PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Clinton Strong (ranked 24665 p4p, 5089 weight class) and Ricardo Barbosa (ranked 331 p4p, 258 weight class). Clinton Strong is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Strong
vs
Barbosa

180 cm
21
135
6 - 3 - 0

157 cm
18
137
0 - 0 - 0

Brawler
Experienced

Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clinton Strong !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricardo Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Strong has closed the distance and engaged Barbosa in a clinch.
Barbosa is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Strong fails to land.
Strong tries to work over Barbosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Strong fails to land.
Strong tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Strong back against the ropes.
Barbosa working hard to break the clinch.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Strong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barbosa's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Strong controls the action.
Barbosa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
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.
Strong misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong misses with the head strike.
Barbosa wants to get back to striking at distance but Strong won't allow it.
Barbosa has had enough of the clinch but Strong keeps him there for the moment.
Strong really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barbosa working hard to break the clinch.
Strong can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Strong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barbosa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barbosa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strong has him pressed against the ropes.
Strong tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Strong back against the ropes.
Barbosa tries to work over Strong 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strong throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa is trying to push Strong away but Strong has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Strong lands an elbow that stopped Barbosa in his tracks for a moment.
Strong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbosa.
Strong misses with the head strike.

Barbosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong fails to land with a series of punches.
Strong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barbosa is looking for the big counter here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbosa unleashes a big counter combination but Strong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Some wild striking there from Strong .
Barbosa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Barbosa rushes Strong and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Clinton Strong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbosa throws a counter combo.
Strong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Barbosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clinton Strong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Strong walks into a straight right hand from Barbosa.
Strong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Strong backs off Barbosa throws a huge counter combo but Strong manages to avoid it all.
Strong tries to clinch but Barbosa moves away
and Barbosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Barbosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Strong tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Barbosa manages to circle out of the way.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Despite the aggression on Barbosa's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Strong swinging wildly here.
Barbosa unleashes a big counter combination but Strong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Strong moves into the clinch.
Barbosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Strong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Strong keeps control of Barbosa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strong prevents Barbosa from breaking the clinch.

Barbosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Strong wants to clinch.
Strong wants to clinch.

Strong moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Strong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strong pushes Barbosa back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Barbosa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbosa avoids it.
Strong tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Strong back against the ropes.
Barbosa avoids the elbow strike from Strong , against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Barbosa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Strong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barbosa's brow.
Strong missing with knees to the body.
Strong takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ricardo Barbosa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Strong moves in looking to clinch but Barbosa pushes him off.
Strong wants to clinch
and Barbosa counters with a series of strikes. Strong will be more careful next time no doubt.
Strong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strong takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barbosa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Clinton Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Strong wants to clinch but Barbosa slips to the side
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barbosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barbosa throws a counter combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbosa unleashes a big counter combination but Strong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Strong is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strong doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbosa circles away.
Strong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strong just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Strong avoids it with no problem.
Strong is looking to clinch but Barbosa is avoiding it.
Barbosa keeps the fight on the outside.
As Strong backs off Barbosa throws a huge counter combo but Strong manages to avoid it all.
Strong tries to clinch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbosa throws a counter combo.
Barbosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strong moves in looking to clinch but Barbosa pushes him off.
Barbosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strong tries to counter by clinching up but Barbosa breaks away and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong misses with a body shot.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbosa unleashes a big counter combination but Strong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Barbosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong tries to clinch up.
Strong wants to clinch.
Strong tries to clinch up.
As Strong backs off Barbosa throws a huge counter combo but Strong manages to avoid it all.
Strong doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbosa circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Strong is looking to clinch but Barbosa is avoiding it.
Strong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Despite the aggression on Barbosa's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Barbosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barbosa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Barbosa!