PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Husein Magomaevaboff (ranked 313 p4p, 117 weight class) and Bento Barboza (ranked 8 p4p, 5 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Magomaevaboff might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Shaolin of Dagestan. Barboza is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Angel Of Death. Husein Magomaevaboff could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bento Barboza's chin.

Magomaevaboff
vs
Barboza

183 cm
31
235
23 - 18 - 0

190 cm
27
265
23 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Conquer

HELLBENT
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Husein Magomaevaboff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bento Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomaevaboff lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Magomaevaboff throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barboza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Husein Magomaevaboff has been cut.
Barboza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Magomaevaboff uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barboza.
Barboza 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.
Barboza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barboza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Magomaevaboff's sensitive parts.
Magomaevaboff tests Barboza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Magomaevaboff throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barboza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Magomaevaboff looks to score with a jab to the body but Barboza is just out of range.
Magomaevaboff has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Magomaevaboff rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barboza counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza misses with a wild body shot.
Magomaevaboff takes a swing at Barboza's ribcage but misses.
Magomaevaboff swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barboza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Magomaevaboff ducks under a wild hook from Barboza.
Barboza avoids the body shot from Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Magomaevaboff attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Magomaevaboff looks to land a right hand but Barboza moved out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Magomaevaboff!
Magomaevaboff throws a body punch but Barboza moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magomaevaboff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barboza throws the left hand but Magomaevaboff avoids the punch easily.
Magomaevaboff lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Magomaevaboff misses with a looping right.
Barboza throws out a counter right but Magomaevaboff avoids it with no problem.
Barboza lands an overhand right.
Barboza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barboza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Magomaevaboff throws a wild body kick that Barboza sees coming a mile off.
Barboza slips a jab from Magomaevaboff.
Barboza now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Magomaevaboff takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Magomaevaboff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Magomaevaboff throws a low kick but Barboza avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Magomaevaboff.
Barboza drops his hands momentarily and Magomaevaboff takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Barboza has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Barboza misses the shot to the body.
Magomaevaboff uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barboza.
Magomaevaboff throws a body kick that misses
and Barboza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magomaevaboff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magomaevaboff blocks a jab.
Barboza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Magomaevaboff had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Barboza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Magomaevaboff.
A head kick misses from Barboza.
An attempted straight right counter from Magomaevaboff misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magomaevaboff scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Bento Barboza has been cut.
Magomaevaboff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barboza.
Barboza fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Magomaevaboff checks it well.
Barboza throws a right hand that misses
and Magomaevaboff counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barboza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barboza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Husein Magomaevaboff will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barboza moves out of range as Magomaevaboff strikes.
Magomaevaboff misses with a right hand
letting Barboza counter with a right hand.
Magomaevaboff shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Magomaevaboff thuds his right hand into Barboza's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Magomaevaboff checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Magomaevaboff takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Magomaevaboff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomaevaboff connects with a leg kick.
Barboza wants to slow Magomaevaboff down by chopping away at his legs.
Barboza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomaevaboff connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Magomaevaboff misses with a leg kick
and Barboza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Magomaevaboff rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barboza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Magomaevaboff lands with a right hand.
Barboza throws an overhand right that lands on Magomaevaboff's shoulder, as Magomaevaboff tries to avoid the shot.
Magomaevaboff is looking to counter punch.
Magomaevaboff throws a leg kick
and Barboza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barboza defending well as Magomaevaboff loads up on a big left hand.
Magomaevaboff misses with a body shot
and Barboza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some bone on bone action there as Barboza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barboza throws a jab but it's blocked by Magomaevaboff.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Magomaevaboff has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Magomaevaboff there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barboza jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Barboza feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Magomaevaboff sprawling to the canvas! Magomaevaboff rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Barboza finish him?!

Magomaevaboff is rocked!
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Magomaevaboff might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Barboza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Barboza drops Magomaevaboff with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Magomaevaboff looks back up at him and smiles so Barboza waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh Magomaevaboff is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bento Barboza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Magomaevaboff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barboza was well out of range. Poor timing from Magomaevaboff.
Magomaevaboff seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice leg kick from Barboza, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Magomaevaboff misses
and Barboza counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Barboza.
Magomaevaboff looks to throw a body kick
and Barboza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barboza knocks out Magomaevaboff with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Barboza before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Barboza picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bento Barboza!
A victorious Bento Barboza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.