PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between jonathan Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaspar Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes into the arena with fighter blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Henry
vs
Davis

200 cm
27
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
24
235 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, jonathan Henry !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jaspar Davis!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Henry is out of range.
Henry swinging wildly here.

Davis moves into the clinch.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Davis is controlling him.
Henry misses with some punches.
Davis scores with a nice hook to the head.

Davis jumps into guard, dragging Henry to the mat.
Davis has Henry pulled in close to control his posture.
Davis tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Henry has gone for a leg lock! Davis slips out almost immediately though and dives into Henry 's guard.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Henry is retaining full guard.

Henry working for submissions but it's allowed Davis to get to half guard.
Davis throwing shots but Henry is blocking nicely.

Henry has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Davis escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Davis!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Davis trying to control the action but Henry is working from the bottom.
Davis gets to mount! Henry was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Davis controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry is bucking up trying to escape but Davis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Davis seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Henry is holding on tight.
Henry is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Davis tries to control but Henry wriggling away.

Davis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Henry to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Henry shrugs it off.
Davis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davis trying to control but Henry is having none of it.
Henry is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry gets back to half guard.

Henry looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henry looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Henry is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Davis pulls his head out easily.
Henry won't allow Davis to pass to mount.
Henry is looking for a sweep. Davis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Davis trying to control the action but Henry is working from the bottom.
Davis passes to side control.
Henry tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Davis presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Davis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Davis unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry regains half guard.
Henry wants to improve his position but Davis is controlling well.

Davis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Henry sees it coming and defends easily.

Henry actively working from the bottom here.

Henry actively working from the bottom here.
Davis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Davis trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Henry looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaspar Davis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henry throws a combination that misses

and Davis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Henry won't be happy with that.

Davis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Henry is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Henry tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Davis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Henry manages to get back to half guard.

Henry looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Henry wants to improve his position but Davis is controlling well.

Henry looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Davis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Henry looking for subs from the bottom but Davis mounts him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The referee is taking a good look at Henry as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Davis!
Will Davis go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Davis doesn't have the hooks in and Henry manages to turn into his guard.
Henry stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.

Henry has gone for a leg lock! Davis slips out almost immediately though and dives into Henry 's guard.

Henry looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henry pushes a forearm under Davis's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Davis is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). jonathan Henry !