PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Barbosa (ranked 458 p4p, 571 weight class) and Nova Lankinen (ranked 59 p4p, 77 weight class). Barbosa comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Go to Sleep. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Barbosa
vs
Lankinen

180 cm
31
169
20 - 14 - 0

180 cm
33
177
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nova Lankinen!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lankinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lankinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Lankinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lankinen has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Barbosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lankinen, pushing him back against the cage.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lankinen looking to stall.
Lankinen gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Antonio Barbosa has been cut.
Barbosa lands a left hand.
Lankinen lands a left hand.
Barbosa digs a right hand underneath Lankinen's ribcage. Lankinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Lankinen controls his hands.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Lankinen blocks it.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lankinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lankinen blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lankinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lankinen.
I was talking to Barbosa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lankinen looking to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lankinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barbosa.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lankinen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barbosa's brow.
Lankinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barbosa digs a right hand underneath Lankinen's ribcage. Lankinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barbosa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lankinen.
Lankinen leaning against his opponent.
A short body shot lands from Barbosa as the two fighters clinch.
Lankinen looks winded!
Lankinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lankinen tries to break the clinch but Barbosa is controlling the position.
Barbosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lankinen is trying to break free.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barbosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lankinen blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lankinen is trying to break the clinch but Barbosa is controlling him.
Lankinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Barbosa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.
Lankinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barbosa.
Barbosa tries to work over Lankinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa tries to work over Lankinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barbosa lands a right hand.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Lankinen controls his hands.
Lankinen takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barbosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Barbosa.
Barbosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Lankinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lankinen gets tackled into the cage by Barbosa. Barbosa maintains the clinch.
Barbosa avoids a wild elbow strike from Lankinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lankinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Lankinen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barbosa up against the cage.
Lankinen wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Barbosa.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
Barbosa lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lankinen.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.
Barbosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lankinen's efforts to push away.
Lankinen lands a shot to the body.

Lankinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Barbosa moves into range and clinches up with Lankinen.
A short right from Barbosa on the inside.
Barbosa avoids the elbow strike from Lankinen, against the cage.
Lankinen trying to control the position but instead, Barbosa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lankinen into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Lankinen blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbosa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lankinen's elbow.
Barbosa keeps control of Lankinen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Barbosa.
Lankinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lankinen lands with a left to the head.
Barbosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.
Barbosa lands a body shot.
Barbosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lankinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Barbosa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbosa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Barbosa.
Lankinen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
Good body shot from Barbosa.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Barbosa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Barbosa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Barbosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barbosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lankinen can do to turn this around?
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Lankinen circles away.
Lankinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Lankinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barbosa tries to clinch up.
Antonio Barbosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Lankinen moves out of range.
Lankinen blocks a head kick by Barbosa.
As Barbosa backs off Lankinen throws a huge counter combo but Barbosa manages to avoid it all.
Barbosa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Lankinen is having none of it.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Lankinen is just out of range.
A big right from Lankinen misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa darts in trying to clinch
and Lankinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Barbosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lankinen, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lankinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Barbosa avoids the damage to the body.
Lankinen looking to stall.
Lankinen has Barbosa pushed against the cage.
Lankinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lankinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa lands a body shot.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lankinen is leaning against Barbosa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Lankinen.
Barbosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lankinen has a couple of punches blocked by Barbosa.
Lankinen throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Lankinen.
Barbosa working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Lankinen.
Barbosa has Lankinen pressed against the cage, preventing Lankinen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lankinen.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Lankinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Lankinen avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lankinen lands with a left to the head.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Lankinen blocks it.
Barbosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Lankinen as the two fighters clinch.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Lankinen controls his hands.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lankinen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lankinen misses with some punches.
Barbosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lankinen backwards.
Lankinen lands a shoulder strike.
Lankinen throws a head punch that misses.
Lankinen wants to stall.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lankinen takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Barbosa fails to land.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Barbosa as the two fighters clinch.
Lankinen is breathing heavily.
Barbosa digs a right hand into Lankinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lankinen's gas tank.
A short body shot lands from Barbosa as the two fighters clinch.
Barbosa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lankinen.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Lankinen.
Barbosa digs a right hand into Lankinen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lankinen's gas tank.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Lankinen controls his hands.
A short left from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barbosa lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Barbosa as the two fighters clinch.
Barbosa lands a shot to the body.
Barbosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lankinens head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
A short left from Barbosa.

Lankinen is rocked!
Barbosa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lankinen blocks a body shot from Barbosa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lankinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Barbosa cracks Lankinen with a nice body shot.
Barbosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike.
Lankinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Barbosa finish him?
Barbosa lands a shoulder strike.
Barbosa pushes Lankinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lankinen is trying to break the clinch but Barbosa is controlling him.
Barbosa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barbosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barbosa pushes Lankinen against the cage. Barbosa is working some dirty boxing. Barbosa pushes off with a quick right hook! Lankinen goes down! Lankinen tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Barbosa moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Barbosa!
Antonio Barbosa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.