PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Prado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Torhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prado comes to the cage accompanied by Remember The Name. Torhammer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Doom Unit - Killing Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fernando Prado has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Prado
vs
Torhammer

165 cm
34
150 lbs
21 - 2 - 0

178 cm
35
156 lbs
35 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Voodoo Nutrition

Bullet Proof System
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fernando Prado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Torhammer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torhammer works Prado's body with a nice hook.
Torhammer scores with a jab. Prado acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torhammer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Prado jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A jab from Prado does it's job there.
Torhammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prado.
Prado fires out a quick counter leg kick but Torhammer just manages to avoid it.
Torhammer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Torhammer misses with a kick to the body.
Prado throws a quick counter head kick but Torhammer was just out of range.
Prado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torhammer.
A telegraphed right hand from Prado misses the target.
Torhammer misses with a hook.
Prado is looking to counter with head kicks.
Torhammer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Prado explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Torhammer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torhammer scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prado throws a head kick but Torhammer moves out of range.
Torhammer looks to score with a jab to the body but Prado is just out of range.
Prado ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Prado blocks the body kick.
Prado throws a quick counter head kick but Torhammer was just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Torhammer.
Torhammer throws a leg kick but Prado checks it.
Prado feints and then cracks Torhammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torhammer down.
Prado feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Torhammer's calf.
Torhammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prado moves away.
Torhammer misses with a looping left.
Prado scoring well with a low kick there.
Torhammer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Prado rather than just go for the knockout.
Prado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torhammer.
Torhammer appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Prado lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Torhammer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prado throws out the jab.
Torhammer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prado manages to avoid it.
Prado is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Torhammer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torhammer digs a good hook to Prado's body.
Prado cracks Torhammer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prado moves out of range of the body kick from Torhammer.
Prado throws a leg kick but Torhammer checks it.
Prado explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer cracks Prado with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Torhammer looks to throw a body kick
and Prado counters with a straight right hand.
Prado digs a good hook to Torhammer's body.
Torhammer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prado circles away quickly and effectively.
Prado bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Torhammer's head backwards.
Torhammer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Prado takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Prado throws a solid leg kick but Torhammer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Prado.
Torhammer throws out a loose jab but Prado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prado throws a sloppy head kick and Torhammer moves out of range easily.
Torhammer misses with a body kick.
It looked like Prado wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torhammer throws a body shot but no joy.
Prado misses with an attempted mid kick.
Prado keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prado needs to keep his hands up - Torhammer had a free shot at his head there.
A head kick by Torhammer misses
and Prado counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Torhammer.
Prado throws an overhand right that drops Torhammer like a sack of potatoes! Prado dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Prado!
After winning the bout, Fernando Prado thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.