PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chollo Henriques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Fratz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henriques comes to the cage accompanied by Pegasus Fantasy (Brasil). Henriques has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Henriques
vs
Fratz

178 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chollo Henriques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Fratz!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fratz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henriques stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Henriques looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Fratz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fratz throws a right and a left that Henriques avoids nicely.
Fratz tries to clinch up but Henriques circles away and keeps his distance.

Fratz has Henriques up against the cage in a clinch.
Fratz is stalling here.

Fratz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fratz looks to land a combination. Henriques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Chollo Henriques's cut is getting worse.
Henriques swats away the attempt to clinch by Fratz.

Fratz drives through and clinches with Henriques against the cage.
Fratz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good body shot from Fratz.
Fratz stalling the fight.
Fratz working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fratz.
A bit of stalling here from Fratz.

Fratz breaks from the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Fratz.
Fratz doesn't manage to clinch there - Henriques circles away.
Fratz works over Henriques's head and body with a nice combination.

Chollo Henriques's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fratz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Fratz closes the distance and pushes Henriques back into the cage.
Good body shot from Fratz.
Fratz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fratz trying to control the position but instead, Henriques has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fratz into the cage.

Fratz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left and a right from Fratz both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fratz misses with a series of wild punches.
Henriques keeps the fight on the outside.
Fratz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henriques paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fratz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Henriques looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fratz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fratz lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fratz tries to clinch up but Henriques circles away and keeps his distance.
Fratz tries to close the distance and clinch but Henriques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fratz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Fratz clinches with his opponent.
Fratz lands a nice shot to the body.
Fratz looking to stall.

Fratz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henriques takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Henriques fails to land the takedown.

Fratz instigates a clinch.
Fratz tries to break the clinch but Henriques is controlling the position.
Fratz is looking to break free of the clinch but Henriques has double underhooks.
Henriques tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fratz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Henriques up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fratz is looking to break free of the clinch but Henriques has double underhooks.
Fratz has Henriques pressed against the cage, preventing Henriques from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The referee calls for Fratz to work.
Fratz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henriques prevents Fratz from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Fratz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fratz prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chollo Henriques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henriques prevents Fratz from breaking the clinch.
Fratz wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fratz misses with a punch on the inside.
Fratz tries to break free but Henriques pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Henriques.
Fratz has had enough of the clinch but Henriques keeps him there for the moment.
Henriques changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fratz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Fratz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chollo Henriques's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fratz throws a right and a left that Henriques avoids nicely.
Fratz moves in looking to clinch but Henriques pushes him off.
Fratz lands a jab to the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fratz!
Henriques checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fratz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Fratz.
Henriques wants to clinch up but Fratz keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fratz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fratz throws a leg kick but Henriques moved away.
Fratz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fratz throws a head kick but Henriques moves out of range.
John Fratz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Fratz moves into the clinch.
Fratz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fratz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henriques has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fratz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fratz working hard to break the clinch.

Henriques pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fratz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Henriques moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henriques fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fratz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henriques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fratz.
Fratz lands with an overhand left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fratz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fratz is looking to clinch.
Fratz misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henriques tries to move into range but Fratz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fratz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fratz doesn't manage to clinch there - Henriques circles away.

Fratz clinches up with Henriques and pushes him back against the cage.
Fratz working aggressively here.

Henriques turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fratz is trying to get back to his feet.
Henriques is looking to take a break and control but Fratz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henriques fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Henriques has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fratz is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Henriques asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Henriques wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fratz keeps working.
Fratz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henriques. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Henriques is trying to get an arm triangle but Fratz is defending well.
Henriques tries to advance to mount but Fratz denies him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Henriques working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Fratz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Chollo Henriques's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Fratz tries to clinch but Henriques moves out of range.
Henriques shoots in looking for a takedown. Fratz tries to sprawl out of it but Henriques keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fratz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fratz tries to close the distance and clinch but Henriques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fratz clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fratz stalling in the clinch but Henriques improves position.
Fratz is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fratz wants to get back to striking at distance but Henriques won't allow it.
Fratz tries to break free but Henriques pushes him back against the cage.
Fratz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fratz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Fratz.
Fratz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henriques has him pressed against the cage.
Henriques keeps control of Fratz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fratz lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Fratz's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Fratz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Fratz moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fratz presses Henriques against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fratz wants to break free but Henriques has control.
Fratz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fratz is trying to break the clinch but Henriques has him pressed against the cage.
Fratz has had enough of the clinch but Henriques keeps him there for the moment.

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.
Henriques fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fratz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henriques has Fratz pressed against the cage, preventing Fratz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fratz tries to stall but Henriques uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fratz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fratz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fratz working aggressively here.
Fratz wants to get back to striking at distance but Henriques won't allow it.
Fratz is trying to break the clinch but Henriques has him pressed against the cage.
Fratz is pressed up against the cage. Henriques has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fratz down to the mat. Fratz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chollo Henriques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fratz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fratz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henriques shoots for a double leg takedown but Fratz sprawls well. He's pushed Henriques's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Fratz rushes Henriques and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fratz has had enough of the clinch but Henriques keeps him there for the moment.
Henriques tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fratz smiles and moves away.
Henriques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fratz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fratz stuffs the takedown.
A lazy left from Fratz finds it's target.
Henriques shoots in for a double leg but Fratz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A jab lands there for Fratz.
Chollo Henriques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henriques blocks a head kick by Fratz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Horrible takedown by Henriques or perhaps it was just good defense by Fratz which made him look bad.

Fratz moves into the clinch.
Henriques tries to pull guard but Fratz won't allow it.
Henriques lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fratz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henriques backwards.
Henriques prevents Fratz from breaking the clinch.
Fratz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fratz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fratz is trying to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henriques wants a takedown.
Fratz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fratz pushes Henriques back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
John Fratz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fratz.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Fratz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fratz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Fratz!