PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Jensen (ranked 2111 p4p, 3003 weight class) and Vinicius Honorio (ranked 275 p4p, 388 weight class). Honorio has chosen Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio as his entrance music. Kevin Jensen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jensen
vs
Honorio

178 cm
21
170
3 - 6 - 0

182 cm
20
180
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

White Gorilla

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Jensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honorio tries to clinch up but Jensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen swings for the body but Honorio moves out of range.
Jensen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Honorio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jensen looks to land a left hand but Honorio moved out of range nicely.
And Honorio tries to counter it with a takedown but Jensen pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Honorio tries to clinch up but Jensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jensen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice uppercut there from Jensen.
Jensen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Honorio circles away quickly and effectively.

Honorio shoots in and gets a takedown into Jensen's guard.
Jensen is wriggling around but Honorio manages to pass to half guard.

Jensen is looking to control Honorio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jensen avoid being mounted?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jensen tries to roll over but Honorio keeps him under control.
Honorio not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jensen wants to get back to full guard.

Jensen kicks Honorio off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Honorio manages to avoid it.
Honorio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jensen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jensen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Honorio was well out of range. Poor timing from Jensen.

Honorio changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jensen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Honorio tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Honorio trying to control the position but Jensen is working away.

Honorio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jensen has escaped the position, nice work there.
Honorio is chipping away with strikes.

Honorio tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jensen tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is working hard here to advance position.

Honorio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jensen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Honorio controls the position from side control.
Jensen tries to improve position but can't.

Jensen wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Honorio has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Jensen's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Jensen is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Honorio!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Vinicius Honorio!
After winning the bout, Vinicius Honorio thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Kevin Jensen spoke after the fight, saying 'congrats to my opponent. I'll work harder and be back stronger next time.'.