PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjo Alejandro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Toan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Alejandro
vs
Toan

179 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benjo Alejandro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johan Toan!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Toan duly obliges.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Toan.

Alejandro closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Toan to the mat! Toan manages to get full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Toan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alejandro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Toan keeping full guard, as Alejandro tries to pass.

Toan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alejandro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Toan is trying to control the position but Alejandro postures up.
Alejandro postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alejandro has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Alejandro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Toan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Toan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alejandro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alejandro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alejandro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Toan on the ground.
Alejandro slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Toan.
Toan taking some punishment here, with Alejandro in his half guard.
Toan is trying to stand.
Toan tries to get to full guard but Alejandro has control of the leg.
Toan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alejandro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Alejandro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Alejandro lands strikes from half guard.
Alejandro scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toan is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alejandro trying to control from half guard but Toan is working away.
Alejandro keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Alejandro takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alejandro throwing shots but Toan is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alejandro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Alejandro is looking to take a break and control but Toan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Toan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Alejandro lands a nice short elbow.
Alejandro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Toan defending well though.
Alejandro slips a nice elbow through Toan's hands, connecting with Toan's forehead.
Toan trying to control here.
Alejandro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toan has hold of Alejandro's hands but Alejandro slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alejandro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Alejandro prevents Toan from improving his position.
Alejandro trying to control the action but Toan is working from the bottom.
Toan is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Toan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alejandro connects with a couple of short punches.

Toan looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Alejandro is defending well. Toan quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Alejandro has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Toan celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johan Toan!
After winning the bout, Johan Toan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.