PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pau Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tetsuo Hamachi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Henson
vs
Hamachi

185 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Pau Henson!
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, Tetsuo Hamachi!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson fails with a takedown attempt.
Henson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Henson shoots in but Hamachi avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Hamachi rushes Henson and presses him up against the cage.
Hamachi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Henson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No luck for Henson with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pau Henson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henson.
Hamachi tries for a takedown but Henson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson misses with a wild body shot.
Henson looks to clinch

so Hamachi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Henson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hamachi is one step ahead there.
Hamachi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Henson wants to stand up but Hamachi is controlling him.
Hamachi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hamachi stands and throws Henson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Henson tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hamachi connects with a decent elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hamachi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Henson is breathing heavily.
Hamachi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Henson is not content to let Hamachi control the position.
Hamachi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Henson down.
Hamachi trying to control the position but Henson is working away.
Hamachi working the body and head with strikes.
Hamachi working the ground and pound from side control.
Hamachi scoring with punches from side control.
Hamachi working the body and head with strikes.
Hamachi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hamachi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Henson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamachi lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hamachi wants to control but Henson is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hamachi working the body and head with strikes.
Hamachi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Hamachi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hamachi controlling the position from side mount.
Henson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hamachi connects with a decent elbow.
Henson taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hamachi lands an elbow.
Hamachi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Henson to see if he's OK.
Henson is not content to let Hamachi control the position.

Hamachi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hamachi working the head and body with strikes.
Hamachi lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamachi wants to control but Henson is keeping him busy.
Hamachi lands some shots froms side control.
Hamachi wants to control but Henson is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tetsuo Hamachi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hamachi with a poor takedown

and Henson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Henson is stalling here. Hamachi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Henson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hamachi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hamachi is chipping away with strikes.
Hamachi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hamachi remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hamachi landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hamachi staying calm.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamachi wants to control but Henson is keeping him busy.
Hamachi lands some shots froms side control.
Hamachi trying to control the position but Henson is working away.
Hamachi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hamachi lands a few punches from side control.
Hamachi lands a few punches from side control.
Hamachi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Henson to see if he's OK.

Henson is rocked!

Hamachi is trying to get an arm triangle but Henson is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hamachi is working Henson over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hamachi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hamachi is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Henson!
Hamachi with a couple of short strikes.
Hamachi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henson looks a forlorn figure.
Henson wants to control but Hamachi is having none of it.
Hamachi lands a nice shot to the head.
Tetsuo Hamachi has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hamachi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Henson is looking to improve his position but Hamachi isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamachi lands a nice shot to the head.
Hamachi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henson hang on?
The referee warns Henson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hamachi with the ground and pound from mount.
Hamachi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hamachi lands with some strikes.
Oh Henson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hamachi controlling from the full mount.
Henson seems to have got his legs back now.
Hamachi landing shots from mount.

Hamachi working for a submission but Henson is keeping him at bay.
Hamachi unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hamachi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hamachi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hamachi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hamachi landing shots from mount.
Hamachi working the ground and pound effectively.
Henson is squirming around, avoiding Hamachi's attempts to control the action.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hamachi! Henson is hurt baaadly! Hamachi is firing away with more strikes - Henson is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tetsuo Hamachi!