PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edward Conan (ranked 238 p4p, 526 weight class) and Daniel Barbosa (ranked 36 p4p, 77 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Conan
vs
Barbosa

178 cm
33
158
23 - 12 - 0

185 cm
29
157
21 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Apothecary

Voodoo Nutrition

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 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Conan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conan with a hook.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Barbosa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Barbosa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conan to score with a decent uppercut.
Conan misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Conan misses with the combination.
Barbosa lands a body shot.
Barbosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut lands for Conan. That snapped Barbosa's head back.
Conan loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barbosa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conan misses with a two punch combination.
As Conan backs off Barbosa throws a huge counter combo but Conan manages to avoid it all.
Conan looks to land a combination. Barbosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa throws a right hand that misses
and Conan counters with a stiff right hand.
Barbosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Conan misses with a hook.
Barbosa misses with a body shot.
Conan misses the jab.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Conan throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Barbosa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Barbosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barbosa lands a nice shot that snaps Conan's head back.
Conan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barbosa slips a jab and a cross from Conan.
Conan lands a nice shot that snaps Barbosa's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa misses with a body shot.
Conan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Conan thuds a left hand into Barbosa's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barbosa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Conan eats them both and turns towards Barbosa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barbosa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barbosa loads up on a big right hand but Conan slips the punch.
Conan looks to land a left hand but Barbosa moved out of range nicely.
Conan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conan.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barbosa scores with a nice right hand.
Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Conan.
Barbosa throws a lazy right hand but Conan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
Conan throws a series of punches but Barbosa avoids them all with ease.
Barbosa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Conan misses with a hook. Barbosa ducked under it nicely.
Conan defending well as Barbosa loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa clobbers Conan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Conan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barbosa.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Conan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barbosa doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Barbosa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Conan misses.
A big left from Conan misses.
Conan takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Daniel Barbosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conan misses the shot to the body.
Conan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barbosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Conan misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Barbosa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Barbosa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Barbosa wants it to stay on the feet.
Conan misses with a straight left.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Conan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Conan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Barbosa scores with a nice right hand.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conan scores with a jab.
Conan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Barbosa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Conan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Edward Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Conan. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conan. Barbosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conan.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
Barbosa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Conan with a body shot.
Conan lands with a straight right. Barbosa didn't see that one coming.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Barbosa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Conan has got the better of the exchanges.
Conan looks to land a combination but Barbosa avoids it well.
Conan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conan to score with a decent uppercut.
A big right from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa scores with a three punch combo!
Conan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Conan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Conan tries to bum rush Barbosa with a series of wild strikes but Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Conan avoids it with no problem.
Conan missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barbosa misses with a lunging right hand
and Conan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Barbosa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
Conan slips a jab from Barbosa.
Conan lands a body shot.
Barbosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbosa misses with a body shot
and Conan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barbosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Jab from Conan.
Barbosa takes one to the side of the head.
Barbosa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conan misses with a hook. Barbosa ducked under it nicely.
Barbosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Conan misses with a looping left.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barbosa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Barbosa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Conan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barbosa scrambles back to his feet.
Barbosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Conan on the side of the head.

Conan is rocked!
Conan lands a really nice looking cross but Barbosa seems unphased.
Barbosa cracks a nice hook into Conan's ribs.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Conan misses with a takedown
and Barbosa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barbosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Conan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Conan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
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!
Barbosa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Conan is having none of it.
Barbosa misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Conan lands a head shot.
Conan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Conan missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan feinted with a counter takedown.
Conan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Conan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, jab by Conan - just one landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Conan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Conan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan lands a nice looking body shot.
Conan cracks Barbosa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barbosa connects with a body shot.
Conan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Conan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Conan catches Barbosa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Edward Conan is winning the standup battle so far.
Conan slips a jab from Barbosa.
A quick step to the side and Conan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Barbosa misses.
Conan misses with a shot to the body
and Barbosa counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Conan misses with a hook. Barbosa ducked under it nicely.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Conan.
Barbosa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barbosa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Conan works the jab nicely.
Conan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Oh Conan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Conan blocks a jab.
A big left from Conan misses.
Conan lands a glancing blow to the side of Barbosa's head.
Conan seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Conan.
Conan throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a big right hand! Oh Conan is in trouble here! Barbosa follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Barbosa!
After winning the bout, Daniel Barbosa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.