PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Barbalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estuprador De Criancinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barbalho
vs
Estuprador De Criancinha

180 cm
24
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Barbalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Estuprador De Criancinha!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbalho blocks a head kick by De Criancinha.
Barbalho lands with a nice combination. De Criancinha backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Estuprador De Criancinha has been cut.
Barbalho looks to land a combination but De Criancinha avoids it well.
Barbalho thuds his right hand into De Criancinha's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barbalho walks forward, straight into a front kick from De Criancinha.
Barbalho lands with an uppercut that bounces De Criancinha off the cage and back into range.
Barbalho walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Criancinha checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barbalho!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Criancinha's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Barbalho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Criancinha scrambles back to his feet.
Barbalho throws a right and a left that De Criancinha avoids nicely.
De Criancinha throws a one two combo.
Barbalho throws a series of punches but De Criancinha moves out of range.
Barbalho throws a series of punches but De Criancinha moves out of range.
Estuprador De Criancinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Criancinha tries a head kick but it misses.
De Criancinha looks gassed!
Barbalho swinging wildly here.
Barbalho looks to land a combination. De Criancinha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbalho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Criancinha misses with a double jab
and Barbalho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Criancinha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barbalho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Criancinha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbalho lands an overhand right.
Barbalho lands a jab-cross combination.
Barbalho lands with a straight right. De Criancinha didn't see that one coming.
Barbalho lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Criancinha backs up against the cage.
De Criancinha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbalho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Barbalho lands a slapping body shot.
Barbalho lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbalho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Criancinha's hands.
Barbalho lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barbalho throws a good cross that connects.
De Criancinha slips a jab and a cross from Barbalho.
A left and a right from Barbalho both land. Nice combination.
De Criancinha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barbalho misses with a two punch combination.
Barbalho throws a series of strikes that have De Criancinha backpedaling.
De Criancinha should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Barbalho dips to his left and cracks De Criancinha with an uppercut!
De Criancinha tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbalho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbalho's corner calls for a 1-2. Barbalho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Criancinha takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barbalho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Criancinha throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbalho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Criancinha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barbalho is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Barbalho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barbalho lunges at De Criancinha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Criancinha's hand.
De Criancinha throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Criancinha wants to land a leg kick but Barbalho is out of range.
Barbalho is working the combinations to good effect here.
Barbalho looks to land a combination. De Criancinha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
De Criancinha slips a jab and a cross from Barbalho.
Nice straight punches there by Barbalho. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barbalho.
A good leg kick by De Criancinha.
Barbalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Criancinha misses with a double jab.
De Criancinha looks to land a combination but Barbalho avoids it well.
A right-left combo lands from Barbalho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Criancinha throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barbalho scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Barbalho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Criancinha.
Barbalho misses with a two punch combination.
Barbalho swats away the attempt to clinch by De Criancinha.
De Criancinha is looking to clinch.
De Criancinha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbalho displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barbalho works over De Criancinha's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Criancinha lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barbalho moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Criancinha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Barbalho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Estuprador De Criancinha'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.

Barbalho misses with a double jab.
De Criancinha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbalho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barbalho darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Criancinha slips a jab and a cross from Barbalho.
De Criancinha throws a head kick but Barbalho moves out of range.
Barbalho lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barbalho throws a good cross that connects.
De Criancinha tries to clinch up.
De Criancinha tries to clinch but Barbalho moves away
and Barbalho counters with a one-two to the body.
De Criancinha has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barbalho.
Barbalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barbalho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Criancinha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barbalho is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbalho lands a jab-cross combination.
Barbalho throws a series of punches but De Criancinha moves out of range.
De Criancinha misses with a double jab
and Barbalho counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbalho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
De Criancinha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Criancinha takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barbalho lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Criancinha backs up against the cage.
De Criancinha throws a body kick that misses.
Barbalho moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barbalho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Criancinha was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbalho.
Barbalho blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbalho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Criancinha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barbalho moves out of range of the leg kick from De Criancinha.
Barbalho checks the leg kick.
De Criancinha avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Criancinha throws a series of punches but Barbalho avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Barbalho.
De Criancinha slips a jab and a cross from Barbalho.
Sloppy strikes from De Criancinha. Those never looked like landing.
De Criancinha blocks a low kick nicely.
Pedro Barbalho is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barbalho!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Criancinha.
Barbalho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Criancinha momentarily.
De Criancinha misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Criancinha dodges the punch combination from Barbalho.
Barbalho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Criancinha misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Barbalho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbalho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Criancinha looks to throw the jab but Barbalho is out of range.
Pedro Barbalho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from De Criancinha does no damage.
Barbalho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barbalho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Criancinha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbalho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but De Criancinha might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Barbalho has got the better of the exchanges.
De Criancinha delivers a nice body kick.
Barbalho's corner calls for a 1-2. Barbalho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barbalho fails to land with a series of punches.
De Criancinha throws a right hand that Barbalho ducks under and follows up with a left that Barbalho also avoids with ease.
Barbalho lands with a good body shot.
Barbalho lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
De Criancinha walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Criancinha moves out of range as Barbalho strikes.
De Criancinha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Barbalho as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Barbalho dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Estuprador De Criancinha's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

De Criancinha throws a body punch but Barbalho moves out of range.
Barbalho feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Criancinhas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Criancinha tries to clinch up but Barbalho circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbalho tries to bum rush De Criancinha with a series of wild strikes but De Criancinha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Criancinha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Barbalho to counter with a crisp jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barbalho.
De Criancinha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Barbalho.
Barbalho misses with a series of wild punches.
De Criancinha misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Barbalho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbalho misses with the combination.
Barbalho tried to score with a low kick but De Criancinha checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Criancinha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbalho rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Criancinha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Criancinha is looking to clinch but Barbalho is avoiding it.
De Criancinha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barbalho shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. De Criancinha eats them both and turns towards Barbalho to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barbalho scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
De Criancinha scores with a leg kick.
Barbalho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Criancinha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barbalho dodges the punch combination from De Criancinha.
Barbalho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Criancinha can do to turn this around?
Some wild striking there from Barbalho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Criancinha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Criancinha fails to land with a series of punches.
Barbalho's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Barbalho duly obliges.
Barbalho avoids a kick to the body.
De Criancinha slips a jab and a cross from Barbalho.
Barbalho throws a series of punches but De Criancinha moves out of range.
De Criancinha throws a nice looking combination but Barbalho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barbalho scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Barbalho swinging wildly here.
De Criancinha doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbalho circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Criancinha misses the shot to the body.
Barbalho's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Criancinha under the eye.
Barbalho throws a right hand that De Criancinha ducks under and follows up with a left that De Criancinha also avoids with ease.
De Criancinha tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbalho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Criancinha has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barbalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Criancinha misses with the combination.
De Criancinha just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Barbalho. Those never looked like landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Criancinha.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Criancinha. Barbalho does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barbalho checks a leg kick.
De Criancinha throws a sloppy head kick and Barbalho moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Criancinha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barbalho.
Barbalho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Criancinha moves away.
Barbalho moves out of range as De Criancinha strikes.
Barbalho throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
De Criancinha wants to clinch up but Barbalho keeps it at a distance.
Barbalho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Criancinha.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Criancinha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Criancinha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Criancinha swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Estuprador De Criancinha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pedro Barbalho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left and a right from Barbalho both land. Nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Barbalho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barbalho 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Barbalho!
Pedro Barbalho decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.