PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itamar Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Itamar Barbosa enters the cage!

Hitman
vs
Barbosa

190 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

SAVE A FIGHTER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Hitman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Itamar Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Horrible takedown by Barbosa or perhaps it was just good defense by Hitman which made him look bad.
Hitman misses with a straight left.
Hitman throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for Hitman.

It looks like Itamar Barbosa has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hitman misses with a straight left.

Hitman waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Barbosa to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Hitman wants to get up but he can't break Barbosa's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Barbosa is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Hitman rolls with it to try and escape but Barbosa cranks on the arm and Hitman is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Itamar Barbosa!
Itamar Barbosa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.