PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chan Tapanakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Barros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tapanakara
vs
Barros

180 cm
23
224 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
204 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chan Tapanakara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Markus Barros!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barros tries to clinch up but Tapanakara circles away and keeps his distance.
Tapanakara fails to land with a series of punches.

Tapanakara closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tapanakara lands in his opponent's guard.

Tapanakara decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Barros, up you get!
Tapanakara lands a head kick. Barros smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Markus Barros has been cut.
Tapanakara misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Tapanakara.

Barros looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Barros is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tapanakara is looking for a sweep. Barros is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tapanakara looks like he's trying to stand up.

Tapanakara is defending against the submission attempts here by Barros.

Tapanakara makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapanakara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tapanakara closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tapanakara lands in his opponent's guard.
Tapanakara in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Barros is looking for a triangle but Tapanakara pushes his legs off easily.

Tapanakara postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Barros is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tapanakara, into his guard.
Tapanakara is breathing heavily.

Tapanakara is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barros is aware though and is defending well.
Barros pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tapanakara is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tapanakara tries to strike from the bottom.
Tapanakara looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barros is one step ahead there.
Tapanakara is working hard here to advance position.

Tapanakara working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barros doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barros manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tapanakara manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barros manages to get himself to full guard.

Barros is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tapanakara is aware though and is defending well.

Tapanakara stands and steps away. Barros gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Chan Tapanakara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tapanakara misses with a wild combination.
Tapanakara swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara throws a jab when Barros was well out of range.
Tapanakara misses with a head kick.

Tapanakara closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Barros did well to prevent Tapanakara getting side control.
Tapanakara seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barros does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Tapanakara is trying to work for a kimura but Barros is defending well.

Barros looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tapanakara trying to control from half guard but Barros is working away.
Barros regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tapanakara drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Barros manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Tapanakara has Barros in his guard.
Barros won't allow Tapanakara to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Barros thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Barros avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Barros is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barros trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tapanakara looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tapanakara looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Barros!
Barros really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Tapanakara is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Barros gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Tapanakara decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Tapanakara checks a leg kick.
Tapanakara throws a nice head kick!
Barros misses with a body kick.
Barros is looking to clinch.
Tapanakara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Tapanakara shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Tapanakara seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barros looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Barros actively working from the bottom here.
Tapanakara is trying to control the action in half guard but Barros is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tapanakara stalling.

Barros looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Tapanakara is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tapanakara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tapanakara scores with a push kick.
Chan Tapanakara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tapanakara slips under a jab from Barros.

Barros gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tapanakara to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tapanakara trying to control the position from guard on top but Barros is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tapanakara wants to stand but Barros has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barros escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tapanakara gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Tapanakara gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Barros fails with the takedown.
Tapanakara misses with a takedown

and Barros counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tapanakara's guard now.
Barros trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Barros wants to control from the top but Tapanakara keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara wants to stand but Barros is controlling the position.

Barros drops back looking for a leg! Tapanakara is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tapanakara manages to kick Barros off! Barros jumps back into Tapanakara's guard.
Chan Tapanakara overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Tapanakara had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barros defends it easily.
Barros is looking to stand up but Tapanakara won't let him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tapanakara is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Barros dives in and grabs Tapanakara's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tapanakara pushes down on Barros's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chan Tapanakara dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Markus Barros's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Barros fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barros avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tapanakara tries a head kick but it misses.
Barros will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barros will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tapanakara throws a head kick that misses.

Tapanakara gets a takedown into half guard.
Barros is looking to control Tapanakara's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barros avoid being mounted?
Tapanakara is looking to take a break and control but Barros is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Tapanakara stands up and beckons Barros to join him on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapanakara misses with a wild body shot.
Tapanakara throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Barros is looking to clinch but Tapanakara is avoiding it.
Barros blocks a head kick by Tapanakara.
Barros dives in and grabs Tapanakara's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tapanakara pushes down on Barros's head and hops out.
Tapanakara moves away from the strike by Barros.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tapanakara.
Tapanakara doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Barros counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tapanakara!
Tapanakara tries to lock up and control but Barros gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tapanakara is desperately trying to improve his position but Barros has a good base and remains in mount.

Barros has control of Tapanakara's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Tapanakara regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Tapanakara is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara wants to get back to his feet.
Tapanakara throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Tapanakara is trying to escape the mount.

Barros is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tapanakara to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tapanakara shrugs it off.
Tapanakara is trying to escape the mount.

Tapanakara has left one of his arms exposed and Barros doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Tapanakara screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Markus Barros!