PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Henning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Van Gogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henning comes to the cage accompanied by In For the Count ( Perfect Twist). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Henning
vs
Van Gogh

191 cm
23
224 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Henning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Van Gogh!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henning fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Van Gogh tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Henning is able to avoid easily.
Henning tries to clinch but Van Gogh moves out of range.
Van Gogh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henning lands a high kick!
Van Gogh tries to score with a low kick but Henning moves his leg out of the way.
Van Gogh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henning.
Van Gogh darts in trying to clinch

and Henning moves into the clinch.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
Henning tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Gogh just stands there and leans against the cage.
Van Gogh manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henning lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henning is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henning on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Van Gogh gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Van Gogh takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Van Gogh working Henning over with strikes.
Van Gogh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Van Gogh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henning. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van Gogh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Van Gogh is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Van Gogh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henning won't allow Van Gogh to pass to mount.
Van Gogh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Van Gogh throwing shots but Henning is blocking nicely.
Van Gogh lands strikes from half guard.
Van Gogh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Gogh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van Gogh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Gogh missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henning avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Henning keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Van Gogh postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henning looks a forlorn figure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gogh lands a big shot there that rocks Henning but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Henning that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Van Gogh putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh cracks Henning with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Henning taking shots to the head.
Van Gogh unloading with bombs!
Henning on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Henning tries to get out of the position.
Henning in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henning in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henning is bucking up trying to escape but Van Gogh cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Van Gogh pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Van Gogh postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Henning is out cold - huge knockout for Van Gogh!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vincent Van Gogh!