PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fenix Espada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Fenix Espada enters the cage!

Hendo
vs
Espada

180 cm
25
190 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

185 cm
24
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fenix Espada!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Hendo does no damage.

Hendo gets a clinch.
Espada lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Espada utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Espada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Espada blocks it with crossed arms.
Espada is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hendo is breathing heavily.

Espada drops Hendo with a big knee straight up the middle! Hendo is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Hendo is rocked!

It looks like Danny Hendo has been cut.

Hendo moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Espada.
Espada scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Hendo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Espada lands a nice elbow.
Hendo is pressed against the cage. Espada pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Hendo! Two more big strikes from Espada and Hendo crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Fenix Espada!
Fenix Espada decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.