PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roque Barretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barretto comes to the cage accompanied by Last Man Standing - By 4ft Fingers. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Barretto
vs
Brandao

180 cm
42
167 lbs
39 - 20 - 0

170 cm
28
170 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roque Barretto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Topper Green and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
No joy there for Brandao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A thudding body kick lands there by Barretto!
Nice defenses there by Barretto.
Brandao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barretto moves away.
Barretto misses with an uppercut.
Brandao just misses with a punch to the body.
Barretto is looking to score with low kicks.
Brandao tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Roque Barretto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barretto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barretto misses with an uppercut.
Brandao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barretto feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barretto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brandao misses with a looping right.
Brandao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barretto.
Brandao with the counter takedown but Barretto avoids it easily.
Brandao misses with a wild body shot.
Barretto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barretto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brandao's calf.
Diego Brandao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Barretto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brandao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barretto half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Barretto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rage XXX Elite in the buildup to the fight.
Barretto misses with a leg kick.
Barretto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brandao on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Brandao. Those never looked like landing.
Barretto throws a shot from downtown. Brandao moves away and avoids it.
Barretto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brandao is out of range and Barretto settles back down.
Brandao throws out a loose jab but Barretto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barretto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barretto connects with a right hand. Brandao shakes it off.
Barretto shoots in for a double leg but Brandao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brandao throws a looping overhand right but Barretto ducks down to avoid it.
Barretto cracks Brandao with an open hand slap.
Brandao is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Brandao misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barretto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barretto looks to land a right hand but Brandao moved out of range.
Brandao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barretto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barretto moves out of range of the strikes.
Barretto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brandao throws a right hand that Barretto ducks under and follows up with a left that Barretto also avoids with ease.
Barretto looks to land a body kick but Brandao moved away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barretto.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barretto.
Barretto throws a shot from downtown. Brandao moves away and avoids it.
Barretto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brandao tests Barretto's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao avoids a kick to the body.
Brandao feints the counter takedown.
Barretto thumps Brandao with a low kick.
Barretto moves forwards but Brandao connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barretto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Brandao moves out of range of the body kick from Barretto.
Brandao feints the counter takedown.
Brandao throws a series of punches but Barretto avoids them all with ease.
Barretto tries to counter by clinching up but Brandao breaks away and moves out of range.
Brandao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brandao steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Barretto. That one must have hurt.
Brandao fails to land with a series of punches.
Barretto looks to land a combination. Brandao sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brandao takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barretto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brandao moves away.
Barretto digs a good hook to Brandao's body.
That kick from Barretto tenderised Brandao's leg. Brandao is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao fails to land with a series of punches.
Brandao with a hook.
Barretto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brandao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab by Barretto.
Brandao connects with a single shot there.
Brandao's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brandao scores with a jab.
Barretto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brandao. That did some damage!
Brandao avoids a kick to the body.
Brandao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brandao throws an overhand right that lands on Barretto's shoulder, as Barretto tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barretto walks into a left hand.
Barretto throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brandao scores with a sloppy right hand. Barretto should have avoided that one.
Barretto lands a glancing blow to the side of Brandao's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roque Barretto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Barretto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barretto lands with a nice body kick.
Barretto slips under a jab.
Barretto staying out of range there.
Diego Brandao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barretto throws the kick towards the body but Brandao avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barretto.
Roque Barretto is winning the standup battle so far.
Brandao scores with a nice right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brandao, as that shot connected.
A jab from Brandao finds it's way through Barretto's defenses.
Barretto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Barretto.
Barretto swings for the body but Brandao moves out of range.
Brandao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barretto throws a push kick but Brandao slaps the foot to one side.
Brandao blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barretto drops Brandao with a beautiful combination! Brandao stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Barretto is looking for the KO!

Brandao is rocked!
Brandao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brandao is still on wobbly legs! Can Barretto finish him?
Barretto connects with an inside leg kick.
Barretto connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Brandao tumbling to the canvas! Barretto pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Brandao was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roque Barretto!
During a confident post fight interview, Roque Barretto thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.