PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugeniy Tryastsyn (ranked 14 p4p, 118 weight class) and Bento Barboza (ranked 4 p4p, 19 weight class). Barboza has chosen Angel Of Death as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tryastsyn
vs
Barboza

185 cm
32
222
22 - 10 - 0

190 cm
33
265
35 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugeniy Tryastsyn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bento Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tryastsyn scores with a hook.
Barboza avoids the body shot from Tryastsyn.
Good standup being displayed there by Barboza as he connects with a hook.
Tryastsyn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barboza pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tryastsyn is out of range and Barboza settles back down.
Tryastsyn staying out of range there.
Tryastsyn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Tryastsyn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barboza as he jumps to the side.
Tryastsyn misses with a hook
and Barboza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A bone on bone clash there as Tryastsyn blocks the leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Tryastsyn misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tryastsyn tests Barboza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barboza throws a hook but Tryastsyn blocks it.
Tryastsyn takes a swing at Barboza's ribcage but misses.
Tryastsyn scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barboza stuffs the takedown attempt from Tryastsyn. Tryastsyn gets slowly back to his feet.
Tryastsyn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Barboza defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eugeniy Tryastsyn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barboza misses with a hook. Tryastsyn ducked under it nicely.
Tryastsyn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tryastsyn fails with a takedown attempt.
Tryastsyn fails to land the takedown.
Barboza has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Barboza as he connects with a hook.
Barboza takes one to the chin there.
Tryastsyn misses with a body punch
and Barboza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tryastsyn cracks Barboza with a good jab.

Barboza cracks Tryastsyn with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Tryastsyn looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Barboza finish him?

Tryastsyn is rocked!

It looks like Eugeniy Tryastsyn has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tryastsyn fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Oh Tryastsyn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A telegraphed right hand from Barboza misses the target.
Tryastsyn attempts a counter takedown but Barboza avoids it well and moves away.
Tryastsyn misses with a two punch combination.
Tryastsyn seems to have got his legs back now.
Barboza looks to throw a body kick

and Tryastsyn counters with a takedown into side control.

Tryastsyn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Barboza, who protects the arm well.
Tryastsyn trying to control the action but Barboza is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Tryastsyn slips a nice elbow through Barboza's hands, connecting with Barboza's forehead.

Tryastsyn in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Barboza tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Tryastsyn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eugeniy Tryastsyn!
Eugeniy Tryastsyn retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath Eugeniy Tryastsyn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.