PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Henrique (ranked 6049 p4p, 2133 weight class) and Felipe Ferreira-Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 294 weight class). Ferreira-Alves has chosen The Mountain - Jucifer as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henrique
vs
Ferreira-Alves

184 cm
23
186
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
29
174
6 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Henrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrique throws a hook to the side of Ferreira-Alves's head but Ferreira-Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Ferreira-Alves closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Henrique quickly recovers to half guard.
Ferreira-Alves controlling the pace.
Ferreira-Alves thows a huge punch but Henrique dodges it nicely.
Henrique keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves thows a huge punch but Henrique dodges it nicely.
Ferreira-Alves missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ferreira-Alves sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henrique defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira-Alves controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ferreira-Alves is working for a kimura but Henrique is defending it quite comfortably.
Ferreira-Alves thows a huge punch but Henrique dodges it nicely.
Ferreira-Alves looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ferreira-Alves is nestled in close to Henrique, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ferreira-Alves not doing much here.
Ferreira-Alves thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henrique's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Ferreira-Alves is looking for a kimura but Henrique is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ferreira-Alves to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferreira-Alves controlling the action here.
Ferreira-Alves is pressing down on Henrique's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henrique is holding on for now.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ferreira-Alves working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ferreira-Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ferreira-Alves is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrique has hold of Ferreira-Alves's hands but Ferreira-Alves slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Ferreira-Alves is trying to work for a kimura but Henrique is defending well.
Ferreira-Alves thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henrique blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ferreira-Alves looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ferreira-Alves working Henrique over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ferreira-Alves winds up and cracks Henrique with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira-Alves is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Henrique wants to control but Ferreira-Alves is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Ferreira-Alves maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Henrique could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Ferreira-Alves has cracked it and Henrique is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Ferreira-Alves!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
An out of breath Felipe Ferreira-Alves thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.