PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joao Henrique has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zimmerman
vs
Henrique

155 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

179 cm
18
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leroy Zimmerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joao Henrique!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Zimmerman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henrique swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henrique throws a counter combo.
Zimmerman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Henrique defends well and Zimmerman ends up having to push Henrique into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Zimmerman throws a body kick that misses.
Henrique is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zimmerman tries to clinch there but Henrique circles away.
As Zimmerman backs off Henrique throws a huge counter combo but Zimmerman manages to avoid it all.
Zimmerman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zimmerman punishes Henrique's body with a nice straight punch.
Henrique moves out of range of the body kick from Zimmerman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman tries for a takedown but Henrique circles away easily
and Henrique counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Zimmerman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henrique takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henrique is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zimmerman misses with the body kick
and Henrique counters with a series of strikes. Zimmerman will be more careful next time no doubt.
A head kick misses from Zimmerman.
Henrique throws a counter combo.
Henrique closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Henrique counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zimmerman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Despite the aggression on Henrique's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Zimmerman throws a wild body kick that Henrique sees coming a mile off.
Henrique lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zimmerman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Zimmerman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Henrique manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Henrique looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zimmerman has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Henrique to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Zimmerman is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Henrique pulls down on the head and he's put Zimmerman to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Joao Henrique!