PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Neil Patrick Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres Bonifacio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonifacio has chosen Liwanag - Callalily as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Patrick Harris
vs
Bonifacio

183 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Sparta Fightware

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Neil Patrick Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andres Bonifacio!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bonifacio shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Harris manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Harris wants to stand but Bonifacio is controlling the position.
Harris wants to sweep but no luck.
Bonifacio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bonifacio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bonifacio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Harris looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonifacio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bonifacio throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harris is on top in guard.
Harris wants to pass the guard but Bonifacio is keeping the position.
Harris is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Harris jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Harris wants to control from the top but Bonifacio keeps moving.
Bonifacio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harris wants to pass the guard but Bonifacio is keeping the position.
Harris seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to free his leg and advance position but Bonifacio is retaining full guard.

Harris drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bonifacio looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bonifacio looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bonifacio!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bonifacio sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Harris is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Harris throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Bonifacio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harris swivels and escapes.
Bonifacio shoots in but Harris avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harris has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bonifacio is not content to let Harris control the position.

Harris looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Harris controlling from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harris is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bonifacio knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Neil Patrick Harris!