PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauro Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lauro Henrique struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jorge
vs
Henrique

170 cm
24
163 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

179 cm
26
170 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Jorge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lauro Henrique!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jorge defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Henrique.
Jorge ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jorge lands a nice shot to the body.
Henrique looks gassed!
Jorge works Henrique's body with a nice hook.
James Jorge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henrique takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jorge bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Henrique's head backwards.

It looks like Lauro Henrique has been cut.

Jorge drops Henrique with a nice combination! Jorge dives into Henrique's guard, looking to finish!
Jorge passes into half guard.
Jorge lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorge performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jorge is looking to advance position but Henrique won't allow it.
Jorge content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jorge content just to control the position here.
Jorge unloading with bombs!
Jorge controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Henrique that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jorge prevents Henrique from getting the reversal.
Jorge controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jorge looking to secure an arm triangle but Henrique defends it well.
Jorge controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jorge trying to control but Henrique is having none of it.
Henrique in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Henrique is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Jorge locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Henrique is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Jorge!