PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Laar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laar comes to the cage accompanied by some random 90's estonia dance song i found on youtube. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Laar
vs
Hendrix

182 cm
35
213 lbs
27 - 21 - 0

191 cm
26
205 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Bos Energy MMA159.4

Machine Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arvo Laar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Akira Hendrix!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendrix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hendrix looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Laar throws a chopping leg kick but Hendrix manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Laar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hendrix takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A punch combination from Hendrix misses.
Laar scoring well with a low kick there.
Laar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hendrix looks winded!
A shot to the liver by Laar. Beautiful body shot.
Laar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hendrix takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laar connects with a leg kick. Hendrix looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
An inside leg kick lands from Laar.
Hendrix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laar is looking to wear down Hendrix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Laar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hendrix takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laar misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
An inside leg kick lands from Laar.
Laar connects with an inside leg kick.
Arvo Laar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Laar lands with a good 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!
Hendrix blocks a low kick nicely.
Laar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laar is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Laar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hendrix checks it well.
Hendrix appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Hendrix.
Laar scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hendrix avoids the head kick by Laar.
Laar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Laar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hendrix doesn't seem bothered though.
Hendrix tries to land a front kick but Laar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Laar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hendrix checks a leg kick nicely.
Good leg kick by Laar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laar throws a leg kick but Hendrix moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laar. That's going to slow Hendrix down.
Laar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hendrix checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Laar throws a right and a left that Hendrix avoids nicely.
Laar misses with a body shot.
Hendrix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laar can pounce on him.
Hendrix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laar.
Hendrix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Laar is predictable there
and Laar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix is looking to chop away at Laar's legs.
Laar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hendrix.
Laar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Laar throws a leg kick but Hendrix checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
Laar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hendrix.
Hendrix checks the leg kick.
Laar tries a head kick but it misses.
Laar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hendrix looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Laar scoring well with a low kick there.
Laar throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hendrix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Laar.
Laar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
A good leg kick by Laar.
Laar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hendrix is looking for the big counter here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix throws a body punch but Laar moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendrix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hendrix was well out of range. Poor timing from Laar.
Laar lands with a good body shot.
Laar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Laar connects with an inside leg kick.
Hendrix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laar.
An inside leg kick lands from Laar.
Hendrix tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A shot to the liver by Laar. Beautiful body shot.
Laar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Laar.
An inside leg kick lands from Laar.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laar feints a jab promting Hendrix to slip. Laar then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hendrix slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Laar throws a leg kick which misses Hendrix's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendrix tries to avoid it.
Laar connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvo Laar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Laar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Arvo Laar is winning the standup battle so far.
Laar scores with a hook to the body. Hendrix takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
You can see that Hendrix has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Laar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hendrix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hendrix checks a leg kick.
Hendrix uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laar.
Laar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hendrix.
Hendrix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laar is looking to score with low kicks.
Laar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hendrix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A clash of legs there as Hendrix blocks the low kick.
Laar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hendrix at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hendrix.
Laar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hendrix just manages to avoid it.
Laar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hendrix is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laar.
Hendrix blocks a low kick nicely.
Laar throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Hendrix as he checks the leg kick.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Laar misses with a low kick.
Hendrix throws a hook but Laar blocks it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hendrix might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Laar has got the better of the exchanges.
Laar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hendrix.
Laar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hendrix is able to avoid easily.
It seemed like Hendrix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hendrix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hendrix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Laar throws a leg kick but Hendrix checks it.
Hendrix appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Laar misses with a wild body shot.
Laar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hendrix.
Hendrix moves out of range of the leg kick from Laar.
Laar throws a low kick, looking for Hendrix's leg but Hendrix calmly moves out of range.
Laar scores with a jab to the body.
Laar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hendrix.
Laar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Laar throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Laar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A little jabbing left from Hendrix on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Laar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Laar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hendrix can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hendrix.
Hendrix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laar.
Hendrix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laar can pounce on him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Laar connects with a solid leg kick.
Hendrix takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laar.
Laar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Laar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hendrix.
Laar misses with a low kick.
Laar misses the shot to the body.
Hendrix swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Laar misses with a head kick.
Hendrix flicks out a counter leg kick but Laar steps away.
Hendrix looks to score with a jab to the body but Laar is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laar misses with a wild body shot.
Laar lands a nice hook to Hendrix's body. Hendrix takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hendrix avoids the head kick by Laar.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hendrix.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Laar throws a head kick that misses.
A nice side step and Hendrix releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hendrix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hendrix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hendrix is looking for the big counter here.
Hendrix tries to bum rush Laar with a series of wild strikes but Laar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hendrix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hendrix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Hendrix throws a series of punches but Laar moves out of range.
Hendrix on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Laar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hendrix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laar throws a nice looking combination but Hendrix bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Hendrix.
Laar throws a head kick that misses.
Hendrix throws a right hand that Laar ducks under and follows up with a left that Laar also avoids with ease.
Laar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hendrix lands a nice hook to Laar's body. Laar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laar scores with a hook to the body. Hendrix takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Laar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Laar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laar, right into the meat.
Hendrix throws a body shot but no joy.
Laar seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laar lands a leg kick that knocks Hendrix off balance momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Hendrix.
Laar thumps Hendrix with a low kick.
Hendrix throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvo Laar dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Laar is looking to slow Hendrix down with leg kicks.
Laar throws a leg kick but Hendrix moved away.
Hendrix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hendrix throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laar. That's going to slow Hendrix down.
Laar scores with a leg kick.
Laar avoids the body shot from Hendrix.
Laar scores with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
Laar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laar. That's going to slow Hendrix down.
Laar throws a head kick but Hendrix moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hendrix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hendrix throws a series of punches but Laar avoids them all with ease.
Laar tried to counter with a leg kick but Hendrix avoided it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendrix on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hendrix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hendrix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hendrix just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLaar.
Hendrix avoids the head kick by Laar.
Laar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hendrix circles away quickly and effectively.
Laar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laar.
Good leg kick by Laar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laar lands a right hook to the body.
Laar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laar checks a low kick from Hendrix.
Laar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hendrix's calf.
Hendrix looks to land a left hand but Laar moved out of range nicely.
Hendrix misses with a body shot.
Laar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Laar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hendrix's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hendrix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Akira Hendrix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laar scores with a leg kick.
Laar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hendrix.
Laar feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hendrix on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laar. Laar obviously looking to wear him down.
Laar throws a low kick but Hendrix avoids it.
Hendrix misses with an uppercut. Laar saw that one coming.
Hendrix tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laar throws a leg kick which misses Hendrix's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendrix tries to avoid it.
Hendrix misses with a body shot.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Hendrix fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Laar is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Laar.
Laar throws a shot to the body.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Laar scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Laar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hendrix.
Laar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hendrix.
Hendrix blocks a low kick nicely.
Hendrix takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hendrix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laar backing away here, and Hendrix unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hendrix misses with a straight right.
Laar thumps Hendrix with a low kick.
Laar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hendrix.
Laar cracks a nice hook into Hendrix's ribs.
Nice body punch from Laar.
Laar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendrix takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laar, right into the meat.
Laar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hendrix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hendrix blocks a head kick by Laar.
Hendrix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laar.
Laar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hendrix's calf.
Hendrix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laar scoring well with a low kick there.
Hendrix lands a jab to Laar's midsection.
Hendrix throws a leg kick but Laar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hendrix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laar was well out of range. Poor timing from Hendrix.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laar cracks the inside of Hendrix's front leg.
Laar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hendrix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laar can pounce on him.
That kick from Laar tenderised Hendrix's leg. Hendrix is trying to keep his angry face on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arvo Laar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arvo Laar!
Arvo Laar spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.