PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Crowly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mister Crowly will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Henderson
vs
Crowly

195 cm
22
277 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Win Nutritional
Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Crowly!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowly misses with the combination.
Crowly throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crowly swinging wilding here.

Henderson moves into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henderson. Crowly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henderson.
Crowly misses with a double jab.

Henderson has Crowly up against the ropes in a clinch.
Crowly misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Henderson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Henderson manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Henderson is trying to get an arm triangle but Crowly is defending well.
Crowly defending against the ground and pound.
Henderson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Crowly avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Henderson.
Henderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crowly on the ground.
Henderson tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Crowly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Henderson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowly sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Crowly moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Henderson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Crowly manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Henderson is trying to escape the mount.

Crowly looking for a guillotine from mount but Henderson is having none of it.
Henderson tries to hold on but Crowly postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowly tries to control but Henderson wriggling away.

Crowly looking for a guillotine from mount but Henderson is having none of it.
Crowly avoids the attempt from Henderson to control.
Henderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Crowly working for a submission but Henderson is keeping him at bay.
Crowly tries to control but Henderson wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is in all sorts of trouble here.

Crowly looking for a guillotine from mount but Henderson is having none of it.
Henderson holds of for dear life.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson is desperately trying to improve his position but Crowly has a good base and remains in mount.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Crowly maintains control.
Crowly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Henderson is looking to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Henderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Henderson wants to control but Crowly is having none of it.

Henderson has left one of his arms exposed and Crowly doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Henderson screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mister Crowly!