PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Caio Barbosa (ranked 5533 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Robertson (ranked 5628 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
Robertson

163 cm
16
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Caio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Virgil Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Robertson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Barbosa stops Robertson from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barbosa slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Robertson wants to stand and escape. He's got his foot on Barbosa's hips, looking to push off. But Barbosa grabs a hold of the leg and drops back for an ankle lock! It's hard to tell if he's got it. Both fighters look composed - OH, not anymore they don't! Robertson screams like a kid who's trapped his fingers in the car door and taps out! Yikes, that must have hurt - hopefully it's not snapped anything!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Caio Barbosa!
Caio Barbosa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.