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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balboa Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbosa comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 cm
27
201 lbs
8 - 3 - 1 |
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200 cm
28
199 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Barbosa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balboa Batista! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Batista scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Batista is looking for a kimura but Barbosa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Batista to get the leverage. Batista is working for a kimura but Barbosa is defending it quite comfortably.
Barbosa preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head. Batista looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barbosa wants to improve his position but Batista is controlling well.
Batista is working for a kimura here but Barbosa manages to reverse the position and he's now in Batista's guard.
Batista is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Batista is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Barbosa trying to control but Batista is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Batista looking for a sweep. Not yet Batista, not yet. Barbosa advances to half guard. Barbosa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Barbosa seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Batista is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Igor Barbosa! Our winner, Igor Barbosa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
27% |
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