PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Howard Castaneda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evandro Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Howard Castaneda has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Castaneda
vs
Barbosa

177 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Howard Castaneda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Evandro Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa leaves Castaneda with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Castaneda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Barbosa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barbosa scores with punches from side control.
Barbosa lands a decent elbow from side control.
Barbosa fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barbosa scoring with punches from side control.
Castaneda takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Barbosa misses with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Barbosa scores with punches from side control.
Castaneda managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barbosa.
Barbosa scores with punches from side control.
Castaneda dodges the ground and pound from Barbosa.
Castaneda managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barbosa.

Barbosa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Barbosa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Castaneda sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Castaneda is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Castaneda some visible discomfort.
Castaneda takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Castaneda takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Barbosa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barbosa lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barbosa is putting a hurting on Castaneda here, landing some big shots from side control.
Barbosa has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbosa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Castaneda?
Barbosa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Barbosa connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barbosa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barbosa punishing his opponent with strikes.
Barbosa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Castaneda looks a forlorn figure.
Barbosa should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Barbosa dominating with strikes here.
Barbosa working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barbosa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barbosa with the ground and pound from mount.
Barbosa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa breaks from Castaneda's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barbosa raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands a nice shot to the head.
Castaneda is in a horrible position here. Barbosa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barbosa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Barbosa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Barbosa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Castaneda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barbosa landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa working Castaneda over with strikes here.
Barbosa landing strikes, looking to finish!

Castaneda is rocked!
Barbosa scoring with strikes but Castaneda is staying in there.
Oh Castaneda is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barbosa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evandro Barbosa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Barbosa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barbosa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Barbosa tries for a kimura but Castaneda is defending well.
Barbosa scoring with punches from side control.
Barbosa scores with punches from side control.
Barbosa controlling from side mount.
Castaneda takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big shot lands for Barbosa! That's hurt Castaneda! Will he recover? Barbosa fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evandro Barbosa!