PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between L Rhoe Tayona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Henn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rhoe Tayona
vs
Henn

173 cm
18
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
163 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, L Rhoe Tayona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Henn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tayona pinned against the cage. Tayona gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Henn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tayona is fending him off so far but Henn persists. Nope, Tayona circles away and we're back to standing.

Tayona looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Henn can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tayona controls the pace.
Tayona trying to control but Henn is working from the bottom.
Henn has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Henn pushes Tayona off and scrambles back to his feet.

Tayona closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tayona takes a little break here. Henn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Henn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henn is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tayona off and has taken his back!
Henn throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Henn missing with strikes from the back.
Henn trying to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henn thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Henn's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henn missing with strikes from the back.

Tayona defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Henn's arms.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henn biding his time, looking for the opening.
The referee is taking a good look at Tayona as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Henn!
Henn is striking well from the back but Tayona escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
Tayona on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tayona tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henn throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tayona tries to kick Henn off but Henn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Tayona has one foot on Henn's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Tayona shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Henn is trying to defend but Tayona finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Henn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tayona is breathing heavily.

Henn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henn pushes Tayona off looking to stand but Tayona dives back in and keeps control.
Henn is refusing to be controlled, as Tayona sits in half guard.
Henn is looking to escape.
Henn is staying active underneath Tayona, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tayona not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tayona not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Henn has one foot on Tayona's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Tayona darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tayona is trying to control the action in half guard but Henn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

L Rhoe Tayona dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tayona closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Henn did well to prevent Tayona getting side control.
Tayona is pressing down on Henn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henn is holding on for now.
Henn gets back to full guard.

Henn is looking for a triangle but Tayona pushes his legs off easily.
Tayona stops Henn from standing up.

Henn is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tayona trying to control but Henn is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henn kicks Tayona off and gets to his feet.

Tayona drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Henn is trying to get back to his feet.
Tayona advances to mount.
Henn can't escape the position.
Tayona looking to control and managing it successfully.
Henn is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Henn is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henn wants to hold on but Tayona pushes him away.
Tayona wants to control the pace but Henn is squirming around nicely.
Tayona dominating with strikes here.
Tayona with the ground and pound from mount.
Tayona wants to control the pace but Henn is squirming around nicely.
Tayona dominating with strikes here.
Tayona landing strikes from the mount.
Tayona lands a nice shot to the head.
L Rhoe Tayona overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henn tries to reverse the position but Tayona maintains control.
Tayona tries to control but Henn wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayona prevents Henn from getting the reversal.
Tayona breaks from Henn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tayona with shots to the head and body - Henn looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henn wants to control but Tayona is having none of it.
Tayona wants to control the pace but Henn is squirming around nicely.
Tayona sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Henn tries to reverse the position but Tayona maintains control.
Tayona working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henn is working to get back to half guard.
Tayona controlling his opponent.
Henn gets back to half guard.
Henn taking some punishment here, with Tayona in his half guard.
Tayona is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tayona throwing shots but Henn is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

L Rhoe Tayona dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tayona fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Henn sprawls well initially but Tayona persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Henn wants to get back to his feet.
Tayona thows a huge punch but Henn dodges it nicely.
Henn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Henn wants to sweep but Tayona has passed to side control!
Tayona working the ground and pound.
Henn wants to get back to his feet.
Tayona with the ground and pound but Henn regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tayona connects with a nice short shot to Henn's temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henn tries to kick Tayona off but Tayona keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tayona working Henn over with strikes.
Tayona working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tayona trying to control from half guard but Henn is working away.
Tayona trying to mount his opponent but Henn defends it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tayona in particular looking to stall.
Henn is trying to stand.

Henn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tayona pulls his head out easily.
Tayona takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tayona working Henn over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayona landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Henn is trying to stand back up but Tayona is controlling him
Henn won't allow Tayona to pass to mount.
Tayona takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tayona knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henn on the ground.
Tayona wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henn keeps working.
Henn trying to control from the bottom.
Tayona thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Tayona shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Henn is trying to stand back up but Tayona is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henn makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Henn shoots in looking for a takedown. Tayona tries to sprawl out of it but Henn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tayona manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Tayona darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Henn kicks Tayona off and gets back to his feet.
Henn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Henn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tayona is trying to get back to his feet.

Henn is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tayona knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henn prevents Tayona from escaping the position.
BJ Henn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An elbow from Henn crashes against the mat.

Henn tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Henn has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Henn looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tayona is avoiding damage well.

And that's the end of the fight!
L Rhoe Tayona showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tayona has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... L Rhoe Tayona!