PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Buddy Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Llorent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jimenez
vs
Llorent

168 cm
29
141 lbs
21 - 3 - 0

174 cm
25
140 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Buddy Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Xavier Llorent!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Jimenez manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Llorent on his heels. He'll look to pass Llorent's guard now, I'm sure.
Llorent trying to control the position.
Jimenez looking to pass the guard.
Llorent controls Jimenez momentarily but Jimenez frees himself.
Llorent can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jimenez controls the pace.
Llorent wants to sweep here but Jimenez controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Llorent is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Jimenez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Llorent manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Jimenez has Llorent in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez keeping moving, preventing Llorent from controlling successfully.
Jimenez has Llorent pulled in close to control his posture.
Llorent loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Llorent trying to control the position from guard on top but Jimenez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jimenez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jimenez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Llorent is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Jimenez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Llorent can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Llorent throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Jimenez is looking to cinch up a triangle. Llorent throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Jimenez's body to avoid the submission. Jimenez has instead reached around Llorent's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Jimenez arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Buddy Jimenez!
In his post fight interview, Buddy Jimenez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.