PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kirk St Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Lazarus comes to the cage accompanied by No Worries. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Lazarus
vs
Barbosa

169 cm
36
167 lbs
39 - 24 - 2

177 cm
31
160 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Lion Fightwear

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 39 - 24 - 2, fighting out of London, Kirk St Lazarus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Lazarus lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
St Lazarus takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
St Lazarus staying out of range there.
St Lazarus motions for Barbosa to come forward. St Lazarus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Barbosa misses.
St Lazarus moves out of range of the leg kick from Barbosa.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barbosa checks a leg kick.
Barbosa looks to throw the jab but St Lazarus is out of range.
St Lazarus avoids a kick to the body.
St Lazarus feinted there with a counter leg kick.
St Lazarus throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Lazarus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from St Lazarus.
A head kick misses from Barbosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa swings away with a body shot that misses

so St Lazarus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
St Lazarus chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Barbosa has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. St Lazarus is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Barbosa.
St Lazarus scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Barbosa to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa is looking to regain half guard here but St Lazarus keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barbosa sneaks back into half guard.

Barbosa looking for submissions off his back.
Barbosa trying to get back to full guard but St Lazarus takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Barbosa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
St Lazarus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barbosa?
St Lazarus is landing with some decent strikes but Barbosa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Barbosa is looking to escape.
Barbosa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barbosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barbosa is working to get back to half guard.
St Lazarus cracks Barbosa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa tries to reverse the position but St Lazarus maintains control.
St Lazarus lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa is working to get back to half guard.
Barbosa slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Barbosa looking for submissions off his back.
St Lazarus prevents Barbosa from improving his position.
St Lazarus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

St Lazarus is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barbosa has a hand on St Lazarus's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. St Lazarus takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to reverse the position but St Lazarus maintains control.
St Lazarus tries to control but Barbosa wriggling away.
St Lazarus raining down shots from the mount!
Barbosa regains half guard.
St Lazarus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

St Lazarus is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Barbosa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time St Lazarus.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. St Lazarus lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirk St Lazarus 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.

Barbosa needs to keep his hands up - St Lazarus had a free shot at his head there.
Barbosa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa throws the left hand but St Lazarus avoids the punch easily.
St Lazarus misses with an uppercut.
St Lazarus misses with a hook to the body
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
St Lazarus takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
St Lazarus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
St Lazarus tries a head kick but it misses.
St Lazarus tried to score with a low kick but Barbosa checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Barbosa digs a good hook to St Lazarus's body.
A leg kick checked by Barbosa.
St Lazarus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Lazarus on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to clinch but St Lazarus moves out of range.
As Barbosa backs away, St Lazarus returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Barbosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Alfredo Barbosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - St Lazarus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
St Lazarus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
A solid leg kick lands there for St Lazarus.
Alfredo Barbosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Lazarus connects with a body shot that sends Barbosa's belly button to the back.
Barbosa connects with a nice looking jab.
St Lazarus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
St Lazarus connects with a leg kick. Barbosa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
St Lazarus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St Lazarus looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but St Lazarus avoids it with no problem.
St Lazarus misses with a hook.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barbosa cracks St Lazarus with an open hand slap.
St Lazarus blocks a leg kick.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Lazarus scores with a nice head shot.
St Lazarus throws an off balance right hand
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa lands a nice hook to St Lazarus's body. St Lazarus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
St Lazarus misses with a wild body shot.
St Lazarus lands a slapping body shot.
Barbosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good leg kick by St Lazarus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barbosa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big left from St Lazarus misses.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from St Lazarus.
Barbosa scores with a jab.
Barbosa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus blocks a leg kick.
Barbosa blocks the body kick.
St Lazarus catches Barbosa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Barbosa clinches with his opponent.
St Lazarus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus blocking some punches.
Barbosa looking to stall.
St Lazarus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
Barbosa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Lazarus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St Lazarus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Barbosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St Lazarus lands a nice shot to the body.
Barbosa tries to work over St Lazarus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa tries to work over St Lazarus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus lands with a short shot to the head.
Barbosa lands a body shot.
A short right from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
St Lazarus can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
St Lazarus misses with some punches.
Barbosa working aggressively here.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
St Lazarus misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Lazarus blocking some punches.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

St Lazarus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kirk St Lazarus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts St Lazarus, as that shot connected.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa throws a leg kick
and St Lazarus counters with a nice leg kick.
St Lazarus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kirk St Lazarus will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Barbosa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barbosa.
St Lazarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Lazarus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barbosa, right into the meat.
St Lazarus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St Lazarus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
St Lazarus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws the kick towards the body but St Lazarus avoids it.
St Lazarus throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
St Lazarus connects with a leg kick. Barbosa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barbosa, right into the meat.
St Lazarus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from St Lazarus.
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from St Lazarus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus lands a jab to the nose.
Barbosa scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barbosa duly obliges.
Barbosa tries to clinch but St Lazarus is having none of it.
St Lazarus is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barbosa lands a jab to the nose.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St Lazarus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barbosa, as that shot connected.
Barbosa throws a low kick but it's checked well by St Lazarus.
Barbosa looks to land a right hand but St Lazarus moved out of range.
Barbosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St Lazarus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barbosa.
St Lazarus looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
St Lazarus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barbosa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus throws a lazy right hand but Barbosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Lazarus throws a body shot but no joy.
St Lazarus looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Kirk St Lazarus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barbosa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
St Lazarus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barbosa.
St Lazarus ducks right into an uppercut from Barbosa.
St Lazarus is looking to chop away at Barbosa's legs.
St Lazarus lands a body shot.
Barbosa throws a hook but St Lazarus blocks it.
St Lazarus throws a body shot but no joy.
St Lazarus is looking to slow Barbosa down with leg kicks.
St Lazarus misses with a head kick.
St Lazarus throws a low kick but Barbosa avoids it.
Barbosa throws a right hand that St Lazarus ducks under and follows up with a left that St Lazarus also avoids with ease.
Barbosa connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from St Lazarus.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
St Lazarus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
An inside leg kick lands from Barbosa.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but St Lazarus ducks down to avoid it.
St Lazarus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barbosa. That did some damage!
St Lazarus throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
St Lazarus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barbosa moves away from the strike by St Lazarus.
St Lazarus misses with a looping left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St Lazarus, right into the meat.
St Lazarus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
St Lazarus missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Barbosa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
St Lazarus lands a nice hook to Barbosa's body. Barbosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Alfredo Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus throws a sloppy head kick and Barbosa moves out of range easily.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from St Lazarus.
Barbosa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Lazarus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
St Lazarus throws a sloppy head kick and Barbosa moves out of range easily.
St Lazarus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbosa.
St Lazarus feinted there with a counter leg kick.
St Lazarus looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
St Lazarus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa throws a jab when St Lazarus was well out of range.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus misses with a jab to the body
and Barbosa counters with a good low kick that St Lazarus was not able to check.
Barbosa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barbosa tries to move into range but St Lazarus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Barbosa tries to clinch up.
St Lazarus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
St Lazarus scores with a one two! Barbosa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kirk St Lazarus.
Well St Lazarus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kirk St Lazarus!
A very excited looking Kirk St Lazarus made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.