PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Zeus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Barbarino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barbarino comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Barbarino song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zeus
vs
Barbarino

210 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

191 cm
20
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Black Zeus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinnie Barbarino!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbarino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Barbarino closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Barbarino thows a huge punch but Zeus dodges it nicely.
Zeus tries to roll over but Barbarino keeps him under control.

Barbarino decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Black Zeus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zeus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbarino manages to avoid it.
Zeus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barbarino misses with a hook. Zeus ducked under it nicely.
Zeus misses with a straight right.
Zeus looks to throw the jab but Barbarino is out of range.
Zeus slips under a jab.
Zeus tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbarino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Barbarino does no damage.
Barbarino throws a series of punches but Zeus moves out of range.
Barbarino displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zeus throws out the jab.
Barbarino slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barbarino looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zeus!
Zeus working to try and regain half guard.
Barbarino with a couple of short strikes.
Zeus tries to reverse the position but Barbarino maintains control.
Barbarino postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Zeus bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Barbarino and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinnie Barbarino!