PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maycon Jardim (ranked 4288 p4p, 4327 weight class) and Henry Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jardim
vs
Johnson

170 cm
25
135
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
24
136
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maycon Jardim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jardim to the mat! Jardim manages to get full guard.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jardim's head.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Jardim kicks Johnson off and gets to his feet.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jardim.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jardim is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Jardim lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Jardim lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into Jardim's guard.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to Jardim's brow.
Jardim is looking to stand up but Johnson isn't so interested in that idea.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jardim swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.

Jardim is rocked!
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
Oh Jardim is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Jardim covers up, he's hurt! Johnson keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Johnson and the ref steps in to end the fight! Johnson can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Johnson!