PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vaunhg Jeremaia (ranked 24785 p4p, 5061 weight class) and Hakim Zerhouni (ranked 281 p4p, 238 weight class). Zerhouni has chosen Salah Edin - Tfoe ft. Sefyu as his entrance music. Hakim Zerhouni is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jeremaia
vs
Zerhouni

175 cm
19
145
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
24
136
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vaunhg Jeremaia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hakim Zerhouni!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeremaia lands a nice hook to Zerhouni's body. Zerhouni takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeremaia lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zerhouni throws a sloppy head kick and Jeremaia moves out of range easily.
Jeremaia seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Zerhouni gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Zerhouni successfully pulls guard.

Zerhouni working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jeremaia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Zerhouni is tightening it up a little... Jeremaia has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Jeremaia reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Jeremaia taps out! Nice BJJ there by Zerhouni!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Hakim Zerhouni!
During a confident post fight interview, Hakim Zerhouni thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.