PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Furioto (ranked 795 p4p, 1174 weight class) and Sonny Barella (ranked 55 p4p, 80 weight class). Furioto comes to the cage accompanied by 韻踏合組合 - . The crowd seem to be enjoying Barella's choice of entrance music: Prova del 9. On his way into the cage it seems that Maximus Furioto has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Maximus Furioto seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Furioto
vs
Barella

170 cm
45
116
37 - 22 - 1

167 cm
31
135
15 - 20 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Shadow Realm Apparel
NARCOS

⚔️Conquest Nutrition⚔️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximus Furioto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sonny Barella!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barella looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Barella moves nicely into side control.
Barella tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

Barella looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Barella is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Furioto has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barella looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Barella throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Furioto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barella is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Furioto knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Barella looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Furioto stops Barella from passing to mount.

Barella is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Furioto has escaped the position, nice work there.
Barella wants to control but Furioto is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Furioto wants to control but Barella postures up.
Furioto manages to get back to half guard.
Furioto is not content to let Barella control the position.
Barella throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barella slows the pace down in half guard.

Barella is working for a kimura but Furioto is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barella trying to control from half guard but Furioto is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Furioto looking for submissions off his back.

Barella is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Furioto doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Barella.

Barella seems to be working for a kimura but Furioto defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Barella is working for an americana but Furioto has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Barella was thinking about the submission.
Barella wants to control from the top but Furioto keeps moving.
Barella throws a big right hand that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Barella drops back, looking for a kneebar! Furioto looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Furioto looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Furioto!

Furioto cracks Barella with a big elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Barella dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barella tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Furioto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Furioto is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Barella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barella tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Furioto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Furioto tries to counter by clinching up but Barella breaks away and moves out of range.
Furioto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barella.
Furioto throwing a counter right hand but Barella manages to avoid it.

Barella looking to score a takedown here. Furioto is defending well but Barella drives through and ends up in Furioto's guard.
Sonny Barella has got the better of the ground game so far.
Furioto wants to sweep but no luck.
Barella pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Furioto is keeping the position for now.
Barella has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Furioto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barella doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Furioto is tightening it up a little... Barella has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Barella reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Barella taps out! Nice BJJ there by Furioto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Maximus Furioto!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Maximus Furioto waved his t-shirt featuring Bondi MMA 🏝️'s logo in front of the cameras.
Sonny Barella spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back'.