotauro there.
Minotauro slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcelona is looking to control Minotauro's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barcelona avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minotauro content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barcelona makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Barcelona.
Barcelona wants to hit a switch here but Minotauro passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Barcelona there!
Barcelona really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Minotauro controlling from the full mount.
Minotauro cracks Barcelona with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Minotauro lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minotauro controlling his opponent.
Barcelona is squirming around, avoiding Minotauro's attempts to control the action.
Minotauro landing punches.
Minotauro controlling the position easily from mount.
Barcelona is squirming around, avoiding Minotauro's attempts to control the action.
Minotauro avoids the attempt from Barcelona to control.
Minotauro landing strikes from the mount and Barcelona is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minotauro tries to control but Barcelona wriggling away.
Barcelona in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Barcelona is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Minotauro looking to control but Barcelona is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Minotauro controlling the pace for now.
Minotauro unloading with bombs!
Minotauro lands a nice shot to the head.
Minotauro looking to control and managing it successfully.
Minotauro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ze Minotauro 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.

Barcelona looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Minotauro is fending him off so far but Barcelona persists. Nope, Minotauro circles away and we're back to standing.
Barcelona fails with the takedown.
Chester Barcelona is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barcelona shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Minotauro sprawls well. Minotauro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barcelona gets slowly back to his feet.
Ze Minotauro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chester Barcelona.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Minotauro.

Barcelona closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Minotauro can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minotauro regains half guard, as Barcelona was trying to land strikes.
Minotauro moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcelona preventing the sweep.
Barcelona stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Minotauro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Minotauro keeping moving, preventing Barcelona from controlling successfully.
Minotauro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Minotauro has control of Barcelona's left arm, preventing Barcelona from doing any damage.
Barcelona must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Minotauro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Minotauro working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Barcelona stopping the sweep attempt from Minotauro.
Barcelona throws a big elbow that misses.
Minotauro pulls Barcelona in to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Minotauro slaps away a takedown attempt from Barcelona, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chester Barcelona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barcelona fails to land the takedown.
As Barcelona backs away, Minotauro returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Barcelona will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barcelona is trying hard to land a takedown here. Minotauro sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Barcelona pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Minotauro tried to counter with a leg kick but Barcelona avoided it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcelona shoots in but Minotauro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Minotauro connects with a crisp jab.
Barcelona fails with a takedown attempt.
Minotauro lands a head shot.
Minotauro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barcelona can do to turn this around?
Minotauro throws a shot to the body.
OH! Barcelona has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Minotauro smells blood and charges in for the finish! Minotauro unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Barcelona sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ze Minotauro!
An out of breath Ze Minotauro thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.