Te hanga i tona Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions (PBC) Rātū TOE-TO-TOE i runga i Fox Sports 1 tuatahi, 20-tau whakakitea Barrios koroheke ngakau rahi me te pūkenga i te patu Tinoco i muri i te mamae i te ihu toto i roto i te taka noa e rua. Having difficulty breathing, Barrios had to bite down and make the proper adjustments to finish the fight on top. Barrios did so in spectacular fashion.

Noho, nei whakamahia tona tiketike, me te tae ki tona painga i te ū nifó puai i roto i te whawhai, kino ia Tinoco runga i ngā wā maha. Although Tinoco used every veteran trick in the book against Barrios, ko ia kahore ōrite mo te kuao San Antonio taketake Barrios, nei kahakina nga rauna waenganui, me te i muri mai. Scorecards read 78-74 katoa i roto i te manakohia o Barrios

“I mohio e haere ana ahau ki tenei whawhai e Tinoco haere i toku whakamātautau uaua ki te kia, no te mea i ia te māia ētahi atu whawhai taumaha i roto i te mua,” Said Mario Barrios. “In addition he was getting top sparring in Mexico during training camp. But my entire team and I never had any doubts about my ability to be victorious. My head trainer Bob SantosHe rota o te wheako e pā ana ki nga aitua, a meatia ana e ia he mahi pai i pupuri i ahau i roto i marino te kokonga, no te tukua e ahau he ihu toto wawe i roto i te whawhai. My cutman Todd Harlib also did a great job stopping the blood from gushing out. This was a great learning experience and I want to thank my entire team, tautautefito toku papa Martin, mo ratou mahi pakeke katoa.”