PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gavilan Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maestre Hulk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barrera comes to the cage accompanied by Ileso. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barrera
vs
Hulk

193 cm
23
265 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

190 cm
19
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Syndicate Drugs

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gavilan Barrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maestre Hulk!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hulk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Barrera swivels and escapes.
Barrera lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hulk backs up against the cage.

It looks like Maestre Hulk has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barrera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hulk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hulk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barrera.
No luck for Hulk with that takedown attempt.
Barrera with a jab.
Hulk fails with a takedown attempt.
Gavilan Barrera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maestre Hulk.
Barrera throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hulk.

That has opened up Maestre Hulk's cut even more.

Hulk feints and as Barrera raises his hands in defense, Hulk changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hulk throwing strikes but missing.
Hulk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hulk sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hulk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulk stands up over Barrera, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Barrera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hulk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hulk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hulk with a nice head shot there.
Hulk throwing strikes from guard but Barrera blocks nicely.
Hulk trying to control but Barrera is working from the bottom.
Barrera is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hulk is controlling him.
Hulk connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hulk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hulk thows a big elbow that misses.
Hulk connects with a couple of short punches.
Hulk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barrera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hulk wants to pass the guard but Barrera is keeping the position.
Hulk working some strikes from top position.
Hulk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hulk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barrera has momentary wrist control but Hulk slips an elbow through the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hulk wants to control from the top but Barrera keeps moving.
Hulk advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulk trying to control the position but Barrera is working away.
Hulk looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Barrera is avoiding damage well.

Hulk tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hulk has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hulk trying to control the action but Barrera is working from the bottom.
Hulk working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Barrera is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hulk is working Barrera over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hulk throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ground and pound from Hulk seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Hulk in side control, throwing shots but Barrera defends.
Hulk advances to full mount.
Barrera is breathing heavily.
Hulk lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Gavilan Barrera has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hulk with shots to the head and body - Barrera looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hulk dominating with strikes here.
Hulk cracks Barrera with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maestre Hulk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hulk closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hulk lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hulk working the head with strikes.
Hulk grinds an elbow into Barrera's temple.
Barrera avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hulk.
Barrera is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hulk connects with a decent elbow.
Hulk cracks Barrera with a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hulk connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Barrera some visible discomfort.

Gavilan Barrera's cut is getting worse.
Hulk lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Barrera down.

Gavilan Barrera's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hulk landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Jeez, Gavilan Barrera's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gavilan Barrera's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Maestre Hulk!