PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hector Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Trampolina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Barbosa
vs
Trampolina

165 cm
22
144 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

168 cm
28
140 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hector Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Krzysztof Trampolina!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trampolina takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Barbosa takes a swing at Trampolina's ribcage but misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barbosa.
Trampolina is looking to clinch but Barbosa is avoiding it.
Trampolina takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trampolina wants to clinch up but Barbosa keeps it at a distance.
Trampolina on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barbosa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trampolina has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barbosa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barbosa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barbosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trampolina doesn't seem bothered though.
Trampolina wants to clinch up but Barbosa keeps it at a distance.
Barbosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Trampolina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Barbosa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Trampolina looks winded!

Barbosa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Trampolina's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barbosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barbosa scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Barbosa.
Barbosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barbosa lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Barbosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barbosa scores with a knee to the head.
Barbosa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barbosa lands a knee to the head.
Barbosa is pushing Trampolina up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa connects with a knee to the head.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
Barbosa crunches a lovely knee into Trampolina's ribcage.
Barbosa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barbosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa stalling the fight.
Trampolina takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Barbosa.
A knee to the head by Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a good knee to the midsection. Trampolina won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Nice elbow from Barbosa.
Barbosa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Barbosa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barbosa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Trampolina up against the cage.
Trampolina trying to stall but Barbosa improves his position.
Barbosa avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hector Barbosa.
Barbosa thumps Trampolina with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa scores with a leg kick.

Barbosa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Barbosa seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Trampolina tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Barbosa has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Barbosa working Trampolina over with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa looking to control and managing it successfully.
Barbosa with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Barbosa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Trampolina with a poor takedown
and Barbosa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trampolina's knee momentarily.
Barbosa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trampolina's calf.

Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barbosa.
Trampolina looking to slow down the pace here.
Barbosa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barbosa landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee is keeping an eye on Barbosa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A knee to the head by Barbosa.
Barbosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trampolina can do to turn this around?
Barbosa slows down the pace here.
Trampolina is breathing heavily.
Barbosa seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trampolina.
Barbosa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hector Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barbosa, right into the meat.
Barbosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trampolina takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barbosa.
Trampolina tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Barbosa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbosa is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Barbosa scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa working the head and body with strikes.
Trampolina is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Barbosa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trampolina keeps working.
Trampolina tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Barbosa creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Barbosa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trampolina takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Barbosa remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Trampolina is trying to control Barbosa's posture but Barbosa avoids it.
Trampolina manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Barbosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Trampolina is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Barbosa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trampolina with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Barbosa is thwarting Trampolina's attempts to control the position.
Barbosa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Barbosa winds up and cracks Trampolina with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trampolina gets back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa landing with the ground and pound.
Trampolina has momentary wrist control but Barbosa slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Barbosa dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Trampolina on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trampolina was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.

Barbosa clinches.
Trampolina is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barbosa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Trampolina up against the cage.
Trampolina tries for a takedown. No joy.
Barbosa lands a good knee to the midsection. Trampolina won't want to take too many of those.
Barbosa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Trampolina up against the cage.
Trampolina is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hector Barbosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trampolina takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa lands a nice knee to the body.
Barbosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barbosa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trampolina's face.
Barbosa connects with a knee to the head.
Trampolina drops down looking for an ankle pick but Barbosa pulls his leg out and moves away.

Barbosa instigates a clinch.
Barbosa crunches a lovely knee into Trampolina's ribcage.
Barbosa lands a knee to the body.
Trampolina throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa working Trampolina over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trampolina jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barbosa walks away with a smile on his face. Trampolina gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hector Barbosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Krzysztof Trampolina.
Trampolina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barbosa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trampolina has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barbosa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barbosa, right into the meat.
Jab, jab by Barbosa - just one landing.
Barbosa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barbosa!
Barbosa connects with an inside leg kick.
Barbosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barbosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trampolina doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trampolina is looking to clinch.
Trampolina on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barbosa. Barbosa obviously looking to wear him down.
Trampolina has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Barbosa tenderised Trampolina's leg. Trampolina is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barbosa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trampolina's sensitive parts.
Barbosa jabs Trampolina to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barbosa, right into the meat.
Barbosa throws a leg kick which misses Trampolina's front leg but catches the back leg as Trampolina tries to avoid it.
Barbosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barbosa connects with an inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trampolina tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
Barbosa connects with a knee to the head.
Barbosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barbosa effectively controlling the action here.
Hector Barbosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barbosa landing knees to the body.
Barbosa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barbosa lands an elbow just above Trampolina 's eye.
Krzysztof Trampolina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trampolina fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa slowing the pace effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Barbosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barbosa 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Barbosa!