PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Barca (ranked 3226 p4p, 184 weight class) and Koko Pinea (ranked 2331 p4p, 148 weight class). Hannibal Barca had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Koko Pinea is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Barca
vs
Pinea

175 cm
28
150 lbs
8 - 13 - 1

159 cm
39
134 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannibal Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Koko Pinea!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinea misses with a looping right.
Pinea misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pinea fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pinea shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barca as he jumps to the side.
Barca swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Pinea gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barca takes a shot to the head.
Barca throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinea.
Pinea lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Barca.
Pinea misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barca is looking to control Pinea's arms but Pinea gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barca has his back to the cage.
Pinea lands an uppercut.
Pinea connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barca blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Pinea works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Barca tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pinea tries to free his leg and advance position but Barca is retaining full guard.
Barca will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pinea landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pinea's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Barca is rocked!
Pinea trying to control the position from guard on top but Barca is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pinea preventing the sweep.
Pinea landing some decent shots from guard.
Pinea throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Barca is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Pinea rolls with it to try and escape but Barca cranks on the arm and Pinea is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hannibal Barca!
A very excited looking Hannibal Barca 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.