PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Torhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torhammer comes to the cage accompanied by Doom Unit - Killing Time. Louis has chosen Stand up and Fight as his entrance music. Martin Louis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Torhammer
vs
Louis

178 cm
27
154 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

182 cm
29
169 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Torhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Louis!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torhammer misses with a hook. Louis ducked under it nicely.
Torhammer throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Torhammer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Louis in his tracks.
Torhammer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Louis throws a hook but Torhammer blocks it.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torhammer.
Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torhammer throws a hook but Louis blocks it.
Torhammer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Louis.
Louis misses with a straight left.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Torhammer.
Torhammer takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Henrik Torhammer has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torhammer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Louis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torhammer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Louis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torhammer lands with a shot to the body.
Torhammer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Torhammer throws the left hand but Louis avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis misses with a hook to the body
and Torhammer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torhammer.
Torhammer thuds his right hand into Louis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Torhammer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Torhammer.
Torhammer scoring well with a low kick there.
Torhammer works the jab nicely.
Louis moves out of range of the strikes.
Torhammer throws the left hand but Louis avoids the punch easily.
Torhammer has been working on his boxing with his coaches at RNC Sport Club in the buildup to the fight.
Louis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torhammer. Torhammer obviously looking to wear him down.
Henrik Torhammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer wants to slow Louis down by chopping away at his legs.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louis lands a slapping body shot.
Louis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Torhammer lands a nice looking body shot.
Torhammer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Louis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Torhammer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Louis checks a leg kick.
Torhammer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louis tries to clinch up.
Louis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Torhammer.
Torhammer lands a jab to the nose.

Louis is rocked!
Louis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Torhammer rather than just go for the knockout.
Torhammer tries a low kick but Louis avoids it.
Louis thows a body shot but no joy.
Torhammer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Louis on the side of the head.
Louis is still on wobbly legs! Can Torhammer finish him?
Torhammer looks to land a body kick but Louis moved away.
Louis seems to have recovered his senses.
Louis moves out of range as Torhammer strikes.
Torhammer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torhammer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer thows a body shot but no joy.
Torhammer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torhammer moves away.
Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torhammer.
Louis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis scores with a push kick.
Torhammer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Torhammer is looking to score with low kicks.
Torhammer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Louis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torhammer throws a body punch but Louis moves out of range.
Torhammer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torhammer tries to land a front kick but Louis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Torhammer throws a wild body kick that Louis sees coming a mile off.
Torhammer misses with a wild combination.
Louis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Torhammer as he connects with a hook.
Louis staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torhammer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Torhammer blocks the leg kick.
Torhammer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torhammer thows a leg kick but Louis checks it
and Louis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Torhammer's knee momentarily.
Louis misses with a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Louis as Torhammer shoots in.
Torhammer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Louis is out of range.
Torhammer throws a jab but it's blocked by Louis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torhammer throws a body kick that misses.
Donk. Louis catches Torhammer right on the button with a cross.
A slow jab from Torhammer misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Louis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrik Torhammer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henrik Torhammer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Louis misses with a body shot.
Torhammer throws a low kick but Louis avoids it.
Louis connects with a nice looking jab.
Torhammer scores with a body shot.
Torhammer is looking to land body kicks.
Torhammer cracks the inside of Louis's front leg.
Torhammer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Torhammer.
Torhammer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Torhammer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Torhammer lands with a good body shot.
Louis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Louis throws out a loose jab but Torhammer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis lands a slapping body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Louis moves out of range of the body kick from Torhammer.
Louis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Louis moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis connects with a leg kick. Torhammer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Louis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Torhammer can pounce on him.
Torhammer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louis manages to avoid it.
Torhammer throws a hook but Louis blocks it.
Louis cracks a nice hook into Torhammer's ribs.
Torhammer throws a leg kick
and Louis counters with a left to the body.
Torhammer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Torhammer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louis throws a shot to the body.
Torhammer tries to land a front kick but Louis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Torhammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Louis defending well as Torhammer loads up on a big left hand.
Louis throws a shot from downtown. Torhammer moves away and avoids it.
Torhammer throws an overhand right that lands on Louis's shoulder, as Louis tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer thows a body shot but no joy.
Torhammer punishes Louis's body with a nice straight punch.
Torhammer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Louis connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Torhammer scrambles back to his feet.
Henrik Torhammer is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torhammer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Torhammer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Louis.
Torhammer misses with a low kick.
Louis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Torhammer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torhammer.
Torhammer defending well as Louis loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Louis misses.
Torhammer clobbers Louis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Torhammer wants to land a leg kick but Louis is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Louis jabs Torhammer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Louis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Torhammer counters with a nice uppercut.
Torhammer swats away the attempt to clinch by Louis.
Louis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torhammer motions for Louis to come forward. Torhammer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Louis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torhammer.

Louis clinches.
Louis has a couple of punches blocked by Torhammer.
Torhammer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Louiss head.
Torhammer gets through Louis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Louis takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Louis up against the cage.

Torhammer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer wants to slow Louis down by chopping away at his legs.
Louis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Louis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torhammer throws out the jab.
Torhammer misses with a hook. Louis ducked under it nicely.
Louis looks to throw the jab but Torhammer is out of range.
Louis throws out a powerful jab.
Louis connects with a crisp jab.
Torhammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torhammer lands with a shot to the body.
Torhammer throws a sloppy head kick and Louis moves out of range easily.
Torhammer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henrik Torhammer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henrik Torhammer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Torhammer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Louis.
Torhammer throws a leg kick but Louis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Torhammer jabs at Louis's body.
Torhammer ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Torhammer scores with a jab. Louis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Louis lands with a nice body punch.
Louis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Torhammer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torhammer.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Torhammer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis moves out of range of the body kick from Torhammer.
Torhammer misses the shot to the body.
Louis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torhammer.
Torhammer scoring well with a low kick there.
Torhammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis tries to land a front kick but Torhammer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slapping body kick lands there for Torhammer.
Louis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Torhammer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Louis in his tracks.
Torhammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torhammer ducks right into an uppercut from Louis.
Louis throws a lazy right hand but Torhammer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Torhammer misses with an uppercut. Louis saw that one coming.
Louis wants to clinch.
Torhammer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Louis can do to turn this around?
Torhammer lands a lovely overhand right.

Louis gets a clinch.
Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Torhammer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torhammer blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer blocks a body shot from Louis.
Louis misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Louis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torhammer tries to circle away but Louis has him pinned against the cage.
Louis struggles to land a body shot inside as Torhammer controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Torhammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Torhammer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Torhammer digs a good hook to Louis's body.
Louis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Torhammer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Torhammer moves out of range of the strikes.
Torhammer throws a front kick aimed at Louis's knee but Louis avoids it well.
Louis blocks the body kick.
Torhammer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer throws a hook to the side of Louis's head but Louis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Louis misses with an uppercut. Torhammer saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torhammer.
Louis scores with a sloppy right hand. Torhammer should have avoided that one.
Torhammer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torhammer.
Torhammer looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Louis misses the target.
Louis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Torhammer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Torhammer throws a chopping leg kick but Louis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Torhammer missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the liver by Louis. Beautiful body shot.
Torhammer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Louis's corner calls for a 1-2. Louis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Torhammer!
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torhammer manages to avoid it.
Torhammer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Louis.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torhammer tries a head kick but it misses.
Torhammer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torhammer scores with a body shot.
Torhammer misses with a body kick.
Torhammer throws a leg kick which misses Louis's front leg but catches the back leg as Louis tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torhammer looks for the body kick but Louis saw that one coming.
Louis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Torhammer lands with a right hand.
Martin Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henrik Torhammer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torhammer. Louis shrugs it off though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henrik Torhammer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Torhammer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henrik Torhammer!
Henrik Torhammer thanked the fans post fight for their support.