PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noble Henry (ranked 23881 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manolito Gafotas (ranked 4423 p4p, 399 weight class). Manolito Gafotas has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Noble Henry's chin.

Henry
vs
Gafotas

168 cm
19
161 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Noble Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manolito Gafotas!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gafotas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Henry's guard.
Henry can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gafotas controls the pace.
Gafotas lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gafotas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gafotas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gafotas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Gafotas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Henry controls Gafotas momentarily but Gafotas frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gafotas lands a couple of digs.
Gafotas looking to pass the guard.
Gafotas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gafotas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gafotas stays in close to Henry's body and controls the position.
Gafotas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henry is keeping the position for now.
Gafotas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gafotas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gafotas slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gafotas with a nice head shot there.

Henry is rocked!
Gafotas forces his way into half guard.
Gafotas lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Henry quite badly. Henry pulls Gafotas in close trying to recover. Gafotas postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Henry on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Henry doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manolito Gafotas!