PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Lawlor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Henrique
vs
Lawlor

187 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matheus Henrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Lawlor!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawlor throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henrique.

Lawlor has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lawlor lands an elbow that stopped Henrique in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Matheus Henrique has been cut.

Henrique manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Henrique wants to get back to his feet but Lawlor passes into half guard.
Henrique punching from the bottom.
Henrique 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.
Lawlor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henrique is looking to improve his position.

Lawlor is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Henrique still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Henrique has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Henrique wants to stand but Lawlor has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique wants to control from the top but Lawlor keeps moving.
Henrique is really struggling to control Lawlor but he's trying to hold on to the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lawlor is on top in guard.
Lawlor wants to control from the top but Henrique keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henrique being controlled here, momentarily.

Lawlor is sitting in close to Henrique's body. Henrique has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Lawlor is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Lawlor is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Henrique.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matheus Henrique!