PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joran van der Sloot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pes Barbos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

van der Sloot
vs
Barbos

210 cm
28
285 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

196 cm
25
240 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joran van der Sloot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pes Barbos!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der Sloot pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joran van der Sloot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from van der Sloot.
A head kick misses from van der Sloot.
van der Sloot misses with a wild combination.
Barbos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barbos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Joran van der Sloot has been cut.
Barbos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbos throws a right hand that van der Sloot ducks under and follows up with a left that van der Sloot also avoids with ease.

van der Sloot pushes Barbos up against the cage in a clinch.

van der Sloot's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

van der Sloot shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Barbos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Barbos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for van der Sloot!

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Sloot tries to hold on but Barbos postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbos is trying to control here but van der Sloot has managed to regain half guard.
van der Sloot is trying to get back to full guard.
Barbos is looking to pass van der Sloot's guard but actually van der Sloot recovers to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Sloot keeping moving, preventing Barbos from controlling successfully.
Barbos looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Pes Barbos.

van der Sloot darts in and clinches Barbos up against the cage.

Barbos manages to pull guard.
van der Sloot has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
van der Sloot postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
van der Sloot stops Barbos from standing up.
van der Sloot won't allow Barbos to sweep him here.
van der Sloot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

van der Sloot stands up from guard. Let's bang!
van der Sloot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Barbos.
van der Sloot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
van der Sloot cracks Barbos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbos misses with a looping left.

Barbos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barbos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

van der Sloot breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
van der Sloot fails in his attempt to clinch.

Barbos has managed to clinch.

Barbos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbos misses with a looping left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barbos, as that shot connected.
A jab from van der Sloot misses.
Barbos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van der Sloot moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van der Sloot misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
van der Sloot looks to clinch

and Barbos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Barbos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pes Barbos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joran van der Sloot's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barbos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Barbos. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Barbos takes one on the chin but seems OK.

van der Sloot shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Barbos is trying to defend but van der Sloot finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
van der Sloot not landing any meaningful shots this time.
van der Sloot missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
van der Sloot works his way into side control.
Check out the look on van der Sloot's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Sloot fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ground and pound from van der Sloot seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

van der Sloot looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Barbos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
van der Sloot is looking to take a break and control but Barbos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
van der Sloot tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Sloot landing strikes.
van der Sloot is staying tight to Barbos's torso, preventing him from escaping.

van der Sloot decides to stand back up.

van der Sloot clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, van der Sloot throws an elbow but misses.

Barbos gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbos passes to side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barbos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from van der Sloot.
Barbos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barbos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barbos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barbos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van der Sloot moves away.
Barbos moves out of range of the body kick from van der Sloot.
van der Sloot throws a good cross that connects.

van der Sloot shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
van der Sloot throws a strike but Barbos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbos wants to control from the top but van der Sloot keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Sloot keeping full guard, as Barbos tries to pass.
van der Sloot can't keep his opponent in guard - Barbos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbos trying to pass the guard but van der Sloot defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joran van der Sloot dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joran van der Sloot's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

van der Sloot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
van der Sloot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barbos counters with a one-two to the body.
Pes Barbos seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Barbos closes the distance and clinches.
van der Sloot controlling the action here for a moment.
van der Sloot tries to score a body lock takedown but Barbos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Barbos is trying to break the clinch but van der Sloot is controlling him.

van der Sloot has clasped his hands together around Barbos's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

van der Sloot goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Barbos has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for van der Sloot but great work by Barbos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbos looking to control but instead van der Sloot has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

Barbos is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbos is stalling here. van der Sloot is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Barbos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and van der Sloot has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
van der Sloot throwing shots but missing, from side control.
van der Sloot creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Barbos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
van der Sloot wants to control for a moment but Barbos uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
van der Sloot lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

van der Sloot is looking for a kimura but Barbos is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for van der Sloot to get the leverage.
van der Sloot sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barbos defending well though.
van der Sloot missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barbos wants to get back to his feet.
van der Sloot lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbos gets full guard.
van der Sloot throws an elbow that misses. Barbos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in van der Sloot's guard. Nice move by Barbos!
van der Sloot will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Barbos tries to free his leg and advance position but van der Sloot is retaining full guard.
van der Sloot is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Barbos is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Sloot trying to keep a closed guard but Barbos is proving a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Joran van der Sloot just wasn't active enough.
van der Sloot wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van der Sloot jabbing away but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joran van der Sloot showed his dominance in that final round.
I think van der Sloot has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joran van der Sloot!