PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Hannibal Barca (ranked 6989 p4p, 613 weight class) and Neymar Santos (ranked 4103 p4p, 449 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Barca
vs
Santos

175 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 4 - 1

175 cm
38
170 lbs
29 - 25 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 1 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannibal Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Neymar Santos!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Barca.

Santos darts in and clinches Barca up against the ropes.
Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Santos's coach down at MM's was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Santos's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Barca lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barca.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santos.

Barca is rocked!
Barca working aggressively here.
Oh Barca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barca definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Santos pushes Barca back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Barca seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barca working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barca.
Good body shot from Santos.
Santos lands an elbow inside that Barca shrugs off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Barca is breathing heavily.
Santos breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Barca with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Barca looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Barca get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Neymar Santos!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Neymar Santos made sure he mentioned Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200), along with how happy he was to win his fight.