PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henrique
vs
Smith

192 cm
19
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paulo Henrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrique fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henrique will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but Henrique sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Henrique swinging wildly here.

Smith rushes Henrique and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Henrique avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Henrique is trying to drag Smith to the mat but Smith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Henrique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Henrique avoids the damage to the body.
Henrique unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henrique missing with knees to the body.
Henrique misses with a knee strike.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Henrique avoids the damage to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the body.

Smith manages to pull guard.
Henrique wants to stand but Smith has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Henrique gets to his feet - Smith follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henrique gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Smith jumps guard and drags Henrique to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Henrique wants to stand but Smith is controlling his posture from full guard.
Henrique trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Henrique knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
Henrique controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Smith is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henrique's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Henrique clinches up against the cage.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Smith breaks the clinch.

Henrique closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henrique is defending well for now.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Henrique has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Henrique throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Smith counters by moving into the clinch.
Henrique tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Henrique putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henrique is breathing heavily.
Henrique tries to pull guard but Smith holds him up against the cage and eventually Henrique drops back down to his feet.
Henrique fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.

Henrique drags the fight down to the ground.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Henrique is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Henrique jumps guard and drags Smith to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Henrique will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Smith drops back looking for a leg! Henrique is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Henrique manages to kick Smith off! Smith jumps back into Henrique's guard.
Henrique wants to get back to his feet but Smith passes into half guard.

Smith is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Henrique doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Smith.
Henrique wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Smith is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henrique looks like he's trying to stand up.

Smith is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Henrique defends it well.
Henrique really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henrique is trying to stand up here but Smith is controlling him well.
Smith moves into full mount! Henrique won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smith tries to pull guard but Henrique holds him up against the cage and eventually Smith drops back down to his feet.
Henrique dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Henrique tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Smith prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henrique tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Henrique avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the cage.
Henrique avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the cage.
Henrique tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Henrique wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henrique is defending well for now.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Henrique misses with a combination

and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Henrique tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henrique is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Henrique tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Henrique. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith leaning his opponent against the cage.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Henrique avoids the damage to the body.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henrique avoids it.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henrique tries for a takedown but Smith manages to get underhooks.
Henrique goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Henrique tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Smith jumps into guard, dragging Henrique to the mat.
Henrique looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Henrique wants to get back to his feet but Smith is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Henrique is working an open guard so Smith takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith has Henrique up against the cage in a clinch.
Henrique with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Smith jumps guard.

Smith has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Henrique off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Smith closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Smith trying to control the position but Henrique is working away.
Henrique is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Smith has an Americana. Henrique didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Smith is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Smith hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). John Smith!