PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darry Curtis (ranked 352 p4p, 715 weight class) and Baldomir Barbosa (ranked 58 p4p, 106 weight class). Curtis comes to the cage accompanied by Stevie Wonder - Stay Gold. Barbosa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Unfaithful kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Curtis
vs
Barbosa

188 cm
28
171
15 - 7 - 0

185 cm
28
186
15 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baldomir Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa scores with a jab. Curtis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Darry Curtis has been cut.
Curtis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Curtis scores with a three punch combo!
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtis is just out of range.
Curtis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barbosa misses with a left hand
and Curtis counters with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa slips a jab from Curtis.
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
Darry Curtis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curtis misses with a left hand
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Curtis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curtis lands a right hook to the body.
Barbosa throws a right hand that misses
and Curtis counters with a straight right hand.
Barbosa throws out a loose jab but Curtis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Curtis counters with a series of strikes. Barbosa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Curtis scores with a nice body kick.
Curtis throws a low kick but Barbosa moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa takes a swing at Curtis's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curtis throws a sloppy head kick and Barbosa moves out of range easily.

Curtis moves into the clinch.
Curtis lands with a short shot to the head.

Barbosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Curtis avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
Curtis throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
Curtis tests Barbosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Curtis.
Curtis throws a combination. Barbosa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Barbosa looks to throw the jab but Curtis is out of range.
A big right from Barbosa misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Curtis.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curtis moves away.
We've been informed that Barbosa has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Curtis clinches up with Barbosa and pushes him back against the cage.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Curtis controls the action.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Curtis.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Curtis.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Curtis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Curtis controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Curtis.
Barbosa lands a shot to the body.
Curtis lands an uppercut.
Curtis trying to control the position but instead, Barbosa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Curtis into the cage.
A short right from Curtis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Curtis blocks it.
Curtis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis blocking some punches.
Curtis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Curtis.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Curtis.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.

Barbosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Curtis throws a head kick that misses
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Curtis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barbosa checks it well.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Curtis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa walks into a jab.
Barbosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curtis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa jabs at Curtis's body.
Curtis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Barbosa misses.
Curtis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Curtis instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Curtis.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Curtis blocks it.
Barbosa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from Curtis fails to land.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbosas head.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Curtis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Barbosa.
Curtis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darry Curtis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darry Curtis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Curtis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barbosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barbosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Curtis cracks a nice hook into Barbosa's ribs.
Curtis misses with a head kick.
Curtis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Curtis.
Barbosa throws the left hand but Curtis avoids the punch easily.
Darry Curtis is winning the standup battle so far.
Barbosa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Curtis lands with a nice combination. Barbosa backs away looking to recover.
The fighters circling - Barbosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curtis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbosa. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barbosa takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis scores with a body shot.
Curtis connects with a jab.
Barbosa blocks a head kick by Curtis.
Barbosa looks to land a left hand but Curtis moved out of range nicely.
Curtis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barbosa in his tracks.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Curtis loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Good shot there by Curtis.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Curtis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Curtis digs a good body shot into Barbosa's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curtis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Curtis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbosa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Curtis lands a slapping body shot.
Barbosa is breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barbosa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Curtis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Barbosa can't break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Curtis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Curtis blocks an uppercut.
Curtis lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Curtis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darry Curtis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Curtis.
Curtis scores with a shot to the side of Barbosa's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Curtis.

Barbosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbosa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Curtis lands with a kick to the ribs.
Curtis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Curtis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Curtis there.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtis is just out of range.
Curtis throwing a counter right hand but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Curtis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barbosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Curtis scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Curtis.

Curtis moves into the clinch.
Barbosa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Curtis scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Curtis.
Curtis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barbosa.
Curtis avoiding damage.
Curtis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curtis is leaning against Barbosa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Curtis lands an uppercut.
Curtis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barbosa up against the cage.
Curtis lands a nice uppercut.
Curtis lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darry Curtis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Darry Curtis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Curtis throws a nice inside leg kick.
A combination from Curtis does no damage.
Curtis throws a hook but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Curtis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barbosa throws out a loose jab but Curtis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Curtis tries to score with a low kick but Barbosa moves his leg out of the way.

Curtis takes the fight into the clinch.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa is leaning against Curtis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Curtis.
Curtis lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Curtis.
Barbosa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Curtis lands with a right to the head.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis wants to stall.
Curtis blocks an uppercut.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis is leaning against Barbosa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Curtis blocking some punches.
Barbosa is leaning against Curtis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Curtis digs a right hand underneath Barbosa's ribcage. Barbosa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Curtis.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa effectively controlling the action here.
Curtis misses with a body punch.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
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!
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Curtis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Curtis swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis blocking some punches.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Curtis misses with a body punch.
Barbosa lands with a light punch inside.
Curtis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Curtis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barbosa pushes Curtis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Curtis.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barbosa presses Curtis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barbosa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa slowing the pace effectively.

Barbosa manages to break the clinch.
Curtis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Curtis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Curtis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curtis works Barbosa's body with a nice hook.
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!
Curtis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Baldomir Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curtis swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa slips under a jab from Curtis.
Nice straight punches there by Curtis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Curtis.
Curtis misses with a low kick as Barbosa jumps back.
Barbosa throws a hook but Curtis avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Darry Curtis.
Well Curtis 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darry Curtis!