PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Barbossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Jun Fan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbossa comes to the cage accompanied by 5 Pirate Myths That Actually Are True. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barbossa
vs
Jun Fan

170 cm
23
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

174 cm
23
157 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

DC Unrivaled
Perkele!

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geoffrey Barbossa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Jun Fan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jun Fan avoids the body shot from Barbossa.
Barbossa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Jun Fan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Jun Fan closes the distance and clinches.
Jun Fan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barbossa misses with a punch on the inside.
Jun Fan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barbossa just leaning against Jun Fan, taking a breather.
Jun Fan misses with a knee to the head.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but Barbossa blocks it.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbossa avoids it.
Jun Fan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jun Fan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jun Fan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barbossa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbossa has Jun Fan pressed against the cage.
Barbossa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbossa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jun Fan misses with a knee to the head.
Barbossa working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa lands with a right to the head.
Jun Fan blocking some punches.
Barbossa lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jun Fan.
Barbossa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Barbossa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jun Fan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jun Fan lands a body punch.
Jun Fan wants to take the fight to the mat but Barbossa manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jun Fan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbossa.
Jun Fan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbossa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barbossa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jun Fan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barbossa's face.
Jun Fan digs a right hand underneath Barbossa's ribcage. Barbossa let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun Fan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barbossa misses with a punch to the body.
Jun Fan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jun Fan lands a nice knee to the body.
Jun Fan lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbossa backwards.
Jun Fan prevents a body shot from Barbossa.
Barbossa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Jun Fan.
Barbossa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jun Fan tries to land knees in the clinch but Barbossa avoids the damage to the body.
Barbossa has a couple of punches blocked by Jun Fan.
Barbossa taking a breather.
Barbossa prevents a body shot from Jun Fan.
Barbossa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barbossa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Barbossa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jun Fan backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun Fan tries a body shot but Barbossa blocks it.
Barbossa tries to throw a body punch but Jun Fan avoids it by throwing Barbossa back against the cage.
Barbossa misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbossa.
Jun Fan presses Barbossa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jun Fan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jun Fan lands with a left to the head.
Barbossa pushes Jun Fan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jun Fan missing with knees to the body.
Barbossa trying to control the position but instead, Jun Fan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barbossa into the cage.
Barbossa throws a punch but it's blocked by Jun Fan.
Jun Fan misses with a knee to the head.
Barbossa avoiding damage.
Barbossa is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa misses with some punches.
Jun Fan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barbossa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Barbossa blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Jun Fan.
Jun Fan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jun Fan lands a shoulder strike.
Jun Fan missing with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jun Fan misses with a knee to the head.
Barbossa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jun Fan missing with knees to the body.
Jun Fan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jun Fan looking to throw knees to the head but Barbossa is blocking nicely.
Barbossa can't find room to land a body shot as Jun Fan controls the action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jun Fan has Barbossa pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Barbossa manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Jun Fan 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.

Jun Fan takes the fight into the clinch.
Barbossa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barbossa lands a hook that snaps the head of Jun Fan backwards.
A shot in the inside from Barbossa.
Barbossa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbossa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jun Fan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barbossa's efforts to push away.
Jun Fan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barbossa blocks it with crossed arms.
Barbossa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbossa lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Barbossa.
Barbossa tries to stall but Jun Fan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jun Fan can't get the takedown.
Barbossa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Barbossa as the two fighters clinch.
Jun Fan is leaning against Barbossa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jun Fan lands a knee to the head.
Barbossa tries to throw a body punch but Jun Fan avoids it by throwing Barbossa back against the cage.
Jun Fan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Barbossa after a bit of a struggle.
Stalling in the clinch from Barbossa.
Barbossa is looking to control Jun Fan's arms but Jun Fan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barbossa has his back to the cage.
Barbossa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jun Fan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Barbossa blocks with his arms.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jun Fan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barbossa's face.
Jun Fan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barbossa blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jun Fan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knees to the body from Jun Fan.
Jun Fan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Geoffrey Barbossa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Jun Fan.
A head punch on the inside from Barbossa fails to land.
Lee Jun Fan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun Fan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Jun Fan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbossa misses with the head strike.
Jun Fan wants a takedown but no success here.
Barbossa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbossa pushes Jun Fan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbossa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jun Fan backwards.
Barbossa scores with a shoulder strike.
Barbossa is pushing Jun Fan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jun Fan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jun Fan lands with a light punch inside.
Barbossa scores with a shot to the side of Jun Fan's head.
Jun Fan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barbossa blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jun Fan.
Barbossa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jun Fan uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa scores with a shot to the side of Jun Fan's head.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Barbossa lands a right hand.
Jun Fan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jun Fan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barbossa blocks it with crossed arms.
Jun Fan lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jun Fan.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Barbossa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barbossa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barbossa misses with a leg kick
and Jun Fan counters with a nice uppercut.
Barbossa misses with a head kick.
Barbossa tries to score with a low kick but Jun Fan moves his leg out of the way.
Jun Fan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barbossa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jun Fan is out of range and Barbossa settles back down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barbossa.
Barbossa throws a leg kick which misses Jun Fan's front leg but catches the back leg as Jun Fan tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jun Fan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barbossa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barbossa misses with a leg kick
and Jun Fan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jun Fan is looking to clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jun Fan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Barbossa - the referee stops the clock and Jun Fan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Barbossa. Jun Fan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jun Fan throws a head kick but Barbossa moves out of range.
Barbossa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jun Fan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Barbossa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jun Fan throws a shot to the body.
Barbossa throws a lazy right hand but Jun Fan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barbossa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jun Fan's calf.
Jun Fan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Geoffrey Barbossa is winning the standup battle so far.
Jun Fan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geoffrey Barbossa dominated that second round.
That's time! Barbossa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Barbossa. Jun Fan does a little dance to reset his feet.

Barbossa tries to keep at a distance but Jun Fan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barbossa stalling the fight.
Barbossa is trying to stall.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Barbossa blocks with his arms.
Barbossa looking to stall.
Barbossa throws a punch but it's blocked by Jun Fan.
Barbossa throws a punch but it's blocked by Jun Fan.
Barbossa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbossa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jun Fan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jun Fan tries to land knees in the clinch but Barbossa avoids the damage to the body.
Jun Fan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jun Fan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa can't find room to land a body shot as Jun Fan controls the action.
Barbossa avoiding damage as Jun Fan throws knees to the body.
Jun Fan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hook to the body lands for Barbossa.
Barbossa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barbossa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jun Fans head.
Jun Fan tries to land a knee to the head but Barbossa blocks with his arms.
Jun Fan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbossa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jun Fans head.
Barbossa lands a hook to the side of the head.

Barbossa breaks from the clinch.
Jun Fan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barbossa scores with a spinning back kick!
Barbossa throws the kick towards the body but Jun Fan avoids it.
Barbossa misses with a low kick.
Barbossa tries to work over Jun Fan's front leg with a kick but Jun Fan checks it.
Jun Fan tries to clinch but Barbossa moves away
and Barbossa counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbossa throws a head kick that misses.
Jun Fan wants to clinch.
Barbossa moves out of range of the body kick from Jun Fan.
Barbossa is looking to counter with a body kick.
Barbossa lands a leg kick that knocks Jun Fan off balance momentarily.
Barbossa misses with a leg kick.
Barbossa is looking to chop away at Jun Fan's legs.
Jun Fan misses with a kick to the body.
Jun Fan jabs at Barbossa's body.
Barbossa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jun Fan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Barbossa.
Jun Fan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barbossa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jun Fan dodges the punch combination from Barbossa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Jun Fan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barbossa motions for Jun Fan to come forward. Barbossa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jun Fan connects with a right hand. Barbossa shakes it off.
Jun Fan throws a low kick, looking for Barbossa's leg but Barbossa calmly moves out of range.
As Jun Fan backs away, Barbossa returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Jun Fan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jun Fan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jun Fan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Barbossa breaks from the clinch.
Barbossa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barbossa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jun Fan to score with a decent uppercut.
Barbossa lands a right hook to the body.
Barbossa wants to slow Jun Fan down by chopping away at his legs.
And Jun Fan responds with a good body kick, but Barbossa manages to step out the way in time.
Barbossa pushes Jun Fan away with a front kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Jun Fan misses the target.
Barbossa misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Barbossa is predictable there
and Jun Fan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jun Fan checks a leg kick.
Jun Fan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jun Fan blocks the body kick.
Barbossa tries to land a front kick but Jun Fan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barbossa, right into the meat.
Barbossa throws a sloppy head kick

and Jun Fan moves into the clinch.
Jun Fan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barbossa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Barbossa breaks from the clinch.
Barbossa misses with a body shot.
Barbossa moves out of range as Jun Fan strikes.
Barbossa is looking for a counter combo.
Jun Fan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Barbossa scores with a leg kick.
Barbossa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barbossa. Jun Fan does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Geoffrey Barbossa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Barbossa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geoffrey Barbossa!
A relieved looking Geoffrey Barbossa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.