PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riaan Rennie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Henrique Freitas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Freitas's choice of entrance music: Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It . We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rennie
vs
Henrique Freitas

182 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Monster MMA
Nordic Battle Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Riaan Rennie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergio Henrique Freitas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freitas swinging wilding here.
Freitas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Freitas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Freitas cracks the inside of Rennie's front leg.
Rennie avoids the head kick by Freitas.
Rennie shoots for a takedown but Freitas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Freitas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rennie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Freitas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Freitas jumps guard.
Freitas working a defensive guard but Rennie passes into half guard.
Freitas wants to control but Rennie is keeping busy.
Freitas tries to get to full guard but Rennie has control of the leg.
Rennie trying to control the action but Freitas is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freitas wants to get back to his feet.
Freitas trying to get back to full guard but Rennie takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Freitas tries to reverse the position but Rennie maintains control.
Freitas wants to try and get back to his feet.
Freitas looks gassed!
Freitas tries to hold on but Rennie pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
You get the feeling that Freitas really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Freitas tries to hold on but Rennie postures up.
Freitas flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Freitas is working to get back to half guard.

Freitas defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rennie.
Rennie with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freitas is looking to get to half guard.
Freitas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Freitas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rennie wants to take Freitas's back but he can't do it this time.
BOOM! Rennie connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rennie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Freitas flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rennie looking to control but Freitas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Freitas is trying to escape the mount.
Rennie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rennie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Henrique Freitas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rennie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Rennie scores a takedown into full mount!
Freitas regains half guard.
Rennie wants to stand up but Freitas has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Freitas trying to hold on to Rennie's head to control him but Rennie postures up.
Freitas is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Freitas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freitas is pulling down on Rennie's head. It's preventing any offense from Rennie, at least for the moment.

Freitas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rennie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rennie wants to control from the top but Freitas keeps moving.
Rennie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Freitas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Freitas keeping full guard, as Rennie tries to pass.
Freitas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Freitas wants to stand up but Rennie is controlling him.

Freitas had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rennie is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Freitas Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rennie's back instead.
Rennie tries to roll but Freitas sticks to his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freitas connects with a big shot to the side of Rennie's head.
Freitas lands strikes to the head.
Freitas controlling the position well here. Rennie rolled but Freitas kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Freitas is landing with strikes from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Freitas is punishing Rennie with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Freitas is working the ground and pound. Can Rennie escape?
Rennie rolls, trying to escape but Freitas keeps control of the position.

Freitas has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Rennie is defending well but eventually Freitas manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Rennie has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sergio Henrique Freitas!