PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Henke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Tsakada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Henke had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Lee Tsakada has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tom Henke's chin.

Henke
vs
Tsakada

192 cm
25
202 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

192 cm
21
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Henke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Tsakada!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsakada looks to land a right hand but Henke moved out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henke.
Henke scores with a jab to the head.
Tsakada avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tsakada slips a straight right by Henke.
Henke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsakada.
Henke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsakada was well out of range. Poor timing from Henke.

A jab-cross combination lands for Tsakada and sends Henke crashing to the mat! Tsakada follows him down to the mat - Henke regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Henke is rocked!

It looks like Tom Henke has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tsakada is looking for a kimura here.
Oh Henke is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tsakada sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henke defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tsakada.
Henke seems to have got his legs back now.
Tsakada is controlling the pace.

That's two 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.
Tsakada not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henke is trying to maintain the position but Tsakada is very close to passing his half guard.
Tsakada takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Lee Tsakada hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Henke walks into a left hand.
Henke scores with a punch to the head.
Henke misses with a wild combination.
Henke throws a body punch but Tsakada moves out of range.
Tom Henke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsakada tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henke throws a combination that misses
and Tsakada counters with a nice uppercut.
Henke thuds a left hand into Tsakada's body.
Henke scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tsakada slips a jab from Henke.
A slow jab from Henke misses its intended target.
Henke keeps the fight on the outside.
Henke lands with a shot to the body.
Tsakada keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henke.
Henke thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Henke.
Henke throws a combination that misses
and Tsakada counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henke lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henke. Tsakada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Henke is rocked!

Tom Henke's cut is getting worse.
Henke misses with a two punch combination.
Oh Henke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henke throws out a loose jab but Tsakada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henke seems to have got his legs back now.
Tsakada steps in with a hook that catches Henke right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Tsakada follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Henke looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Tsakada!