PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Barbosa (ranked 5785 p4p, 3839 weight class) and Blade Wilson (ranked 624 p4p, 511 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barbosa
vs
Wilson

181 cm
20
185
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
190
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Junior Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blade Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wilson has Barbosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Barbosa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Barbosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Wilson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barbosa up against the cage.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilson controls his hands.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Barbosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wilson lands a jab to the nose.

Barbosa tries to keep at a distance but Wilson has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
Barbosa takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Barbosa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wilson lands a shoulder strike.
Wilson lands with a light punch inside.
Wilson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barbosa wants to get back to striking at distance but Wilson won't allow it.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson lands with a right to the head.
Wilson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa wants to break free but Wilson has control.
Wilson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wilson.
Wilson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barbosa up against the cage.
Wilson tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Wilson back against the cage.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilson controls his hands.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Wilson blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Wilson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barbosa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wilson can turn it around.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wilson.

Barbosa breaks the clinch.

Barbosa lands a big uppercut and Wilson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Wilson looks OK. Barbosa waves Wilson back to his feet!

Wilson is rocked!

It looks like Blade Wilson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the body.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wilson manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses the jab.
Wilson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barbosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Barbosa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wilson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa throws a hook but Wilson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands with a right hand.
Barbosa is looking to land body kicks.
Wilson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wilson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbosa.
Jab, jab by Barbosa - just one landing.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbosa throws a poor cross that misses

and Wilson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilson blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Wilson tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Wilson back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilson.
A short body shot lands from Wilson as the two fighters clinch.
Barbosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.

Barbosa manages to break the clinch.
Wilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands with a right hand.
Barbosa throws the left hand but Wilson avoids the punch easily.
Wilson fakes the leg kick and cracks Barbosa in the body.
Barbosa misses with a body kick.
Wilson looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Wilson forces Barbosa back against the cage and clinches.
Barbosa tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wilson slowing the pace effectively.
Wilson tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Wilson back against the cage.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson scores with a shoulder strike.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wilson can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Blade Wilson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blade Wilson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Wilson scores with a nice right hand.

Barbosa drops Wilson with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wilson looks back up at him and smiles so Barbosa waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wilson is still on wobbly legs! Can Barbosa finish him?
Barbosa connects with a body shot.

Wilson drops Barbosa with a beautiful combination! Barbosa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Wilson is looking for the KO!
Wilson seems to have recovered his senses.

It looks like Junior Barbosa has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson slips under a jab.
Wilson tries to counter with a clinch but Barbosa shakes him off and moves away.
Barbosa looks to throw the jab but Wilson is out of range.
Barbosa lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Wilson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Barbosa dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Barbosa!
Junior Barbosa was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.