RIO DE JANEIRO — This is the UFC 134 live blog for Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza, a lightweight bout on tonight’s UFC: Rio pay-per-view at the HSBC Arena in Brazil.
In his last appearance, the TUF 9 winner Pearson (12-4) defeated Spencer Fisher at UFC 127 in February. Barboza (8-0) has defeated Mike Lullo and Anthony Njokuani in his two UFC fights.
On the stat sheet, Barboza stands out with a six-inch reach advantage over the Brit.
Round 1: Lots of head movement from Pearson. Barboza throws a heavy leg kick and misses. Pearson aggressively puhses forward and he’s landing punches. Barboza chops away with leg kicks as he tries to circle away from Pearson’s offense. A nice exchange has Pearson connecting to the body and Barboza landing with a counter right hand. Pearson closes the distance with a knee but Barboza shoves him off. Barboza lands a spinning back kick on the arm and it doesn’t really phase Pearson. Pearson scores on a straight left. Pearson is doing a good job mixing up his punches even though he’s throwing kicks sparingly. Barboza throws a head kick but it’s blocked. Pearson changes angles and connects with a body shot. Pearson shoots for a double near the end of the round but Barboza stops it. 10-9 Pearson.
Round 2: They both clip each other with a jab. Barboza hits Pearson with a kick to the body and then connects on a right to knock Pearson down on his knees. Barboza is ridiculously quick with his kicks/punches. Pearson recovers and uses his jabs. Pearson catches Barboza off guard with a leg kick. Pearson lands with left as Barboza backs. Barboza scores with a right hand. Pearson uses consistent head movement. Pearson shoots halfway through the round and Barboza moves out of the way. Barboza with a huge right that is blocked. Pearson continues to pick off Barboza with jabs. Barboza connects with a spinning back kick that pushes Pearson back. Pearson is doing a good job with his lead left hooks. Barboza wins the round on the early knockdown but Pearson controlled the rest of the round. 10-9 Barboza.
Round 3:
RIO DE JANEIRO — This is the UFC 134 live blog for Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza, a lightweight bout on tonight’s UFC: Rio pay-per-view at the HSBC Arena in Brazil.
In his last appearance, the TUF 9 winner Pearson (12-4) defeated Spencer Fisher at UFC 127 in February. Barboza (8-0) has defeated Mike Lullo and Anthony Njokuani in his two UFC fights.
On the stat sheet, Barboza stands out with a six-inch reach advantage over the Brit.
Round 1: Lots of head movement from Pearson. Barboza throws a heavy leg kick and misses. Pearson aggressively puhses forward and he’s landing punches. Barboza chops away with leg kicks as he tries to circle away from Pearson’s offense. A nice exchange has Pearson connecting to the body and Barboza landing with a counter right hand. Pearson closes the distance with a knee but Barboza shoves him off. Barboza lands a spinning back kick on the arm and it doesn’t really phase Pearson. Pearson scores on a straight left. Pearson is doing a good job mixing up his punches even though he’s throwing kicks sparingly. Barboza throws a head kick but it’s blocked. Pearson changes angles and connects with a body shot. Pearson shoots for a double near the end of the round but Barboza stops it. 10-9 Pearson.
Round 2: They both clip each other with a jab. Barboza hits Pearson with a kick to the body and then connects on a right to knock Pearson down on his knees. Barboza is ridiculously quick with his kicks/punches. Pearson recovers and uses his jabs. Pearson catches Barboza off guard with a leg kick. Pearson lands with left as Barboza backs. Barboza scores with a right hand. Pearson uses consistent head movement. Pearson shoots halfway through the round and Barboza moves out of the way. Barboza with a huge right that is blocked. Pearson continues to pick off Barboza with jabs. Barboza connects with a spinning back kick that pushes Pearson back. Pearson is doing a good job with his lead left hooks. Barboza wins the round on the early knockdown but Pearson controlled the rest of the round. 10-9 Barboza.
Round 3:
RIO DE JANEIRO — This is the UFC 134 live blog for Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza, a lightweight bout on tonight’s UFC: Rio pay-per-view at the HSBC Arena in Brazil.