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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Barboza (ranked 3418 p4p, 5710 weight class) and Brain Rupture (ranked 381 p4p, 492 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joey Barboza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brain Rupture!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboza rushes Rupture and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Barboza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barboza lands a takedown into guard.
Barboza drops back, looking for a kneebar! Rupture looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Rupture looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Rupture!
Rupture is chipping away with strikes.
Rupture throws an elbow but Barboza slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rupture tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rupture in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Barboza takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rupture with the ground and pound but Barboza regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Rupture prevents Barboza from standing back up.
Barboza has hold of Rupture's hands but Rupture slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rupture is trying to work for a kimura but Barboza is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rupture is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rupture missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rupture missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rupture looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rupture missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barboza is trying to stand back up but Rupture is controlling him
Rupture winds up and cracks Barboza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Barboza pushes Rupture off looking to stand but Rupture dives back in and keeps control.
Rupture landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rupture missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rupture is just content to waste time from the top position. Barboza takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Rupture throws a strike but Barboza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rupture has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barboza stands and throws Rupture's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Barboza thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barboza thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Barboza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rupture has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rupture manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Rupture has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at HELLsinki. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Barboza seems to be working for a kimura but Rupture defends the submission attempt.
Rupture is defending against the submission attempts here by Barboza.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rupture moves into full guard.
Barboza drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rupture manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Barboza has Rupture in his guard.
Barboza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rupture loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rupture wants to control from the top but Barboza keeps moving.
Rupture throws a strike but Barboza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Barboza postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Rupture is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Barboza, into his guard.
Rupture lands a couple of elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brain Rupture will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rupture throws a hook to the side of Barboza's head but Barboza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looks like Joey Barboza has been cut.
Rupture tries for a takedown but Barboza circles away easily
and Barboza counters with a takedown into side control.
Rupture is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Barboza looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rupture is pressing down on Barboza's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barboza wants to pass the guard but Rupture is keeping the position.
Rupture looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barboza is one step ahead there.
Rupture keeping full guard, as Barboza tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rupture manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Barboza has Rupture in his guard.
Rupture lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rupture trying to control but Barboza is working from the bottom.
Rupture loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rupture throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rupture.
Barboza wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Rupture manages to pass to side control.
Rupture thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barboza avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rupture.
Rupture working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rupture wants to control but Barboza is keeping him busy.
Barboza keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rupture scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rupture is nestled in close to Barboza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Barboza looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rupture throwing shots but Barboza is blocking nicely.
Rupture thows a huge punch but Barboza dodges it nicely.
Rupture not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rupture thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barboza's head.
Rupture wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barboza keeps working.
Rupture seems to be looking for submissions.
Rupture lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rupture sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barboza defending well though.
Rupture throws a strike but Barboza avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rupture throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barboza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rupture works over Barboza with some ground and pound from guard.
Rupture wants to control from the top but Barboza keeps moving.
Rupture distracts Barboza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rupture has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rupture throws a big elbow that misses.
Barboza keeping moving, preventing Rupture from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rupture working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rupture pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barboza is keeping the position for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Barboza wants to clinch up but Rupture keeps it at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rupture.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brain Rupture showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joey Barboza's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Barboza tries to clinch up.
Rupture closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barboza circles away.
Rupture tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Barboza defends well and Rupture ends up having to push Barboza into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rupture has a takedown stuffed.
Joey Barboza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brain Rupture.
Rupture shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Barboza defends it nicely.
Joey Barboza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barboza gets the takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barboza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rupture has escaped the position, nice work there.
Barboza tries for a kimura but Rupture is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rupture rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Barboza's guard! Nice work there by Rupture!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rupture postures up in Barboza's guard and throws a big left but Barboza blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rupture's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rupture working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Barboza's head.
Rupture sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barboza's guard.
Rupture scores with a big shot! Barboza's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Barboza! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brain Rupture!
Brain Rupture really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Neon Zombie logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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