PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Palentine (ranked 2989 p4p, 284 weight class) and Sala Barbo (ranked 1868 p4p, 190 weight class). Barbo has chosen Nissim as his entrance music. Bobby Palentine had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Palentine
vs
Barbo

175 cm
23
162 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

172 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

House of Valor

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby Palentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Sala Barbo!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Palentine ducks under a wild hook from Barbo.
Barbo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Palentine counters with a nice uppercut.
Palentine lands a lovely overhand right.
Barbo lands with a right hand.
Barbo throws the left hand but Palentine avoids the punch easily.
Barbo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Palentine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palentine tries to clinch but Barbo is having none of it.
Barbo swats away the attempt to clinch by Palentine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palentine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Barbo misses with a looping right.
Palentine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbo misses the jab.
Barbo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Palentine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barbo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palentine takes a swing at Barbo's ribcage but misses.
Barbo moves out of range as Palentine strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palentine misses with an uppercut. Barbo saw that one coming.
Barbo throws a hook to the side of Palentine's head but Palentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Palentine misses with a hook.
Barbo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Palentine blocks a jab.
Palentine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barbo throws a head kick that misses.
Barbo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Barbo throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Palentine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barbo. Barbo obviously looking to wear him down.
Palentine misses with a looping right.
Barbo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbo slips a straight right by Palentine.
Barbo counters with a body kick.
Palentine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Palentine tries to land a body kick
and Barbo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palentine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Palentine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Barbo to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Palentine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barbo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Palentine at a distance.
Palentine shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barbo eats them both and turns towards Palentine to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Palentine throws a combination that misses
and Barbo counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palentine.
A swing and a miss from Barbo.
Palentine swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Palentine checks the leg kick.
Barbo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Barbo throws an overhand right that lands on Palentine's shoulder, as Palentine tries to avoid the shot.
Barbo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbo slips a jab from Palentine.
Palentine thows a leg kick but Barbo checks it
and Barbo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbo lands a jab to the nose.
Barbo misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sala Barbo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Palentine sizes up Barbo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Palentine scores with a three punch combo!
Barbo throws a right hand that misses
and Palentine counters with a right hand to the body.
A slow jab from Barbo misses its intended target.
Donk. Palentine catches Barbo right on the button with a cross.
Barbo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Barbo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barbo looks to score with a jab to the body but Palentine is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palentine scores with a body shot.
Barbo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Palentine counter with a right hand.
Palentine takes a swing at Barbo's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barbo looks to land a body kick but Palentine moved away.
Barbo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barbo tries to land a body kick
and Palentine counters with a two punch combo.
Barbo lands with an overhand left.
Barbo connects with a looping right hand.
Barbo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A clash of legs there as Barbo blocks the low kick.
Barbo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Palentine has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbo is looking to land body kicks.
Palentine tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Barbo manages to circle out of the way.
Palentine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbo misses with a body shot.
Barbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barbo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Palentine.
Palentine throws a looping overhand right but Barbo ducks down to avoid it.
Palentine cracks Barbo with an open hand slap.
Palentine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barbo cracks the inside of Palentine's front leg.
Palentine throws a shot from downtown. Barbo moves away and avoids it.
Barbo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Palentine on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palentine slips under a jab.
Palentine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bobby Palentine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbo lands a jab.
Palentine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barbo finds it's way round the side to connect with Palentine's head.
Barbo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barbo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Palentine tried to counter with a leg kick but Barbo avoided it.
Barbo throws a jab but it's blocked by Palentine.
Palentine throwing a counter right hand but Barbo manages to avoid it.
Palentine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barbo to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbo lands a nice looking body kick.
Palentine just misses with a punch to the body.
Palentine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barbo is looking to chop away at Palentine's legs.
Palentine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbo throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab, jab by Palentine - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sala Barbo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Palentine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Barbo cracks a nice hook into Palentine's ribs.
Palentine swings for the body but Barbo moves out of range.
Barbo throws a hook but Palentine blocks it.
Palentine misses with a leg kick.
Palentine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barbo.
Barbo throws a hook to the side of Palentine's head but Palentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Palentine was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Barbo.
Barbo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Barbo as he connects with a hook.
Barbo throws a looping overhand right but Palentine ducks down to avoid it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Palentine might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Palentine keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palentine throws a hook but Barbo avoids it easily.
Barbo misses the body punch
enabling Palentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Barbo swinging wildly here.
Barbo lands with a straight right. Palentine didn't see that one coming.
Palentine throws a hook but Barbo avoids it easily.
Palentine scores with a body shot.
Palentine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barbo moves into the clinch.
Palentine blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Barbo fails to land.

Barbo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palentine jabs Barbo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Palentine misses with a body shot.
Sala Barbo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palentine misses with a body punch
and Barbo counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbo looks to score with a jab to the body but Palentine is just out of range.
Barbo lands a really nice looking cross but Palentine seems unphased.
Barbo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palentine manages to avoid it.
It looked like Palentine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palentine is looking to land body kicks.
Barbo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palentine takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch combination from Palentine misses.
Barbo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bobby Palentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Palentine throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbo.
Barbo throws out a counter right but Palentine avoids it with no problem.
A leg kick checked by Barbo.
Barbo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Palentine throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barbo counters with a stiff right hand.
Palentine misses with an uppercut.

Palentine tries to keep at a distance but Barbo has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palentine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palentine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barbo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Palentine backwards.
Barbo misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbo prevents Palentine from breaking the clinch.

Barbo breaks the clinch.
Palentine throws a lazy uppercut
and Barbo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A left lands for Barbo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbo moves out of range as Palentine strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbo! But no joy.
Palentine tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sala Barbo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barbo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sala Barbo!
A very excited looking Sala Barbo 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.