PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Krake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hendo Bendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bendo has chosen No Falter as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Krake
vs
Bendo

184 cm
26
190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
190 lbs
7 - 11 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rolf Krake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hendo Bendo!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krake throws a jab but it's blocked by Bendo.
Bendo scores with a one two! Krake had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Krake scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bendo in his tracks.
Bendo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krake ducks under a wild hook from Bendo.
Bendo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bendo throws a hook but Krake avoids it easily.
Bendo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krake.
Krake ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Bendo misses with a looping right.
Krake jabs Bendo right on the nose. Bendo blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bendo misses with a hook. Krake ducked under it nicely.
Krake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bendo.
Bendo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick from Krake misses.
Krake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bendo.
Krake throws out a loose jab but Bendo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Bendo misses its intended target.
Bendo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bendo.
Bendo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Krake throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bendo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Krake throws a poor cross that misses
and Krake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bendo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krake.
Bendo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Krake's head backwards.
Krake misses with an uppercut.
Krake throws a jab but it's blocked by Bendo.
Jab, jab by Krake - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bendo jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bendo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Krake thinking.
Krake swinging wildly here.
Krake is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bendo misses with an uppercut.
Krake tries a head kick but it misses.
Krake throws a hook to the side of Bendo's head but Bendo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krake slips a jab from Bendo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krake on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krake misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Krake. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick misses from Krake.
Bendo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bendo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krake counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bendo misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bendo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Krake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rolf Krake will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bendo throws a right hand that misses
letting Krake counter with a right hand.
Bendo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Krake. Krake obviously looking to wear him down.
Bendo throws a hook but Krake blocks it.
Bendo walks into a left hand.
Bendo scores with a jab. Krake acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bendo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krake circles away quickly and effectively.
Krake scores with a hook to the body. Bendo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bendo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Krake turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bendo cracks a nice hook into Krake's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bendo. Krake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bendo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Krake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krake moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Krake thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bendo if he has to take too many more of those.
Bendo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krake.
Rolf Krake is winning the standup battle so far.
Bendo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Krake has time to react.
Bendo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bendo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bendo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krake was well out of range. Poor timing from Bendo.
Bendo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Krake.
Krake misses with a hook
and Bendo counters with a one-two to the body.
Bendo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Krake counters with a nice body shot.
Bendo thows a body shot but no joy.
Krake loads up on a big right hand but Bendo slips the punch.
Bendo throws the left hand but Krake avoids the punch easily.
Krake takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bendo was well out of range. Poor timing from Krake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bendo misses with an uppercut. Krake saw that one coming.
Bendo throws a nice looking combination but Krake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bendo takes a swing at Krake's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Bendo.
Bendo looks to score with a jab to the body but Krake is just out of range.
Nice shot by Krake.
Krake throws a right hand that misses
and Bendo counters with a straight right hand.
Bendo stuns Krake with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Krake looks to land a left hand but Bendo moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krake misses the shot to the body.
Bendo throws a series of punches but Krake moves out of range.
Krake moves away from the strike by Bendo.
Bendo ducks right into an uppercut from Krake.
Bendo scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Bendo misses its intended target.
Bendo misses with a left hand
and Krake counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bendo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krake moves away from the strike by Bendo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rolf Krake will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bendo throws out a loose jab but Krake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krake slips a jab from Bendo.
Krake misses with a looping left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Krake, right into the meat.
Bendo throws a jab when Krake was well out of range.
Krake throws an off balance right hand
and Bendo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Krake thinking.
Bendo misses with a straight right.
Krake motions for Bendo to come forward. Krake throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bendo tries to bum rush Krake with a series of wild strikes but Krake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bendo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krake throws a right and a left that Bendo avoids nicely.
Bendo misses with a lunging right hand
and Krake counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bendo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krake counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bendo misses with a straight right.
Bendo throws a shot from downtown. Krake moves away and avoids it.
Bendo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bendo clobbers Krake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch combination from Bendo misses.
Bendo misses with a two punch combination.
Hendo Bendo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bendo thuds a left hand into Krake's body.
Bendo throws a poor cross that misses
and Krake counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bendo's knee momentarily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Krake.
Bendo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bendo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Bendo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bendo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krake slips under a jab from Bendo.
Bendo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Krake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bendo thows a body shot but no joy.
Krake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krake thows a body shot but no joy.
Bendo throws a body punch but Krake moves out of range.
Bendo lands with a right hand.
Bendo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krake manages to avoid it.
Krake ducks under a wild hook from Bendo.
Krake slips a straight right by Bendo.
Krake lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bendo misses with the combination.
Bendo throws a lazy right hand but Krake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bendo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krake moves away.
Krake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bendo.
Krake scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bendo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krake.
Good leg kick by Krake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rolf Krake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A jab from Krake does it's job there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hendo Bendo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Krake has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hendo Bendo!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Hendo Bendo made sure he mentioned TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, along with how happy he was to win his fight.