PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnson Beharry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Aguero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beharry's entrance music is Redemption Song. A fine choice. Aguero has chosen Argentinian Magic as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beharry
vs
Aguero

180 cm
21
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
175 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnson Beharry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Aguero!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguero stuns Beharry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beharry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Aguero cracks Beharry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Beharry swats away the attempt to clinch by Aguero.
Beharry keeps the fight on the outside.
Aguero tries to clinch but Beharry moves out of range.
Beharry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aguero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beharry misses with a low kick.
Beharry throws a nice looking combination but Aguero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aguero throws a shot from downtown. Beharry moves away and avoids it.
Beharry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Aguero.
Aguero bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aguero thuds his shin into the meat of Beharry's side.
Aguero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aguero misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beharry blocks a head kick by Aguero.
Sergio Aguero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Beharry.
Aguero fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Beharry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aguero as he avoids it easily.
Aguero tries to clinch but Beharry moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Aguero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aguero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beharry connects with a right hand. Aguero shakes it off.
Aguero scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aguero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aguero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aguero misses with a head kick.
Beharry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguero is looking to land body kicks.

Aguero clinches up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Aguero displaying some good clinch control by pressing Beharry up against the cage.
Aguero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beharry.

Beharry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aguero throws a leg kick but Beharry checks it.
Beharry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aguero throws a head kick but Beharry moves out of range.
Aguero wants to clinch up but Beharry keeps it at a distance.
Beharry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Aguero misses with a leg kick.
Beharry checks a leg kick.

Beharry throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Aguero tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Beharry is in Aguero's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Aguero keeping moving, preventing Beharry from controlling successfully.
Beharry looking to pass the guard.
Aguero wants to sweep but no luck.
Beharry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beharry 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.
Aguero looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Beharry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beharry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Aguero has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Beharry has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beharry postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Beharry landing a few strikes.
Beharry misses with the ground and pound.
Beharry is looking to take a break and control but Aguero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
An elbow from Beharry crashes against the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beharry throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Beharry looks up at the clock and then as Aguero takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Beharry smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sergio Aguero will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

No luck for Beharry with that takedown attempt.
Aguero checks the leg kick nicely there.
Beharry misses with a hook. Aguero ducked under it nicely.
Aguero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Beharry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Beharry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Beharry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Beharry is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Aguero is trying to escape and Beharry transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Aguero is forced to tap! Nice work there by Beharry! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnson Beharry!
After winning the bout, Johnson Beharry thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.