PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Hensley (ranked 6273 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Orehovskiy (ranked 25387 p4p, 0 weight class). Orehovskiy has chosen Prince of the ring as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sergey Orehovskiy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hensley
vs
Orehovskiy

165 cm
26
279 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
275 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Hensley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergey Orehovskiy!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hensley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Orehovskiy to the mat! Orehovskiy manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orehovskiy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Orehovskiy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Orehovskiy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Orehovskiy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hensley stopping the sweep attempt from Orehovskiy.
Hensley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hensley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Orehovskiy seems keen to control Hensley's posture.
Orehovskiy has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hensley has passed into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orehovskiy is trying to improve his position.
Hensley lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hensley lands a nice forearm strike.
Orehovskiy struggling a bit here.
Orehovskiy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hensley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hensley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Orehovskiy manages to get back to half guard.
Hensley is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hensley drops an elbow to the side of Orehovskiy's head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Orehovskiy tries to roll over but Hensley keeps him under control.
Hensley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orehovskiy trying to hold on to Hensley's head to control him but Hensley postures up.
Orehovskiy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hensley drops an elbow to the side of Orehovskiy's head.
Hensley lands strikes from half guard.
Hensley lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Hensley.
Orehovskiy is looking to improve his position.
Orehovskiy looks winded!
Hensley is trying to control. Orehovskiy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Hensley is keeping busy.
Hensley winds up and cracks Orehovskiy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orehovskiy tries to roll over but Hensley keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hensley is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hensley working over Orehovskiy with some ground and pound. Orehovskiy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Orehovskiy is looking to get back to full guard here but Hensley has managed to pass to side control instead.
Orehovskiy is looking for a sweep.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Hensley postures up.
Hensley is looking to take a break and control but Orehovskiy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Hensley creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hensley working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hensley wants to control but Orehovskiy is keeping him busy.
Orehovskiy is looking for a sweep.
Hensley cracks Orehovskiy with a big elbow.
Orehovskiy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hensley connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Orehovskiy some visible discomfort.
Orehovskiy prevents Hensley from improving position.
Orehovskiy is trying to get back to half guard.
Hensley in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hensley is putting a hurting on Orehovskiy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Orehovskiy tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Hensley easily slips into full mount!
Hensley landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Hensley dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hensley takes the fight into the clinch.
Hensley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hensley leaning against his opponent.
Orehovskiy is trying to pull guard but Hensley has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orehovskiy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hensley's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hensley lands an elbow just above Orehovskiy 's eye.

It looks like Sergey Orehovskiy has been cut.
Orehovskiy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hensley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orehovskiy can do to turn this around?
Orehovskiy fails to pull guard.
Carlton Hensley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergey Orehovskiy.

Hensley breaks from the clinch.
Hensley tries to clinch but Orehovskiy is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Hensley drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Orehovskiy is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hensley is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hensley controlling from the full mount.
Hensley lands a nice shot to the head.
Hensley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Carlton Hensley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hensley avoids the attempt from Orehovskiy to control.

Hensley working for a guillotine from mount but Orehovskiy is in no mood to give up.
Orehovskiy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hensley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Orehovskiy is trying desperately to improve position.
Hensley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Orehovskiy regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orehovskiy tries to roll over but Hensley keeps him under control.
Orehovskiy is breathing heavily.
Hensley throwing shots but Orehovskiy is blocking nicely.
Orehovskiy has hold of Hensley's hands but Hensley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Hensley wants to work for an arm triangle but Orehovskiy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Hensley is keeping busy.
Hensley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Orehovskiy wants to get back to full guard.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Hensley is keeping busy.
Hensley working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hensley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Orehovskiy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Orehovskiy has hold of Hensley's hands but Hensley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Orehovskiy is rocked!
Hensley is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Orehovskiy is hurt! He's hurt bad - Hensley fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Orehovskiy from any more punishment! Congratulations to Hensley! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlton Hensley!