PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bento Barboza (ranked 75 p4p, 98 weight class) and Zahbit Lovanov (ranked 5 p4p, 7 weight class). Barboza comes into the arena with Angel Of Death blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barboza
vs
Lovanov

190 cm
29
265
27 - 8 - 0

199 cm
28
265
22 - 9 - 1

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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 27 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bento Barboza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zahbit Lovanov!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovanov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barboza stuns Lovanov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lovanov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lovanov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barboza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lovanov's sensitive parts.
Lovanov scores with a sloppy right hand. Barboza should have avoided that one.

It looks like Bento Barboza has been cut.
Barboza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barboza half committed to a counter leg kick.
Lovanov misses the shot to the body.
Lovanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barboza moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lovanov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zahbit Lovanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barboza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lovanov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barboza has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Lovanov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Barboza sprawls well. Barboza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lovanov gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovanov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barboza is fending him off so far but Lovanov persists. Nope, Barboza circles away and we're back to standing.
Lovanov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lovanov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lovanov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lovanov scores with a jab to the body.
Lovanov misses with an uppercut
and Barboza counters with a stiff right hand.
Lovanov swings for the body but Barboza moves out of range.
Barboza throws a quick counter head kick but Lovanov was just out of range.
Barboza misses with a body shot
and Lovanov counters with a left to the body.
Barboza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lovanov.
Barboza fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lovanov just manages to avoid it.
Barboza throws a body punch but Lovanov moves out of range.
Lovanov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barboza rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovanov looks to throw the jab but Barboza is out of range.
Lovanov throws a shot to the body.
Barboza misses with an uppercut. Lovanov saw that one coming.
Lovanov throws a lazy uppercut
and Barboza counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Lovanov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovanov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barboza stuffs the takedown.
Bento Barboza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zahbit Lovanov.
Barboza looks for the body kick but Lovanov saw that one coming.
Lovanov throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovanov lands a nice looking body shot.

Lovanov moves into the clinch successfully.
Lovanov blocking some punches.
Barboza tries to work over Lovanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lovanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barboza scores with a shoulder strike.
Barboza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lovanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barboza.
Lovanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lovanov blocks a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovanov.
Barboza takes a shot to the head.
Barboza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lovanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbozas head.
Barboza blocking some punches.
Lovanov tries to throw a body punch but Barboza avoids it by throwing Lovanov back against the cage.
Lovanov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lovanov dodges an elbow strike from Barboza.
A right hook to the body lands for Lovanov.
Barboza is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovanov pushes Barboza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lovanov is trying to pull guard but Barboza has him pressed against the cage.
Lovanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lovanov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Lovanov - that landed with a thud.
Barboza prevents a body shot from Lovanov.

Lovanov wants the takedown. Barboza is fighting it off but Lovanov persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Barboza's guard against the cage.
Lovanov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lovanov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lovanov throwing strikes but missing.
Lovanov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barboza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zahbit Lovanov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bento Barboza's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barboza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Barboza slips under a jab from Lovanov.
It looked like Barboza wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big right from Lovanov misses.
Lovanov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barboza's head backwards.
Lovanov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lovanov jabs Barboza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Lovanov. Beautiful body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lovanov misses with a wild body shot.
Lovanov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barboza.
Lovanov scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lovanov.
As Lovanov backs away, Barboza returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Lovanov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barboza's hands.
Barboza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lovanov blocks the body kick.
Lovanov just misses with a punch to the body.
Lovanov cracks Barboza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Decent striking displayed by Lovanov there.
Barboza tries to get into range but Lovanov steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Barboza! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Lovanov scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zahbit Lovanov!
After winning the bout, Zahbit Lovanov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.