PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Riberio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Wallhead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Wallhead acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Riberio
vs
Wallhead

182 cm
24
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Sparta Fightware
The Dark Side

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexandre Riberio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Wallhead!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Wallhead there.
Wallhead throws a series of punches but Riberio avoids them all with ease.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wallhead.
Wallhead swinging wildly here.
Wallhead misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice body punch from Wallhead.
Riberio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wallhead.
Wallhead misses with a wild combination.

Wallhead looking to score a takedown here. Riberio is defending well but Wallhead drives through and ends up in Riberio's guard.

Wallhead drops back, looking for a kneebar! Riberio looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Riberio looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Riberio!
Wallhead is letting Riberio control him for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Riberio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wallhead has escaped the position, nice work there.
Riberio remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Riberio has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Wallhead is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Riberio yanks on the arm and Wallhead is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Riberio.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexandre Riberio!
Alexandre Riberio seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.