PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bongrips (ranked 5369 p4p, 514 weight class) and Johnson Negreiros (ranked 2933 p4p, 365 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bongrips
vs
Negreiros

187 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Bongrips!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnson Negreiros!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Negreiros wants to clinch.
Billy Bongrips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Negreiros is looking to clinch.
Negreiros is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bongrips swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Bongrips drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bongrips is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Negreiros really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bongrips. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bongrips chips away with some ground and pound.

Bongrips decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Negreiros, up you get!
Negreiros's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bongrips connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Negreiros scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Johnson Negreiros has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Negreiros has Bongrips up against the cage in a clinch.
Negreiros trying to stall but Bongrips improves his position.
Negreiros looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Negreiros drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bongrips gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Negreiros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Negreiros goes for a takedown attempt but Bongrips pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Bongrips closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Negreiros to the mat! Negreiros manages to get full guard.
Negreiros can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bongrips controls the pace.
Bongrips scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bongrips accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bongrips 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.
Bongrips content to stall in guard here.
Negreiros is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Bongrips thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bongrips trying to move into half guard but instead Negreiros has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongrips managing to control the position.
Bongrips striking off his back but it's not causing Negreiros any problems.

Bongrips has his feet on Negreiros's thighs here. He's pushed Negreiros off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Negreiros screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Billy Bongrips!
Billy Bongrips is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath Billy Bongrips thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.