PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Itamar Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and First Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Barbosa
vs
Fighter

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Itamar Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, First Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fighter scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Barbosa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Barbosa is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

Fighter swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Barbosa is now in Fighter's guard. A big mistake from Fighter there, giving up the dominant position!
Barbosa looking to pass the guard.

Barbosa drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Barbosa seems to have locked his on tight now - Fighter screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Barbosa, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Itamar Barbosa!
After the fight, Itamar Barbosa was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.