PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Batterij Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tobias Hendricks will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hunter
vs
Hendricks

160 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Batterij Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tobias Hendricks!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hendricks feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hunter looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Hunter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hendricks.
Hunter keeping moving, preventing Hendricks from controlling successfully.
Hendricks controlling from the top position.
Hendricks lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hendricks trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Hendricks with a nice head shot there.
Hendricks working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hendricks won't allow Hunter to get back to his feet.
Hendricks is stalling in the full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hunter seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks connects with a couple of short punches.
Hendricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hendricks slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hendricks is in close to Hunter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hendricks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hendricks sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hunter keeping moving, preventing Hendricks from controlling successfully.
Hendricks stands up over Hunter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hendricks is working Hunter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hendricks distracts Hunter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendricks trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Hendricks distracts Hunter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hunter might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Hendricks drops back looking for a leg! Hunter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hunter manages to kick Hendricks off! Hendricks jumps back into Hunter's guard.
Hendricks works over Hunter with some ground and pound from guard.
Hendricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks works over Hunter with some ground and pound from guard.
Hendricks keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunter's head.
Hendricks works over Hunter with some ground and pound from guard.
Hendricks wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.
Hendricks passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hendricks lands a nice forearm strike.

Hendricks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hendricks working the head and body with strikes.
Hendricks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hunter. 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks cracks Hunter with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hendricks slows the pace down.
Hendricks scores with a couple of short elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hendricks landing a few strikes.
Hendricks lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hunter down.
Hendricks grinds an elbow into Hunter's temple.

Hendricks looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hendricks in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hendricks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hunter keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Hendricks dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hunter gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hendricks to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hendricks trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom.
Hendricks with a nice head shot there.
Hendricks not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hendricks keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunter's head.
Hendricks content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hendricks cracks Hunter with a solid left hand.
Hendricks chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hendricks works over Hunter with some ground and pound from guard.
Tobias Hendricks has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hendricks tries to free his leg and advance position but Hunter is retaining full guard.
Hunter wants to stand and escape but Hendricks is having none of it.
Hendricks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hendricks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hendricks chips away with some ground and pound.
Hunter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hendricks stands up over Hunter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hendricks landing with the ground and pound.
Hendricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hendricks is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hunter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hendricks keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunter's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hendricks slips nicely into half guard.
Hendricks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hendricks drops an elbow to the side of Hunter's head.
Hendricks wants to pass the guard but Hunter is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hendricks scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hendricks is looking to take a break and control but Hunter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hendricks is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hendricks takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hendricks has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hunter could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hendricks with the ground and pound from mount.
Hendricks looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hendricks with a couple of short strikes.
Hendricks takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendricks lands a big elbow.
Hendricks punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hendricks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hendricks dominating with strikes here.
Hunter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hunter really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Hendricks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hunter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Hendricks gets a takedown into half guard.
Hendricks lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hendricks working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hendricks trying to control the pace.
Hendricks wants to pass the guard but Hunter is defending well.
Hendricks winds up and cracks Hunter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Hendricks is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hunter has managed to free his arm - good work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks lands with a punch from half guard.
Hendricks is trying to control the action in half guard but Hunter is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet.

Hendricks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hunter defends it well.
Hendricks slows the pace down in half guard.
Hendricks working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Hendricks there.
Hunter is trying to get back to full guard.
Hunter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hendricks scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hendricks wants to take a breather but Hunter is having none of it.
Hendricks looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hunter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hunter has hold of Hendricks's hands but Hendricks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hendricks working Hunter over with strikes.
Hendricks looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hunter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunter is looking for a sweep. Hendricks is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hunter is trying to control but can't.

Hendricks is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Hunter is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tobias Hendricks!