PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Henrikson (ranked 4920 p4p, 180 weight class) and Aristotle Verhoeven (ranked 4810 p4p, 176 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Henrikson
vs
Verhoeven

193 cm
25
266 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Henrikson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aristotle Verhoeven!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henrikson gets a takedown into half guard.
Verhoeven is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henrikson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Verhoeven has hold of Henrikson's hands but Henrikson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henrikson is nestled in close to Verhoeven, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Verhoeven tries to kick Henrikson off but Henrikson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Henrikson lands with a punch from half guard.

Verhoeven is rocked!
Henrikson 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.
Verhoeven trying to control from the bottom.
Henrikson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Verhoeven is still in real trouble! Can Henrikson finish him?
Henrikson scores with a big shot! Verhoeven's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Verhoeven! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Henrikson!