PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Barbosa (ranked 2181 p4p, 2688 weight class) and Deepen Cider (ranked 307 p4p, 380 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Barbosa
vs
Cider

181 cm
22
185
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
199
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Deepen Cider!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cider jabs at Barbosa's body.
Barbosa thows a leg kick but Cider checks it
and Cider counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cider.
Barbosa scores with a jab to the head.
Barbosa walks into a jab.
Cider just misses with a punch to the body.
Cider misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cider. Barbosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Barbosa misses its intended target.
A head kick by Barbosa misses
and Cider counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cider throws a sloppy body shot
and Barbosa counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa throws a body punch but Cider moves out of range.
Barbosa slips a straight right by Cider.
Barbosa fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cider just manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cider.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cider lands with an overhand left.
Cider swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Cider throws a jab when Barbosa was well out of range.
Barbosa fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cider just manages to avoid it.
Cider throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Barbosa looks to land a left hand but Cider moved out of range nicely.
Cider misses with an uppercut.
It appears Barbosa was looking to counter with a kick there.
Cider scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cider throws out the jab.
Deepen Cider seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cider moves out of range of the body kick from Barbosa.
Cider throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cider misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cider connects with a jab.
Cider digs a good body shot into Barbosa's ribs.
Cider works the jab nicely.
Cider misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cider ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cider swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Cider missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cider keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbosa scores with a hook.
Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cider.
Cider misses with a hook.
Barbosa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cider misses with a shot to the body
and Cider takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cider just misses with a punch to the body.
Cider is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barbosa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cider misses with a shot to the body
and Barbosa counters with a nice body shot.
Cider tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Cider.
Cider lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa defending well as Cider loads up on a big left hand.
Cider misses with a wild body shot.
Barbosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cider.
Barbosa tries to work over Cider's front leg with a kick but Cider checks it.
Cider throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cider just misses with a punch to the body.
Cider misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cider takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cider misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Barbosa misses the target.
Cider swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Cider.
Barbosa lands a jab to the head.
Cider is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barbosa rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Barbosa.
Cider wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cider throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Barbosa misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cider! But no joy.
Cider cracks Barbosa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Barbosa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cider on the side of the head.
Barbosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cider looks to land a right hand but Barbosa moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Deepen Cider dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cider takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Cider scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbosa should have avoided that one.
Cider throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
Cider loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
Cider throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Barbosa lands a lovely overhand right.
Cider throws a poor cross that misses
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barbosa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Cider is rocked!
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Barbosa might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Cider throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Cider has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Cider out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Junior Barbosa!
A relieved looking Junior Barbosa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.