PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Hendricks (ranked 6163 p4p, 5376 weight class) and Peter Konrad (ranked 662 p4p, 610 weight class). Hendricks comes to the cage accompanied by This Fire Burns. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hendricks
vs
Konrad

185 cm
18
170
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
175
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Dick Dolla Douchebag

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Konrad!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendricks connects with the punch.

Hendricks dives in and scores a takedown into Konrad's guard.
Konrad being controlled here, momentarily.
Konrad throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hendricks sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hendricks has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hendricks stands up over Konrad, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hendricks throwing strikes from guard but Konrad blocks nicely.
Hendricks is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hendricks looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks 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.
Hendricks looking to pass the guard.
Hendricks showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Konrad controlling Hendricks's posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Hendricks shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konrad is positioning himself well to prevent Hendricks advancing to mount.
Konrad makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Konrad.
Konrad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hendricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Konrad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Konrad tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Konrad looking for a guillotine here but Hendricks defends easily.
Hendricks is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks throws a big right hand that misses.
Hendricks slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hendricks content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hendricks trying to stand up but can't free himself from Konrad's guard.

Konrad is looking for a triangle but Hendricks pushes his legs off easily.
Hendricks controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

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.
Hendricks stopping the sweep attempt from Konrad.
Konrad working a defensive guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Hendricks shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hendricks looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hendricks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hendricks scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Konrad trying to control from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Hendricks dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Konrad moves into the clinch.

Hendricks lands a takedown into guard.
Konrad controls Hendricks momentarily but Hendricks frees himself.

Konrad is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Konrad is looking to take this one to the mat.
Konrad has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hendricks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Konrad jumps guard but Hendricks stands there with Konrad around his waist. Konrad gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kenny Hendricks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Konrad.

Hendricks decides to pull guard.
Konrad wants to pass the guard but Hendricks is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hendricks is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hendricks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Konrad forces his way into half guard.
Konrad tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Konrad looks to land a strike but Hendricks avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

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.
Konrad sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hendricks's guard.
Hendricks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Konrad trying to pass the guard but Hendricks defending well.
Hendricks wants to get back to full guard.
Konrad seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hendricks does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Konrad not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Konrad tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Konrad is looking for a kimura but Hendricks is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Konrad to get the leverage.
Hendricks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Konrad.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hendricks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hendricks is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Konrad.

Hendricks fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Konrad to the ground. Hendricks is now in Konrad's guard.
Hendricks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Konrad can do to turn this around?
Hendricks slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Konrad keeping moving, preventing Hendricks from controlling successfully.
Konrad working a defensive guard but Hendricks manages to pass into side control anyway.
Kenny Hendricks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Konrad is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Konrad keeps working.
Hendricks working away.
Hendricks in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hendricks lands some shots froms side control.
Hendricks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Konrad on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Konrad manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hendricks's best efforts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kenny Hendricks will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hendricks gets tackled into the cage by Konrad. Konrad maintains the clinch.
Hendricks stalls.
Konrad tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendricks avoids the damage to the body.

Hendricks lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Konrad missing with punches from the bottom.

Hendricks is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Konrad is pressing down on Hendricks's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Konrad working a defensive guard here.
Hendricks wants to control from the top but Konrad keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hendricks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hendricks is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Konrad keeping full guard, as Hendricks tries to pass.
Konrad tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hendricks's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Konrad looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hendricks working some strikes from top position.
Hendricks controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hendricks with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks trying to control but Konrad is working from the bottom.
Konrad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hendricks wants to control from the top but Konrad keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hendricks darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Konrad pushes Hendricks off but Hendricks dives into side control.
Konrad taking punishment in the form of punches.

Hendricks goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Konrad rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hendricks's guard! Nice work there by Konrad!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Konrad wants to pass the guard but Hendricks is keeping the position.
Konrad wants to stand but Hendricks is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kenny Hendricks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Konrad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hendricks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Konrad wants to control from the top but Hendricks keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hendricks pulls Konrad in close to prevent any damage.

Hendricks looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Konrad wants to control from the top but Hendricks keeps moving.
Konrad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Peter Konrad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hendricks has control of Konrad's left arm, preventing Konrad from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kenny Hendricks.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hendricks, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Hendricks!
As Kenny Hendricks got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: This is everything I predicted. Assad is strong with his Muay Thai but my grappling is just so much better. He's a hell of a competitor and he will be back!'.