PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damon Henrick (ranked 7944 p4p, 739 weight class) and Luukas Porvola (ranked 8574 p4p, 751 weight class). Damon Henrick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Henrick
vs
Porvola

190 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

188 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damon Henrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luukas Porvola!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porvola misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Porvola.
No joy there for Henrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henrick misses with a jab, cross combination.
Porvola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Porvola swings for the body but Henrick moves out of range.
No joy there for Henrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henrick misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henrick misses with a double jab
and Porvola counters with a right hand to the body.
Henrick takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Porvola has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Henrick is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Henrick lands a jab-cross combination.
Porvola misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Porvola misses.
Henrick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Porvola looks to land a left hand but Henrick moved out of range nicely.
Henrick throws a combination. Porvola tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
No joy there for Henrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Porvola misses the target.
Porvola ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henrick is breathing heavily.

Porvola drops Henrick with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Henrick looks back up at him and smiles so Porvola waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Henrick is rocked!

It looks like Damon Henrick has been cut.
Porvola cracks a nice hook into Henrick's ribs.
Oh Henrick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Porvola throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Henrick was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porvola ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Henrick out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luukas Porvola!
Luukas Porvola 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.