PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Andrade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andrade
vs
Barbosa

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Andrade. Barbosa shrugs it off though.
Barbosa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barbosa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barbosa misses with a takedown attempt - Andrade sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Andrade sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Barbosa to the ground! Andrade dives into full mount looking to finish!

Barbosa is rocked!

It looks like Claudio Barbosa has been cut.
Barbosa looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrade postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Barbosa is out cold - huge knockout for Andrade!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Junior Andrade!