PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bololo JaHaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winnie Pooh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winnie Pooh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

JaHaa
vs
Pooh

182 cm
20
165 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
27
165 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bololo JaHaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Winnie Pooh!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pooh catches JaHaa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
JaHaa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pooh to score with a decent uppercut.
JaHaa moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from JaHaa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been hearing reports that JaHaa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

JaHaa feints and as Pooh raises his hands in defense, JaHaa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pooh keeping moving, preventing JaHaa from controlling successfully.
Pooh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
JaHaa wants to control from the top but Pooh keeps moving.
JaHaa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Pooh had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. JaHaa defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
JaHaa is working Pooh over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Pooh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
JaHaa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pooh swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
JaHaa landing some decent shots from guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Winnie Pooh!
The defeated Bololo JaHaa had this to say: 'Aint nothing but a G thing baby...'.