PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Henders (ranked 5061 p4p, 5284 weight class) and Barnabus Sanitario (ranked 290 p4p, 299 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henders
vs
Sanitario

170 cm
18
140
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
135
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Mythical Fighter

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Henders !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barnabus Sanitario!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanitario leaves Henders with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henders tries to clinch up but Sanitario circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Sanitario throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Henders enables Sanitario to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Henders manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Henders wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Sanitario manages to pass to side control.

The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanitario lands a nice short elbow.
Sanitario landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sanitario winds up and cracks Henders with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanitario working Henders over with strikes.
Sanitario working the head and body with strikes.

Henders is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henders taking some punishment here, with Sanitario in his half guard.
Oh Henders is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanitario lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Henders quite badly. Henders pulls Sanitario in close trying to recover. Sanitario postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Henders on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Henders doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barnabus Sanitario!
In his post fight interview, Barnabus Sanitario gave a big smile as he said 'I just want to be clean'.