PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ignacio Henson (ranked 4120 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mati Karppinen (ranked 7211 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Henson
vs
Karppinen

188 cm
24
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
157 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

UnderGround Supplements

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ignacio Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mati Karppinen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karppinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Henson moves into the clinch successfully.

Henson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Karppinen regains guard immediately.
Henson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Karppinen wants to stand but Henson is controlling the position.
Karppinen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Henson controls the pace.
Henson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Karppinen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Henson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Karppinen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Henson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Henson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Henson throwing strikes but missing.
Karppinen 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.
Henson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Henson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Henson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Henson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karppinen is looking for a triangle here but Henson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Karppinen is looking for a sweep.
Henson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Karppinen is avoiding damage well.
Henson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karppinen down.
Henson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Henson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Karppinen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Henson working the ground and pound.
Henson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karppinen down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karppinen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Henson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Karppinen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Karppinen is looking for a sweep. Henson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Karppinen trying to control here.
Henson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henson lands strikes from half guard.
Karppinen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Well, if Henson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karppinen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henson.
Karppinen trying to control from the bottom.
Henson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Karppinen taking some punishment here, with Henson in his half guard.
Henson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karppinen defending well though.
Karppinen is trying to stand back up but Henson is controlling him
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Henson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Henson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Karppinen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignacio Henson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Karppinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karppinen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Henson as he jumps to the side.
Henson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Karppinen fails with the takedown.
Mati Karppinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karppinen wants to clinch but Henson slips to the side
and Henson counters with a nice uppercut.
Karppinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Henson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henson slips under a jab.
Henson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Karppinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Henson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karppinen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ignacio Henson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mati Karppinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henson swats away the attempt to clinch by Karppinen.
Karppinen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Henson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Henson.

Henson lands a takedown into guard.
Henson connects with a couple of short punches.
Henson 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karppinen is trying to control the position but Henson postures up.
Henson sitting in guard here, content to control.

Henson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson throws a big elbow that misses.
Henson won't allow Karppinen to sweep him here.

Karppinen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Henson trying to control the position from guard on top but Karppinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karppinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson throws a big elbow that misses.
Henson is looking to work some ground and pound but Karppinen has wrist control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Henson clinches up against the cage.
Karppinen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Henson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Karppinen is trying to break free.

Karppinen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Henson has gone for a leg lock! Karppinen slips out almost immediately though and dives into Henson's guard.

Karppinen postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henson is looking for a triangle but Karppinen pushes his legs off easily.
Karppinen throws a big elbow that misses.
Karppinen being controlled here momentarily.
Henson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karppinen can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Karppinen trying to control but Henson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignacio Henson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Karppinen shoots in for a double leg but Henson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Karppinen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Henson counters with a nice body shot.

Henson takes the fight into the clinch.
Karppinen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Henson to keep the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karppinen looking to stall.
Henson is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karppinen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Karppinen just leaning against Henson, taking a breather.

Henson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karppinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Karppinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mati Karppinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henson avoids the head kick by Karppinen.
Henson slaps away a takedown attempt from Karppinen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ignacio Henson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mati Karppinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henson has taken the fight to the clinch.

Henson manages to break the clinch.
Henson scores with a body shot.
A low kick from Henson misses

and Karppinen counters with a takedown into side control.

Henson explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Karppinen is fending him off so far but Henson persists. Nope, Karppinen circles away and we're back to standing.
Karppinen tries to land a front kick but Henson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karppinen thows a leg kick but Henson checks it

and Henson counters by moving into the clinch.
Henson tries to pull guard but Karppinen won't allow it.
Karppinen is looking for a takedown.
Karppinen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Henson gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Karppinen manages to break the clinch.
Karppinen tries for a takedown but Henson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Henson tries to counter by clinching up but Karppinen breaks away and moves out of range.
Karppinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karppinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karppinen is looking to clinch.
Henson tries to counter with a takedown but Karppinen is quick to defend against it.

Henson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Henson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Karppinen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Henson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Karppinen taking some punishment here, with Henson in his half guard.
Mati Karppinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ignacio Henson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Henson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ignacio Henson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Henson 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ignacio Henson!