PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Barbossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Gronkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Barbossa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Steve Gronkowski's chin.

Barbossa
vs
Gronkowski

182 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

179 cm
26
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Barbossa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Gronkowski!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gronkowski lands with an uppercut that bounces Barbossa off the cage and back into rage.
Barbossa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Gronkowski counter with a right hand.
Barbossa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gronkowski pinned against the cage. Gronkowski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jake Barbossa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gronkowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbossa was well out of range. Poor timing from Gronkowski.
Barbossa throws a combination that misses
and Gronkowski counters with a left to the body.

Barbossa clinches.
Gronkowski cracks Barbossa with a nice body shot.

Gronkowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gronkowski throws a jab when Barbossa was well out of range.
Gronkowski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Barbossa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gronkowski counters with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Gronkowski.
Gronkowski misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gronkowski misses with a wild combination.
Gronkowski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Barbossa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gronkowski scores with a nice head shot.
Barbossa misses the body punch
and Gronkowski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barbossa is breathing heavily.
A punch lands to the side of Barbossa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steve Gronkowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gronkowski lands a jab to Barbossa's midsection.
Horrible takedown by Barbossa or perhaps it was just good defense by Gronkowski which made him look bad.
Gronkowski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab lands there for Gronkowski.
Gronkowski scores with a sloppy right hand. Barbossa should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbossa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gronkowski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gronkowski jabs Barbossa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice cross by Gronkowski.
Gronkowski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gronkowski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barbossa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gronkowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Barbossa is rocked!
Barbossa moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh Barbossa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gronkowski stuns Barbossa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barbossa seems to have got his legs back now.
Gronkowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gronkowski walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Barbossa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Gronkowski swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Barbossa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Gronkowski!