PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Taigro Henrique (ranked 3226 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Rob (ranked 3432 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Henrique
vs
Rob

172 cm
26
126 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
27
143 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taigro Henrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ace Rob!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Henrique enables Rob to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Henrique manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
My spies in Touch Of Death Combat Academy inform me that Rob has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Rob is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Rob postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Henrique is rocked!
Rob is working Henrique over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oh Henrique is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rob postures up.
Rob 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.
Rob loads up on a big left hand. Henrique felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Rob looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Henrique can't hide his disappointment, as Rob celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ace Rob!
Ace Rob seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.