PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mario Oberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Henry (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.

Oberg
vs
Henry

181 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Oberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Henry!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Oberg.
Henry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Henry darts in and clinches Oberg up against the cage.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oberg shoots in for a double leg but Henry sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Henry closes the distance and clinches.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oberg taking a breather.
Henry lands with a light punch inside.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Oberg controls his hands.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oberg tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Oberg somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Oberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry shoots in for a takedown but Oberg shows good takedown defense.
Henry doesn't manage to clinch there - Oberg circles away.
Oberg dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henry. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to clinch up.

Henry clinches with his opponent.
Oberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Mario Oberg has been cut.
Oberg jumps guard but Henry stands there with Oberg around his waist. Oberg gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Oberg jumps into guard, dragging Henry to the mat.

Oberg looking for a guillotine here but Henry defends easily.
Oberg keeping full guard, as Henry tries to pass.
Henry trying to control the position from guard on top but Oberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henry throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to control from the top but Oberg keeps moving.

Henry decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Oberg, up you get!
Oberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry.
Oberg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Henry lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Oberg's head.

Oberg looking for submissions off his back.
Henry is trying to control. Oberg wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing shots but Oberg is blocking nicely.
Oberg is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Henry's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Henry's back!
Henry tries to break free.
Henry looks gassed!
Henry is keeping busy.
Henry just trying to survive but Oberg is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Oberg working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Oberg is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Henry has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
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.
Henry can't escape the position.

Oberg is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Henry is defending well though. Oberg let's go of the attempt for now.
Oberg has the hooks in. Henry is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Henry trying to control the action but Oberg just sinks the hooks in.
Oberg is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Henry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Oberg's cut.
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.

Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oberg has a takedown stuffed.
Henry tries to clinch there but Oberg circles away.
Henry tries to clinch there but Oberg circles away.
Oberg looks to clinch

and Henry counters by clinching up.
Henry is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Oberg jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Henry walks away with a smile on his face. Oberg gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Oberg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oberg keeps the fight on the outside.

Henry instigates a clinch.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oberg has him pressed against the cage.
Henry holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Henry receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry misses with the head strike.

Oberg successfully pulls guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mario Oberg!