PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Christiano (ranked 659 p4p, 734 weight class) and Baldomir Barbosa (ranked 106 p4p, 116 weight class). Christiano comes to the cage accompanied by Jesus Built My Hotrod. Barbosa has chosen Unfaithful as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christiano
vs
Barbosa

180 cm
24
175
9 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
186
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Core Combat
Shadow Warrior Nutrition

Brooklyn Apothecary
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Christiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baldomir Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa throws a looping overhand right but Christiano ducks down to avoid it.
Christiano is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barbosa checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Barbosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbosa scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Juan Christiano has been cut.
Barbosa checks a leg kick nicely.
Christiano looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Barbosa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiano throws a leg kick which misses Barbosa's front leg but catches the back leg as Barbosa tries to avoid it.
Barbosa tries to move into range but Christiano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Christiano scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano slips under a jab.
Christiano throwing a counter right hand but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Christiano connects with a solid leg kick.
Christiano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbosa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
An inside leg kick lands from Christiano.
Christiano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Christiano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Christiano misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Barbosa misses its intended target.
Christiano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiano connects with a body shot.
Christiano throws a jab but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa feints a counter leg kick.
Barbosa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Christiano. Christiano obviously looking to wear him down.
Christiano staying out of range there.
Christiano throws a leg kick
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Christiano finds it's way through Barbosa's defenses.
Christiano throws a big shot that misses.
Christiano avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Juan Christiano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christiano motions for Barbosa to come forward. Christiano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Barbosa lands an overhand right.
Barbosa misses the jab.

Barbosa has closed the distance and engaged Christiano in a clinch.
Christiano misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Barbosa.
A short body shot lands from Barbosa as the two fighters clinch.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Christiano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Christiano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Christiano lands a nice uppercut.
Christiano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Christiano blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Christiano controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christiano throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Christiano.
Christiano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Christiano lands with a short shot to the head.
Barbosa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Christiano blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Christiano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Christiano.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Christiano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa digs a right hand into Christiano's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Christiano's gas tank.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Christiano.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Christiano.
Christiano misses with some punches.
Christiano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Baldomir Barbosa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Juan Christiano's cut.
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.

Christiano with a hook.
Christiano scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Christiano misses.
A jab from Christiano finds it's way through Barbosa's defenses.
It looks like Christiano has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christiano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Christiano throws the kick towards the body but Barbosa avoids it.
Christiano backing away here, and Barbosa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Barbosa checks a low kick from Christiano.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano throws a shot to the body.
Barbosa throws a hook but Christiano blocks it.
Barbosa checks a leg kick nicely.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Christiano misses.
Barbosa slips a straight right by Christiano.
Christiano moves out of range as Barbosa strikes.
Christiano is looking to counter punch.
Christiano misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Christiano darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Christiano thows a body kick. Barbosa tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbosa might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Christiano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christiano jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barbosa tries to bum rush Christiano with a series of wild strikes but Christiano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Christiano misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Christiano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Barbosa finds it's way through Christiano's defenses.
Christiano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbosa.
Juan Christiano is winning the standup battle so far.
Christiano connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christiano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christiano lands with a right hand.
Christiano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Barbosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Christiano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa misses the body punch
and Christiano counters with a nice uppercut.
Christiano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barbosa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Christiano avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Christiano staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from Christiano.

Barbosa has Christiano up against the cage in a clinch.
Barbosa gets through Christiano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Christiano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christiano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Christiano lands a shoulder strike.
Christiano works on Barbosa's body with a couple of short punches.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christiano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Christiano misses with a punch on the inside.
Christiano has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Baldomir Barbosa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Christiano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa takes a shot to the head.
Christiano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Barbosa.
Christiano digs a right hand underneath Barbosa's ribcage. Barbosa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Christiano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juan Christiano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Christiano misses with a leg kick.
Christiano misses with a straight left.
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Christiano pushes him off.
Christiano thinks about countering with a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Christiano.
Barbosa tries to land a leg kick but Christiano saw it coming and moves away.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiano wants to land a leg kick but Barbosa is out of range.
Christiano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Christiano misses with a hook
and Barbosa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christiano thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christiano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
Christiano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Christiano finds it's way through Barbosa's defenses.
Christiano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Barbosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Christiano counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice body kick there by Christiano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Christiano finds it's target.
Barbosa checks a low kick from Christiano.
A slapping leg kick lands for Christiano.
Christiano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barbosa misses with a hook
and Christiano counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barbosa drops his hands momentarily and Christiano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
Christiano is looking to chop away at Barbosa's legs.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Christiano, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barbosa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Christiano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barbosa's sensitive parts.
Christiano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Christiano thows a leg kick but Barbosa checks it
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Christiano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Christiano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barbosa's sensitive parts.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christiano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Christiano scores with a hook to the body.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Christiano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christiano struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Christiano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christiano.
Christiano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christiano scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christiano.
Barbosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christiano's elbow.
Christiano blocks an uppercut.
Christiano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Christiano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa blocking some punches.
Christiano lands a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Christiano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Christiano 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Christiano!
Juan Christiano thanked the fans post fight for their support.