PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hannable Lector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarvis Calhoun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lector comes into the arena with Snap Your Fingers-Snap Your Neck blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lector
vs
Calhoun

179 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hannable Lector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jarvis Calhoun!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Calhoun closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lector to the mat! Lector manages to get full guard.
Calhoun controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Calhoun wants to control from the top but Lector keeps moving.
Calhoun is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Calhoun thows a big elbow that misses.
Calhoun in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calhoun is looking to work some ground and pound but Lector has wrist control.
Calhoun landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Calhoun throws and elbow that misses. Lector uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Calhoun's guard. Nice move by Lector!
Lector has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Calhoun is proving hard to escape from.
Lector trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lector content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Calhoun working a defensive guard here.
Lector has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Calhoun is proving hard to escape from.
Lector looking to sit in guard and control but Calhoun gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lector keeping moving, preventing Calhoun from controlling successfully.
Calhoun lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lector working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Calhoun.
Calhoun stands and throws Lector's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lector is not content to let Calhoun control the position.
Lector is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Calhoun off and has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lector scores with punches from the back.
Lector doesn't have the hooks in and Calhoun manages to turn into his guard.
Calhoun lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Calhoun in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Calhoun looking to pass the guard.
Calhoun with a flurry of punches that miss.
Calhoun throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Calhoun slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Calhoun working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Calhoun in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Calhoun with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lector stuffs the takedown.
Lector throws a nice looking combination but Calhoun bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lector fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lector scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Calhoun shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lector defends it nicely.
Calhoun throws the left hand but Lector avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hannable Lector will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lector closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Jarvis Calhoun has been cut.
Calhoun throws a body punch but Lector moves out of range.
Lector paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Calhoun shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Calhoun was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lector in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lector blocking the ground and pound.
Calhoun throwing strikes here but Lector is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Calhoun cracks Lector with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Calhoun thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Calhoun avoids the attempt from Lector to control.
Calhoun lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun looking to control but Lector is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Calhoun thowing shots but they're missing.
Calhoun misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Calhoun putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Calhoun throws some wild stikes that Lector manages to avoid easily.
Lector is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lector looks a forlorn figure.
Calhoun looking to control but Lector is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Calhoun with the ground and pound from mount.
Calhoun fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Calhoun looking to ground and pound but Lector is blocking nicely.
Calhoun throwing strikes here but Lector is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Calhoun trying to control but Lector is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Calhoun.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lector?
Calhoun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Calhoun sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Calhoun throwing strikes here but Lector is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice elbow there by Calhoun.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun wants to control the pace but Lector is squirming around nicely.
Lector holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Calhoun tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Calhoun tries to control but Lector wriggling away.
Calhoun thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lector in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Calhoun landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lector is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarvis Calhoun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jarvis Calhoun's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Calhoun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lector moves away.

Calhoun bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Calhoun working the ground and pound but Lector is defending the strikes.
Jarvis Calhoun has got the better of the ground game so far.
Calhoun sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lector is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Calhoun throws an elbow but Lector slips to the side and avoids it well.
Calhoun throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Calhoun working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Calhoun looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lector is avoiding damage well.
An elbow from Calhoun crashes against the mat.
Lector is not content to let Calhoun control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Calhoun fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lector avoids it really well and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun shoots in but Lector avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Calhoun takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lector misses with a double jab.
Nice shot lands for Lector.
Lector with a hook.
Calhoun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lector moves away.

Calhoun decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lector regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Calhoun.
Lector is looking to stand up but Calhoun isn't so interested in that idea.
Calhoun postures up in Lector's guard and throws a big left but Lector blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lector is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lector keeping moving, preventing Calhoun from controlling successfully.
Lector preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Calhoun wants to control from the top but Lector keeps moving.
Lector is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Calhoun is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lector misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lector looks to land a combination but Calhoun avoids it well.
Lector staying out of range there.
Calhoun just misses with a punch to the body.
Lector throws a right and a left that both miss.

Calhoun looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Calhoun not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Calhoun seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lector does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Calhoun missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Calhoun throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Calhoun thows a huge punch but Lector dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun misses with a head shot. Lector uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Calhoun's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Calhoun postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lector being controlled here, momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jarvis Calhoun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Calhoun has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarvis Calhoun!