PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Line (ranked 576 p4p, 1366 weight class) and Antonio Barbosa (ranked 83 p4p, 184 weight class). Line comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Barbosa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Eminem - Go to Sleep. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Line
vs
Barbosa

178 cm
33
182
12 - 8 - 1

180 cm
26
175
11 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Heavy Metal Drugs
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

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 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustav Line!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Line lands a jab to Barbosa's midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Line.
Line throws a head kick but Barbosa moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Line.
Line digs a good hook to Barbosa's body.
Barbosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Barbosa misses.
Line misses with a body punch
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Line misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Line tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Barbosa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barbosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Line.
Barbosa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Line tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Line lands with a hook. Barbosa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Line throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Line clinches.
Line lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barbosa manages to break the clinch.
Line connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barbosa misses with a looping left.

Line forces Barbosa back against the cage and clinches.
Line throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
A short left from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Line backwards.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Line.

Barbosa breaks the clinch.
Barbosa circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Line throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Line takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barbosa throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Line counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Line scores with a jab to the jaw.
Line throws a lazy body kick
and Barbosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Line is looking to clinch but Barbosa is avoiding it.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut. Line saw that one coming.
Gustav Line seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Line pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Line doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbosa circles away.
Line misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barbosa counters with a head kick.
Barbosa walks into a stiff left hand from Line.
Line misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Line lands a front kick.
Barbosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Line finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbosa's head.
Line tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Line lands with a nice body kick.

Line gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Line.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Line controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Barbosa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Line avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Line throws a head punch that misses.
Line lands an uppercut.
Barbosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Line lands a shoulder strike.
Line tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Barbosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Line blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Line tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Line.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Line tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
Barbosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Line.
Barbosa lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Line lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Line blocks a body shot from Barbosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barbosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Line swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Line goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Line working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Barbosa.
Line lands a right hand.
Line prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
A head punch on the inside from Barbosa fails to land.
Line lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Line misses with a punch to the body.
Line scores with a shot to the side of Barbosa's head.
Barbosa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Line seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Barbosa can turn it around.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Line makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Line lands a nice uppercut.
Barbosa lands with a left to the head.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
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 Gustav Line will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barbosa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Line keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa takes a swing at Line's ribcage but misses.
Line moves to clinch but Barbosa breaks away
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Line throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Barbosa counters with a solid body kick.
A slow jab from Barbosa misses its intended target.
Line misses with a looping right.
Barbosa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Line looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Line misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Line's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barbosa under the eye.
Line ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Barbosa throws a big counter head kick but Line avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barbosa on the side of the head.
Line is looking to clinch.
Line is looking to clinch but Barbosa is avoiding it.
A jab from Line misses.
Barbosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barbosa takes a swing at Line's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Line has closed the distance and engaged Barbosa in a clinch.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Line controls the action.
Line blocking some punches.
Line blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Line throws a head punch that misses.
Line jumps guard but Barbosa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barbosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Line misses with a hook
and Barbosa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Line moves in looking to clinch but Barbosa pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Line thows a leg kick but Barbosa checks it
and Barbosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa scores with a sloppy right hand. Line should have avoided that one.
Line stalks Barbosa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barbosa's face. Barbosa staggers backwards, shaken.
Line throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Line scores with a push kick.
Barbosa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Line throws a solid leg kick but Barbosa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Line.
Barbosa unleashes a big counter combination but Line bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Gustav Line is winning the standup battle so far.
Line throws a good cross that connects.
Barbosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Line.
Line moves out of range as Barbosa throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Line lands with an uppercut that bounces Barbosa off the cage and back into range.
Barbosa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Line.
Barbosa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Line swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Line avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Line scoring well with a low kick there.
Line looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Line works the jab nicely.
Line throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barbosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa misses with a right hand
and Line counters with a series of strikes. Barbosa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Line misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barbosa counters with a right hand to the body.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Line manages to avoid it.
Line is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Line catches Barbosa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Line scores with the left hand. Barbosa knows he should have avoided that one.

Barbosa is rocked!
Barbosa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Line counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa is still on wobbly legs! Can Line finish him?
Line throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Line throws a right hand that misses
and Barbosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Line misses with a head kick.
Barbosa seems to have recovered his senses.
Line scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Line uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barbosa.
Line moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Line misses with a left hand
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice cross by Line.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gustav Line dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Line scores with a shot to the body.
Antonio Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Line buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Line drives through and clinches with Barbosa against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Line fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Line manages to break the clinch.
Line looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice straight punches there by Line. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Line.
Line misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Line tries a head kick but it misses.
Line is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Barbosa lands a nice looking body kick.
Line rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Line lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barbosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barbosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Line.
Barbosa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Line lands a jab.
Line is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Line throws a hook but Barbosa avoids it easily.
Barbosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbosa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Line moves in looking to clinch but Barbosa pushes him off.
Line swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Line rushes Barbosa and presses him up against the cage.
Line tries to pull guard but Barbosa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Line softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Line misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Line lands an uppercut.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.

Line manages to break the clinch.
Barbosa looks to land a right hand but Line moved out of range.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Line was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Line appears to be looking for a big counter.
Barbosa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Line.
Line misses with the combination.
Line misses with the body kick
and Barbosa counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Line tries to clinch up but Barbosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbosa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Line fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barbosa, pushing him back against the cage.
Line misses with a punch on the inside.
Line jumps guard but Barbosa stands there with Line around his waist. Line gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Line fails to land.
Line tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Line back against the cage.
Line prevents a body shot from Barbosa.

Barbosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa walks into a left hand.
Barbosa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barbosa drops his hands momentarily and Line takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Line throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Line looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Barbosa counters with a body kick.
Line avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
A quick step to the side and Line tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Line is just out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Line - that will leave a mark!
Line swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Line misses with a jab, cross combination.
Line moves to clinch but Barbosa breaks away
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Line listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Line uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Line fires out a quick counter leg kick but Barbosa just manages to avoid it.
Line scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Line tries to clinch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Line throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Line lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Line misses with a looping right.
Line throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses.
Line goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa drops his hands momentarily and Line takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Barbosa scores with a four punch combination!
Line bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustav Line showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Line, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Line!
A victorious Gustav Line thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.